Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (KA107)

Higher education student and staff mobility between Programme and Partner countries

Tobias Schneider

Higher Education Erasmus+ National Agency Erasmus+ Education, OeAD-GmbH

MIIGAIK, Moscow, 6th June 2018

Erasmus+ Higher Education Programme Structure

2

ERASMUS+ (2014 – 2020)

Mobility for Learning and Teaching

Credit Mobility, Traineeships (Internships), Teaching and Training for Staff

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees

Strategic Partnerships

Knowledge Alliances

Sector Skills Alliances

Capacity Building in Higher Education

Support for Policy Reforms

European Higher Education Area

Jean Monnet-

Activities

Key Action 1 Key Action 2 Key Action 3

Three key actions: mobility – cooperation – policy support

Erasmus+ International Dimension Eligible programme countries

EU member states

Norway, Iceland, Liechten-stein

Turkey, FYR Macedonia

Erasmus+ International Dimension Eligible partner countries

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility General characteristics

Credit mobility for students and staff between programme

and partner countries

Activities on a bilateral basis between institutions

Introduced in 2015 (academic year 2015/16)

Provisions similar to the „regular“ Erasmus programme within

programme countries

Higher education institution in programme country

responsible for the project

Decentralised action administrated by National Agencies Austria: OeAD /National Agency Erasmus+ Education

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Mobility opportunities for students

Study period (3 – 12 months)

At partner higher education institutions

Traineeship period (2 – 12 months)

At enterprises and organisations in programme or partner countries

Financial support

Outgoing students from Austria: 700 Euro per month

Incoming students to Austria : 850 Euro per month

Travel grant calculation based on distance between sending and

receiving institution (“distance band”)

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Mobility opportunities for HE staff

Staff mobility for teaching/training (5 – 60 days) Teaching at partner universities

Staff training such as professional courses, job shadowing etc.

New in 2018: involvement of enterprises (staff training at enterprises;

invite employees from enterprises to teach at a higher education

institution)

Financial support

Outgoing staff from Austria: 180 Euro per day

Incoming staff to Austria: 160 Euro per day

Travel grant calculation based on distance between sending and

receiving institution („distance band“)

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Available budget

European Budget 2018: 160 Mio. EUR

Split into several regional budget

envelopes

Total budget divided between

33 programme countries

Austria’s share: 3,3 Mio. Euro

(= 2% of total budget)

Budget structure focusses on the European Union‘s foreign policy priority regions

ENI SOUTH 19,8%

ENI EAST 14,8%

Tunisia* 2,1%

Russia 8,9%

Asia 12,4%

Central Asia 3,6%

Middle East 1,7%

Latin America 4,0%

South Africa 1,1%

EDF (ACP) 3,9%

IPA 19,3%

USA Canada 4,0%

Indust. Asia 4,3%

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Financial Support for Mobility Cooperation

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Available budget

Russia window

9% of the total available budget (Austria: 300.000 Euros)

Largest budget window for one single country

> Asia window: approximately same amount of funds for 19(!) different

partner countries

Demand does not exceed supply by much

Russia (ENI & PI) 305.482

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Cooperation between Austria and Russia (Call 2017)

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Cooperation between Austria and Russia (Call 2017)

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Figures and stats from Austria

Mobilities between Austria and Russia Call 2017

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Figures and stats from Austria

Most popular partner countries Call 2017 (no. of mobilities)

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Application procedure

Annual call – next deadline February 2019

Only programme country HEIs can apply

One main application containing „sub-applications“ for each and every partner country

Applications assessed against four criteria: Relevance of the strategy – 30 pts

Quality of the cooperation arrangements – 30 pts

Quality of the activity design and implementation – 20 pts

Impact and dissemination – 20 pts

Assessment and grant award decision done separately for every partner country

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Things to keep in mind

Take your time to prepare the application

Make use of existing networks and build upon established partnerships

Take into consideration the specific characteristics of the application

Partner country institution‘s perspective is just as important as the applicant institution’s one!

Start with staff mobility when targeting a new partner

Cooperation with more than one HEI within one partner country is possible

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility What to talk about before the application

Relevance of the strategy

Which departments of both institutions are involved and why is the cooperation relevant for them?

Actual academic content of the cooperation

Added value both for students/staff and institutions

Quality of the cooperation arrangements

Previous experiences with regard to Erasmus+ or similar funding programmes in the past

Who is responsible for the project implementation at both institutions?

How will communication work between the partners

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility What to talk about before the application

Quality of the project implementation

Selection procedure and criteria applied

Support for participants before, during and after the mobility at both institutions

How will the mobility be recognized at the sending institution

Impact and dissemination

How will institutions, participants and (possibly) other sectors benefit from this cooperation?

How will the results be disseminated (conferences, events, projects, papers, social media) > put demonstrative and colourful examples

Contact

OeAD-GmbH National Agency Erasmus+ Education Ebendorferstrasse 7 1010 Wien | Vienna, Austria T +43 1 53408 -0 F +43 1 53408 -999 E internationalmobility@oead.at www.bildung.erasmusplus.at/international www.oead.at