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Erasmus Mundus – Programme objectives:
• Promote European quality offer in higher education
• Encourage incoming mobility of third-country graduate students and scholars
• Foster structured co-operation with third-country higher education institutions
• Improve profile, visibility and accessibility of European higher education in the world
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Erasmus Mundus – Programme structure:
• Action 1 – Erasmus Mundus Master Courses • Action 2 – Scholarships• Action 3 – Partnerships• Action 4 - Enhancing Attractiveness
EU, EEA, Candidate countries are not eligible for Action 2
Third countries are not eligible for Action 1
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Erasmus MundusAction 2 - Scholarships
• Erasmus Mundus consortia and Commission publicise selected Masters Courses world-wide
• Students and scholars apply directly to consortia• Consortia select students and scholars
Funding:• Student mobility: 21,000 € per student for a one-year
course and 42,000 € per student for a two-year course• Scholar mobility: 13,000 € per scholar (3 months x 4,000
€ plus a fixed amount of 1,000 € for travel expenses)
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Number of selected students from Serbia
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Who can participate?
• European higher education institutions (Actions 1, 2, 3, and 4)
• Third-country higher education institutions seeking European partners (Actions 3 and 4)
• Third-country students having obtained a first degree awarded by a higher education institution (Action 2)
• European students having obtained a first degree awarded by a higher education institution (Action 3)
• Third-country scholars (academics or professionals) who lecture or conduct research (Action 2)
• European scholars (academics or professionals) who lecture or conduct research (Action 3)
• Other public or private bodies active in the field of higher education (Action 4)
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How to apply?
• Third-country graduate students and scholars are invited to apply for a scholarship to a selected Erasmus Mundus Masters consortium, regardless of the year of selection of the Masters Course.
• The deadline for application is usually 31.12. 2007• Budget is around 2 million euro for Western Balkans
– around 100 scholarships
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Action 4 – What activities are eligible?
• Promoting European higher education in the world • Facilitating access for third-country students to
European higher education
The development of courses or material for language training and cultural preparation, the development of more effective methods of hosting and integrating third-country students, services facilitating mobility, etc.
• Complementary activitiessuch as the international dimension of quality assurance, of credit recognition, of curriculum development, surveys and studies, etc.
• Projects can last between one and three years.• Normally projects cost between 100,000 and 350,000
euros • Call for proposals will be published in February 2008
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The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window is designed to:
• Foster co-operation in the field of higher education between
the European Union and Third Countries through a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges
• For following types of mobility: - Undergraduates - Masters - Doctorates - Post-doctorate fellowships - Academic staff
• Provide scholarships for students and academic staff
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EM ECW: Aims
• Mobility of students and academic staff in priority fields according to national/ regional needs (agreed with partner countries)
• Cooperation with high quality European institutions with extensive experience (Erasmus Charter) and on credit recognition
• Improved cultural understanding & respect for diversity
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EM ECW: Expected results
• To enrich the educational & cultural environment of both the hosting and sending institutions
• To enable students to benefit linguistically, culturally and educationally from pursuing academic studies abroad
• To improve the transparency and recognition of studies and qualifications
• To enhance in the medium term the political, cultural, educational and economical links between the European Union and Third-countries
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EM ECW – Geographical Coverage
1. EU Members States, Acceding (Romania, Bulgaria) and Candidate Countries (Croatia, FYROM, Turkey) EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
2. THIRD-COUNTRIES grouped in 9 “geographical lots” (windows)
• Neighbouring Countries in South Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
• East Of Jordan (Yemen, Iraq and Iran)
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• So far there are 9 EM ECW Lots
• As per January 2008, 10th lot will be established: Western Balkans
• First call for proposals for HEIs in these countries - January 2008
• Budget will be around 2 milion euro.
• First mobilities for students and staff from Western Balkan universities which joined the scheme - academic 2008/2009
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