Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia

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2 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst National Agency for EU-Higher Education Cooperation Unit 603 ERASMUS University-Enterprise Cooperation, Intensive Programmes, 'Europa macht Schule', Europass Kennedyallee 50 D Bonn Germany Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 2

3 Since the beginning of the Lifelong Learning Programme ( ) placements have been integrated into the ERASMUS Programme as a part of student mobility and have proven to be a very successful mobility action. ERASMUS placements can be organized and administrated by a single higher education institution as well as through a placement consortium. A placement consortium can be defined as a group of higher education institutions and possibly other organisations (enterprises, associations, chambers of commerce, foundations, etc.) working together to facilitate placements for higher education students (2011 Guide for National Agencies implementing the Lifelong Learning Programme). In the academic year 2009/10 84 placement consortia existed and counted for 5143 ERASMUS placements, which represents 15 % of all placements organized within the ERASMUS Programme. In order to illustrate and promote the work of the European consortia for ERASMUS placements this directory was prepared by the NA DAAD as a follow-up of the first "European Conference of Placement Consortia within the ERASMUS Programme on 27 October 2010 in Brussels. The conference was organised by NA DAAD, in close collaboration with the European Commission and addressed different issues concerning ERASMUS Placement Consortia in Europe. Further information on the conference can be found on following webpage: This directory is further intended to help Placement Consortia to be able to build networks amongst themselves and to effectively build ties with other European (Placement) networks. It also gives the possibility to companies, NGO s and other institutions and enterprises to get in touch with a consortium for advertising their work placements/internships to a specific target group. A template was send by the NA DAAD to all existing placement consortia to be filled in by the coordinators of the consortia to be published in this directory. Following this, the directory represents the information given by the European consortia to the NA DAAD. The NA DAAD cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of information given. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 3

4 List of abbreviations OM organisation of mobility SMP student mobility for placements HEI higher education institution DATA COLLECTION AND EDITORS Data collection October 2010 May 2011 Beate Körner, DAAD, Head of Unit 603 Yvonne Schnocks, DAAD, Unit 603 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst National Agency for EU-Higher Education Cooperation Unit 603 ERASMUS University-Enterprise Cooperation, Intensive Programmes, 'Europa macht Schule', Europass Kennedyallee 50 D Bonn Germany Internet: [email protected] [email protected] This publication has been funded with support from the European Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It reflects the views only of the author, and neither the Commission nor the Ministry can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 4

5 Content AT... 6 Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung... 6 CATT Innovation Management GmBH BG ASAS (Association for support of the academic society) CZ EDUCA INTERNATIONAL, o.p.s DE Ausbildungspartnerschaft Westfalen-Lippe (University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld) Career Service FH Aachen EU-Hochschulbüro Osnabrück c/o Hochschule Osnabrück EU-ServicePoint Mainz Hochschule Fulda, University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft, HsKA LEONARDO-BÜRO PART SACHSEN LEONARDO-Büro Brandenburg Leonardo-Office Saxony-Anhalt LEONARDO-Office Thuringia (University-Enterprise-Network) ES AICE-IZEA AYUNTAMIENTO DE MISLATA CAEB Directorate-General Vocational Education and Training. Regional Ministry of Education. Andalusia Spain Fundación de la Lengua Española Fundación Empresa-Universidad de Navarra FUNDACIÓN PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE LAS ARTES EN CASTILLA Y LEÓN (ARCYL) GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION HETEL IKASLAN FI INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS AT OULU`S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FR Blaise Pascal UNIVERSITY Consortium Fédération Gay Lussac Consortium: Réseau des EGC (Ecoles de Gestion et de Commerce) I.P.L. (Institut Polytechnique de Lyon) PROMOTRANS IT ARTS Art s Role in Training for Students (Conservatoire of Music Cosenza) Erasmus Student Placement - University of Rome Tor Vergata Iuav University of Venice Università Iuav di Venezia KEY TO EUROPE: Training Students for the future 4 (K.T.E.U.) Tiber Umbria Comett Education Programme TUCEP NL Technische Universiteit Eindhoven PT Catholic University of Portugal - Porto Universidade da Madeira Universidade do Porto Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 5

6 AT Consortium Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung (coordinating organisation) before BEP Bureau for European Programmes Nat. ID Project coordinator Mag. Brigitte Berger Address Ing. Etzel-Str. 17 Postcode 6020 City Innsbruck Country Austria Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck Management Center Innsbruck UMIT Pedagogic University Tirol University of Applied Sciences Kufstein University Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Voralberg ERASMUS Code A INNSBRU01 A INNSBRU21 A INNSBRU08 A INNSBRU20 A INNSBRU03 A KUFSTEI01 A SALZBUR01 A DORNBIR01 Participating other partners if applicable: no other partners Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students approved 76 - realised by 11/2010 Total ERASMUS ,-* ,-* ,-* ,-* Budget incl. OM *This budget is only OM, as in Austria the Erasmus grants for the students are paid directly by the ÖAD GmbH (= Austrian Agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research) and not via the consortia. Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm SHORT description of the project 2010 Leonardo da Vinci + Graduates placements ( GATE 2010 ) + Young employees placements ( TirolerInnen auf der Walz 2010 ) + Students and apprentices in vocational education placements ( Tiroler SchülerInnen und Lehrlinge auf der Walz 2010 ) 2009 Leonardo da Vinci + Graduates and young employees placements ( TirolerInnen auf der Walz 2009 ) 2008 Leonardo da Vinci + Graduates and young employees placements ( TirolerInnen auf der Walz 2008 ) 2007 Leonardo da Vinci + Graduates placements ( GATE 2007 ) Enterprise Europe Network EU technology transfer & innovation programme BEP is regional contact point for the modules B & C in Western Austria (Tirol & Vorarlberg). Seventh Framework Programme EU research & development programme BEP is regional contact point for Western Austria (Tirol & Vorarlberg). Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 6

7 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. BEP-Bureau for European Programmes is a non-profit organisation situated in Innsbruck (AT). It serves as a contact point for European Programmes and is working in the field of European mobility projects (LLP-Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci placements) and in consulting of enterprises & research institutions for projects of technology transfer (Enterprise Europe Network) and research (FP7). We are co-operating with partners both at national and European level. Since 1990 BEP successfully participated in COMET, LEONARDO I+II and LLP, more than placements of different target groups could be implemented. BEP is consortium coordinator for 8 HEIs (traditional universities and universities of applied sciences) in Western Austria, roughly 150 ERASMUS placements are realised each year. Within LEONARDO da Vinci BEP deals with several target groups ranging from graduates and young employees (PLM) to students and apprentices in initial vocational training (IVT). Approx placements are realised each year within Leonardo. An increasing demand for Leonardo and Erasmus placements is obvious during the last 2 years. BEP has gained large experience with European mobility projects and their co-ordination. As a regional contact point for LLP Erasmus SMP & Leonardo da Vinci (PLM + IVT) BEP established a broad network with relevant institutions and partners national wide and all over Europe. BEP contacts with chambers of commerce, universities, high schools, training institutions, small and medium enterprises, networks, intermediaries institutions. BEP provides free of charge information, counselling and co-ordination services for enterprises, universities, polytechnic schools, students, graduates and young employees. BEP provides information and give advice about potential placements in Europe, as well as offers support to applicants who are looking for a placement and assists them with the organisation and preparation of their stay abroad. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Co-operation with HEIs exists since years, longer than Erasmus. BEP has an agreement with each HEIs about the division of responsibilities. HEIs are responsible for the content and academic recognition of placements, BEP is responsible for information & councelling of students and all administrational tasks for the Erasmus grant. HEIs is responsible for: first infos for students publishing a list about the selected students professional and academic content of placements pre-confirmation of compulsory placements with a proposal of acceptance and accordingly entry in Diploma Supplement of voluntary placements academic recognation of placements BEP is responsible for: BEP as consortium coordinator is responsible for the yearly application for the grants at the NA, the implementation of the project, all monitoring and evaluation aspects and final reporting of the project. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 7

