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Space Network meeting 18/11 - Porto:

Ideas for new projects esp. in the framework of Erasmus plus KA2

Host ISCAP/IPP – Porto Friday 18th November 2016 Luc Broes Julie Verstraeten Annemie Van den dries

Erasmus Plus

• is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport
• runs for 7 years, from 2014 to 2020
• invites organisations to apply for funding each year to undertake creative and worthwhile

activities

• aims to mod
• dernis

ise education, training and youth work across Europe

• is open to education, training, youth and sport organisations across all sectors of lifelong

learning, including school education, further and higher education, adult education and the youth sector

• offers opportunities for participants to study, work, volunteer, teach and train abroad in Europe

and further afield

Basic rule when writing an EU application

“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's….” When asking for EU money….abide by the EU wishes and rules… See call 2017: Erasmus+ Programme Guide – version 1 of 26/10/2016 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- plus/sites/erasmusplus/files/files/resources/erasmus-plus-programme- guide_en.pdfApplication document: Application document: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- plus/sites/erasmusplus/files/files/resources/2017-strategic-partnerships-higher- education_en.pdf To be sent to the EACEA for Centralised actions To be sent to the NA for Decentralised actions

Basic information regarding DG EAC

• the European Commission (EC) is the executive body of the European Union responsible for proposing

legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business

• f the EU
• the Commission operates as a cabinet government, with 28 members
• the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport is: Tibor Navracsics (HU)

Speech 16/11/2016: How European and international policies are supporting inclusive education Speech 15/11/2016: Celebrating new UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe

• the Commission includes also the administrative body of about 23,000 European civil servants who

are split into departments called directorates-general and services

• DG Education and Culture is divided in 5 directorates (A is for Modernisation of Education I: Europe

2020, country analysis, Erasmus+ coordination) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/docs/organisation_fr.pdf

• The Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA), located in Brussels: its mission is to

implement a number of strands of more than 15 Community funded programmes and actions in the fields of education and training, active citizenship, youth, audiovisual and culture (centralised actions)

DG EAC, EACEA, National agencies (NA) and National Erasmus+ Offices (NEOs)

The EACEA orchestrates the actions undertaken at national level providing information on Erasmus+, selecting projects to be funded, monitoring and evaluating Erasmus+, supporting applicants and participants, working with other NA’s and the EU, promoting Erasmus+, and sharing success stories and best practices. Decentralised: and this for the programme countries and for the partner countries List of NAs: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/contact_nl List of NEOs: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts/national-erasmus-plus-

• ffices_en

See also: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_en#tab-1-1

Example of National Erasmus+ Office

For the Russian Federation (Region 4):

• Ms. Olga Oleynikova

Center for Vocational Education & Training Studies National Erasmus+ Office 5, 2nd Entuziastov Street Block 41 Premise V, Room 5 111024 Moscow Russia Tel: +7 (495) 972 35 90 Tel/Fax: +7 (495) 915 72 54 E-mail: office@erasmusplusinrussia.ru ; info@erasmusplusinrussia.ru Website: http://erasmusplusinrussia.ru

Erasmus +

Key Action 1: Learning mobility of individuals

• aims to encourage the mobility of students, staff, volunteers, youth workers, and young people
• rganisations can arrange to send or receive students and staff to or from participating countries, as well as
• rganise teaching, training, learning and volunteering activities

KA107: international credit mobility

Your own NA will tell you: which partner countries are involved for your own country and which flows will be recognized: for students BA, MA, DO, for teaching staff, for training staff (IN-OUT)

Key Action 3: Support for policy reform aims to increase the participation of young people in democratic life, especially in discussions with policy makers, as well as developing knowledge in the fields of education, training, and youth Jean Monnet

• pportunities for teaching, research, and policy debate on the EU and its policies

Sport designed to develop and implement joint activities to promote sport and physical activity, identify and implement innovative activities in the field of sport, and manage not-for-profit events to increase participation in sport

Key Action 2: Innovation and good practices

is designed to develop the education, training, and youth sectors through 5 main activities: 1.Strategic partnerships to support innovation in the sector as well as joint initiatives to promote cooperation, peer-learning, and the sharing of experience 2.Knowledge Alliances to foster innovation in and through higher education together with businesses, and beyond, contributing to new approaches to teaching and learning, entrepreneurship in education, and the modernisation of higher education systems in Europe 3.Sector Skills Alliances to tackle skill gaps and ensure a better alignment of vocational education and training with labour market needs. There are

• pportunities to modernise VET, exchange knowledge and best practices, encourage working abroad, and increase the

recognition of qualifications 4.Capacity-building projects in the field of higher education to support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalisation of higher education in Part artner Cou Countrie ies 5.Capacity-building projects in the field of youth to support the development of youth work, non-formal learning, and volunteer work, as well as promote non-formal learning

• pportunities with Partner Countries

Main changes introduced in 2017

• The introduction of the concept of “European priorities in the national context” under KA2 Strategic Partnership.

