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New Erasmus+ programme2021-27- What does it offer for highereducation?

Anni Kallio, Sofia Lähdeniemi, Sini Piippo, Mari Pohjola, Anne SiltalaEDUFIWebinar 4.12.2019

About this webinar

• General about the new Erasmus+ programme

• ECHE – Erasmus Charter for Higher Education

• KA1 Mobility

• KA2 Cooperation projects

• Global dimension

• Erasmus Without Paper – digital tools

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General about the newErasmus+ programme

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Inclusion strategy

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Green Erasmus

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ECHE – Erasmus Charter for Higher Education

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Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)

The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international

cooperation activities a higher education institution may carry out within Erasmus+

ECHE is a pre-requisite for all higher education institutions located in a Programme country and willing to participate in

learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under Erasmus+

The ECHE is being awarded for the whole programme period, also for the new programme 2021-2017

The basic principles of the current ECHE will remainin the ECHE for 2021-2027

The new ECHE is not yet finalized, yet it’s updates will mirror the elements of the new programme:

• Commitment to implement digital mobility management in line with the European Student Card Initiative.

• Stronger formulation regarding inclusion

• Promotion of environmentally friendly practices

• Involvement of alumni

In the ECHE application procedure, HEIs aredivided in two catecories: ”FULL” & ”LIGHT”

LIGHT PROCEDURE FULL PROCEDURE

European

Commission sends

Active & Inactive lists

to NAs

European

Commission &

NAs decide final

lists and transmit

to EACEA

ECHE Call is

published by

EACEA

April 2020

ECHE Call closes

October 2020

Indicative Publication of

ECHE Call Results

Period of Appeals

To be determined

Throughout 2021-2027 Erasmus Programme

Mid-November 2019 December 2019

February

2020

2027Monitoring Implementation by NAs

2019

Indicative Timeline

NAs verify, update

and send lists

back to COM

End November 2019

ECHE application & European Policy Statement

Current application:• Includes general statistics on the applicant HEI as well as it’s intl.

mobilities

• Current application requires the HEI to reflect it’s organisation, procdures and services in relation to the ECHE principles

• An important part of the application is the European Policy Statement(EPS), in which the HEI describes it's international strategy

How to prepare for the upcaming ECHE Call? By self-assesing the current performance

ECHE self-assessment tool(s)1) Rectors and vice rectors/chancellors to know how well the HEI meets the expectations of the Charter, length 10 min.2) International relations officers and Erasmus+ coordinators to get an in-depth view of the HEIs performance in managing Erasmus+ activities, length 40 min. Further information:https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/sites/erasmusplus2/files/eche_self-assessment_information_leaflet.pdf

The test: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/eche/start_en

Coming up in 2020…

• The ECHE 2021-2027 Call for Applications, February• Information on the Call will be distributed via EDUFI

mailing lists

•A national webinar on ECHE, guiding the Finnish HEIson how to apply will be organised in February/March

•New ECHE guidelines, presumably

•NEW ECHE monitoring guide, presumably

KA1 Mobility

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KA1 Mobility

New feature: Blended intensive programmes

Definition: A combination of physical mobility with a virtual

component facilitating a collaborative online learning

exchange and teamwork. The virtualcomponent must bring the learnerstogether online to work collectively

and simultaneously on specificassignments that count towards the

overall learning outcomes.

Objectives of blendedmobility

Provide new and more flexible mobility formats as well as innovative ways of

learning and teaching

Reach to all types of students in all study fields

Practice a multidisciplinary, challenged based and international approaches as

well as more flexible curricula

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New feature: Short-term mobility for PhDStudentsObjectives of short term physical mobility for doctoral candidates

• Equal opportunities regardless of student/staff status

• More flexibility and better tailored mobility periods

• More opportunities for learning a range of transversal skills, working with foreign advisers on the thesis, training in presenting scientific information, acquiring specialized knowledge and skills, establish valuable contacts in Europe and beyond and for finding post-doctoral opportunities

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New feature: International KA103

Sustainable international cooperation

Non-competitive for greater inclusion and accessibility

Synergies and complementarity with external policy funds (KA107)