8 Permanent contact to HEIs (international offices), regional contacts & the NA intensive infos and councelling for students about the possibilities to participate in SMP and the application for the grant: administration, help by searching for placement, maintain a list of applicants, issue of application documents, preparation of the Training Agreement, registration and nomination of students in the Erasmus Online data base, monitoring, financial processing, public relations, confirmation via Europass Mobility, control of student`s final report in the Online data base Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: BEP makes promotion on different ways to inform students about the opportunity of a placement abroad, about the advantages of an Erasmus placement and how to apply for the grant: participates on job fairs & international days of HEIs organises info-days about Erasmus placements at each partner HEIs several times each year writes articles in uni-magazines and local newspapers to motivate students to go international BEP is available personally or on the phone for a consultation to give tips how to find a placement, how to organise a stay abroad, how to search for an accommodation, how to travel there BEP sends on request contacts of partner enterprises in Europe to interested students BEP sends job offer from enterprises to students and career centres at HEIs gives information about possible contacts in emergency as well as about labour legislation regularly updates the internal data bases about companies and institutions where students had good working experiences in the past also offers contacts of language schools and advice the students to inform about country culture, habits, life style calls attention to the importance of healthcare and accident insurance gives required information and documents for the Erasmus grant (e.g. check lists, Job description) public on our homepage During the mobility: BEP stays in touch with students and with the mentors of the students in the company students can contact BEP about questions and problems via phone or per tries to find fast and efficient solutions together with HEIs co-operates in cases of insurance and labour law with the regional chamber of labour approx. 1 month before the end of the placement sends an to the students to remember them about final reporting and appointments After the mobility: controls the online final report of the students has feedback-discussion with students if it is possible asks some students to write a success story about their personal and working experience which will be uploaded on the BEP homepage confirm the placement using the Europass Mobility if both parts were satisfied with the work placement, BEP registers the company in the data base and will forward this contact to other students in the future Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 8

9 b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: BEP organises together with our HEIs info-events, workshops, career forums, international days for students stays in touch with editor of uni-magazines at the beginning of each year of studies BEP sends s to Erasmus coordinators of the HEIs to inform them about the actual Erasmus possibilities BEP publishes its newsletter BEP informs in every quarter of the year with one article about LLP. on request sends Info sheets and brochures about Erasmus SMP to coordinators at HEIs absorbs the administrative processing for the Erasmus grant contact point for students concerning all matters of the Erasmus grant During the mobility: BEP helps to solve problems with companies or students if there are any BEP is a contact point for companies in case of problems and questions makes the administration After the mobility: confirmation of the placements for the entry into Diploma Supplement evaluation of placements & final report / conversation with students survey of selected companies by telephone interviews cooperation with HEIs statistics for universities and universities of applied sciences contact to NA c) Service offered for companies Local: Via EEN exist contacts to regional companies which could be used for placements. But currently there is not any competent financial support to find placements for European trainees. In the future BEP would like to offer this service, as the networks contacts are already available in the region Abroad: Contact for placement mentors before/during/after the placement Forwarding job offer to HEIs and students Registration of interested students in our data base for the future job offers Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 9

10 Consortium CATT Innovation Management GmBH (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID AT Project coordinator Monika Kapusciak Address Hafenstraße Postcode 4020 City Linz Country Austria OR Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz Akademie für den medizinisch-technischen Laboratoriumsdienst Landeskrankenhaus Steyr Akademie für den medizinisch-technischen Laboratoriumsdienst AKH Allg. Krankenhaus der Stadt Linz GmbH Anton Bruckner Privat Universität für Musik, Schauspiel und Tanz ERASMUS Code A Linz01 A Linz02 A Steyr05 A Linz19 A Linz17 Participating other partners if applicable We do not publish information on our participating host institutions as an official partner in our consortium; we work with them solely on basis of Letter of Intent and some of them are changing from year to year. Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded fixed ( 20 students planned) Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM * 1.720,- * 2.150,- * 1.440,- * 4.140,- *Information only on OM budget since the grants for students are paid out by a centralized office in Austria (Erasmus Stipend Offices) Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 10

11 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm LLP Leonardo da Vinci Erasmus Mundus CIP 7th Framework Programme Interreg. Central Europe SHORT description of the project Mobility projects within PLM (persons on the labour market) scheme WISHES: Development of web-based Information- and Community-Platform for international students in Higher Education including database for placements CIP Network Austria as a part of Enterprise Europe Network, the network supports small business mainly in developing in new markets, finding sources or licensing new technologies and accessing EU funding The MAPEER SME project is supporting activities to create the background conditions in which Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) is welcomed, supported and nourished in European SMEs. Access: Accelerating regional competitiveness and sectorbased excellence through innovation management tools and techniques (based also on peer training). Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. CATT Innovation Management GmbH is a regional agency (25 persons) for innovation management and supports Upper Austrian institutions (companies, research institutions, etc.) during the search for and participation in funding programmes, the recruitment of highly qualified interns and innovation assistants, and in matters relating to technological co-operation. The staff of CATT has a comprehensive international and industrial experience in project evaluation, review, management, project planning, controlling and dissemination on a regional, national and international level. Since 1990 CATT has acted as consortium coordinator for mobility projects for outgoing students and graduates within the European programmes like COMET, Leonardo, LLL. Moreover CATT acquires placements in the region of Upper Austria for incoming students and graduates (coming through LLL). Being involved in supporting outgoing and incoming placements at the same time gives CATT specific complementary and integral view/approach while managing placements. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. CATT is responsible for managing the process of placement mobility from application submission within the LLL programme till final reporting. As a consortium coordinator CATT is carrying out following tasks: - Information and PR activities about the grants for placements - One-to-one counselling students about criteria and application procedures for placements - Support in finding placements abroad for Upper Austrian students and graduates - Eligibility check of applicants and consultation with relevant HEI for selection of beneficiaries Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 11

12 - Support in drawing the Training Agreement (TA) by the student and hosting organisation as well as responsibility for the commitment on final version of the TA - Nominating students within the Erasmus Online Database for placements - Monitoring of the placement progression (inquiries to students etc.) and support in case of problems - Check of students final reports in the Online Data Base - Issuing a confirmation of the placement through Europass Mobility Certificate and sending Placement Evaluation Sheet to host organisation - In case of changes in single placements coordination of approval, drawing up new TA etc. With some partners of the consortium the cooperation exists already for 20 years (e.g. JKU), some other partners joined in the last three years (e.g. Medical Academies). The role of the HEIs in the consortium is the following: - Support in organisation of information / dissemination activities at relevant HEIs - Final decision on eligibility of students applying for placements - Final decision on TA content and signing of the TA - Support for students in case of different inquiries, problems during the placement - Recognition of the placement either through ECTS points or Diploma Supplement Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) CATT offers the following services for students: before the mobility: One-to-one counselling on topics like: - Criteria, eligibility for getting Erasmus placements grants - Insurance during the placements (offers of regional and international providers) - Support in finding host institutions/placements - Support in clarifying Erasmus placements to host organisations - Information on languages course possibilities - Information / Checklist on organisational issues like finding accommodation - Check of application documents (CV, motivation letter) of the student during the mobility: - Monitoring the placements through regularly mails with the trainees abroad and help in case of problems arising after the mobility: - Confirmation of the placement through Europass mobility certificate and sending so called Placement Evaluation Sheet to company - In specific cases CATT is evaluating the placement together with the student (personal meeting, phone interview) - Promotion of successful placements through articles in newspapers, publication of success stories etc. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 12

