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Beyond Student Mobility:

Initiatives for Internationalization International Office

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Sapienza University of Rome International Office structure

The main internationalization activities carried out by Sapienza are implemented at several levels, all closely related to each other:

- international agreements

- internationalization of teaching and research

- cooperation and development

- international initiatives aimed at promoting the University abroad

- participation in European projects for training, mobility and research, welcome office

- welcome of international delegations.

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE Director Antonella Cammisa

SECRETARIAT (2 staff)

INTERNATIONAL

PROGRAMMES

INTERNATIONAL

RESEARCH

INTERNATIONAL

AGREEMENTS

UNIT (2 staff)

INTERNATIONAL

RESEARCH

UNIT (3 staff)

ERASMUS

UNIT (5 staff)

INTERNATIONAL

TEACHING AND

EUROPEAN

PROGRAMMES

UNIT (4 staff)

COOPERATION

AID, FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT

UNIT (2 staff)

UNIT


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Part of the International policy of the University is to sign International Agreements between universities to enhance the cultural and scientific collaborations with Academic Institutions in the world.

International Interuniversitary Agreements mainly promote and encourage research and/or teaching activities between Sapienza and the partner Institution, through exchanges of teachers, researchers, PhDs and students.

International Agreements Unit


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Today Sapienza has more than 1000 International Agreements* with universities around the world, under the following formats:

• General Agreement of cultural and scientific cooperation

• Executive Protocol

• Additional Protocol (for student mobility)

• Specific Agreement of cultural and scientific cooperation

*excluding Erasmus agreements



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The General Agreement of cultural and scientific cooperation expresses a

“general interest” in promoting and developing collaboration between Sapienza

and the partner institutions from all over the world, and it’s signed by the

Rectors.

The implementation of the “general interest” is achieved through:

• the negotiation and signature of an Executive protocol aimed at supporting

teachers, researchers and PhD students’ mobility within a single or more

areas of research or teaching; it’s signed by the responsibles of the

involved structures;

• the negotiation and signature of an Additional protocol aimed at supporting

in- and outgoing students’ mobility from/towards Sapienza towards/from

higher education institutions outside the EU.



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Sapienza University of Rome International Agreements: standard operating procedures

The proposal for the stipulation of a new International Interuniversity

Agreement may be submitted by a structure within Sapienza University

of Rome (Faculty or Department) or may arrive from a foreign University.

According to the Guidelines 2012, our Unit provides for the verification of

the requested requirements and presents submitted proposals to the

Academic Senate for approval.

In case of approval, our Unit can begin the process of negotiating the

text and, upon successful conclusion of the proceedings, Agreements

are signed in two certified original copies in English, or the languages of

the contracting countries with a certified copy in English.

Sapienza templates are available on our site:

http://www.uniroma1.it/internazionale/internazionalizzazione-

ricerca/accordi-internazionali/testi-texts-textes

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• 1031 International Interuniversity Agreements ( Framework Agreements, Executive protocols, and Specific Agreements)

• 131 International Agreements for Student Mobility (non EU)

International Interuniversity Agreements PROGRAMMES


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Sapienza release the scientific results of the projects supported by Sapienza and developed jointly with the Partner Universities; those publications are primarily for our academic community, highlighting our commitment and providing the inspiration for greater participation, but also for Italian universities in general, so that they can acquire knowledge, benefit and added value, with a view also to establishing integrated forms of academic cooperation. Finally and most importantly, they are also addressed to the institutions of all over the world, with the aim of supporting international cooperation and boosting the excellence of our universities.

• 2012: Sapienza in Latin America

• 2013: Sapienza in the Mediterranean Region

Coming Soon:

• Sapienza in United States and Canada

• Sapienza in Asia

Publications


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Sapienza University of Rome International Agreements Unit: contact us

• Giovanni Maria Vianello

+39-064991.0785

[email protected]

• Susanna Squillaci

+39-064991.0546

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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• Sapienza University of Rome considers the visits

of International delegations an excellent resource

to build up meaningful cultural exchanges, and

Representatives from Universities and Academies,

Higher Education Institutions, Higher Research

Bodies and Foreign Governmental Institutions are

welcomed in order to set up new scientific

collaborations.

