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INTERUNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR RESEARCH
AND COOPERATION WITH EASTERN AND
SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE (CIRCEOS)
Student, teaching
staff and
administration staff
mobility
Dr Giorgio De Santis
University of Bari
International mobility
The word “University” perfectly describes the concept
of movement and mobility: uni - versus means moving
towards unity, toward the conquest of knowledge.
Since their origin, therefore, universities have focused
their attention on the value of cultural exchanges, of
students and professor mobility through Europe, in
the quest for the new frontiers of knowledge.
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International mobility
In the last few years, in the wake of the 1999 Bologna
Declaration, many efforts have been dedicated to the
creation of a “European common area of education”, of
knowledge, which should be achieved by the year 2010.
As far as mobility is concerned, the European
Commission is quite explicit and has issued clear
directions on the interventions that must be
implemented to guarantee the free circulation of all
European students within the sector of education.
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International mobility
Framework programmes Socrates, Tempus and
Leonardo da Vinci, which were created and financed
by the European Union, aim at developing the
international mobility of students, graduates and
professors among European universities and research
centres and are becoming more and more important
in terms of quality and quantity. These programmes
were recently sided by the newest one, Erasmus
Mundus, which is dedicated to post-graduate
education.
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International mobility
In this context, all Universities, and those participating
in CIRCEOS in particular, must engage in accelerating
the internationalisation process and in activating
mobility programmes, to meet the needs of students
and professors and to assist them in their choices, as
it was established by the CIRCEOS Steering
Committee on February, 28th, 2004.
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International mobility
The results of a punctual reconnaissance of the
mobility possibilities presently financed by the
European Union are indicated in the following table,
which shows the CIRCEOS-participating institutions
that can take part in the various European
programmes, depending on their Country of origin. A
brief description follows of the possibilities offered in
the mobility sector by each one of the abovementioned programmes.
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ISTITUZIONE
PAESE
SOCRATES TEMPUS JEP LEONARDO
ERASMUS
& IMG
DA VINCI
ERASMUS
MUNDUS
UNIVERSITA' AGRICOLA DI TIRANA
ALBANIA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI ELBASAN - ALEXANDER XHUVANI
ALBANIA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI TIRANA
ALBANIA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' TECNOLOGICA "ISMAIL QEMALI" - VALONA
ALBANIA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' STATALE DELLA BIELORUSSIA
BIELORUSSIA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI BANJA LUKA
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI SARAJEVO
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
✓
✓
ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE DI MOSCA
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' AMICIZIA DEI POPOLI
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI MEDICINA E STOMATOLOGIA DI MOSCA
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' STATALE DEGLI URALI DI EKATERINBURG
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' STATALE DELLE SCIENZE UMANISTICHE
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' STATALE DI ECONOMIA, STATISTICA ED INFORMATICA
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' STATALE DI MOSCA M.V. LOMONOSOV
FEDERAZIONE RUSSA
UNIVERSITA' DI IOANNINA
GRECIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI TESSAGLIA
GRECIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
LIBERA UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI "S. PIO V"
ITALIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BARI
ITALIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DEL MOLISE
ITALIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI LETTONIA
LETTONIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
SS CYRIL & METHODIUS UNIVERSITY - SKOPJE
MACEDONIA
UNIVERSITA' DEL MONTENEGRO
MONTENEGRO
UNIVERSITA' DI GORZOW
POLONIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI SLESIA - KATOWICE
POLONIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI WARMIA E MAZURY - OLZTYN
POLONIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI ECONOMIA DI PRAGA
REPUBBLICA CECA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI NITRA "CONSTANTINE THE PHILOSOPHER"
REPUBBLICA SLOVACCA
✓
✓
✓
✓
OVIDIUS CONSTANTA
ROMANIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI CLUJ NAPOCA "BABES-BOLYAI"
ROMANIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI IASI "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA"
ROMANIA
✓
✓
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' DI BELGRADO
SERBIA
✓
✓
ACCADEMIA MEDICA PER SPECIALIZZANDI P.L. SHUPYK, KYIV
UCRAINA
✓
✓
ISTITUTO DI ECOLOGIA E MEDICINA
UCRAINA
✓
✓
ISTITUTO MEDICO DI UAFM
UCRAINA
✓
✓
UNIVERSITA' MEDICA NAZIONALE OO BOHOMOLETS, KYIV
UCRAINA
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Socrates/Erasmus
(2000-2006)
The Erasmus action of the Socrates programme aims at
improving the quality and at strengthening the European
character of higher education, by encouraging trans-national
cooperation among higher education institutions, by promoting
university student and professor mobility, by improving
transparency and the academic recognition of studies and
degrees within the European Union.
