Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility for Slovenian HEIs Adrian Veale European Commission Directorate-General for Education & Culture
Erasmus+ Programme Countries
Erasmus+ Partner Countries
Erasmus+ 2014-2020 budget for international actions (EUR million) International staff & student "credit" mobility 761 Jean Monnet 281 Capacity Building for Higher Education 810 Erasmus Mundus Joint MA Degrees 1,000
What is ICM?
ICM in brief Short-term higher education mobility For students and PhD candidates (3-12 months) & staff (5-60 days) All levels: BA, MA, PhD, academic & administrative staff Generous grant and no tuition fees!
A global action
ICM in numbers Mobilities funded so far: 62,000 and counting...! 28.109 33.927 2015 2016
How does ICM work?
Decentralised management
Decentralised management Programme Country HEI
Ring-fenced budgets per NA All 27 other Programme Countries 42% PL 7% UK 8% IT 10% ES 10% DE 13% FR 10%
Rules and restrictions
Priority countries
What's new in 2017 One application deadline: 2 February 2017 no second round! Tunisia Window EUR 3 million ~750 mobilities Iran, Iraq, Yemen EUR 2.5 million ~600 mobilities
Slovenian ICM in 2015-2016
Adjusting demand 2015 2016
Applications and selections, 2016 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Applications # Unique Selected Subprojects
2016 selected projects Region Countries ACP Asia Burkina Faso, Dominican Rep, Fiji, Ghana, Jamaica, Niger Afghanistan, China, india, C. Asia Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan E. Partn. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Ind. Amer. Ind. Asia L. America Russia South Med W. Balkans US, Canada Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, S Korea, New Zealand Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico Russia Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Albania, Bosnia-Herz., Kosovo, Serbia
2016 selected projects
2016 selected beneficiaries Budget Mob tot Into SI Out of IS UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI UNIVERZA V MARIBORU UNIVERZA NA PRIMORSKEM UNIVERSITA DEL LITORALE UNIVERZA V NOVI GORICI MEDNARODNA FAKULTETA ZA DRUZBENE IN POSLOVNE STUDIJE ZAVOD Ekonomska sola Celje B2 Visoka sola za poslovne vede, zavod 428.980 301 81 47 299.001 132 73 34 241.561 98 45 39 77.846 52 16 6 33.450 20 9 11 17.980 12 4 8 12.850 7 5 2 TOTAL 1.111.668 622 233 147
Applying
Programme Country HEI
Organisational support EUR 350/participant up to first 100 participants, then EUR 200/participant Individual support EUR 650-850/month for students and EUR 100-160/day for staff Contribution to travel costs EUR 180-1100, depending on distance travelled
Programme Country HEI Partner Country HEI
Programme Country HEI Partner Country HEI Participant
Your approach Target envelopes with bigger budgets Go for less usual suspects Newcomers, think about starting with staff mobility 26-month contracts recommended Fit the application to the award criteria
Application form: qualitative assessment Erasmus+
Relevance: why? Why mobility Why this region? Why relevant for you and for your partners Why students, why staff?go for less usual suspects Explain complementarity, new cooperation Fit the application to the award criteria
Quality of cooperation How is the work divided? How are the finances shared? How will you communicate? Are you both up to the job? How does your experience count?
Quality of project Before, during, after = Selection, support, recognition Additional support Planning and timelines
Impact and dissemination Impact on different stakeholders Local, regional, national impact Home and baroad Measure success, disseminate results to whom? Impact in the right context
Resources for applicants Dos and donts Guidelines for experts on quality assessment
Cooperation challenges Payment management Is it enough? Candidate selection Courses included in your offer Visas Recognition
International Credit Mobility Timeline for Contractual Documents European Commission Start of the mobility projects (1 June) Delegation Agreement National Agency Programme Country HEI ECHE PIC Application Form 2 February 2016 Qualitative Assessment Grant Agreement Before the start of the actual mobility Every month, once mobilities have started Reporting in Mobility Tool+ Reporting to National Agency Interim report & final beneficiary report Partner Country HEI Participants Before the start of the actual mobility Inter-institutional Agreement Learning/ Mobility Agreement 3 parties + Grant Agreement Programme HEI- Participant Before encoding mobilities in Mobility Tool+ PIC Participant Report Online EU Survey Students: 30 days before the end of the mobility Staff: After the end of the mobility Student Survey on Recognition After the end of the mobility Application Phase Contractualisation Phase Implementation & Reporting Phase Erasmus+
'Do's and don'ts' for applicants FAQs for students & staff FAQs for HEIs Quick Reference Guide for Partner Country HEIs Guidelines Programme Guide 2017
Resources for applicants Dos and donts Guidelines for experts on quality assessment