Academic Delegations Visits

Visits and proposals


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• The Ministries, Consulates and the Embassies of

foreign countries frequently propose visits of

delegations at our University.

• The purposes of these visits are to exchange

experiences and ideas, discuss potential future

collaborations, to sign Bilateral Agreements of

Cultural and Scientific Cooperation of Scientific

Research during a round table, or to present a

speech, a seminar or a workshop


Visits and proposals: Purposes


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Visit requests from potential future international

partners could be:

a. received via e-mail;

b. received on line. On the Sapienza web site there is a FORM that must be compiled and submited;

(http://www.uniroma1.it/internazionale/default.php)

c. received directly to our Secretary Rector Office;

d. received directly from Rector’s Delegates of Sapienza that are responsible of academic international relations with different geographical areas or countries or continents;

e. received from the professors of Sapienza that have connections with other foreign professors or Phd students.


How

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1. To analyze the international collaboration requests that are received

through various channels and organize the program of the event, taking

in consideration the persons that will participate and the objective of the

visit.

2. To create a bridge between the relevant persons of both parts in order

to plan further collaboration and eventually sign international bilateral

agreements or to start new collaboration or research projects. To

assure and develop permanent communication between the parts.

3. To develop a relationship synergy within the international partners.

More specifically, to choose and involve the right scientists and

academics considering the field and the specifics of each meeting.

4. As a result of the international meeting, to determine the representative

responsible of the outcomes of international collaboration in order to

assure further cooperation and the project’s development in various

fields.


Best Practices


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Sapienza University of Rome Academic Delegations Visits

Some Data: from January 2014 to May 2014

Europe: Macedonia, Estonia, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, United Kingdom

Asia: China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Thailand

Middle East and Africa: Palestine, Yemen, Algeria

North America: Canada

South America: Brazil, Chile

Europe 21%

Asia 42% North America

5%

South America 11%

Middle East and Africa 21%

Summary from January 2014 until May 2014

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Sapienza University of Rome Welcome Ceremony:

It is important to determine the right welcoming procedures considering the

origin, the culture, the traditions, the religion of the delegations we receive

and to organize a folder programme for the visitors.


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• Giuliana De Luca

+39-064991.0184

[email protected]

International Meetings: contact us







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Sapienza University of Rome International Research Unit

The Activities

The Central Administration, and the International Office in particular, has the following taskes:

• Supporting Faculties, Departments and Research Centres; • Disseminating informations about programmes or new calls for

proposals (F1RST, mailing list); • Being the correspondent towards the EU institutions on all issues

related to the legal status of the entity (i.e: LEAR, PIC, etc..);

• Adopting the administrative and accounting instructions for participation in EU programmes (i.e. reporting and accounting rules);

• Organizing meeting or training course for Sapienza’s staff about EU or International programmes issues;

• Setting up of the 7FP and Horizon 2020 projects data base;

• Participating in national and international networks and working groups (Unica, Apre, …)

• Supporting Visiting Professors



The Activities of International Office

The “Regulation of the activities carried out under European and

International Programmes” (2009) provides how Faculties, Departments or Research Centres can participate in 7FP or in other programmes projects.

Faculties, Departments and Research Centres are financially

autonomous. They are in charge with the administrative, financial and scientific management of projects

Heads of Departments are allowed to sign Grant Agreements and

all other documents required (such us Consortium Agreement or Cost Statement). They manage projects and they are responsible for their correct execution.



EU Research Programmes

Sapienza participates actively in the FP7 and it is included in the Ranking of top 50 participant European HES organisations.

