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From ERASMUS „Intensive Programmes“ to ERASMUS+ „Strategic Partnerships“

Dr. Sabine Habermalz | 26.11.2013ERASMUS Institutional Coordinator | International Office

From ERASMUS „Intensive Programmes“ to ERASMUS+ „Strategic Partnerships“ | Dr. Sabine Habermalz | 26.11.2013Slide 2

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ERASMUS SOKRATES LLP ERASMUS+

EU Budget Period

EU Education Programme

ERASMUS

Pilot Programme (6 years) ERASMUS

(since 1987)

1995 - 1999 Sokrates I ERASMUS

(95/96 – 99/00)

2000 – 2006 Sokrates II ERASMUS

(00/01 – 06/07)

2007 – 2013 Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)

ERASMUS

(07/08 – 13/14)

2014 - 2020 ERASMUS+

(14/15 – 20/21)

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LLP/ERASMUS ERASMUS+

Youth in Action Programme

InternationalHE Programmes

(currentlyErasmus Mundus,

Tempus,Alfa, Edulink)

Grundtvig

Erasmus

Leonardo

Comenius

LifelongLearning

Programme:

One integrated ProgrammeCurrent Programmes

Erasmus +

Key Action III

Policy Support

Key Action II

InstitutionalCooperation

Change of Paradigm: from the sector-specific approach towards ‘action mode’

63% 25% 4%

Key Action I

LearningMobility

Source: European Commission

Total budget: € 14.7 billion ~ 40% more than before


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Participating Countries – Participating Institutions

EU Member States:

Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia -

Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania -

Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia -

Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom

EFTA/EEA Countries: Iceland - Liechtenstein - Norway – Macedonia - Switzerland – Turkey

HEI (Higher Education Institutions):Must apply for ERASMUS CHARTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (ECHE)

Results to be published in December 2013 Institutional Strategy – Modernization Agenda


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Participating Countries – Participating Institutions

KA2Cooperation for innovation

- Higher Education-

1. Erasmus Strategic Partnerships: more intense cooperation between institutions.

2. Knowledge Alliances: structured partnerships between HEI and businesses

3. Specific support with neighbourhood countries: Capacity building through partnerships between EU and ENP universities with a mobility component.

4. Rest of the world: Capacity building between universities in the EU and Asia, Latin America & Africa.

HE Strategic Partnerships Support HEIs in their Modernisation strategy

Knowledge Alliances University-business cooperation for more innovation

Support to Neighbourhood countries (ENP) Partnerships between HEIs from EU and ENP

Curriculum development, modernisation, modern teaching and learning, improve HEIs governance, stronger links with the world of work, ...

+ INTEGRATED MOBILITY of students and staff

Cooperation with Asia, Latin America and Africa

Mobility limited to HEI staff to achieve projects’ objectives

Decentralised

Budget share: 25%



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ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships

Sectoral and cross-sectoral structured cooperation (education, training and youth +

other relevant stakeholders) to implement innovative practices leading to high quality

teaching, training and learning, institutional modernisation and social innovation Activities ranging from small scale projects (i.e. allowing access for newcomers) to

more ambitious, larger scale projects Fully decentralised management to enable better consideration of the national

context and achieve maximum impact

In Higher Education ERASMUS+ aims at supporting HEIs in order to achieve the

objectives set under the HE Modernisation Agenda

Action should result in the transfer, development and implementation of innovative

practices at institutional, local and regional level



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ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education

Specific Objectives:

Enhance quality of teaching and relevance of learning offers by developing new and

innovative approaches

Promote take-up of innovative practices in Higher Education

Raising labour market relevance of study programmes and qualifications

Foster provision and assessment of key competences

Prevent drop-out, facilitate access and inclusion of non-traditional learners

Partnerships:

Benefit from the different experience, profiles and specific expertise

partnerships involve the most appropriate and diverse range of relevant

partners, depending on the nature of the activities, size etc.



