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Erasmus Mundus - Al Idrisi: A scholarship scheme for exchangeand cooperation between Europe and the Maghreb

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Index

Election of the Committees Dissemination Strategy Quality Assurance Policy Memorandum of Understanding Transfer of Know-how Avoiding Brain Drain

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Election of the Committees

Advisory and Selection Committee (ASC) Algeria: Université des Sciences et de la

Technologie Morocco: Université Hassan 1er, Settat Tunisia: Université de Monastir Europe: Université de Poitiers, France Europe: Alma Mater Studiorum –

Università di Bologna, Italy Europe: Universitatea Alexandru Ioan

Cuza, Iaşi, Romania

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Election of the Committees

Quality Assurance Committee (QAS) Algeria: Université Badji Mokhtar-Annaba Morocco: Université Hassan II –

Aïn Chock, Casablanca Tunisia: Université de Carthage Europe: Georg-August-Universität

Göttingen, Germany Europe: Lunds Universitet, Sweden Europe: Université Jean Monnet,

Saint Étienne, France

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Dissemination Strategy

Design of a common visibility, awareness rising and promotion strategy local visibility campaign nationwide promotion campaign supranational awareness rising campaign project website partner projects more?

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Dissemination Strategy

local visibility campaign at each partner university increases the awareness for intra-consortium

mobility flows (TG1) tasks

design promotional material (logo, posters, leaflets, ...) to be done by the PMU

distribution to the partners PMU (¿print in NA?)

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Dissemination Strategy

local press (newspapers, radio stations, …) LOUs

example: UGR (press release for the Kick-off meeting)

predominant link on the Partner’s website LOUs

especially when the call is about to open example: UGR (Kick-off meeting)

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Dissemination Strategy

organization of information sessions, seminars and meetings LOUs

targeting students and staff presenting the project announcing the call

more?

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Dissemination Strategy

nationwide promotion campaign special focus on TG2 and TG3, i.e.

Maghrebian candidates from other universities in NA the public and private sector less favoured regions and social strata of society

tasks forward the information about the call to

the usual channels of diffusion (news agencies, national newspapers, news letters, radio and TV station, …) LOUs, associates

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Dissemination Strategy

local partner universities LOUs, associates associations of universities, Rector’s conferences, …

LOUs, associates student unions LOUs, associates NGOs LOUs, associates others?

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Dissemination Strategy

supranational awareness rising campaign to promote the project to facilitate its implementation (visa, residence

permits) visits of the PMU to

all partner universities in the Maghreb embassies and consulates EU delegations (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) others?

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Dissemination Strategy

project website PMU information about the project and its partners explanation of the scholarship scheme call for applications information about the entry requirements selection mechanism frequently asked questions intranet more? http://www.al-idrisi.eu

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Dissemination Strategy

partner projects LOUs, PMU should target academic cooperation between

North Africa and Europe (Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, ENPI CBCMED Mediterranean Sea Basin, ...)

synergies and possible ways of collaboration gaining additional visibility and dissemination

channels increased operability and effectiveness

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Dissemination Strategy

tasks to identify suitable projects LOUs, PMU to determine synergies and possible ways of

collaboration LOUs to invite them to cooperate with the project

PMU other?

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Quality Assurance Policy

to be defined by the PCB to be entrusted to the QAC Concerns project implementation and

monitoring at a strategic level

achievement of the general objectives and the specific goals

at an operative level detection of weak points and possibilities for

improvements

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Quality Assurance Policy

concerns the performance of the project and its partners

preparation of the meetings communication strategy (multilateral, bilateral) financial management payment of the scholarships dissemination activities satisfaction of the actors involved other topics?

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Quality Assurance Policy

academic quality assurance system (implementation)

design of the necessary instruments (questionnaires, interviews, …)

“ex post” evaluation passed to all the actors PMU Committees (ASC, QAC) former scholarship holders (alumni) their supervisors EACEA others?

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Quality Assurance Policy

Continuous monitoring of the mobility flows relies on two pillars

continuous contact between the grantees, the supervisor or contact person and the LOUs

helps to solve most of the academic and practical problems before, during and after the stay abroad

implemented through regular meetings (individual, collective)

progress reports mandatory for all mobility flows that last for more

than one semester (6 months)

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to be accompanied by a short report from the supervisors or contact persons containing the recommendation for renewal of the scholarship

to be collected by the LOUs and passed on to the PMU

PMU prepares a dossier and forwards it to the QAC QAC evaluates the reports and decides on the

renewal (continuation) of each individual scholarship grants for one academic year one interim report

(after the first semester) grants for more than one academic year one

interim report after the first semester, further interim report after every complete academic year

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Quality Assurance Policy

final reports mandatory for all the scholarships the last monthly subsistence allowance payment

will be retained (up to a total amount of 10 % of the scholarship) until the grantee has submitted the final report and returned to the home country

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Quality Assurance Policy

final global evaluation of the project to be performed by an external expert with the cooperation of associate partners includes proposals for measures guaranteeing

sustainability Other measures?

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Memorandum of Understanding

MoU will include the general regulations the obligations and rights of the Partners the project proposal all the agreements reached during the Kick-off

Meeting timing evaluation grids etc.

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Memorandum of Understanding

to be signed on a bilateral basis between each partner and the Universidad de Granada

each partner will receive a draft deadline?

two copies to be singed by the partner and send to the Universidad de Granada Deadline?

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Memorandum of Understanding

one copy signed by the Universidad de Granada will then be returned to the partner deadline?

Further questions?

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Transfer of Know-how

organization of workshops and seminars in connection with the annual Partnership

Coordination Board meetings possible topics

good practices in student and staff mobility bi and multilateral recognition of study periods

and degrees quality assurance in mobility

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Transfer of Know-how

academic cooperation: joint and multiple degree programmes

etc may also be included in the awareness rising

campaigns if required other measures?

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Avoiding Brain Drain

How to avoid brain drain? strategic approach

to encourage long-term academic collaboration through joint research and teaching

practical approach written commitment of the grantees payment of the last scholarship rate after arrival at

the home country delivery of the transcripts and diploma in the home

country other measures?

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Final Discussion

further questions? suggestions? comments? criticisms? ideas …

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