Erasmus+ ICM management Nayla Hocheimy Hajj International - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cluster meeting of Erasmus+ ICM management

Nayla Hocheimy Hajj International relations office

27 September 2018

342 active bilateral agreements 221 partner institutions 43 countries around the world 7 Erasmus Mundus projects (paved the way to…) 30 Erasmus+ ICM partners (representing approx. 9% of total

agreements), most of them being at their second and third round. 66.6% of these institutions are already USJ partners through bilateral agreements Impact of E+ ICM on sustainability of partnerships

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Global outreach

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List of our E+ ICM partners In 12 countries across Europe: Belgium,

France, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Italy, Poland, Germany, Slovenia, Spain & Czech Republic

• Aix-Marseille Universoity (France)
• Babes Bolyai University in Cluj (Romania)
• Université de Bordeaux (France)
• University of Deusto (Spain)
• EMUNI network (Slovenia)
• Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées (France)
• Frei University Berlin (Germany)
• University of Granada (Spain)
• Sciences Po Paris (France)
• JAMIES network (Portugal)
• Institut Polytechnique Lasalle Beauvais (France)
• Masaryk University (Czech Republic)
• University of Minho (Portugal)
• Université de Montpellier (France)
• Université de Namur (Belgium)
• Panteion University of social and political sciences

(Greece)

• Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France)
• Powislanski College in Kwidzyn (Poland)
• University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Tampere University of applied sciences TAMK (Finland)
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
• Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (France)
• Ignatianum Jesuit University in Krakow (Poland)
• University of Torino (Italy)
• Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain)
• Autonoma University of Barcelona (Spain)
• Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
• University of Castilla la Mancha (Spain)
• Uninettuno (Italy)
• University of Sapienza (Italy)

• Over 200 INCOMING students

per year

• Over 200 OUTGOING students per year

→ E+ ICM scholarship holders ratio: ▪ 12% in 2016/17 ▪ 17% in 2017/18 ▪ 21.4% in 2018/19 (1st semester only)

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STUDENT MOBILITY

63.5% no scholarships E+ ICM scholarships 21.4% 12% other scholarships 3% discount

• n tuitions

E+ in OUTGOING STUDENT MOBILITY

1st semester 18/19

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• Info sessions are organized on all campuses through out the year.
• Call for application is published on our website, sent through mass mail

to all the university community and promoted via social media platforms

• Applicants go through individual interviews, profile screening, before

filling USJ’s forms.

• Selection criteria: grades, financial aid, motivation, language
• Nomination made by the international relations office followed by

specific E+ application procedure

• Orientation meeting for all outgoing students prior to their mobility
• Visa support
• Follow-up is ensured during mobility period
• Satisfaction reports and surveys are mandatory upon return
• Dissemination of results and promotion of E+ ICM in USJ’s publications,

reports, magazines and social media

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Student mobility procedures

Since 2015/2016, USJ has implemented 90 staff mobilities funded by E+ ICM in various fields. Balanced distribution:

• 44 incoming
• 46 outgoing

Type:

• 49% academic staff
• 51% administrative staff

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Erasmus+ STAFF MOBILITY

• Promotion of intercultural dialogue (student

mobility)

• New Joint research opportunities (academic staff

mobility)

• Exchanges on university governance

(administrative staff mobility)

• New partner institutions & countries
• Allows and encourages– through such meetings –

exchange between Lebanese universities

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Positive impact of E+ ICM

→ Central management by the International relations Office

▪ Gives the best insight and a global overview of all available/implemented scholarships ▪ Allows targeting actions ▪ Respects the principle of a balanced distribution ▪ Offers help & support to all interested candidates ▪ Ensures transparency in disseminating calls for application

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Management system of E+ ICM

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• Little involvement in the application process

prior to funding

• Limited access to info during the application for

funding process

• Signature of inter-institutional agreement prior

to funding

• Change in number of scholarships allocated
• Very small number of scholarships granted per

country (not by institution)

→ Info on impact & dissemination of results!

• Timing of open calls for application

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DIFFICULTIES & OBSTACLES (1)

• Understaffed IRO in partner countries
• Unrealistic “contribution to travel cost”
• Insufficient per diem for staff
• No administrative fees
• Bank account issues (example of Spain)
• Slow administrative procedure in scholarship

payment for students & staff

• Various flight booking procedures (confusing)

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DIFFICULTIES & OBSTACLES (2)

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