For more information on this, please visit the website of each relevant National Agency!

• The funding rules for some decentralized actions have been fine-tuned
• The action "Sector Skills Alliances" is no longer covered by this General Call and Programme Guide and will be dealt

with separately through a Specific Call for Proposals announced by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

• As in 2016, the 2017 Programme Guide places a special focus on encouraging projects supporting socia
• cial in

inclu clusion (n (notably of

• f refugees and mig

igrants), as well ll as preventi ting radicali lisation

• New: Recommendations on the inclusion of higher education students and staff with physical, mental or health-

related conditions in the Erasmus+ programme https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/sites/erasmusplus/files/erasmus-plus-recommendations-higher- education_en.pdf

Recommendations on inclusion

• Place the information for Erasmus+ students and staff with physical, mental or health-related conditions

prominently on your webpage and other communication channels in an accessible format. This information should include how students and staff can request the special needs support.

• As a starting point, you can use the draft website text at the end of this document to inform your students and

staff with physical, mental or health-related conditions about Erasmus+ mobility opportunities and support.

• You can take further inspiration by the webpages of University of Jyväskylä (Finland) with information for both
• utgoing and incoming Erasmus+ students, Frederick University Students (Cyprus) or İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi

(Turkey) for outgoing students and Ludwig Maximilians Universität (LMU) München (Germany) for incoming students.

• Provide support to your students and staff, taking inspiration from other HEI’s and networks. For example, the A-Z

Guide to inclusive international mobility is designed to give you some tips: http://www.eaie.org/eaie- resources/library/publication/Other/abc-guide-inclusive-international-mobility.html

Capacity building in the field of HE

• aims to support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in the Partner

Countries

• is to be carried out in the context of the priorities identified in the Communications:

“Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change” and “European Higher Education in the World”.

• It is implemented within the framework of the external policies of the EU, defined by the financial instruments of

the European Union which support this action, namely the: European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA), European Development Fund

• This action contributes to the development of sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth in Partner

Countries and should ensure development and EU external actions objectives and principles, including national

• wnership, social cohesion, equity, proper geographical balance and diversity. Special attention will be given to

the least developed countries as well as to disadvantaged students from poor socio-economic backgrounds and to students will special needs.

Capacity building in the field of HE (2)

Capacity-building Projects are tr transnational l coo

• operation proje

jects based ed on

• n multi

ltila lateral part rtnership ips, primarily between higher education institutions (HEI’s) from Programme and eligible Partner Countries financed through the above-mentioned instruments. They can also involve non-academic partners to strengthen the links with society and business and to reinforce the systemic impact of the projects. Through structured cooperation, exchange of experience and good practices and individual mobility, Capacity- building Projects aim to:

• support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in the eligible Partner

Countries;

• support eligible Partner Countries to address the challenges facing their higher education institutions and

systems, including those of quality, relevance, equity of access, planning, delivery, management and governance;

• contribute to cooperation between the EU and the eligible Partner Countries (and amongst the eligible Partner

Countries);

• promote voluntary convergence with EU developments in higher education;
• promote people-to-people contacts, intercultural awareness and understanding.

Capacity building in the field of HE (3)

These objectives are pursued in the eligible Partner Countries, through actions that:

• improve the quality of higher education and enhance its relevance for the labour market

and society;

• improve the level of competences and skills in HEI’s by developing new and innovative

education programmes;

• enhance the management, governance and innovation capacities, as well as the

internationalisation of HEI’s;

• increase the capacities of national authorities to modernise their higher education systems,

by supporting to the definition, implementation and monitoring of reform policies;

• foster regional integration and cooperation across different regions of the world through

joint initiatives;

• stimulate sharing of good practices and cooperation.

Capacity building in the field of HE (4)

Two categories of Capacity-building projects are supported: Join Joint Proje jects: aimed at producing outcomes that benefit principally and directly the organisations from eligible Partner Countries involved in the project. These projects typically focus on three different types of activities:

• curriculum development;
• modernisation of governance, management and functioning of HEIs;
• strengthening of relations between HEIs and the wider economic and social environment.

