TEMPUS e modernisation of higher education has been acknowledged as a core condition for the success of the Lisbon Strategy which the European Union launched in March 2000 and which aims at restructuring the economic and social systems within the EU.
Táthar tar éis glacadh le nuachóiriú ardoideachais mar choinníoll lárnach le haghaidh rathúlacht Straitéis Liospóin a láinseáladh ag an Aontas Eorpach i mí an Mhárta 2000 agus a iarrann na córais shóisialta agus eacnamaíocha a athstruchtúrú san AE.