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Erasmus+ and Marie

Skłodowska-Curie Actions

7th ICQAHEA, Abuja, 22 September 2015

Deirdre Lennan, European Commission

Erasmus+

The EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport

Provides funding for programmes, projects and scholarships and fosters both EU-EU and EU-international cooperation

4 actions specifically include an international dimension for higher education: Credit mobility, Joint Master degrees, Capacity Building for Higher Education and Jean Monnet actions

For more information on Erasmus+, see: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

For more information on Erasmus+ funding opportunities, see: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding_en

General call: due out 1st week of October, deadlines in February/March, selection by June, activities start September 2016

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Credit mobility

International opening of Erasmus, grants for students (all levels, all disciplines, between 3-12 months) and for staff (teaching or retraining, from 5 days to 2 months)

Implemented within the Erasmus quality framework (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education, Inter-institutional agreements between hosting and sending institutions, learning agreements)

Action managed by National agencies in Europe and the university in Europe will apply on behalf of the university/ies in the partner country

16 to 24 months to organise the mobility

Vector of internationalisation, increases quality of education, impacts personal development and employability, structures impact on universities, reform catalyst

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees

Continuation of Erasmus Mundus Master Courses

Excellent Joint Master courses offered by consortia of HEIs from Programme and Partner Countries to attract best students worldwide through high level scholarships

An integrated study programme, fully recognised in the countries participating will be offered

Requires study in at least two of the programme countries represented in the consortium and can last 12-18-24 months (60 – 90 – 120 ECTS)

Leads to the award of a double, multiple or joint degree to all successful students

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees (II)

Awards full-study scholarships for students across the world

Funding for three annual intakes of students and guest lecturers covering total costs of students scholarships and annual flat-rate fee for management and guest academic costs

Higher Education institutions from all countries present here can apply to be part of the consortium running the programme

2015 selection includes institutions from South Africa, Egypt and Senegal as full partners

Encourage your best students and young staff to apply for scholarships with any of the 116 Master courses currently running. For the list of running courses, see: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_master_courses_en.php

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees (II)

Awards full-study scholarships for students across the world

Funding for three annual intakes of students and guest lecturers covering total costs of students scholarships and annual flat-rate fee for management and guest academic costs

Higher Education institutions from all countries present here can apply to be part of the consortium running the programme

Encourage your best students and young staff to apply for scholarships with any of the 116 Master courses currently running. For the list of running courses, see: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/key-action-1-learning-mobility-individuals/joint-master-degrees/scholarships_en

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees (III)

The former Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programmes are now covered by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (under the ITN action) but doctoral candidates can still apply to the running programmes until 2017.

Encourage your best doctoral candidates to apply for scholarships with any of the 29 joint doctoral programmes currently running. For the list of running courses, see: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_joint_doctorates_en.php

Encourage your students to apply for the running Erasmus Mundus Action 2 scholarships and for the Intra-ACP Mobility Programme also:

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarships_students_academics_en.php

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/intra_acp_mobility/funding/students_scholarship_en.php

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Capacity building in higher education

• Build capacity and help modernise higher education institutions in Partner Countries, to ensure a structural, long-lasting impact

• Support modernisation & internationalisation• Improve quality of higher education institutions and systems • Improve the level of competences and skills• Enhance management, governance in HEIs• Promote people-to-people contacts, intercultural understanding• Voluntary convergence with EU HE policy developments

Structural Projects: Reforms at national level with the support of the authorities in the Partner Countries (policy modernisation, Bologna-type policies, governance and management of higher education systems…)

Joint Projects: New curricula, joint degrees, learning and teaching methodologies, staff development, quality assurance, governance, transparency tools

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Capacity building in higher education (II)

Projects must fit the regional priority subjects or themes

2 or 3 year projects run by a consortium of institutions

Non-EU universities can be the grant applicant

Maximum 1 million € per project

Up to 10% co-financing

1. For information: see http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/key-action-2-capacity-building-in-field-higher-education-2015_en

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Capacity building in higher education (III)

2 or 3 year projects run by a consortium of institutions

Non-EU universities can be the grant applicant

Maximum 1 million € per project

Up to 10% co-financing

1. For information: see http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/key-action-2-capacity-building-in-field-higher-education-2015_en

2. All institutions participating in the different actions will need a PIC number (an entrance registration number).

3. If none, apply already now for this unique registration number.4. For more information, see:

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/participant-portal-eform.pdf5. And apply here:6. https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/PPMT/

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Jean Monnet actions

Project grants to promote excellence through:•Teaching and research (Modules, Chairs, Centres of Excellence)•Policy debate with academic world (Networks, Projects) •Support to activities of institutions or associations

Objectives: focus on EU studies to promote excellence in teaching and research on the European integration process in various disciplines

Currently, there are Jean Monnet chairs in Morocco, Cabo Verde and at the University of Pretoria

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet_en

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): objectives

Under Horizon 2020, support excellence in research with top-quality international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary training to foster innovation skills

Develop the careers of 65 000 researchers between 2014 and 2020, including 25 000 PhD candidates

3 actions are widely open to individuals and institutions from across the world: Innovative Training Networks (ITN), Individual Fellowships (IF) and Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portalhttp://ec.europa.eu/msca/

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Thank you very much for your attention!!!

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