The programme financial support consists in Mobility grants for
Students (SM) and Teaching Staff (TS) and co-financing of
Organisation of Mobility (OM) activities carried out by
Universities.
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Socrates/Erasmus
(2000-2006)
Erasmus allows university students to spend a period
of study (3 to 12 months) at a higher education
institution in one of the Countries participating in the
programme, guaranteeing the possibility to take
courses, to use university facilities and to obtain the
recognition of the exams taken.
Professor assignments normally last at least one week
and include a minimum of 8 hours of front lessons,
but they can last up to a full semester.
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Socrates/Erasmus
(2000-2006)
By November, 1st of every year, candidatures can be submitted to
obtain the Erasmus University Charter, a sort of Erasmus passport
viable for a few years which, in turn, allows the yearly submission
of candidatures to the National Agencies to obtain financial
support. Mobility modes and the number of students and
professors involved are established by means of simple bilateral
agreements signed by the Rectors or Presidents of eligible
institutions.
At present, the programme is opened to the participation of the
25 Member States of the European Union, of the three EEA
Countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), of the associated
Countries (Bulgaria, Romania) and of Turkey (in compliance with
the dispositions of the Treaty).
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
Tempus III is the programme aimed at contributing to
restructure the higher education system in non-associated
Central and Eastern European Countries (within the framework
of the Phare programme), in the former Soviet Union and in
Mongolia (within the framework of the Tacis Programme). Its
main goals are to promote quality and to sustain the
development and renovation of higher education in the
Countries involved (particularly through projects of university
management, institution development, creation of networks,
student mobility).
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
The Tempus programme represents a stimulation for the
institutions of EU Member States and partner Countries to take
a commitment in view of a structured cooperation, through the
constitution of consortia. The latter will implement Joint
European Projects – JEP, with a well-defined list of
objectives. These projects can be financially supported for two
or three years and fall into one of the three following
typologies:
Projects for the development of study programme
Projects of university management
Courses of education for the enhancement of institutions
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
Moreover, Tempus provides individual mobility grants (IMG), which aim
at providing the academic and administration staff in the sector of higher
education in partner Countries and in the EU Member States with the
opportunity to benefit from limited periods of mobility abroad.
Candidates must demonstrate that they pursue a well-defined aim and that
their activity plan is well established and has a verifiable impact on the
institutions of higher education in partner Countries.
Types of stay entitling to subventions:
Type 1 – Drawing of proposals of joint European Projects
Type 2 – Participation to a specific event
Type 3 – Periods of re-qualification, study, cooperation on a
specific academic topic, spreading of good practices
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
Those who require individual mobility grants must belong to the higher
education system as official members of the staff of an institute. For
instance:
professors (including post graduates with teaching responsibilities),
technicians, assistants;
administration staff with specific responsibilities;
student association staff, student representatives;
experts in education
ministry officers.
The minimum duration of Type 1 and 2 stays is one week, up to a
maximum of two weeks. Type 3 stays have a minimum duration of one
week, up to a maximum of eight weeks.
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
Institutions and organisations that may participate in the Tempus programme range
from higher education institutes to non-university institutes, such as non-government
organisations, commercial businesses, industries and public administrations. To date,
partner Countries entitled to financing through cooperation with Member states –
through consortia – are the following:
Western Balkan Countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, former
Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (also
called CARDS Countries);
Partner Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Mongolia, Russian
Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan (called Tacis
Countries);
EU Mediterranean partners: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Palestinian Authority,
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Israel participation will be possible on a selffinancing basis only.
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Tempus III (2000-2006)
The expiration for the submission of candidatures concerning joint European Projects
is set on December, 15th every year. In case the expiration date falls on a Saturday
or on a Sunday, deadline will be postponed to the first following working day.
Three expirations are scheduled every year for candidatures for individual mobility
grants:
February, 15th, for the activities to implement between June, 1st and
October, 30th;
June, 15th, for the activities to implement between October, 1st to February,
28th;
October, 15th for the activities to implement between February, 1st and
June, 30th.
