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ICI ECP

Industrialised Countries Initiative

Education Cooperation Programme

Giornata Nazionale Erasmus Mundus II 2013

Manuela Costone – PNC Italia Erasmus Mundus

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Bilateral cooperation programme ICI

ICI (Industrialised Countries Instrument) promotes co-operation between the European Union and seventeen industrialised and other high-income countries and territories in North America, the Asia-Pacific region and the Gulf region.

One of the supported specific actions promotes "people-to-people links" with the aim to enhance mutual understanding between cultures and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge.

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ICI-ECP

ICI-ECP (Education Cooperation Programme) refers to EU cooperation with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the Republic of Korea in the field of higher education and vocational education and training. The programme includes regional and bilateral cooperation projects based on joint EU - Partner Countries funding and mutual agreement on the selection of higher education partnerships.

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ICI-ECP characteristics

• Development of common study programmes+mobility(Double/Joint Degree and/or Joint Study programmes)

• Bachelor or Master degree, or VET, but no PhD

• Lump sum for administration and development work

• Flat rate grants for Student and Staff Mobility

• Balanced activities and shared responsibility

• Co-funding by the EU and the partner country 50% + 50%

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NEW Call ICI – ECP EACEA/44/2012

• Deadline for applications 15.05.2013• Budget : from EU side approximately 2.45 M€• Plan to fund 5-9 cooperation projects

• Partner Countries participating in the call:Australia (3/4), Japan (3/5), New Zealand (1) or Republic of Korea (3/5)

• Cooperation projects to be developed btw EU and one of the Partner Countries

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Project types:

• Double or Joint Degree projects ( priority to Joint Degrees)

• Mobility projects in the area of VET and to projects offering work placements or training experience

• Projects planned to start October 2013

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Duration Projects are planned to begin in October 2013 48 months

Partnership

Minimum 2 HE institutions from 2 different EU countries and 2 such institutions from the Partner Country

The priority will be given to partnerships focusing to Joint degrees

Activity •Development of joint /shared curricula, joint study / training programmes •Student Mobility ( one academic year ~10 months ) in Partner Country•Faculty Mobility (1-4 weeks)

Intra European mobility is encouraged but not obligatory

Student Mobility

EU students:Flat rate 1.000€ / month grant for mobility stayTravel grant 1.500 €/student

Studies, internship, transfer of credits

Faculty Mobility

EU faculty: Flat rate 1.000€ / week grant for mobility stayTravel grant 1.500 €/faculty

Structured visitsTeaching, research...

Outline of Joint Degree Projects

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Outline of Joint Mobility Projects

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For further information:http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/bilateral_cooperation/eu_ici_ecp/funding/call_2012_en.php