Tempus IV was started in 2008 with an annual budget of around 50 million euro. Each individual project receives funding of between 0.5 and 1.5 million euro. The EU’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for the management of all Tempus actions, under the supervision of the European Commission. Project title: PICASA - Promoting Internationalisation of HEIs in Eastern Neighbourhood Countries through Cultural and Structural Adaptations Project Number: 544125-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-AM-TEMPUS-SMGR (2013-4588/001-001) Picasa is a Tempus project funded by the European Union, active in Armenia, Georgia, Belarus and Ukraine. Picasa was created to promote recognition of Eastern Neighboring Area HE systems through development and integration of internationalization dimensions into structural and cultural components of HEIs management. Specific project objectives that the project shall achieve are:

• To integrate international dimension into the teaching, learning and research functions of universities through developing and implementing respective policies and procedures;

• To develop internationalization elements for operationalization of curricula, scholar and student exchange and technical cooperation of the universities;

• To identify and develop new skills, attitudes and knowledge in students, faculty and staff to promote internationalization;

• To promote development of ethos and culture that values and supports intercultural and international perspectives, initiatives and their quality assurance (MINT approach).