13 b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: - Information activities /events and information material (brochures, posters...) for students (rd. 20 events per year; number differs per HEI) - Support of the students in finding the placement as well as drawing up and submitting all relevant documents during the mobility: - Support the students in case of diverse inquiries and monitoring the quality of the placements after the mobility: - Promoting successful placements at the HEIs (success stories) c) Service offered for companies local: - Promoting the placement offers across Europe - Acquisition of applicants for placements and requiring complete information - Matching of suitable applicants and sending their profiles to the responsible persons in the company - Support of both incoming students and companies in organisational issues like: search for accommodation, transport, employment issues etc. abroad: - Promoting placement offers to students and graduates in Upper Austria - Sending profiles of students matching the offers - Giving information on placements within LLL Programme - Support in filling out the require documents (TA, Europass...) for the LLL placement Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 13

14 BG Consortium ASAS (Association for support of the academic society) (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Liliya Elenkova Address Studentski grad bl. 61B Postcode 1734 City Sofia Country Bulgaria Website isic.bg Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable University of Veliko Tarnovo St. Cyril and Metodii BG VELIKO 01 National Sports Academy Vassil Levski BG SOFIA17 Academy of Economics D.A. Tsenov Svishtov BG SVISHTO 02 Higher School of Civil Engineering Luben Karavelov BG SOFIA 21 Technical University Varna BG VARNA 02 University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski BG PLOVDIV 01 Higher School Agricultural College BG PLOVIV 09 Higher School International College BG ALBENA 01 Higher School of Insurance and Finance BG SOFIA 31 South-West University Neofit Rilski BG BLAGOEV 02 Technical University Sofia BG SOFIA 16 Agricultural University Plovdiv BG PLOVDIV 01 Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar BG VARNA 01 University of National and World Economy BG SOFIA 03 Usit Colours Bulgaria Ltd. Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded N.A still in progress students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 14

15 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Youth in Action SHORT description of the project Project BG Adventure involving young people and students Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. Association for Support of the Academic Society (ASAS) is the leading organization in the Erasmus Consortium, the only consortium till that moment in Bulgaria. Therefore we include almost all HEIs in Bulgaria that dispose of Extended Erasmus charter and want to take part in the Erasmus placements. We are the initiators for establishing the consortium and work since the academic We are involved in all the activities accompanying the Erasmus practice programme: - application procedure; - contacting companies for internships and placements; - information campaigns in the HEIs involved in the consortium; - consulting students; - second level selection of students - administration and documentation work; - reporting and reading from the students; - reports to the National Agency. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The HEIs are involved in the information campaigns and spreading the information about Erasmus practice which is sent by ASAS. The HEIs are conduction a first level selection of students willing to take part in the Erasmus placement programme. The tasks of the coordinator of the consortium ASAS are: - application procedure - contacting companies for internships and placements; - information campaigns in the HEIs involved in the consortium; - consulting students; - second level selection of students - administration and documentation work; - reporting and reading from the students; - reports to the National Agency - information seminars and discussions concerning student mobility and the Erasmus programme in particular Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 15

16 Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Information service; detailed consultation about the rights of within the Erasmus programme; language course opportunities (EILC); insurance; student discounts in the hosting country; needed documentation. during the mobility: constant support and information services if needed; after the mobility: taking the student reports; classifying the information; preparing the student files; issuing certificates proving the Erasmus placement participation b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: information service; information campaigns among the students; placements offers and opportunities; documentation help; administrative help; administrating all the documents concerning the Erasmus placements within the Consortium; during the mobility: information flow concerning the students on mobility after the mobility: report from the students; report for the NA; OM c) Service offered for companies local: involvement in the information campaigns; access to students and universities abroad: involvement in the information campaigns; access to students and universities Specific information on the consortium ASAS is the only official representative of the ISIC Association and distributor of ISIC/ITIC/IYTC (International Student Identity Card) in Bulgaria. The main goal of ASAS is to develop and further enhance a social-friendly environment for young people in students in Bulgaria and to facilitate the student mobility. ISIC was recognized from 20 Universities in Bulgaria as an official ID for their students. Therefore the participation in the Erasmus programme as a coordinator of the Erasmus consortium coincides with the main activities of ASAS and further enhances the student mobility. ASAS is one of the biggest non governmental organizations in Bulgaria, with more that students as members. ASAS is active in the field of youth and student policy, having participated in the foundation of a National Youth Forum. The whole process of establishing the NYF was observed by the European Youth Forum. ASAS has its main role contributing with its knowledge about student and youth mobility. Since the beginning of 2010 ASAS is part of the National Working Group to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science. ASAS provides consultation on youth policy, youth employment, student and youth involvement in policy making procedures. ASAS is interested in enhancing major European initiatives and objectives, such as youth employment, mobility and diversity. Within the National Working Group ASAS cooperates with a large number of youth and student organizations. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 16

17 CZ Consortium EDUCA INTERNATIONAL, o.p.s. (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Mr. Josef VOCHOZKA Address Na Mokline 289/16 Postcode City Praha 6 Country Czech Republic [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable Univerzita Hradec Králové CZ HRADEC01 Bankovní Institut vysoká škola, a.s. CZ PRAHA11 Česká zemědělská univerzita CZ PRAHA02 Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava CZ JIHLAVA 02 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme No other EU projects SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. EDUCA INTERTNATIIONAL, o.p.s. is a non profit and non government institution established by physical person. The staff represents just only 2 persons (part time job). Director of the NGO is Mr. Josef Vochozka, who was working 17 years in National structure of Tempus and Socrates Programme (director of National Agencies in the Czech Republic). The field of activities of the NGO covers support of universities and other educational institutions, mainly in the international activities. Erasmus Placement project is only one EU project developed by the NGO. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 17

18 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The Erasmus Placement activities are developed in close cooperation with the consortium. Each university is responsible for selection of own students nominated for placement and confirmation of each individual application and Training Agreements. MGO provides all other administrative steps confirmation of Training Agreements, preparation and signing Financial Agreements, payment of grants, administrative evidence of Confirmation of Training Period and preparing Certifikaces for participating students in two copies and sending them to university. Interim and Final Reports are responsibility of NGO. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: NGO organises information meetings, placement possibilities, preparation and signing Financial Agreements with nominated students, payments of grants, communication with the foreign companies, information on insurance, during the mobility: ongoing monitoring and solving all problems, changes of Financial Agreements, Final Report information after the mobility: NGO makes an evidence of all mobility documents (Confirmation of Training Period), checks all Final reports and respecting conditions of Financial Agreement, preparing Certificate in 2 copies (for the student and for the University), evaluation of Final reports, evaluation meeting with students. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: NGO presents possible placements and participate on selection procedures, during the mobility: NGO informs universities on mobility realised and sends a list of students who signed the Financial Agreement and started training programme. after the mobility: NGO sends list of students who finished the placement and sends a Certificate which confirms successful participation on placement. c) Service offered for companies local: there is no service cooperation with the local companies. abroad: recommendation of suitable students for placement Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 18

