The EM ECW

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The EM ECW

• The Erasmus Mundus-External Co-operation Window
• (EM ECW)
• Call for proposals for mobility flows in the
  Academic Year 2007-2008

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Presentation topics

• The EM ECW objectives
• Type of support
• Target groups and type of mobility
• How to participate?
• HEIs
• Students, academic staff and researchers
• Outcomes of the 2006 Call Selection
• Questions answers

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EM ECW Main objectives

• EM ECW is a new co-operation and mobility scheme
  in the area of higher education co-operation
  launched by Europe Aid cooperation Office and
  implemented by the Executive Agency Education,
  Audiovisual and Culture
• EMECW is 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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EM ECW Type of support

• The European Commission will contribute to
  financing partnerships of European and
  Third-Country higher education institutions (and
  associations and networks of universities) with a
  grant which will cover
• the costs of the organisation of mobility of
  higher education students and academic staff and,
• the costs of the implementation of individual
  mobility flows of higher education students and
  academic staff.

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EM ECW Budget Size of the Grants

• The overall minimum and maximum size of the grant
  awarded will be between EUR 1 M and EUR 6 M and
  will depend upon the geographical lot chosen

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Budget for the organisation and implementation of
mobility flows

• Project Grant Calculation flat rate and unit
  costs
• Flat rate 10,000 per eligible partner for
  mobility organisation costs
• Unit costs to cover Individual Mobility
• Travel costs (in accordance with distance)
• Monthly Allowance (from 1,000 to 2,500 )
• Tuition fees (from fee waiver to 5,000 /
  acad. year)
• Insurance costs (75 / month abroad)

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EM ECW Eligible European Countries

• 27 EU Members States
• Candidate Countries
• (Croatia, FYROM, Turkey)
• EEA countries
• (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
• AND
• Targeted 3rd countries grouped in geographical
• lots (selected on yearly basis in the annual
  Call for Proposals)

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Geographic coverage 2006 Call

• The geographic coverage for 2006 Call was 33
  European countries and 24 non EU countries
• Neighbouring Countries in South Mediterranean and
  Eastern Europe (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt,
  West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan,
  Lebanon, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
  Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
• Yemen, Iraq and Iran.

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EM ECW Enlarged coverage for 2007 Call

• Geographical coverage for the 2007 Call for
  proposals
• Central Eastern Europe ( Russia)
• Mediterranean countries
• Asia Region and two individual countries China
  and India
• Central Asia
• Latin America Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina
• Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
• Western Balkans
• (For more detail please check the 2007 Call for
  proposals)

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Partnerships

• Applicants
• European HEI (holding an Erasmus Charter) or
  Association/network of European HEI (including at
  least 10 HEI with an Erasmus Charter, located in
  at least 5 different European countries)
• Partners
• Same as applicants recognised HEI from the
  Third-Countries covered by the geographical lot
• Partnership
• Minimum size 5 European HEI (holding an Erasmus
  Charter) 1 recognised HEI from each of the
  Third-Countries covered in the geographical lot
  (exceptions may apply for Lots with particular
  difficulties)
• Maximum size 20 eligible partners (incl. the
  applicant)
• The same partnership can apply to 4 lots max
  (separate applications)
• Associates
• Any type of organisation in the eligible
  countries whose involvement can contribute to the
  implementation of the mobility scheme

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Organisation and implementation of mobility

• three target Groups for individual mobility flows
  corresponding to three different target
  beneficiaries
• five different types of individual mobility
  flows
• undergraduate,
• master
• doctorate
• post-doctorate
• academic staff

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EM ECW Target groups

• TARGET GROUP 1 Students and academic staff
  registered in a HEI member of the applicant
  partnership
• Target Group 1 must represent at least 50 of the
  total mobility
• Third-Country participants should represent at
  least 70 of the total mobility flow.
• TARGET GROUP 2 Nationals of an eligible
  Third-Country, enrolled in (or having obtained a
  university degree from) a HEI of these countries
  non-member of the applicant partnership
• TARGET GROUP 3 Nationals of an eligible
  Third-Country in a particularly vulnerable
  situation (e.g refugees, asylum seekers)

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Mobility type per target group and duration
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How to participate?

• Two step process
• Selection of HEIs partnerships responsibility
  of the European Commission with the support of
  independent experts
• Selection of students academic staff
  responsibility of the selected partnerships.
• The selection criteria must
• be common to all members of the partnership
• be made known to potential applicants in advance
• comply with the principles of transparency and
  equality of treatment.

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How to participate?

• First step HEIs partnership selection
• Build a partnership.
• Send your application complying with the
  requirements of the Call and the Guidelines for
  Applicants.
• A Panel of independent experts will evaluate your
  proposal (based of the quality of the proposal)
• Final decision will be taken by the European
  Commission inter services selection committee
  (based on the relative quality of the proposals
  budget availability)

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How to participate

• Second step students academic staff selection
• Check the selected partnerships (EACEA website)
• Check your profile against the Target Groups
  defined in the Call.
• Target group 1 If your University is involved in
  the partnership send your application directly to
  your University.
• Target Group 2 3 Send your application to the
  coordinating institution of the partnership.

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EM ECW Timetable for 2008 Call

• October 2007 Publication of the 2007 Call for
  Proposals
• February 2008 Deadline for the submission of
  HEIs partnerships applications.
• March April 2008 Project selection procedure.
• May 2008 Grant Award Decision.
• May 2008 onwards Selection of students
  academic staff
• September 2008 April 2009 Start of student and
  academic staff mobility
• December 2008 Submission of the individual
  mobility list.

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Outcomes of the 2006 Selection

• 24 non EU countries targeted
• 87 applications received
• 9 selected partnerships
• Participation of 167 HEIs
• 79 from 33 European Countries
• 88 from 24 Third Countries
• Mobility of over 1,800 students and academic
  staff
• A total funding of 36,4 million

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EM ECW Conclusions

• New scheme/new co-operation
• Success in terms of Higher Education Institution
  and students participation
• A new Call for mobility flows in the Academic
  Year 2008-2009 will be launched after summer time
  covering new geographical areas

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For more information

• AidCo website
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
• EACEA
• website http//eacea.ec.europa.eu/extcoop/call/in
  dex.htm
• functional mail-box
• EACEA-EM-EXTCOOP_at_ec.europa.eu