Katia de Sousa

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Lifelong Learning Programme
Future priorities for Erasmus Networks
EUPENs 11th General Forum Vilnius,13 October 2008

• Katia de Sousa
• Erasmus, Jean Monnet Unit
• Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive
  Agency (EACEA)

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Overview of the presentation

1. EACEA
2. Erasmus - Policy Context
3. Erasmus Structure, funding and results of the
   selection 2009
4. Erasmus Networks
5. Useful links

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Partners with complementary roles
Policy
Programme implementation
Centralised actions
European Commission
Directorates A B Policy and Programmes

• Policy documents
• Programme definition
• Priorities
• Committees
• Impact analysis
• Management of decentralised actions via
  National Agencies

• Management of centralised actions
• Calls, selection, contracts
• Monitoring, acceptance, payments
• Clustering dissemination
• Results feedback

• Centre for Programme management
• 400 staff
• Based in Brussels
• Managed by EC officials

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Complete management of the project life cycle

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Overview of the presentation

1. EACEA
2. Erasmus - Policy Context
3. Erasmus Structure, funding and results of the
   selection 2009
4. Erasmus Networks
5. Useful links

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Policy priorities in Higher Education .

• the modernisation agenda for universities
• new skills for new jobs

.. to support the Lisbon Strategy and the
Bologna process

• ERASMUS

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Erasmus Specific Objectives

• To support the achievement of a European Area of
  
• Higher Education
• To reinforce the contribution of higher education
  
• and advanced vocational education to the
  process
• of innovation

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Overview of the presentation

1. EACEA
2. Erasmus - Policy Context
3. Erasmus Structure, funding and results of the
   selection 2009
4. Erasmus Networks
5. Useful links

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EU programme support for learning The Lifelong
Learning Programme 2007-2013
LLP Budget 6.970 million EUR Erasmus Budget at
least 40 (2.788 million EUR)
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Erasmus Programme structure

• Decentralised Actions (managed by the National
  Agencies)
• Mobility of students, including student
  placements in enterprises, Staff mobility
  Intensive Programmes
• Preparatory Visits
• Budget 2009 434 million EUR
• Centralised Actions (managed by the Executive
  Agency)
• Multilateral Projects (4 different types)
• Networks (2 different types)
• Accompanying Measures
• Budget 2009 19 million EUR

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Erasmus trends - demand by action
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Erasmus trends - selection results
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Overview of the presentation

1. EACEA
2. Erasmus - Policy Context
3. Erasmus Structure, funding and results of the
   selection 2009
4. Erasmus Networks
5. Useful links

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Erasmus Networks

• ACADEMIC Networks
• (31 LLP countries maximum 3 years maximum EC
  grant 200.000 per year)
• promote innovation in a specific discipline, set
  of disciplines or multidisciplinary area

• STRUCTURAL Networks
• (minimum 5 LLP countries maximum 3 years
  maximum EC grant 200.000 per year)
• improve and modernise a specific aspect of
  higher education organisation, management,
  governance or funding

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Academic Networks

• Promote innovation in a specific discipline, set
  of disciplines or
• a multidisciplinary area.
• Priorities
• Network proposals focusing on subject areas not
  sufficiently covered
• law, economics, literature, philosophy,
  mathematics
• physical education and sports
• the linkage between culture and education
• studies in European integration,
• interculturalism and multilingualism,
• teacher education,
• sustainable development, including issues
  relating to energy and climate change,
• entrepreneurship and innovation.
• cross-disciplinary topics

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Structural Networks

• Improve and modernise a specific aspect of higher
  education organisation, management, governance or
  funding.
• Priorities
• Access to higher education
• The knowledge triangle
• The management of HEIs

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Minimum operational activities

• Establish a website and other information and
  dissemination exchange tools
• Produce an annual report on the state of
  innovation in the network area of activity
• Provide Erasmus  players  with full information
  on the networks events and activities
• Organise an annual meeting in the thematic area
  of the network
• Take appropriate measures regarding the
  evaluation of the networks performance

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Subjects covered by Erasmus Networks - 2000 to
2009
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Number of institutions participating in Erasmus
Networks 2007 to 2009
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Average size of the Erasmus Networks consortium
2000 to 2009
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Overview of the presentation

1. EACEA
2. Erasmus - Policy Context
3. Erasmus Structure, funding and results of the
   selection 2009
4. Erasmus Networks
5. Useful links

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Useful links
LLP Call for Proposals (Call 2010 will be
published in October) http//ec.europa.eu/educatio
n/calls/doc1586_en.htm Socrates Thematic
Networks Compendia of funded projects http//eac
ea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus_2000_2006/compendium/e
rasmus_compendia.htm LLP Erasmus Programme
Compendia of funded projects http//eacea.ec.europ
a.eu/llp/erasmus/erasmus_compendia_en.html LLP
Erasmus Programme Reports of funded
projects http//eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/projects/pu
blic_parts/public_part_2008_en.htm
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