19 DE Consortium (coordinating organisation) Ausbildungspartnerschaft Westfalen-Lippe (University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld) Nat. ID CP 05 Project coordinator Sandra Schoeß Address Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 6 Postcode City Bielefeld Country Germany [email protected] or [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld University Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe University Siegen ERASMUS Code D BIELEFE02 D BIELEFE01 D LEMGO01 D SIEGEN01 Participating other partners if applicable No other partners are participating in our consortia Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci SHORT description of the project Graduates Internships Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. Our consortium consists of two employees. Sandra Schoeß as head of the AWL and Benjamin Warnecke as her student assistant. Ms. Schoeß leads the consortium since 2007 and did great work in handling with students and host organizations. She is familiar with every process associated with the ERASMUS-programme. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 19

20 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. We don t have cooperations with other HEIs. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: advisory service, information about the ERASMUS-programme and its requirements, information on insurance, application workshops, help to find a suitable company for the internship, advertising our services on fairs and in universities during the mobility: assisting while the internship, intermediate evaluation via mail after the mobility: final evaluation including field report and final report b) Service offered for your partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for companies local: If companies of our region have students from the EU as interns we help the students to find a accommodation. The student can participate in our leisure programme and activities to meet other students all over the world to feel comfortable. abroad: Evaluation via mail with asking for the satisfaction and ideas. The host organisation gets a qualified feedback from us and the participant of the programme for using the results for prospective interns. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 20

21 Consortium Career Service FH Aachen (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID D Aachen 02 Project coordinator Dr. Antonia Csiba Address Bayernallee Aachen Postcode Country Website Aachen [email protected] und a-finale_version-zusatz_01.doc Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable FH Aachen RWTH Aachen Hochschule Bochum ERASMUS Code ic de-erasmus-eucx ic de-erasmus-eucx ic de-erasmus-eucx-1 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM 80 (480) 40 (240) 60 (240) 50 (200) , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 21

22 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. Leader of the consortium is FH Aachen with students, 220 teachers and 10 different departments ( FH Aachen is a very international University located in the Aachen (D), Liège (B) and Maastricht (NL) region. Dr. Antonia Csiba is the head of the career service and organizes student exchanges to help students to get practical experience during their studies. Before having built up the career service she organised the former UETP (University Enterprise Training Partnership) AAKA (Aachen-Kölner-Ausbildungspartnerschaft) since Within this UETP she organized European Student Placement Programmes like Comett, Leonado da Vinci I, II and today the LLP Programme (Erasmus Placement). While there were 6 different universities participating in the UETP from Aachen, Cologne, Bonn, Bochum and St. Augustin, there are today only 3 left because of the new European policy to give every University the chance to applicate for grants. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. In the last project the consortium consisted of 3 partner universities, FH Aachen (leader of the project), RWTH Aachen and Hochschule Bochum. FH Aachen composes the proposal, the interim and final reports. FH Aachen offers all important information about the programme and concerning advertisement to every partner university by opening event, by mail and via internet. Every partner has the possibility to contact the project leader and her assistant by phone ore by mail. The contact persons at RWTH and Hochschule Bochum who dispose of all actual obligatory information and documents, have the possibility to select their students by their own and send their filled and checked applicationform to the project leader. The project leader proves again the documents. In case that every thing is filled and signed in a correct manner, she informs the student by mail and contract about the following procedure and pays the advance pay of 80 %. Normally the student who has two contact persons during the training period, one at the sending and one at the receiving institution, doesn t need further help by the contact persons of the consortium except for special problems occurring. In this case the contact person of the consortium has the task to help and support the other persons concerned. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: The students get all information about the programme by Internet and during the advisory service. Additionally the programme and the possibility to receive a grant is passed by lectures and posters. We inform them about language and cultural training and they have the possibility to follow the courses of career service and career center at each university. during the mobility: In general they have no need of further information during the training period. Sometimes they ask us again about the final report because they have so many impressions in the foreign country that they have forgotten the bureaucratical details. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 22

23 after the mobility: They send us the final documents and if they are all filled in a correct manner they receive the second and last payment of 20 %. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Before the new project the leader of the consortiums informs the partners via Internet, by mail and during the opening reunion. during the mobility: The leader of the consortiums answers questions by mail or by phone. In case of incertitude the leader of the consortium asks for help by DAAD. after the mobility: The leader of the consortium prepares for the following project and asks the partners if they are willing to continue and under which circumstances (number of students/number of studentmonths) c) Service offered for companies local: We offer a jobportal where companies can put their job offers or offers for training periods. Furthermore we offer the possibility to companies to present their company of campus. abroad: For companies in whole Germany we offer as well the job portal and for foreign companies we offer the possibility to publish their offers on the internet site of Career Service of FH Aachen e.g. : Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 23

24 Consortium EU-Hochschulbüro Osnabrück c/o Hochschule Osnabrück (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID DE Project coordinator Friedrich Uhrmacher Address Artilleriestr.. 44 Postcode D City Osnabrück Country Deutschland Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Universität Vechta Hochschule Osnabrück ERASMUS Code D Vechta02 D OSNABR02 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme EFRE ESF FP7 SHORT description of the project More than 40 project in R&D, further education and entrepreneurship Equal Entwicklungspartnerschaft für Nachhaltigkeit und Innovation im Arbeitsmarkt Cooperation, SME cooperation Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. We are an active consortium in organising placements, european R&D projects and further education for the labour market. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 24

25 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. University Vechta and University of Applied Siences Osnabrück are our partner universities. They prepare students in international studies for an international labour market. The consortium is organising all tasks concerning the management of european placements. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: language and cultural preparation, finding partners, during the mobility: monitoring after the mobility: reporting b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: project management, selection of students, marketing during the mobility: to be a contact person after the mobility: bringing scientists and enterprises together c) Service offered for companies local: monitoring of incoming students abroad: bringing scientists and enterprises together Specific information on the consortium The consortium is a part of Wissenschaftstransfer Osnabrück, which is a regional organisation in all aspects of cooperation between university and enterprises. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 25

26 Consortium (coordinating organisation) EU-ServicePoint Mainz c/o Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz / D MAINZ01 Nat. ID DE CP-16 Project coordinator Annegret Werner / Iris Z. Thimm-Netenjakob Address Abteilung Internationales / International Office Postcode D City Mainz Country Germany [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Universität Koblenz-Landau Fachhochschule Mainz Katholische Fachhochschule Mainz ERASMUS Code D KAISERS01 D KOBLENZ02 D MAINZ08 D MAINZ05 Other participating partners if applicable EURO PRACTICUM placement search EUROMIR intercultural courses Step on! search intercultural courses Projekt Geist und Wirtschaft (PGW) intercultural courses Fremdsprachenzentrum (FSZ) = Foreign Language Centre Frauenbüro Uni Mainz = Equal Opportunities Office Autonome Behindertenreferat des ASTA Uni Mainz = physically disabled students office Vertretung des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz in Brüssel = Representation Office of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Brussels Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Final report Final report Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM 22 By Leonardo Kontaktstelle Trier Unknown statistics 99 Application , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme ERASMUS EUC ERASMUS-Mundus several EU-Research Projects SHORT description of the project OM, SMS, STA, STT, IP Coordinated by the University of Valencia, Spain Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 26

