Upload
others
View
6
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
ErasmusMundus,
Action2,Strand1,Lot1
Guidelinesfor
applicants(I):
Overview(2015-2016)
ErasmusMundus,
Action2,Strand1,Lot2
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
1Content1.TheGreen-Tech-WBpartnership....................................................................................................2
2.Targetgroups..................................................................................................................................4
3.Fieldsofstudy.................................................................................................................................6
4.Typesanddurationofscholarships................................................................................................7
5.Eligibilitycriteriaforstudents.......................................................................................................11
6.Eligibilitycriteriaforacademicandadministrativestaff...............................................................13
FundedwiththesupportoftheEuropeanCommission.Thispublicationreflectstheviewsonlyoftheauthor,andtheCommissioncannotbeheldresponsibleforanyusewhichmaybemadeoftheinformationcontainedtherein.
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
21.TheGreen-Tech-WBpartnershipThe mobility plan of this project, coordinated by the Universidade de Vigo (Spain) and co-ordinatedbytheUniversityofFanSNoliiKorçë(Albania),wasdesignedwiththeaimofdeployingthehorizontalprinciplesoftheEuropeanUnionfortheeconomic&socialdevelopmentinThird-Countries through the cooperation in higher education, research & innovation and around thethematicarea“GreenTech:Smart&GreenTechnologiesfor InnovativeandSustainableSocietiesinWB”.ThisprojectpromotesEUHEIascentresofexcellenceinlearning&researcharoundGreenITanddrives thisexcellence toWesternBalkans countries inorder to contribute to theirbettergovernance & social cohesion but also to connect Western Balkans countries to the globaleconomy.
Our partnership involves 8Higher Education Institutions fromEUand from12WesternBalkanscountries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro1, Serbia. The consortium alsoincludes27associatedmembersfromEUcountriesandfromcountriesinthelot,whicharewillingto participate in three main tasks: Professional Training; Technology-Transfer; and Publicity &QualityAssurance.
EU partners: HEI Country
Universidade de Vigo (coordinator) Spain
Universidade do Porto Portugal
Universität Paderborn Germany
University of Ljubljana Slovenia
University of Economics In Katowice Poland
University of Split Croatia
University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Bulgaria
Universidad de León Spain Table1EUpartners
Western Balkans partners: HEI Country
University Fan S Noli i Korçë (joint-coordinator) Albania
Agricultural University of Tirana Albania
University of Vlora ''Ismail Qemali'' Albania
University of Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar Bosnia & Herzegovina
University of Zenica Bosnia & Herzegovina
Public University "Kadri Zeka" Gjilan Kosovo*
University of Mitrovica ''Isa Boletini'' Kosovo*
1 *According to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
3University of Donja Gorica Montenegro
University of Montenegro Montenegro
University of Nis Serbia
University of Kragujevac Serbia Table2WesternBalkanspartners
Associates: Institutions Country
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula Croatia
University of Zagreb Croatia
University of Bordeaux France
Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO Italy
Lodz University of Technology Poland
Uniwersytet Gdański Poland
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania
University of Shkodra Albania
"Eqrem Çabej" University of Gjirokastra Albania
University of Mostar Bosnia
University of East Sarajevo Bosnia
University for Business and Technology - UBT Kosovo*
University of Belgrade Serbia
University of Novi Sad Serbia
Business School of College of Professional Studies Blace Serbia
Belgrade Polytechnic Serbia
Valjevo Business School of Applied Studies Serbia
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Kosovo*
Kosovo*
Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agency for development of higher education and quality assurance BIH
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Erasmus Student Network Aisbl Belgium
Santander Group European Universities Network Belgium
Gdansk Science & Technology Park Poland
GRADIANT Spain
SocialWire Spain
Technology park Varazdin Ltd Croatia
Razvojna agencija Zagreb - TPZ d.o.o. Croatia
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
42.TargetgroupsThe European Commission defines three target groups for the mobility flows for students,academicandadministrativestaff.
Please, take into account that in target group 3 applicantsmust present official documentationthat proves their eligibility for this group. In case applicants fail to do so, the partnership willconsiderthemasTG1orTG2,dependingonthehomeinstitution.