Type 1 candidatures can only be submitted in February and June.
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
The Leonardo da Vinci Community action Programme for
professional education is now in its second phase. Its aim is to
support and integrate the initiatives taken by and in Member
States, contributing to finance innovative trans-national
cooperation projects in the sector of professional education.
The programme contributes to finance a wide range of
measures, among which mobility (traineeships, staff exchange,
etc.), pilot projects, activities aimed at improving linguistic
skills, trans-national networks, studies and analyses, in the aim
of promoting the know-how, skills and competences necessary
for a good access to the job market.
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
The Leonardo da Vinci Programme is open to partnerships
among operators involved in professional education:
businesses, trade unions (on a national and Community level),
universities, public authorities, public and private education
organisations.
The programme is open to EU Member States, to the Countries
of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway), to the associated Countries of Eastern and Central
Europe (PECO – Bulgaria, Romania), to Cyprus (according to
procedures to agree upon), to Malta and Turkey (in compliance
with the Treaty dispositions).
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
Within the framework of trans-national mobility of youths and
adults, the Leonardo da Vinci programme supports traineeship
projects for people at the initial level of professional education,
university students, recent graduates, workers and youths
available on the job market.
Leonardo da Vinci traineeships aim at improving the skills and
work opportunities of beneficiaries, through education and
work experiences at a receiving organisation in another
Country.
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
Traineeship projects differentiate depending on the users involved, that is to
say:
those addressed to people at the initial level of professional
education, in particular youths, that are carried out in businesses or
in professional education institutions, for a period ranging from three
weeks to nine months, and they are an integrating part of the
professional education programme taken in the Country of origin;
those addressed to students enrolled in higher education institutions,
there included research doctorate students; these are carried out in
businesses and may last three to twelve months;
those addressed to young workers, recent graduates and youths
about to enter the job market; these are carried out in businesses
and last two to twelve months.
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
Leonardo, moreover, supports the exchange of people responsible for education, as
well as study visits.
Exchanges allow the transfer of innovative skills, procedures and methods of
professional education among people working in professional education and
orientation, through the comparison of the experience gathered in different Countries
and different institutional contexts. Exchange projects may last one to six weeks.
Exchanges are addressed to:
the people responsible for human resources in businesses, the people
responsible for planning and management of professional education
programmes, particularly educators, and to specialists in professional
orientation. They are carried out between businesses, on one hand, and
professional education organisations, including universities, on the other;
educators and tutors in the sector of linguistic skills and are carried out
between businesses on one hand, and institutions specialised in linguistic
education, including universities, or professional education organisations on
the other hand.
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Leonardo da Vinci II
(2000-2006)
Study visits concern the people responsible for professional education and
deal with the topics proposed by the European Commission, in order to
enhance the exchange of experience and to promote the knowledge of the
different systems and facilities of professional education.
The Mobility measure entailed by the Leonardo Programme is decentralised
and is managed by the National Agencies responsible for its implementation
on a national level. The last candidatures, concerning the second invitation
to submit proposals (2003-2004), were submitted by February, 14th, 2004.
According to what indicated in the Council Decision which established the
Programme, the third invitation, which will last two years, will be published
in 2004 and will regard the 2005-2006 period.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
Erasmus Mundus was established by the Decision no. 2317/2003/CE of the
European Parliament and of the Council of December, 5th, 2003. It is a
mobility and cooperation programme in the field of higher education. It aims
at improving quality in European Higher education and at promoting
intercultural understanding through the cooperation with Third Countries,
through the support to high-quality European masters, permitting students,
researchers and professors from all over the world to easily access European
universities and at the same time encouraging European student, researcher
and professor mobility towards Third Countries.