27 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) is - with students - one of the largest universities in Germany. JGU offers degree programs in more than ninety subjects and in numerous combinations. The range of courses is wide and covers almost all areas: humanities, social studies, law, economics, medicine / except architecture and engineering. The integration of the Academy of Fine Arts and the School of Music is unique in the German landscape of higher education. JGU has strong ties to the local community and is an active member of the international academic community. The Rhine-Main area is one of the economically most powerful regions in Germany, and JGU actively cooperates with businesses and industries and participates in political and cultural life. Founded in 1477, JGU is one of the oldest German universities. In its diversity of students, its global outlook, as well as its outstanding research it is also a university of compelling change. In 2008, JGU established an office, the EU-ServicePoint, which will be referred to as EU-SP in this text. The EU-SP leads a consortium of five Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Rhine-Main area, which are mentioned, on page 1. This consortium supports students to find internships in Europe and awards ERASMUS grants. The EU-SP is part of the International Office of JGU. For more than 20 years the International Office of JGU has established an expertise in administering international student exchanges. Apart from ERASMUS exchanges the International Office of JGU has intensively cooperated with organisations dealing with internships such as AIESEC and IAESTE or COMETT / Leonardo. JGU disposes of a large network of ERASMUS partners, which contributes to an extensive exchange with European partner institutions. Over the past five years JGU has always been ranked in first or second place in Germany concerning outgoing students. The administrative officers currently managing the EU-SP, some of them employed on part-time contracts, are very experienced in a wide range of worldwide and EU cooperation programmes. They have worked in a number of organisations including the DAAD and the ERASMUS Bureau / Socrates & Youth Office in Brussels. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 27

28 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Management of the Consortium: The EU-ServicePoint is responsible for the administration, application and financial support of the student s placement abroad and a drop-in centre for approximately students of these five HEIs. This service and administration office manages the cultural, linguistic and organisational preparation for the placements. The monitoring, quality control and the evaluation of the placements belong also to the tasks of the EU-SP as well as the financial management of the budget. The placement coordinators in the office are responsible for the reporting (interim, final and financial report). All activities and the cooperation between the participating five HEIs are coordinated by the EU-SP. The creation and maintenance of the website which supports the students application and helps to provide them with appropriate information are also a part of the responsibility and an important part of the work of the EU-SP. Each partner institution of the consortium is responsible for the communication with their faculties supporting their students intending to undertake a placement abroad. The partner-institutions, and here the International Offices, have to inform their faculties about the guidelines for the internships and also to cooperate with the departments to ensure the recognition of the placements. The EU-SP is in constant contact with the partners to be aware of arising difficulties and to give advice and support where it is necessary. The EU-SP has been established to provide a good service for the students and to assure the quality of placements. The coordinating office is not only responsible for the quality and quantity of placements but also ensures the transparency of the award of the grants within the ERASMUS Placement Programme. The EU-SP placement coordinators work closely together with the ERASMUS coordinators at the various faculties and use their network and experience for the subject related questions concerning the placements. The team of the EU-SP is responsible for the financial budget, guidelines and contract related questions. It communicates with the department of financial affairs in JGU, which provides the students with the stipend money. Each partner in the Consortium has access to the closed web portal to be able to download special information and information material whenever it is needed. On a regular basis the coordinators notify the partners of the selection of their students. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: Interested students can obtain information about internship opportunities, necessary preparatory measures and the selection process through the web portal of the EU-SP. In close collaboration with the International Offices of the five HEIs the team of the EU-SP offers information sessions for groups at JGU and also, on a regular basis, at each partner-institution. Besides these presentations the EU- SP is open for individual counselling with weekly office hours. The annual fair Praktika welt-offen at JGU gives the students the opportunity to get information on internships around the globe and to establish contact with organisations offering placements. For finding an internship abroad, the EU ServicePoint has recently signed a partnership agreement with EUROPRACTICUM. Through this cooperation, which started with the fair Praktika welt-offen, students can receive assistance in finding a professional and appropriate placement. Additionally to these information sources, the EU-SP team tries to connect the alumni of the programme with those searching for a placement. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 28

29 Selection: The web portal of the EU-SP provides the students with information on how to apply and gives them the opportunity to download all necessary forms. The documents for the application include: the Training Agreement, a CV, a cover letter, certificates / academic records, a language certification, a certificate of enrolment, a proof of participation in preparatory seminars and a professional recommendation of the department. According to the following main criteria the candidates are chosen for the grant by: - The suitability (incl. academic performance) of the applicant - The professional integration of the placement in the study course - The program conformity and the requirements for the internship, including the recognition. The EU ServicePoint organizes the preparation of the candidates in collaboration with different partners. This involves existing knowledge and resources in several faculties at the participating 5 HEIs. So for example courses offered on intercultural competence at JGU in projects like EUROMIR, step on!, Projekt Geist & Wirtschaft. Meanwhile the students can take part in web-based trainings on intercultural (or cross-cultural) competence. These courses should prepare the students and enable them to work across cultures through an instilled understanding of cultures on a general level in terms of communication and working styles. In addition to these offers they can attend language courses for all subject areas at their home institutions. Practical support: The EU-SP and the International Offices of the participating universities advise and support the candidates in the practical preparations for the stay abroad. This includes the accommodation, insurance, issues regarding the local area and those associated with the residence status. The candidate s questions will be answered via the web portal of the EU-SP or directly via e- mail. The students can also receive helpful information from returning trainees, via the internetplatform of the DAAD ( EU-Community). Reports of alumni coming back from various EU-countries are available on this platform. Training content: It is essential that the students consult the supervisor of the respective area of studies at their home institution prior to the application. They have to make sure that the content of training/internship fits into the curriculum of their individual study course and thus ensure the required recognition. To receive a grant from the EU-SP either ECTS-points or a Diploma Supplement are obligatory. During the mobility: The support of the trainee is part of the obligations of the responsible person in the foreign company and the subject supervisor at the home institution. By a short report in the first 4 weeks of the internship the EU ServicePoint gets initial feedback. The interns may contact the EU-SP team at any point of the internship, especially when help is needed. This includes Emergency Management" in the event of serious illness or accident, but also in terms of problems which might occur due to the unfamiliar working atmosphere and multicultural environment of the placement companies. After the mobility: Recognition: The student and the subject supervisor at the home institution will have agreed upon a possible recognition of the placement before starting the internship. The company has the obligation to issue the student a meaningful, detailed testimony. The EU-SP then receives these records containing either ECTS-points or a copy of the Diploma Supplement (or a letter confirming that a DS will be issued at the end of the studies). The introduction of the software CampusNet for the study and examination administration pays particular attention to this recognition (first pilot basis at JGU). Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 29