Targetgroup
Beneficiariesmustfulfillthefollowingconditions
Eligibletypesofmobility/Regionoftheparticipantsinthe
mobilityTargetgroup1
National of one of the EU Countries ornational of one of the Western BalkanscountriesintheGreenTech-WBLot(Albania,Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Academicandadministrativestaffshouldbeenrolled, associated orworking (fulltime) inone of the partner institutions of theGreenTech-WB project at the time ofsubmittingtheirapplication.StudentsneedtoberegisteredatoneoftheHEIs2 within the partnership at the time ofsubmitting their applicationUndergraduatestudents must have successfully completedat least one year of studies in their homeinstitution.
Ø Undergraduate
/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Master
/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Doctorate
/WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Post-doctorate
/WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Academicandadministrative
staff/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
2 Higher Education Institution
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
5Targetgroup2
National of one of the European UnionCountriesornationalofoneoftheWesternBalkanscountries intheGreen-Tech-WBLot(Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Academicandadministrativestaffshouldbeenrolled, associated orworking (fulltime) ina HEI not included in the Green-Tech-WBpartnership.Studentsneed toberegisteredataHEInotincludedintheGreen-Tech-WBpartnershipat the time of submitting their applicationand have obtained a university degree orequivalent fromaHEI of any EU country orfrom a HEI of the countries in the Green-Tech-WBlot(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Undergraduate students must havesuccessfully completed at least one year ofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.
Ø Master
/WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Doctorate
/WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Post-doctorate
/(WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)
Ø Academicandadministrativestaff/(EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Serbia)
Targetgroup3
Nationals of Libya who are in particularlyvulnerable situations, for social, economicandpoliticalreasons.Forexample:1) having a refugee status or asylumbeneficiaries (international or according tothenationallegislationofoneoftheEUhostcountries)or2)proofofhavingbeenobjectofunjustifiedexpulsion from university on racial, ethnic,religious, political, gender or sexualinclinationor3) belong to an indigenous populationtargetedbyaspecificnationalpolicyorIDPs(InternallyDisplacedPersons)
Ø Undergraduate
/(WesternBalkanscountries(Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*)
3.FieldsofstudyAll the EU partners included in the GreenTech-WB partnership have a long experience andknowledgeandofferhighqualityundergraduate,masteranddoctoratedegrees,andspecialized
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
6researchinenvironmentalsustainability,energy-efficientcomputing,renewableenergysources,ITinfrastructure,ITindustriesandmarineresources,amongotherinnovativefields.Ourprojectwilltrainstudentsatalllevelswithafocusonthepromotionofthedevelopmentofresearchandthetransferofthatresearchinthesefields.Therefore,andaccordingtotheprioritiesdefinedbytheGreenTech-WBpartnership,scholarshipsmaybegrantedinthefollowingfieldsofstudy:
GreenTech-WBproject:FIELDSOFSTUDY
AgricultureSciences01,1Agriculture01,2AgriculturalEconomics01,3FoodScienceandTechnology01,4Horticulture01,5Fisheries01,6Forestry01,7AnimalHusbandry01,8Tropical/SubtropicalAgricultureLaw01,9Others-AgriculturalSciencesArchitecture,UrbanandRegionalPlanning02,6TransportandTrafficStudiesBusinessStudies,ManagementScience04,1Businessstudieswithlanguages04,2Businessstudieswithtechnology04,3Accountancy,financialmanagement04,4Tourism,cateringandhotelmng.04,5Industrialrelations&personnelmanag.04,6SecretarialStudies04,7MarketingandSalesManagement04,9OthersEngineering,Technology06,1MechanicalEngineering06,2ElectricalEngineering06,3ChemicalEngineering06,4CivilEngineering06,5ElectronicEngineering,Telec06,6ManufacturingSciences06,7MaterialsScience06,8AeronauticalEngineering06,9Others-EngineeringTechnology
LanguagesandPhilologicalSci.09,1ModernECLanguages09,2General&comparativelit.09,3Linguistics09,4Translation,Interpretation09,6Non-ECLanguages09,8LessWidelyTaughtLanguages Law10,1ComparativeLaw,LawwithLang.10,2InternationalLaw10,3CivilLaw10,4CriminalLaw,Criminology10,5Constitutional/PublicLaw10,6PublicAdministration 10,7EuropeanCommunity/EULaw10,9Others-LawMathematics,Informatics11,1Mathematics11,2Statistics11,3Informatics,ComputerScience11,5ActuarialScience11,4ArtificialIntelligence11,9Others-Mathematics,InformaticsNaturalSciences13,1Biology13,2Physics13,3Chemistry13,4Microbiology,Biotechnology13,5NuclearandHighEnergyPhysics13,6Biochemistry13,7Astronomy,Astrophysics13,8Oceanography13,9Others-NaturalSciences
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
7Geography,Geology07,1Geography07,2EnvironmentalSciences,Ecology07,3Geology07,4SoilandWaterSciences07,6Geodesy,Cartography,R.S.07,7Meteorology07,9OthersHumanities08,3History
SocialSciences14,1PoliticalScience14,3Economics14,6Intl.Relations,EuropeanStudiesCommunicationandInformationSciences15,9Others-CommunicationandInf.Sciences
Eachpartnerhasindicateditsthematicareasofexcellence,amongtheareasintheprevioustable,whichshouldbetakenintoconsiderationbythecandidateswhenapplyingforthegrant.