Action and funds simple and flexible to use

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KA107 International Credit Mobility

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Student, teacher and staff mobility

Higher Education: bothfrom external and

internal budget

Opening for VET: pilotson-going in Western

Balkans and in South-Mediterranean

Short-term mobility for doctoral candidates

Quality assessment Regional approach

KA2 Cooperation Projects

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Replacecurrent

Strategic Partnerships

Replacecurrent

Knowledge Alliances

Currentlyin KA3

Experiencefrom pilot

calls

Minorchanges

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KA2 Cooperation Partnerships in HE• Decentralised Action, managed by National Agencies

• Main aim: HE quality and relevance

• Close links to policy and priorities at European and national level

• Developing and sharing results/deliverables, creating networks and developing joint activities, events etc.

Funding model

• Single lump sum covering project management and implementation, including production and sharing of deliverables

• Pre-defined lump-sum rates based on overall project size: mid and high-value

• Applications describe the efforts and resources that the applicants commit for the lump sum amount

• Proportionality: more expensive projects require more detailed description and higher level of ambition

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Global dimension

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The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)

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International credit

mobility

Continuationand

expansion in HE and youth

New activitiesin VET and

sport

New: intra-regionalmobility

CapacityBuilding

Continuationof HE and

youth

New activities in

VET and sport

Erasmus Mundus

Joint Masters

Continuationof HE

Jean Monnet

Continuationof HE

New activities in

VET and schools

National Erasmus+

Offices

Continuationof currentstructure

foreseen (27 NEOs)

RegionalNEOs?

Global Dimension

Capacity Building

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Capacity buildingof partner country education systems

and institutions

More coordinationfrom partner

countries

Opening for VET

Two strands of projects to

encourage moreinclusiveness

Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters

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Joint Master Degrees

Excellence

More equal rolefor the non-EU

institutions

Modified fundingmodel, focus on the institutions

Simplificationand streamlining

Erasmus MundusLabel

Erasmus Without Paper & European Student Card

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Digital Roadmap

• Use of EWP to transfer data will become gradually mandatory in the next Erasmus programme

• 2021: Inter‐institutional agreements and Online learning agreements

• 2022: Nominations

• 2023: Transcripts of records

• Timescale depends on systems being fully tested by higher education institutions and confirmed fit for purpose!

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Joining EWP

• Three ways

• If you use an inhouse mobility management system, connect it to the EWP network using free plug-ins (APIs).

• If you are using a third-party software solution your supplier should beadding connection to the EWP network soon – ask them for details.

• If you do not have a mobility management system, or do not want to connect your in-house system to the EWP Network, then you can get accessvia the web-based, single-point-of-entry, the Erasmus Without Paper Dashboard.

• EWP Competence Center https://www.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu/cc

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Current developments with digital tools

• Inter-institutional agreements

• End 2019: Publication of new template and requirements

• Early 2020: Inter‐institutional agreement manager released for mass testing

• Mid‐2020: Formal release of IIA manager

• Online Learning Agreement

• EWP interface still under development

• New OLA templates to be published by end of 2020

• EWP-MT+ -interface

• First launch in 2020, automation ready in 2021

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European Student Card

• Turning existing cards into European Student Cards.

• Not a new separate card.

• European Student Card elements:

• European Student Card hologram

• European Student Card Number

• QR code containing the European Student Card Number and a uniquestudent identifier.

➢ The elements can already be added to cards, see more at https://europeanstudentcard.eu/

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Events and webinars

• Erasmus Goes Digital conference on the 13th of February 2020 at the University of Luxembourg: https://uni-foundation.eu/erasmus-goes-digital-luxembourg/

• Webinar "Recommendations on the new Erasmus+ Programme Templates" on the 11th of December from 14:30-16:00 CET/Brussels time. The link to join thewebinar will be published here soon.

• Webinar "Online Learning Agreement & GDPR" on the 20th of January from14:30-16:00 CET/Brussels time. The link to join the webinar will be publishedhere soon.

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Further information• https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-

plus/news/commission-adopts-proposal-next-erasmus-programme-2021-2027_en

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Kiitos!