30 Evaluation: The EU ServicePoint ensures that the student hands in an internship report via the EU- Community portal. Reports are entered online according to the guidelines of the National Agency DAAD. In addition the student has to deliver a brief report, which includes both technical and socio-cultural aspects of the placement period. Referring to this data an evaluation is possible. The centre for quality assurance at JGU has already carried out a survey, based on the feedback and reports of the returning students in the ERASMUS study program. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Please refer to a) during the mobility: Please refer to a) after the mobility: Please refer to a) c) Service offered for companies Local: The Consortium is well connected with the companies in the area. JGU, for example maintained for a long time a dialogue between universities and industry on a national and international level. The regional situation in the Rhine-Main area and the proximity to companies such as Boehringer or BASF offers an excellent platform for cooperation between universities and industry. The Fachhochschule Mainz, as an active partner in the consortium, supports close links between university and industry. Some lecturers at Fachhochschule Mainz (FH) are also entrepreneurs or hold leading positions in companies. In the media sector there is a strong cooperation between the local universities in Mainz and the broadcasting and media companies such as ZDF and SWR. The University of Kaiserslautern, as a well-known university in the engineering sector, has worked for many years with the Audi Group and the German branches of the European Aerospace companies. Since the EU-SP is a relatively young consortium there is, for example, no web-based opportunity for companies to offer placements via the website. The team is working on a web tool to be added to the existing website for the mutual benefit of students and companies in Germany and abroad. Abroad: Although a new Consortium, as mentioned above, the office is already able to note the two years worth of experience. Several companies contact us to receive further trainees, for example Bosch Madrid, SEL, and some partner universities such as University of Dijon, University of Birmingham and the University of Valencia. The aim for the near future is to stabilise the ties to the already existing partners and to broaden the network for future partnerships. All these partners should communicate with the consortium leader on a regular basis and have the possibility to enter the website with their placement offers. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 30

31 Consortium Hochschule Fulda, University of Applied Sciences (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID DE CP09 Project coordinator Christina Langsdorf Address Marquardstr. 35 Postcode City Fulda Country Germany Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt Technische Universität Darmstadt Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, University of Applied Sciences Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main, University of Applied Sciences Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Universität Kassel Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main Hochschule RheinMain RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim Geisenheim Fachhochschule Koblenz, RheinAhrCampus Remagen, University of Applied Sciences ERASMUS Code D DARMSTA03 D DARMSTA01 D GIESSEN02 D GIESSEN01 D FRANKFU04 D FRANKFU01 D KASSEL01 D OFFENBA01 D WIESBAD01 D KOBLENZ01 Participating other partners if applicable inter.research Institute of Interdisciplinary Research e.v. Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded ca. 175 students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 31

32 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci SHORT description of the project Leonardo da Vinci Mobility: The mobility project Development of European Key Competences (DEKA) is an initiative of the Hochschule Fulda University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the regional (Network for EU-Placements) and transnational partners. The Partners together have created 225 potential workplacements in 43 companies in 15 different countries. The main target group are graduates of the universities that belong to the Network for EU-Placements. A special feature that is offered within the learning arrangement is an internship accompanying intercultural training. Partnerships (NUTGECS): Projects Main Intent: Active cooperation and transfer of knowledge between the European partners in the project. Increase of quality and usage of vocational education focusing on typical techniques for vocational education. Create cooperations with related sectors to intensify mutual learning. Improve awareness for nutrition in early childhood to increase quality of life. To contribute to forming and improving awareness, among stakeholders, of importance of nutrition education in preschool period. Preparation of a guidebook offering descriptions and solutions for sustainable nutrition and nutrition education which can be used by all stakeholders of children in their early childhood. Erasmus for young Entrepreneurs Grundtvig OPEN-EYE The OPEN-Eye project aims to promote according to the goals of the programme: the exchange of experience and information among entrepreneurs with regard to obstacles and challenges in the creation and development of their businesses; training of nascent entrepreneurs allowing them to successfully start and develop their new business ideas; market access and identification of potential partners for new businesses in other EU countries inter-cultural learning by developing knowledge and experience of other European countries ProSkills: The project aims on: tackling the future challenges of lifelong learning promotion of social and personal skills in adults equal access for socially unprivileged persons to the offers of adult education conception and dissemination of a practice-oriented training concept active and experience-focused training methods European exchange training of professionals who work with socially unprivileged persons sensitisation of decision makers in the field of education Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 32

33 benefit from a interdisciplinary and multinational team CHANCE: CHANCE (Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour) bases on the preliminary assumption that a community s structure determines health information and the perception of health information. So, it can be supposed that you can find important resources and best practice concerning the perception of health information in different EU countries. FP7 ESF QUALICOPC The project aims to evaluate primary care systems in Europe against criteria of quality, equity and costs. It will enable to answer questions like, which elements of structure and organisation of primary care are associated with access to high quality services against affordable costs. And: by what mechanisms primary care structure and organisation are related to overall health care system goals. The outcomes of the project aim to help decision makers to shape primary care systems optimally. Hessen Networks! Hessen Networks! was a joint project of the universities in the State of Hessen to coordinate the activities of international internships. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The leader of the consortium, the Fulda University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1974 as one of the first Hessian universities of applied sciences. It covers a broad spectrum of academic and professional education. The Departments of Applied Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Business, Food Technology, Nursing and Health Sciences, Nutrition, Food and Consumer Sciences, Social and Cultural Sciences and Social Work offer numerous first-degree programmes, graduate programmes and other educational offerings. Most of the study programmes lead to an international bachelor s or master s degree, and all of them are based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Ten percent of the students come from abroad. The number of international students has grown rapidly, especially in international degree programmes such as Intercultural Communication and European Studies, International Management or ebusiness. Applied research in cooperation with regional and international companies and institutes present an important part of the education programmes. This practical relevance enhances the quality of research and teaching and the partners of the research and development projects benefit from it as well. Fulda University of Applied Sciences has a long time experience in coordinating mobility projects. Furthermore various research and innovation projects were completed in the framework of European programmes such as the Life-Long Learning Programme and Research Framework Programme. The Institute inter.research e.v. supports as an EU-Liaison office the European project activities of the University. Fulda University of Applied Sciences has been operating Erasmus und Leonardo da Vinci programmes for ten years. Additionally it was coordinator of the European Social Fund project Hessen Networks!. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 33

34 This project promoted student internships in cooperation with all universities in the federal state of Hessen. In the framework of the European LIPS -project an intercultural online training to prepare students for an internship abroad was developed. The outcomes of these various projects contribute to the quality of the mobility programmes. The most recent example is a game based learning component, which was developed in the framework of the European project GameIT. The Regional contact point for EU-placements is jointly run by the Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the Institute inter.research e.v.. The consortium consists of those two institutions and ten regional universities (Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachhochschule Gießen-Friedberg, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Universität Kassel, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Hochschule RheinMain, Fachhochschule Koblenz RheinAhrCampus Remagen). The number of partners increased from initially 4 to now 11 members of the network. The number of Erasmus Placements grants was also increased from 35 in the first year to now 170 grants per year. The main goals of the consortium are: - High quality preparation of students (content related, organisational and intercultural preparation) - Monitoring of the students to reach good results - Further development of key competences of students, e.g. foreign language skills, intercultural competence, self management and digital competence Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The consortium ensures the cooperation, administration and continuing development of the project within the network. The tasks of each partner are the following: The Fulda University of Applied Sciences is the coordinating institution. It is the host of the Regional Contact Point for EU-Placements as well as a sending institution. In cooperation with the Institute inter.research e.v. the Fulda University of Applied Sciences takes care of administration of the placements and provides electronic services, e.g. data bases, online platforms and virtual communities. All grant payments are conducted and checked by the financial department of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences. All decisions about a grant for student placements are transparent for every network partner. The Regional Contact Point for EU-placements works closely with the partners of the consortium. All partners get information and ideas to help operating the project. Once each semester a coordination meeting takes place. Every institution involved in the project can ask questions and give feedback to facilitate the further development of the project. Each partner university has an own contact person for the Erasmus programme. Those local coordinators organize regular information events for students such as the European week and seminars to motivate students to do an internship abroad. Each partner offers weekly consultation hours for students as well as the opportunity to ask questions online or via telephone. It checks the formal criteria of the placement for their university students. In addition to that, the Regional Contact Point for EU-Placements is present in various social networks. It maintains an alumni group within the network Xing and provides a Facebook page to reach potential interns and inform them about our offers. The implementation of the mobility measures of the consortium is carried out by: Project leader: Monitoring and controlling of the grant allocation and the reporting system, strategic development of the projects in terms of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences Assistant of the finance management: Payment of the grants, controlling of the financial final reports Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 34