4.TypesanddurationofscholarshipsThemobilityschemeoftheprojectdeterminesthattheapplicantsofWesternBalkanscountries(Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia) can only apply to EU partnerinstitutions (in Table 1) and that EU applicants can only apply to Western Balkans partnerinstitutions(inTable2).
TheGreenTech-WBprojectsupports153scholarshipsclassifiedasfollows:57undergraduates,32masters,21doctorates,14post-doctoratesand29staff.
Themobilityflowsareexpectedtobedistributedaccordingtothefollowingtables,althoughtheGreenTech-WBpartnershipisabletochangethedistributionoftheavailablescholarshipswiththeaimofachievingabetterimplementationoftheprojectandfulfilltheobjectivesregardingcross-cutting issues such as: gender balance, regional balance, priority areas for Western Balkanscountries,partner’sexpertise,etc.
Undergraduate 6months 10months Amountofmonthlyallowance
TG1
8(EU-->WB) 47(WBtoEU) EUR1,000
13(Albania)
12(B&H)
6(R.Kosovo*)
8(Montenegro)
8(Serbia)
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
8TG2 0 0
TG3 01(R.Kosovo*toEU)
1(B&HtoEU) EUR1,000
Master 10months 12months 18monthsAmountofmonthlyallowance
TG1
4(EUtoWB) 12(WBtoEU) 5(WBtoEU)
3(Albania) 1(Albania) EUR1,000
3(B&H) 1(B&H)
2(R.Kosovo*) 1(R.Kosovo*)
2(Montenegro) 1(Montenegro)
2(Serbia) 1(Serbia)
TG2 4(EUtoWB)
7(WBtoEU) EUR1,000
2(Albania)
2(B&H)
1(R.Kosovo*)
1(Montenegro)
1(Serbia)
TG3 0 0 0
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
9Post-Doctorate 6months Amountofmonthly
allowance
TG1
12(WBtoEU) 3(Albania) EUR1,8003(B&H) 2(R.Kosovo*)
2(Montenegro)
2(Serbia)
TG2
2(WBtoEU)
1(Albania) 1(B&H) EUR1,8000(R.Kosovo*) 0(Montenegro)
0(Serbia)
Staff 1month 1month Amountofmonthlyallowance
TG1
10(EUtoWB) 13(WBtoàEU)EUR2,500
3(Albania)
3(B&H)
2(R.Kosovo*)
3(Montenegro)
2(Serbia)
TG2
2(EUtoWB) 4(WBtoEU)
1(Albania)
1(B&H)
1(R.Kosovo*)
0(Montenegro)
1(Serbia)
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
10Doctorate 12months 34months 36monthsAmountofmonthlyallowance
TG1
4(WBtoEU) 6(WBtoEU) 6(WBtoEU)
2(Albania) 3(Albania) 0(Albania) EUR1,500
2(B&H) 3(B&H) 0(B&H)
2(R.Kosovo*)
2(Montenegro)
2(Serbia)
TG2
5(WBtoEU)
EUR1,500 1(Albania)
1(B&H)
1(R.Kosovo*)
1(Montenegro) 1(Serbia)
Ø Undergraduate/master/Doctoralstudentswillhavetheirmobilityperiodsfullyrecognizedbythepartnerhomeinstitutionuponsignatureofthecorrespondinglearningagreement.
