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Erasmus+ opportunities for the Mediterranean regions

Dr Cecile McGrath 14 October

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Outline

• Brief introduction to Ecorys • Introduction to Erasmus+

– Overview of eligible countries/categories in Erasmus+– Erasmus+ in context

• Overview of relevant opportunities in Erasmus+– Programme countries– Partner countries

• Focus on • Strategic partnerships• Internationalisation ‘at home’

• Addressing mobility and internationalisation challenges• Key questions moving forward – what can be done?

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With analysis, advice and hands on support we help our clients achieve their public value goals

Ecorys We make change happen

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Introduction to Erasmus+

• Erasmus+, the consolidated EU financing programme in education and training• A budget of 14.7 billion euros, including 7.07 billion euros for HEIs Erasmus+

– aims to provide opportunities for 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain experience, and volunteer abroad over 2014-2020.

• Unique in the world • A flagship EU programme, currently celebrating its 30th anniversary

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Erasmus+ Overview of eligible countries

Source:https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node/3_en

Categories CountriesProgrammecountries(fullparticipation)

MemberStatesoftheEuropeanUnion

Non-EU programmecountries,includingTurkey,FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,Iceland,Norway,Liechtenstein

Partnercountriesneighbouringthe EU(Certain conditions)

Partner countriesneighbouringtheEU:WesternBalkans,EasternPartnershipcountries,South-Mediterraneancountries,Russianfederation

Otherpartnercountries(Certainconditions)

Switzerland, Asia Region(includingChina,Afghanistanetc.),CentralAsia(e.g.Kazakhstan,Kyrgyszstanetc.),LatinAmerica,Iraq,IranYemen,SouthAfrica,ACPcountries,Gulfcooperationcountries(Bahrein,Kuwait,SaudiArabia),otherindustrialregions,includingtheUS

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Erasmus+ in context

The EC’s position on HEIs in Northern Cyprus • Northern Cypriot universities not eligible to participate in Erasmus+• The EC only recognises HEIs for which the relevant national authority

specifies that it provides recognised degrees and recognised tertiary level qualifications as recognised by the EC.

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Erasmus+ in context

NumberofErasmusstudentsbysending&receivingcountry

Source:Erasmusdatabase,2013

230 395

44706957

15060

26331

36759 37235

1978803

3004

10430

6818

20204

29621

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Malta Cyprus Greece Portugal Turkey Italy France Spain

Sendingcountry Receivingcountry

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Erasmus+ in context

NumberofErasmusstudentsbysending&receivingcountry/pop

Source:Erasmusdatabase,2013

189 232416 434 535 549 674 800

86

472279 333

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442

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Erasmus+ in context

135189

396

1063

510

624

772

11301176 1196

68 76179 180 214

284338

479 487540

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Malta Cyprus Turkey Belgium Greece Portugal France Italy Spain UK

ParticipationofcountriesinHigherEducationErasmusProjects(ascoordinatorsorpartners2007-2013)Submittedaspartnersorcoordinators

ParticipationofcountriesinHigherEducationErasmusProjects(ascoordinatorsorpartners2007-2013)Selectedaspartnersorcoordinators

ParticipationtoHigherEducationErasmusProjects

Source:Source:Erasmus+factsandFigures,2014

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Erasmus+ in context

Numberofselectedprojectsdividedbypopulation

2.3 5.1 7.9 8.2 10.5 15.9 19.927.5

44.7

158.1

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20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

140.0

160.0

180.0

Turkey France Italy UK Spain Belgium Greece Portugal Cyprus Malta

Source:Source:Erasmus+factsandFigures,2014,WorldBank,2016-17

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Erasmus+ in context

NumberofinstitutionsparticipatinginErasmus(2013-2014)

3 23 4398

157207

12161248

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Malta Cyprus Greece Portugal Turkey Italy France Spain

Source:Source:Erasmusmobilitystatistics,2013-2014

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Erasmus+ in context

NumberofinstitutionsparticipatinginErasmus(2013-2014)/population

Source:Source:Erasmusmobilitystatistics,2013-2014,populationWorldBank,2016-17

2.03.4 4.0

7.0

9.5

13.5

18.2

26.8

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5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

Turkey Italy Greece Malta Portugal Cyprus France Spain

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Erasmus+ opportunities Programme Countries

• KA1: Learning mobility for individuals– organisations can apply for funding to run mobility projects to offer

structured study, work experience, job shadowing, training and teaching opportunities to staff and learners.

– Programme and credit mobility + mobility windows• KA2: Innovation and best practices

– For organisations to work together in order to improve their provision for learners and share innovative practices. Under Key Action 2 organisations can apply for funding to work in partnership with organisations from other participating countries.

• KA3: Support for policy reforms– strategic activities supporting policy reform across the EU in

education, training and youth.• Jean Monnet

– European integration studies in higher education

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Erasmus+ opportunities for Programme Countries

Tools to support internationalisation

Example:ECHEmakeitworkforyou!Selfassessmenttool

ErasmusCharter forHigherEducation(ECHE)

EuropeanQualifications Framework(EQF)

European CreditTransferandAccumulationSystem(ECTS)

Erasmus CharterforHigherEducation(ECHE)

EuropeanStandards andGuidelinesforQualityAssurance(ESG)

OnlineLinguistic Support(OLS)

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Erasmus+ opportunities beyond Europe

– Erasmus+ international credit mobility (under KA1)• Students to study and staff to teach or train in higher

education institutions (HEIs) beyond Europe. The same opportunities are available for staff and students from countries beyond Europe to come to participating HEIs in Europe.

– Erasmus Joint Master Degrees• Study must take place in at least two of the programme

countries. Part of the studies can also take place in a Partner if there is a partner-country institution involved

– Special actions for neighbouring countries combining mobility and capacity building

– Capacity building projects (KA2) in programme and partner countries

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Focus on strategic partnerships

• Strategic partnerships KA2 • Need to make strategic partnerships ‘strategic’, i.e. matching the Strategic Plan of

the institution to the EU Modernisation Agenda for HEIs. • The EC funds strategic partnerships related to innovation, STEM, online learning,

blended learning and work-based learning• Example: HEIDA project to collect data on internationalisation Koç University

(Istanbul, Turkey) Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) and International School for Social and Business Studies (Celje Slovenia) elje, Slovenia)

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Focus on ‘internationalisation at home’

• ‘Internationalisation at home’– The purposeful integration of international and intercultural dimensions into

the formal and informal curriculum for all students within domestic learning environments“

– Should this be supported by national/EU policy, or would it interfere with university autonomy?

– What are the challenges and how can they be managed?• Example: ATIAH to explore internationalisation at home

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Addressing challenges in mobility and cooperation

• ECHE pressure points (for mobility) – Obtaining appropriate information (e.g. published course catalogues online)– Recognition – Information on grading system and grade transfer – Support to students– Traineeships mobility – Inclusion and equal opportunity for access

• Legal and administrative support (e.g. visa)• Various tools available:

– Erasmus+ mobile app– Online course on Erasmus+ mobility for 2018

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Key questions moving forward – what can be done

• Howaretheconceptsofmobilityandinternationalisationcommunicated?

• Howareinternationalexperiencesintegrateduponthereturnofstaff/studentsorthecompletionofprojects?

• Howaretheinternationalnetworkscreatedcapitalisedon?

• Howisreciprocityininternationalcooperationrespected?

• Whichinstitutionalsupportisprovidedtoidentifyingopportunitiesandapplying

• Aretheseopportunitiesbuiltinaninstitutionalstrategy?• Whichcapacityisrequired?

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Thank you

Questions?

[email protected]