Ministry of Higher Education and State of Scientific Research

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Ministry of Higher Education and State of
Scientific Research
Sixth National TEMPUS Day - 2009
The Erasmus Mundus External Co-operation
Window (EM ECW)
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Main Objective

• EMECW is a new co-operation and mobility scheme
  complementary to other higher education
  initiatives Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus, Tempus,
  Asia-Link, ALFA, Alban, and Edu-link.
• EM ECW is designed to foster co-operation in the
  field of higher education between the European
  Union and Third-Countries through a co-operation
  and mobility scheme addressing students and
  academic staff.

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Geographical Coverage

• The current call for proposals (implementation of
  the windows in academic year 2009/2010) covers
• The Neighbouring countries in the South
  Mediterranean and Eastern Europe covered by the
  ENPI (European Neighbourhood Partnership
  Instrument) regulation.
• Yemen, Iraq, Iran covered by the DCI
  (Development Cooperation Instrument) regulation
• Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) covered
  by the DCI regulation

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Geographical Coverage (cont.)

• The current call for proposals (implementation of
  the windows in academic year 2009/2010) covers
• Western Balkan covered by the IPA (Instrument
  for Pre-accession Assistance) regulation
• Asia region Asia Regional, India and China
  covered by the DCI regulation
• Latin America region Brazil, Argentina and
  Latin America region, covered by the DCI
  regulation

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Thematic Fields of Study

• The present Call for Proposals is open to all
  levels of higher education (from undergraduate to
  postdoctoral and academic staff)
• It operates in all fields of study
• Priority will be given to projects implementing
  activities covering as many areas of study and
  disciplines identified in the specific country

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Timetable

• The deadline for submission of applications is
  13 March 2009
• The planned duration of a project may not exceed
  48 months
• Eligible activities, including preparatory
  activities, can start on 15th July 2009 provided
  that contracts have been signed.
• The actions should all be finished before 15th
  July 2013
• It planned to announce the award decision by May
  2009.

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Indicative Global Amount

• The overall indicative amount made available
  under this Call for Proposals is around EUR 163.5
  million.
• Minimum mobility flow of 6,535 individuals.

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Eligible Costs

• The EC grants will contribute to financing
  institutional-based partnerships of European and
  Third-Country higher education institutions to
  cover both types of activities
• the costs of the organization of individual
  mobility of higher education students and
  academic staff and
• the costs of the implementation of individual
  mobility.

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Eligible Costs (cont.)
The types of mobility and education to be funded
in this Call are Students undergraduate,
master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility
opportunities. Academic staff exchanging for
the purposes of teaching, practical training and
research.
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Organisation of mobility

• The organisation of mobility activities involves
  creating optimal conditions, through quality
  support measures, for students and academic staff
  to undertake periods of study/training/teaching/re
  search at partner universities in other
  participating countries.
• Drawing up a Memorandum of Understanding
• Arrangements for the monitoring of outgoing
  students
• internal evaluation and quality assessment
  mechanisms.

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Organisation of mobility (cont.)

• Projects should cover
• Explanation of how mobility will contribute to
  global objectives
• Visibility and communication strategy
• Sustainability strategy
• Transparent selection mechanisms

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Individual mobility

• Three Target Groups
• Five different types of individual mobility
  (undergraduate, master, doctorate,
  post-doctorate, academic staff exchanges)
• Target Group 1 must represent at least 50
• Third-country students need to represent at
  least 70
• European students and academic staff cannot
  exceed 30

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Individual mobility
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Duration of individual mobility activities
Group 1
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Ruling Conditions
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Calculation of the Grant

• Flat rate 10,000 per eligible partner for
  mobility organisation costs
• Unit costs to cover Individual Mobility
• - Travel costs
• - Monthly Allowance
• - Tuition fees
• - Insurance costs
• - Visa costs

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