Ø Master/DoctoralstudentswhoreceivefulltrainingatthehostinstitutionwillreceivethecorrespondingDiploma,aftersuccessfullyendingofthestudyperiod.
5.EligibilitycriteriaforstudentsIn order to be eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship under the Green-Tech-WB project,applicantsmustfulfillthefollowingrequirements:
Ø Be nationals of one of the Western Balkans countries in the Green-Tech-WB project(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)ornationalsofoneoftheEU countries in Table 3. They should provide a proof of nationality. Candidates withmultiplenationalitiesmustdecideatapplicationstageunderwhichONEnationalitytheyapply.Applicantswillberequiredtoprooftheirnationalitybyusingofficialdocuments.
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
11Member-statesoftheEU
Austria Finland Latvia RomaniaBelgium France Lithuania SlovakiaBulgaria Germany Luxembourg SloveniaCyprus Greece Malta SpainCzechRepublic Hungary Netherlands SwedenDenmark Ireland Poland UnitedKingdomEstonia Italy Portugal
Table3EligibleEUcountries
Ø ApplicantsfromtheWesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)musthavenotlived,nordevelopedtheirmainactivity(study,work,etc.)overmorethan12monthsinthelast5years,inoneoftheEUmemberstates(Table3).Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.
Ø HavenotbenefitedinthepastfromanErasmusMundusscholarshipforthesametypeofmobility.Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.
Ø Havesufficientknowledgeof the languageof thecourses.Applicantswillbe required toprooftheirknowledgeofthetuitionlanguageatthehostinstitution.
Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup1:§ StudentsneedtoberegisteredinauniversitydegreeatoneoftheHEIswithinthe
partnershipatthetimeofsubmittingtheirapplication.§ Students interested in an undergraduate scholarship must have successfully
completedatleastoneyearofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.§ Students interested in a no full training master/doctorate scholarship must be
registered/enrolled in a master/doctorate programme at their home institutionduringthegrant(status:exchangestudent).
§ Applicants will be required to justify using official documents (universityregistration,etc.)thattheybelongtothistargetgroup1.
Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup2:§ Students need to be registered at a HEIs not included in the Green-Tech WB
partnership at the time of submitting their application and have obtained auniversitydegreeorequivalentfromaHEIofthecountriesintheWesternBalkanscountries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia) in theGreen-TechWBproject.
§ Students interested in an undergraduate scholarship must have successfullycompletedatleastoneyearofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.
§ Students interested in a no full training master/doctorate scholarship must beregistered/enrolledinamaster/doctorateprogrammeattheirhomeinstitution.
§ Itisrecommendedtoincludeatleastone(highlyadvisable)letterofsupportfromaWesternBalkansHEIintheGreen-TechWBpartnershipintheirapplication.The
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
12WesternBalkansHEIgiving itssupporttotheapplicant isgoingtobeconsideredhis/hercontactinstitution.
§ Applicantswillberequiredtojustifyusingofficialdocuments(diploma,universityregistration,etc.)thattheybelongtothistargetgroup2.
Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup3(Bosnia&HerzegovinaandKosovo*):§ Applicants in thisgrouparesupposed tobe inaparticularlyvulnerablesituation
for social and political reasons, for instance: refugee status, asylum beneficiary,victimofunjustifiedexpulsionfromuniversityonracial,ethnic,religious,political,genderorsexualorientation;orbelongtoanindigenouspopulation
§ Applicantswillberequiredtojustifyusingofficialdocumentsprovingtheybelongtothistargetgroup3(vulnerablecondition)andtheiracademicsituation.
