Education and Culture

Erasmus+ International Cooperation: Aims, Impact

and Perspectives

Claire Morel Head of Unit for international cooperation

- Tempus modernisation of higher

education in countries neighbouring the EU

- Erasmus Mundus excellence,

attractiveness of European HE

- Erasmus+ global and integrated

programme with multiple and evolving objectives: public diplomacy, migration…

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Elements of success

✓ Bottom up approach

✓ Very flexible- covers all possible cooperation

✓ Flexibility with "window" system

✓ Since Erasmus+ more predictibility

✓ Complementarity between actions

✓ Never stopped in any country, even during crisis-always an open window for academiccommunities

✓ No fear of brain drain

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Positive impact on

✓ Employability, soft skills, quality of teaching & curricula, QA, management and governance, "South-South" cooperation

✓ Regional co-operation & harmonisation, alignment with national priorities, Bologna reforms

✓ Intercultural dialogue,

✓ Sustainability of partnerships which leads to other types of cooperation

✓ Brain drain not an issue

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Recent positive developments

✓ Increased ownership by Partner countries/ Grantholders

✓ Mobility in both directions

✓ Projects now part of internationalisation strategies, less ad-hoc cooperation

✓ Development of real international relation offices through increased mobility

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What can be improved

✓ Less individual approaches, more institutionalownership

✓ Not enough structural measures with Ministries

✓ Dissemination, valorisation, spil over to national level

✓ Limited impact on inclusiveness and reaching out to vulnerable groups

✓ Cooperation still with "traditional partners"

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What can be improved

✓ Virtual exchanges, online activities, blendedlearning

✓ Innovation, links with research

✓ Less stress on engineering and science, more on humanities (linked to EU external priorities)

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Looking ahead

✓ Need for stability

✓ Expand to other sectors e.g. VET

✓ Intra-regional cooperation- mobility schemes

✓ Inclusiveness, reach out to vulnerable groups, refugees, link to migration

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Erasmus+ Capacity Building action

Increased interest….

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23

39

13

27

23

18

2

4

0

138

18

24

36

15

53

19

14

4

5

9

147

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17

37

11

45

14

15

3

4

7

149

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Western Balkans

Eastern Partnership

South Mediterranean

Russian Federation

Asia

Central Asia

Latin America

Iran, Iraq, Yemen

South Africa

Africa

total

2017

2016

2015

Encouraging modernisation and internalisation of HEIs ….

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Governance and management (21%)

Curriculum reform (42%)

Equipments (approx. 117 MEUR)

Fostering links between HEIs and the labour market ….

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28%• Projects

25 %• Private and public sector partners

• Practical placements and graduate training programmes

Erasmus Mundus joint Masters

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees in short

✓ 16 selection rounds✓ 393 Joint Programmes selected since 2004✓ Over 2,500 partner organisations involved✓37,000 students and staff on mobility since 2004✓1.15 billion € spent

Excellence/ research

components

Careerdevelopment :

links to world of work

Personaldevelopment/soft

skills

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees – Impact on

Individuals

Visibility / International recognition

Cooperation in research activities

Acquisition of expertise

Didactic practices and methodologies

Administrative cooperation

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees -Impact on

HEIs

Reform of national

legislations

Integration of European Highereducation system

Country/EHEA

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees – Impact on

Challenges Ahead

Modernisation of curricula

Legal and instiutionalbarriers

Recogntion of credits

Accreditation of joint programmes

Student services (visa, housing, welocme packages)

Qualityassurance

Sustainability of projects

Cooperation with labour market

Alternative approached to physical mobility

Design of curricula and master programmes

Mobility Projects Joint Master Degrees

Common challenges

Erasmus+

International credit mobility