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Specific Activities:

There is large flexibility as long as activities are linked to the objectives of the action and

most appropriate to reach the specific objectives of the project.

You may develop, test, adapt and implement innovative practices such as Joint study programmes & joint curricula, Intensive Programmes & common

modules – including e-modules Project-based transnational collaboration between enterprises & students / staff Pedagogical approaches and methodologies, better use of ICT – especially aimed at

delivering transversal competences, entrepreneurial and creative mind-set Greater variety of study modes (distance, part-time, modular learning), notably through

new forms of learning, strategic use of ICT, virtual mobility etc. Cooperation and exchange of practice between staff responsible for support services

(guidance counselling, coaching methods and tools etc.) or those involved in student

support services



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Mobility Activities:

The added value and the need to realise the objectives of the project have to be

described at application stage

Such mobility may include

Blended mobility of students combining short term physical mobility (< 2 months) with

virtual mobility‘ Intensive Programme-like’ mobility

Long term teaching assignments (2 – 12 months)

Short term joint staff training events < 2 months

Activities must take place in the country/countries of the organisations involved in the

Strategic Partnership

Participating students must be registered in a HEI and enrolled in studies leading to a

recognised tertiary level qualification

Participating staff must be employed in a HEI or in an enterprise



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Who can participate:

Public or private institutions in higher education, in other fields of education, training and

youth or in the labour market

HEIs from a participating country must hold a valid Higher Education Charter

(ECHE)

Organisations from third countries may participate in case of obvious added value

The applicant must be an organisation active in higher education, and located and registered

in a participating country

Eligibility Criteria:

A project consists of at least three institutions from three participating countries

Projects can last 2 or 3 years, depending on objectives and type of activities

Applications to be submitted to the National Agency of the country in which the

applicant organisation is located and registered

Lump Sum approach(es) foreseen

Further details to be found in the „Programme Guide“(not yet published)



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From IP to Strategic Partnership:

Intensive Programmes

at least 3 partners, 1 EU country project duration 1 - 3 years annual application (+ renewals) eligible institutions: HEI only mobility as central activity multinational & interdisciplinary

courses strategic focus welcome

participants from 3rd countries only

from organisational costs Budget: 20,000 – 80,000 Euro per

project


Strategic Partnership

at least 3 partners, 1 EU country project duration 1 - 3 years single application for the whole period eligible institutions: HEI, companies, NGOs… mobility as one option amidst others significantly enlarged opportunities for a

variety of activities and products strong opportunity for support of strategic

activities + higher impact + sustainability participants from 3rd countries can be funded

if value added is properly explained Budget frame per project significantly higher


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Financial Provisions:

Negotiations settled: ~25 % overall share for KA 2, details not published Funding will depend on the range and variety of activities; everything between 50,000

and 300,000 Euro seems to be ‘imaginable’ – but no determined minimum & maximum

grant yet Project size between former LLP Partnerships/IP and Centralised Actions Open question: how to deal with cross-sectoral applications?

Five Cost Categories:

Project Management & Implementation [lump sum] Intellectual Products [unit costs / DSA] Transnational Conferences / Seminars / Events [unit costs] Learning/Training Mobility Activities [unit costs] Exceptional Costs [real costs]



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Quality Assessment:

Applications are evaluated by an independent committee on the national level, with respect to:

Relevance of the project (30%) Adequate needs analysis EU added value, Modernisation Agenda etc.

Quality of the project design and implementation (20%) Quality of Work Programme Consistency between objectives, activities and budget, cost-effectiveness Quality of methodology & quality control measures

Quality of the project team & cooperation arrangements (20%) appropriate mix of participating organisations & distribution of responsibilities/tasks involvement of newcomers effective mechanisms for coordination and communication

Impact, dissemination and sustainability (30%) Quality of measures for evaluating the outcomes Potential impact (within and outside partnership) & sustainability Quality of dissemination plan



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