35 Head of the Regional Contact Point for EU-placements: Strategic development of the projects in terms of the network for EU placements, examination of the project proposals and project reports, coordination of the online trainings, Cooperation with the EU research department, other research and development projects and with the Institute inter.research e.v. Project coordinator: Administration of the project, selection of applicants and grant allocation; consultation and supervision of students, information sessions, provision of electronic services, e.g. data bases, platforms and virtual communities, reports for the DAAD Local coordinators in the partner universities of the consortium: Selection of applicants, consultation and supervision of students, information sessions Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) The consortium Hochschule Fulda offers various services for students. Prior to mobility: Each university offers information sessions, information online and consultation hours for students of different study programmes and faculties. The selection process is very transparent to the applicants. Formal criteria of the application papers are communicated to the students as well as content related aspects of the letter of motivation. The criteria are the presentation of the placement, the motivation to go and work abroad and the engagement to prepare oneself for the stay abroad. Most of the students are looking for a placement by themselves. This is promoted by the consortium, because it is a good practice for the actual labour market that they are going to be confronted with after finishing their studies. Nevertheless the Regional Contact point for EU-Placements maintains an online-data base with placement offers, placement exchange and advices how to apply in different countries. The work programme and learning outcomes as well as rights and responsibilities of the intern, the company, the universities and the Regional Contact Point are defined in a contract before the placement starts. The quality Charta of placements is an obligatory part of the agreement and guarantees the quality of the mobility. All participants are being prepared by their own university and by the network. Lingual preparation is offered as language classes at universities and in adult education centers. Information on European countries, insurance, travel, rooms, work and life is offered to the applicants in an extensive online database. In addition the online forum Interns in the net offers reports from alumni interns and their experiences. Also it contains a manual for internships abroad. The intercultural preparatory online training is an obligatory part for every participant in the Erasmus programme. The Regional Contact Point offers this course in preparation of and during the internship. The intercultural course is based on the outcomes of the European Development project LIPS and prepares students specifically for key situations at the workplace during the placement. The modules within the course are moderated by an intercultural trainer. After the completion of the course students still have access to the online learning platform to check on certain topics or for exchanging experiences with the online trainer. Part of the online course is the awarded podcast Absolutely Intercultural the consortium got awarded as Good Practice project among other for its intercultural preparation. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 35

36 The Regional Contact Point and partner universities offer the following information to students prior to their mobility: - Program leaflets (individual from each university) - Placement manual for students - Website with program information ( - Intercultural Online-Training Hands-on Learning ( - Placement offers database - Database for preparation with country information - Alumni-Forum Interns on the Net (password protected online environment with field reports of alumni) - Facebook page of the Regional Contact Point - XING-Alumni-group of the Regional Contact Point During mobility: The intercultural training is not only offered in preparation of the placement but also in the first weeks of the placement. Different modules help the students to pass critical situations and to gain key competences for a successful internship. The intercultural trainer and the Regional Contact Point stay in contact with the interns for the time of the placement. If any difficulties might occur, they try to support and help. After the first half of the placement is over, the Regional Contact Point contacts the companies of the interns to ask them about their contentment with the intern and if they would like to take future interns. After mobility: After finishing the mobility all participants have to write a report about their experiences and hand in a letter of reference from their placement company. If they agree, the report will be published for future interns. All participants receive a certificate about the intercultural training and the Erasmus programme. The Europass is provided on request, too. b) Service offered for partner HEIs The partner HEIs of the consortium are members of a network. The network offers the following services for them A platform for exchange of experiences and good practice, e.g. in the framework of the yearly meetings, and a platform for the representation of interests of network members towards political bodies such as the European Commission (participation in consultations and network meetings) A Number of central online-services, such as o The website of the network: including a database of placements offers, a directory of placement databases, a repository of country specific information to prepare the stay abroad o The online participants forum: Interns on the Net (editing of reports by students according to content, and geographical categories o The online intercultural training Hands-on learning : Flyers and further promotional materials An administrative guideline for local co-ordinators (network partners) including a check-list for the review of applications by students The central administration of the programme including payments to students, contact to host organisations, check of student reports, provision of certificates to students, reports to the National Agency, grant applications etc. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 36

37 c) Service offered for companies The consortium is in contact with various companies and seeks to increase the number of placement offers, especially at companies, which have a good track record (i.e. students reporting about good experiences) Local: Before the placement begins a contract, which is provided by the consortium, is concluded by the company and the intern. The agreement sets up the work program and learning outcomes as well as rights and responsibilities of the intern as well as the company. The quality Charta of placements is an obligatory part of the agreement and guarantees the quality of the mobility. Abroad: After half of the placement is over, the company and the intern send evaluation forms to the Regional Contact Point. If there are huge differences or apparent problems, the Regional Contact Point contacts the company and the interns and helps to solve the problems. Furthermore the consortium provides a guideline for host organisations, which have little experiences with student placements: Specific information on the consortium We feel that a consortium provides us with the means to ensure and further develop quality aspects of the programme. We offer other consortia and HEI to enrol their Erasmus participants in our online intercultural training (for a modest fee). We are looking forward to a more European level of exchange among consortia and to find ways of more intensive trans-national cooperation among intermediate organisations (as it happens for example in the Erasmus for young entrepreneurs programme). We have contributed to consultations and position papers for the new generation of mobility programmes beyond 2013 and are prepared to further contribute to this work. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 37

38 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Moltkestr. 30 Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft, HsKA Koordinierungsstelle für die Praktischen Studiensemester der Fachhochschulen in Baden-Württemberg / Baden-Württemberg partnership for the Exchange of Students, graduates and knowledge Transfer, KOOR/BEST IC DE-ERASMUS-EUCX-1 Mr. Edmund H. Zirra M.A. Postcode City Karlsruhe Country Germany [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable HOCHSCHULE FUER TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT AALEN HOCHSCHULE BIBERACH HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN EVANGELISCHE HOCHSCHULE FREIBURG KATHOLISCHE FACHHOCHSCHULE FREIBURG ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG IM BREISGAU ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY HOCHSCHULE FURTWANGEN RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG SRH HOCHSCHULE HEIDELBERG HOCHSCHULE HEILBRONN Technik Wirtschaft Informatik UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM HOCHSCHULE KARLSRUHE - TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE (KIT) STAATLICHE HOCHSCHULE FUER GESTALTUNG KARLSRUHE HOCHSCHULE KONSTANZ- TECHNIK, WIRTSCHAFT UND GESTALTUNG UNIVERSITAET KONSTANZ HOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM UNIVERSITAET MANNHEIM ERASMUS Code D AALEN01 D BIBERAC01 D ESSLING03 D FREIBUR05 D FREIBUR04 D FREIBUR01 D FRIEDRI01 D FURTWAN01 D HEIDELB01 D HEIDELB05 D HEILBRO01 D STUTTGA02 D KARLSRUH05 D KARLSRU01 D KARLSRUH06 D KONSTAN02 D KONSTAN01 D MANNHEI03 D MANNHEI01 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 38

