What opportunities are available?
Throughout 2009-11, PMI2 Connect will continue to offer pump-prime funding opportunities to build partnerships between institutions in the UK and in selected countries worldwide. All funded partnerships will be mutual and complementary, and be sustainable beyond PMI2 funding.

Higher Education Funding opportunities
PMI2 Connect has so far successfully funded 235 Higher Education international partnerships in research, collaborative delivery, student exchanges and the development of strategic links at institutional level

			Bidding is now open for Collaborative Programme Delivery.
			The deadline for applications for International Mobility of UK Students and China-UK Collaborative Partnerships in Employability and Entrepreneurship has now passed. Results will be made available by December 2009.
			A list of successful Year One and Two projects is now available to download.
			To receive updates on future higher education funding activities, send your name, institution, position and e-mail address to pmi2.connect@britishcouncil.org

Further Education Funding opportunities
Over 70 partnerships involving over 250 institutions worldwide have been created globally under PMI2 Connect between Further Education colleges on a range of teaching, learning and skills development activities and exchanges.

			As a result of the latest call for funding via the joint M1/M2 Prospectus, we are pleased to announce that this year some 48 UK FE colleges are beneficiaries of grant funding in support of partnership projects across Measures 1 and 2, along with a further 61 overseas colleges. At present, there are 32 PMI2 FE Partnership projects taking place with the following country partners: China, India, Vietnam, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Thailand and U.A.E. Details available here.
			The application process for 2009/10 funding is now closed. Further funding opportunities may be available in the future. Please keep checking the website for further updates.
			To see the benefits PMI2 Funding can bring to your college, why not watch a snippet of the PMI2 FE promotional Video "Making Connections" on our website now.

Policy Dialogues
At government and policy level, we bring together relevant parties to engage pro-actively and collaboratively in addressing significant global education challenges through a series of Policy Dialogues. Reports from previous dialogues are available to download.

Cross-border higher education in Nigeria: The British Council has been asked to identify UK institutions with links already in Nigeria to be part of a pilot scheme to run cross-border higher education (CBHE) in Nigeria.

What other funding opportunities are available?
The following are similar projects, providing funding for the development of partnerships, but outside of PMI2:

			UKIERI-UK-India Education and Research Initiative
			EPA-Education Partnerships in Africa
			DelPHE-Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme- this is specific to Higher Education only
			INSPIRE - International Strategic Partnerships in Research and Education-this is specific to higher education only
			Skills for Employability in Near East and North Africa - this is specific to further education only
			BRIDGE - British Degrees in Russia - although funding is no longer available, this site contains useful resources on collaborative programme delivery in the Russian context