Sapienza’s participation in figures (March 2014): • 216 projects

138 under COOPERATION 18 under IDEAS 13 under CAPACITIES

37 under PEOPLE 8 under other specific programmes

• EU funds = € 80.086.847,87 • Several thematic areas covered (ICT, Health, Transport, etc.) • More than 1.000 partners

Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza’s participation in FP7

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Sapienza University of Rome EU Research Programmes

Newsletter F1RST: http://first.aster.it/_unirm_/bandi

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• Emanuele Gennuso

+39-064991.0359

[email protected]

• Giuditta Carabella

+39-064991.0416

[email protected]

• Cristina Stefanelli

+39-064991.0564

[email protected]


International Research Unit: contact us





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• Implementation of institutional university development aid

strategies (Charter of Principles);

• Promotion of international aid development programs

and partnerships;

• Support to professors and researchers in university

development aid programs;

• Funding opportunities for development aid programs

(especially with Ministry of Foreign Affairs);

• Participation to Networks of Universities

• Support and database of Sapienza’s international aid

projects

Cooperation Aid Unit International Cooperation and University Networks

ADEMIC PROGRAMMES


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Cooperation Aid Unit

Development aid cooperation programs and

actions

A. Bachelor, master and PHD Courses, international masters,

(one and two year professional masters)

B. strategic international partnerships and programs: not only universities as partners but also ngo’s, private institutions, international agencies (FAO, WFP, UNESCO, UNHABITAT and many other international actors)

C. active role in student and staff mobility programs: eg. Participation in European programs (Erasmus Mundus ACP, Europeaid)


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• Sapienza university resources

University annual Balance (every year funds for development

aid programs, depending on budget availability, are normally

approved), departmental resources, specific co financing

programs;

• Participation in international and european funding

programs

Europeaid, Erasmus Mundus ACP project, other programs;

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs financial resources;

• Partnerships with private enterprises, associations,

ngo’s….

Cooperation Aid Unit

How we finance development aid programs


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Cooperation Aid Unit Focus on mobility programs: facts and figures

• Student exchange mobility protocols:

mobility grants in 25 states (main countries: Uruguay, Bolivia,

Colombia, Egypt, but also Mozambique, Yemen, Senegal)

• European mobility programs:

Sapienza is partner of Erasmus Mundus ACP project (partner:

Angola, Santo Domingo,Capo Verde, Mozambico, Kenya,

Cameroon, etc), type of mobility (master, doctorate, academic

staff)



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• In 2009, 2011 and 2013 Sapienza launched three calls for proposal to

give support and funding to development aid programs;

• 2009 – 2011 - 2013: € 130.000,00 to 14 programs;

• Main sectors: institutional and capacity building actions; quality

assurance in higher education programmes; assistance to partner

Universities in developing countries (technologies, medical area);

research programmes; technology transfer;

• Main geographical areas: countries with low HDI index (UNDP

Ranking);

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itive%20-%20Bandi%20Cooperazione%20con%20PVS_1.pdf

• Evaluation by a internal Comittee of Experts formally appointed by the

Rector;

New call in 2014

AC Cooperation Aid Unit Sapienza university resources: development aid programs

calls for proposal


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Sapienza participates in the following networks:

• UNICA - Institutional Network of the Universities from the

Capitals of Europe

• EUA - European University Association

• IAU - International Association of Universities

• EAIE - European Association for International Education

• SANTANDER GROUP

• UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union

• ACA - Academic Cooperation Association

• EURAS - Eurasian Universities Union

• TETHYS - Euro-Mediterranean Universities Network

ACooperation Aid Unit University Networks

ADEMIC PROGRAMMES


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ACooperation Aid Unit: contact us ADEMIC PROGRAMMES

• Daniela Magrini

+39-064991.0435

[email protected]

• Silvia Sebastiani

+39-064969.0428

[email protected]

• Luca Giulietti

+39-0649690427

[email protected]





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Thanks for your attention!

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