summer workshops erasmus for beginners pam morris
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Summer Workshops
Erasmus for beginnersPam Morris
Types of funding (decentralised, covered by NA contract)
• Student Mobility• Study periods• Work placements
• Staff Mobility• Teaching staff mobility• Staff training mobility
• Organisation of Mobility
General eligibility rules
• Erasmus University Charter (EUC)
• Inter Institutional Agreement
• Mobility grants awarded only to students/staff who
are: Nationals of a European Union Member State
or Member State of the European Economic Area
Nationals of a Candidate Country Individuals officially recognised by the United
Kingdom as refugees, stateless persons or permanent residents
Participating Countries• The countries participating in the Programme in
2008/09 are:
European Union Member States*: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
European Economic Area States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
Candidate Country: Turkey
* Includes the following regions: Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, Azores, Madeira
Non-participating Country
•Switzerland Does not participate in the Erasmus
programme But does run a shadow Erasmus scheme
• CRUS - Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities
• www.crus.ch• [email protected]
Student Mobility – Study and Work
• Eligibility
• Grants and allocations
• Fees and waivers
• Student contract
• Disability
• Multiple Erasmus periods – • study, work, Mundus
• Erasmus Student Charter
Staff Mobility - Teaching and Training
• Eligibility• Grants and allocations
Must be receipted• Disability• Length - 1 week (5 days) to 6 weeks
– If less than 1 week, minimum of 5 hours teaching* Shorter periods may be permitted for staff training subject to institutional justification
• All staff mobility must be completed by 31 July 2009
Organisation of Mobilityper capita grant based on scale of mobility
No reporting
Flexibility
If no outgoing mobility, pay-back
Supports outgoing and incoming mobility
10% rule
Institutional responsibility
Subject to EC audit
Payments
• In Euros
• Allocation – set monthly student grants
• Funds normally paid within 45 days of receipt of
signed contract from institution subject to 2007/08 SM & TM final reports submitted to
NA
• NA cannot accept any bank charges must be borne by institution
• Erasmus Mobility funds must be held in clearly
designated account
Inter-Institutional Agreements
• Required for mobility between HEIs*
• Outline model provided in operational handbook
• Signed and in place before mobility
• Otherwise no deadline
• Duration
• Review clause
• NA can help find partners via ETT and Erasmus website
* Mobility between HEI and Enterprise legally bound by individual student Training Agreement
Documents for mobility
• Erasmus University Charter (EUC) or Extended
EUC– Application constitutes agreement to principles
• Erasmus Student Charter
• Learning agreement/ Training agreement
• Student contract
• Transcript of records
• Staff mobility – teaching or work programme
• Certificate of attendance
Reporting
•Electronic
•Technical details to be provided
•Data fields given in Annexes 2a and 2b of handbook
Reporting - key dates
• SM Interim Report - 16 January 2009
• TM Interim Report - 20 March 2009
• SM and TM Final Report - 31 July 2009
• All written reports• institutional - 31 July 2009 • student - 30 September 2009• teacher - 30 September 2009• staff training - 30 September 2009
• No OM report
Reporting - basics
• Make sure you collect information according to data fields (see Annexes 2a and 2b of handbook)
• Standard procedure – follow the instructions!
• If you have problems contact the office
• Importance of Interim Report – include all data
RESPECT THE DEADLINES
Signatures
• Mobility Contract : Head of Institution (or
authorised signatory) – June to September
• Receipts from Interim and Final Reports :
Erasmus coordinator
• Supplementary Mobility Contract : Head of
Institution (or authorised signatory) – March to
May
Erasmus-Tempus-Talk
• Electronic discussion group– [email protected]
• For NA to– Disseminate information– Provide advice or assistance to all institutions
• For institutions to– Share ideas– Seek opinions
• To subscribe– Email NA and request subscription