§ Itisrecommendedtoincludeatleastone(highlyadvisable)letterofsupportfroma HEI in the Green-Tech WB partnership or from the Coordinating University(UniversityofVigo)intheirapplication.TheHEIgivingitssupporttotheapplicantisgoingtobeconsideredhis/hercontactinstitution
Ø Forbeingadmissible,theapplicationhastocontainallthedatalistedbelow:Personaldata
of the candidate, year of birth, CV, fulfilment with the eligibility criteria for an EMscholarship (proof of nationality, respect of 12 months rule - for Western Balkansnationals,declarationofhonourofnothavingreceivedanEMAction2scholarshipforthesame purpose, relevant requirements for different target groups and type of mobility,proof of sufficient knowledge of the tuition language at the host institution), choice ofcoursesand/orstudyprogrammeandpreferredhostuniversities(from3to5).
Ø Doctorate and post-doctorate positions might have additional requirements that theapplicantsmust properly satisfy (personal interviews, documents proving their researchfields,etc.)
6.EligibilitycriteriaforacademicandadministrativestaffThe staffmobility (academic and administrative) offers additional opportunities of personal andprofessionaldevelopmentsinceitinvolvestheactiveparticipationinteaching,researchandinthedaily life office activities in a partner institution. Inorder to be eligible for an ErasmusMundusscholarshipundertheGreen-TechWBproject,applicantsmustfulfillthefollowingrequirements:
Ø Be nationals of one of the Western Balkans countries in the Green-Tech WB project(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)ornationalsofoneoftheEU countries in Table 3. They should provide a proof of nationality. Candidates withmultiplenationalitiesmustdecideatapplicationstageunderwhichONEnationalitytheyapply.Applicantswillberequiredtoprooftheirnationalitybyusingofficialdocuments.
Guidelinesforapplicants:overview(2015)
http://green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/ http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es
13Ø ApplicantsfromtheWesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,
Montenegro,Serbia)musthavenotlived,nordevelopedtheirmainactivity(study,work,etc.)overmorethan12months(Includingthesumofallshortperiods)inthelast5years,inoneoftheEUmemberstates(Table3).Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.
Ø Applicants must work for full time in a partner institution of the Green-Tech WBpartnership(TG1,Tables1and2)orinanotheruniversity(TG2/TG3);theymustincludeintheapplicationtheofficialdocumentsthatprooftheyfulfillthisrequirement.
Ø Applicantsmustagreetogetherwiththehomeandhostinstitutionsontheprogrammeofactivities:lectures,administrativework,researchactivities,etc.Itisrecommended(highlyadvisable)toincludelettersofsupportfromthehost/homeinstitutions.
Ø Applicantsmustagreetogetherwiththehomeandhostinstitutionshowthemobilitywillbe carried out: only one period ormore than one stay to complete thewholemobilityperiod.Anyway, theGreen-TechWBprojectonly supports theexpensesofONE travel.Applicantsmustsignaletterrecognizingtheyareawareofthissituation.
Ø Staff positions might have additional requirements that the applicants must properlysatisfy(personalinterviews,documentsprovingtheirresearchfields,etc.)
Theselectionprocesswillgiveprioritytomobilityflowsthat:
Ø Contributetothestrengtheningof the internationalcooperationcapacityof theHEIs inthe partnership such as: prepare future cooperation projects; bilateral agreements formobility implementation; extend links between departments/faculties; create/improvethelocalandregionalmanagementstructures(researchgroups,IROs,TTOs,…);etc.;
Ø ContributetodefineandimplementtoolstoallowamoredynamicacademicstructureoftheHEIsintheWesternBalkanscountriesintheGreen-TechWBpartnershipforthemtobenefitfromtheBolognaprocessandtheEuropeaneducativeexperience:useofECTS(orother systems of study recognition between the partner institutions), DiplomaSupplement,etc.
Ø Foracademicstaff:§ Tuition: Production of new teachingmaterials, experience exchange in teaching
methods,co-tutelleagreements,jointsupervisionofmaster/PhD,etc.§ Research: Development of joint research activities, promoting the skills and
experienceinresearchtechniques,etc.Ø Foradministrativestaff:
§ Help to create/develop/strengthen the international cooperation departments,identificationofgood-practicesinthemanagementofinternationalcooperation.
§ Strengthen themanagement capacityof the involved institutions in themobilityprocess, producing newworking andmanagementmaterial to help themobilityflows.