The acitivities of the PEACE Programme are focused on the following main areas:

1. Faculty Development and Academic Mobility

The first priority of PEACE is to support postgraduate students and young academics to upgrade their training abroad and to obtain higher degrees. Over 100 of them have been offered this possibility by PEACE over the sixteen years since its creation. They are now teaching at universities in Palestine. During the current academic year (2007-2008), 23 Palestinian students are at European universities on grants or other arrangements facilitated by PEACE. It is envisaged to have 25 Palestinian PEACE grantees per year over the next four academic years.

2. Academic Programmes and Research

• Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Birzeit.
• Centre of Advanced Studies and Research in International Cooperation and Development in Palestine
• Establishment of an Educational Hospital at An-Najah National University.
• E-Learning and Open and Distance Education at Palestinian Universities.
• Teacher Education.

At the same time, PEACE wishes to resume and reinforce its participation in several projects which had been interrupted because of international mobility difficulties, notably: Water Resources Management, Microelectronics and Computer Science and Business Administration and Law.

3. Bilateral Cooperation Programmes in Support of Palestinian Universities