The Erasmus Mundus programme entails four actual actions, implemented
through different approaches, among which a major one is the enhanced
support to the mobility of people in the field of higher education between
the Community and Third Countries:
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
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ACTION 1 – Erasmus Mundus Master Courses:
these are the programme central element. They are
high-quality integrated masters organised by a
consortium of at least three universities of three
different European Countries. To be selected and to
participate in Erasmus Mundus, courses must be
“integrated”, in other words they must entail a study
period in at least two of the three universities and
must lead to the issuing of recognised, double or
multiple joint degrees.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
•
ACTION 2 – Erasmus Mundus grants: to
promote the image of Erasmus Mundus
Master Courses on a world level, they will be
associated to a system of grants for
researchers, professors and students of Third
Countries who have a first-cycle university
diploma. Grants are destined to highlyqualified people.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
• ACTION 3 – Partnerships: in order to
encourage European Universities to open to the
world and to strengthen their presence on a
world scale, Erasmus Mundus Master Courses
will also have the possibility to create
partnerships with Third Countries higher
education institutions. Such partnerships will
allow external mobility of European students,
researchers and professors participating in these
Master Courses.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
• ACTION 4 – Increasing attractiveness: Erasmus
Mundus will also support initiatives aimed at
increasing the attractiveness of European higher
education and the interest towards it. The
programme will support activities aiming at giving
more visibility to European higher education and at
improving its accessibility, as well as basic matters
for the international dimension of higher education,
such as the mutual recognition of qualifications with
Third Countries.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
The following can participate in the programme:
the 25 present and future EU Member States;
EU adhesion candidate Countries;
EEA/EFTA Countries (European Economic AREA/European
Free Trade Association);
All the other World Countries (Third Countries).
Action 1 is reserved to the first three Categories of Countries,
whereas beneficiaries of Action 2 are students, professors and
researchers (owning a first-cycle higher education degree)
coming from Third Countries.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS
(2004-2008)
Until the formalisation of the official participation of candidate
Countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey), they will be
considered as Third Countries for Actions 1, 3 and 4. As to
EEA/EFTA Countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), as they
have already expressed their full intention to participate in the
Programme actions starting in 2004, they will be considered as
participating Countries just like EU Members, provided their
official participation is formalised before the project selection.
The Erasmus Mundus programme will be implemented starting in
the academic year 2004/2005. The related general Call was
launched on April, 10th, 2004.
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Proposal of agreement
At the end of this reconnaissance of EU
possible financing for trans-national mobility
among the CIRCEOS institutions, it is important
to underline the need to guarantee an
adequate co-financing to such activities and an
Agreement draft for mobility is proposed, that
sets the fundamental principles of mobility:
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•COOPERATION AGREEMENT
•for the mobility of students, teachers and administration staff with the support of the
European Commission in the framework of mobility programmes Socrates/Erasmus Tempus - Leonardo da Vinci - Erasmus Mundus
•The Contracting Parties herein indicated agree to cooperate in the activities of transnational mobility
shown below within European programmes Socrates/Erasmus, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci and
Erasmus Mundus, where applicable. All Parties agree to abide by the principles and conditions set out
in the Guidelines for Applicants, Application Forms and, if applications are successful, Financial
Agreements of the above-mentioned programmes.
•Support will be provided to create optimal conditions:
a) for students, to undertake recognised periods of study at partner institutions, by means of an
ECTS-like Learning Agreement;
b) for teachers, to organise short duration, fully integrated teaching assignments;
c) for administration staff, to undertake short periods of study/update at partner institutions.
•Such conditions include information, infrastructure and facilities, guidance, follow-up, involvement of
local partners and associations, etc.
•No fees (for tuition, registration, exams, access to laboratory and library facilities, etc.) will be paid to
the host institution. However, small fees may be charged for costs, such as insurance, student unions,
the use of photocopiers, laboratory products etc., on an equal basis with local students. Where
appropriate, normal fees are payable to the home institution.
•At any time after one year from the date on which this Agreement has entered into force for a
Contracting Party, that Contracting Party may give written notice of its withdrawal from this Agreement
to the Depositary. Any such withdrawal shall become effective after six months from the date of the
receipt of the notice by the Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notice of
withdrawal. If a Contracting Party withdraws, the Agreement shall remain in force for the remaining
Contracting Parties.
•Additional activities, cancellations, change of subject areas, number of students or teachers or
administration staff may be subject to annual negotiation, in writing, at least three months before the
application deadline of the programme concerned. All Contracting Parties undertake to abide by the
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agreed terms of this Cooperation Agreement.
Conclusions
The next step consists in the verification of the resources that
individual partners will make available, both under the point of
view of reception facilities and in terms of co-financing. On the
basis of such data, and respecting the priorities and deadlines
set on a European level, the work group for CIRCEOS transnational mobility will plan and propose candidatures in the
above-mentioned Programmes, in cooperation with partner
institution experts, in order to maximise the free circulation of
students, professors and administration staff of the CIRCEOSadhering institution within the sector of education.
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