Str tructural l Proje jects: aimed at producing an impact on higher education systems and promoting reforms at national and/or regional level in the eligible Partner Countries. These projects typically focus on two different categories of activities:

• modernisation of policies, governance and management of higher education systems;
• strengthening of relations between higher education systems and the wider economic and social environment.

Capacity building in the field of HE (5)

Capacity-building projects can be implemented as:

• National projects, i.e. projects involving institutions from only one eligible

Partner Country;

• Multi-country projects within one single region, involving at least two countries

from this region;

• Multi-country projects involving more than one region, involving at least one

country from each region concerned.

Capacity building in the field of HE (6)

In the case of Capacity-building projects targeting the eligible Partner Countries from Regions 1, 2 and 3 (see section "Eligible Countries" in Part A of this Guide), both categories of projects (Joint Projects and Structural Projects) may include, in addition, a Spec ecia ial Mob

• bili

lity Str trand for staff and students. This Mobility Strand will be evaluated as a separate component. The Special Mobility Strand

• must be instrumental to the objectives of the project (integrated mobility) and implemented through inter-

institutional agreements

• it is important to note that this component of the project may be rejected (not funded) even if the project is

selected; the non-selection of this component should not hamper the implementation of the other activities foreseen by the project

• should be seen as additional support provided by the EU to reinforce the intervention logic of the project but

cannot be a condition for the successful implementation of the core project objectives

• the funding of a Special Mobility Strand within a selected project will depend on the results of the specific

qualitative evaluation of the proposal and on the budget available. It is expected that no more than 40% of the Joint or Structural projects selected for funding for Regions 1, 2, 3 will benefit from such a grant

Capacity building in the field of HE (7)

Capacity-building projects must respect all of the following criteria: For projects addressing one Partner Country only (national projects): 1 eligible Partner Country and at least 3 Programme Countries must be involved in the project. These projects must include, as full partners, a minimum number of HEIs, as follows:

• minimum one HEI from at least 3 of the Programme Countries taking part in the project;
• minimum 3 HEI’s from the Partner Country taking part in the project;
• projects must include at least as many Partner Country HEIs as there are Programme

Country HEI’s. Exception: in Partner Countries where the number of HEI’s is lower than 5 in the whole country or in cases where one single institution represents more than 50% of the overall student population

• f the country, applications counting only one HEI for those countries will be accepted.

Capacity building in the field of HE (8)

For projects addressing 2 or more Partner Countries (multi-country projects): At least 2 eligible Partner Countries and at least 3 Programme Countries must be involved in the

• project. Partner Countries can be from the same region or from different regions covered by the

Action. These projects must include, as full partners, a minimum number of HEIs, as follows:

• minimum one HEI from at least 3 of the Programme Countries taking part in the project;
• minimum 2 HEI’s from each Partner Country taking part in the project;
• projects must include at least as many Partner Country HEI’s as there are Programme Country HEIs.

Exceptio ion: in Partner Countries where the number of HEI’s is lower than 5 in the whole country or in cases where

• ne single institution represents more than 50% of the overall student population of the country,

applications counting only one HEI for those countries will be accepted on the condition that the projects includes at least as many Partner Country HEIs as there are Programme Country HEIs.

Capacity building in the field of HE (9)

Additional specific criteria applying to: Str Structural l Projects projects must also involve, as full partners, the Min inis istrie ies resp sponsib ible for hig igher education in each of the eligible Partner Countries targeted by the project Projects s in involv lving par artners fr from Region 4 4 (Ru (Russian Federation): must involve at least another Partner Country Projects s in involv lving par artners fr from Region 8 8 (La (Latin in America): must involve at least two Partner Countries from that region in the project

Capacity building in the field of HE (10)

Capacity-building Projects can last 2 or

• r 3 yea

ears.

• The duration must be chosen at application stage, based on the objective of the project and on the type
• f activities foreseen over time.
• Only under exceptional circumstances, one extension of the eligibility period of maximum 12 months,

may be granted if it becomes impossible for the coordinator to complete the project within the scheduled period.

• And don’t forget when writing an application to check on
• n the

the crit criteria ia the the exp xperts ha have to

• fol
• llow:

relevance of the consortium, quality of the consortium and cooperation arrangements, quality of the activity design and implementation, impact and dissemination…,… Think now already about intellectual outputs, multiplier events, study, teaching, training activities… Dea eadli lines: KA1: 02/02/2017 KA2: Capacity building in HE: 09/02/2017 KA2: Jean Monnet: 23/02/2017 KA2: Knowledge Alliances: 28/02/2017 KA2: Strategic partnerships: 29/03/2017

Other proposals?....