The EM ECW

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The EM ECW

• The Erasmus Mundus
• External Co-operation Window
• (EM ECW)
• Kv-päivät 14.5.08, CIMO, Annika Sundbäck

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EM ECW Main objectives

• Higher education co-operation between the EU and
  Third-Countries through a mobility scheme
  addressing students and academic staff.
• The European Commission will finance partnerships
  of European and Third-Country HEIs
• - the costs of the organisation and
  implementation of individual mobility flows of
  higher education students and academic staff.
• 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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Enlarged Geographical regions for the Academic
year 2008/2009
NEW WINDOWS FOR 2008
Neighbourhood (ENP) East-Europe Russia
Western Balkans
Europe
Central Asia (DCI)
Neighbourhood (ENP) Mediterranean countries
Middle-East (DCI)
Asia
Caribbean
Africa
Latin America
Pacific
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Budget and mobility flow
EUR 100.348 M 3695 mobility
1.815 mobility
EUR 36,4 M
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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
• Recognised HEI from the 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)

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Eligible activities Organisation of the mobility

• quality support measures
• enhancement of the international cooperation
  capacity of universities in Third-country
  universities
• academic recognition
• visibility and communication strategy
• sustainability strategy
• transparent selection mechanisms (cross-cutting
  principles)

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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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Timetable for 2008 Call

• 5 December 2007 Publication of the 2007 Call for
  Proposals
• 15 February 2008 Deadline for the submission of
  HEIs partnerships projects applications.
• March April 2008 Project selection for
  partnerships projects
• May 2008 onwards
• Award decision
• Selection of students academic staff by the
  selected partnerships
• 15 July 2008 1st April 2009 Selection and
  latest start of student and academic staff
  mobility
• 1st December 2008 Submission of the individual
  mobility (students and academic staff) list.

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Outcomes of the 2006 Selection

• 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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2007 Selection

• Around 100 applications received
• Ca 20 concerning Russia
• 7 Finnish HEIs applying either as applicant or
  partner
• New Call in autumn 2008

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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