39 DUALE HOCHSCHULE BADEN-WUERTTEMBERGMOSBACH AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KUENSTE MUENCHEN HOCHSCHULE FUER WIRTSCHAFT UND UMWELT NUERTINGEN-GEISLINGEN HOCHSCHULE OFFENBURG HOCHSCHULE PFORZHEIM HOCHSCHULE RAVENSBURG-WEINGARTEN HOCHSCHULE REUTLINGEN EVANGELISCHE HOCHSCHULE REUTLINGEN- LUDWIGSBURG HOCHSCHULE FUER SOZIALE ARBEIT, RELIGIONSPAEDAGOGIK UND DIAKONIE HOCHSCHULE FUER GESTALTUNG SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND HOCHSCHULE FUER TECHNIK STUTTGART STAATLICHE AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KUENSTE STUTTGART UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART MERZ AKADEMIE-HOCHSCHULE FUER GESTALTUNG STUTTGART HOCHSCHULE DER MEDIEN STUTTGART EBERHARD-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN HOCHSCHULE ULM - TECHNIK, INFORMATIK & MEDIEN PAEDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE WEINGARTEN D MOSBACH01 D MUNCHEN04 D NURTING01 D OFFENBU01 D PFORZHE01 D RAVENSB01 D REUTLIN02 D REUTLIN03 D SCHWA-G02 D STUTTGA05 D STUTTGA04 D STUTTGA01 D STUTTGA09 D STUTTGA06 D TUBINGE01 D ULM02 D WEINGAR01 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded Till Oct 10: 337 students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 39

40 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm Leonardo da Vinci Programme SHORT description of the project Mobility of graduates (placements) Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. KOOR/BEST, the Baden-Württemberg Partnership for the exchange of students, graduates and knowledge transfer (Koordinierungsstelle für die Praktischen Studiensemester der Fachhochschulen in Baden-Württemberg), is an office located at the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, but acting as regional office for the Ministry for Education of Baden-Württemberg. It was founded in 1975 to establish practical training periods for students of Universities of Applied Sciences. The office has been an Erasmus consortium for placements of students from Baden-Württemberg since The office is a central department under the rectorate, working in close collaboration with the Alumni and Career Services that have strong contacts with enterprises in the region. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. KOOR/BEST is leader of 37 partner HEIs. KOOR/BEST is responsible for the grant applications, the financial handling of the grants and the reporting towards the National Agency. KOOR/BEST checks the quality of practical placements and informs students about modalities concerning ERASMUS placements. KOOR/BEST takes part in exhibitions of partner HEIs to inform students about the programme. KOOR/BEST organizes regular meetings where coordinators of the partner HEIs are able to exchange information and experiences concerning ERASMUS placements. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Checking the students preselected by the partner HEIs with help of a questionnaire concerning language skills and cultural preparations during the mobility: Drawing up the placement agreement, staying in contact with the student during the placement by providing assistance and information after the mobility: Controlling the fulfilment of the learning plan in general the quality of placements. Getting in contact with enterprises to invite them as partners in order to offer further placements for students and graduates. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 40

41 b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Taking part at exhibitions of partner HEIs to inform students about ERASMUS placement during the mobility: Management of the financial handling after the mobility: Responsible for the reporting towards the National Agency c) Service offered for companies local: Regular newsletter. Offering the possibility of publishing placement positions in a database ( JOBWALL ). Quality check of companies (within the Q-PlaNet project) abroad: Offering the possibility of publishing placement positions in the JOBWALL database Specific information on the consortium KOOR/BEST is a Quality Reference Centre within the Q-PlaNet project Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 41

42 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address LEONARDO-BÜRO PART SACHSEN DE-2010-ERA/MOB-KonsZuV01-CP14 Katharina Gabel-Stransky Technische Universität Dresden Postcode City Dresden Country Germany Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Staatliche Studienakademie Bautzen, Berufsakademie Sachsen Staatliche Studienakademie Breitenbrunn, Berufsakademie Sachsen Technische Universität Chemnitz Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden Technische Universität Dresden Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber" Dresden Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Staatliche Studienakademie Glauchau, Berufsakademie Sachsen Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig Deutsche Telekom Hochschule für Telekommunikation, Leipzig Hochschule Mittweida Hochschule Zittau/ Görlitz Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau ERASMUS Code D BAUTZEN01 D BREITEN02 D CHEMNIT01 D DRESDEN01 D DRESDEN02 D DRESDEN04 D DRESDEN05 D FREIBER01 D GLAUCHA02 D LEIPZIG02 D LEIPZIG04 D LEIPZIG10 D MITTWEI01 D ZITTAU01 D ZITTAU02 D ZWICKAU01 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,00 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci 2007 SHORT description of the project EURODEVELOPMENT ( ) - Training placements with hands-on experiences for graduates to serve their professional development Leonardo da Vinci 2009 EUROVISION ( ) - Training placements Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 42

43 for graduates to increase their professional development Leonardo da Vinci 2010 Leonardo da Vinci 2011 EUROSKILLED ( ) - Training placements for graduates to increase their professional skills EUROPROFESSION ( ) - Training placements for graduates to increase their professional development Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY PART SAXONY is an inter-university facility located at the Technical University in Dresden which receives organizational and financial support from partner higher education institutions in Saxony. Since 1995, the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY has served as a regional service point for higher education institutions in Saxony to help carry out the LEONARDO DA VINCI programme and is also responsible in the field of university-industry-cooperation for assisting students wishing to take part in ERASMUS internships via the LIFELONG LEARNING programme. The LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY has extensive experience with the internship application process and general implementation of various EU programmes and has been successful as a project coordinator and partner for 34 projects. To date, over students have been placed at internships within Europe. Over the past 19 years, the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY has served as a point of contact between companies both in Saxony and within Europe and has built up an extensive partner network which now comprises over companies, research institutes, social and cultural institutions, as well as universities in 33 European countries. The aim of establishing cooperations with project partners is to be able to ensure a sufficient number of specialized internship placements for students, and to continuously improve the quality of internships. This is made possible through active involvement of universities and higher education institutions in Saxony with internship projects, as well as support for interns from personnel departments and supervisors at companies. The LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY is recognized by 16 higher education institutions in Saxony as the coordinator for ERASMUS internships within the Saxon consortium and has therefore established as Saxony s main internship placement office. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. For the past 19 years, the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY has served as a point of reference for higher education institutions in Saxony and has built up an extensive partner network which brings together the majority of Saxon higher education institutions. The number of higher education institutions in Saxony that have established partnerships with the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY has grown from 5 in 1995 to 16 today; they maintain a strong and successful co-operation for ERASMUS internships. While higher education institutions are responsible for informing students about ERASMUS internships and providing initial consultation services, the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY provides comprehensive counselling, monitoring and assistance for ERASMUS applicants from the beginning to the end (including evaluation) of the internship process. Specific duties of the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY as internship programme coordinator include: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 43

44 To co-ordinate all content and to handle organisational tasks for sending and receiving institutions, as well as at placement institutions, To establish solid quality standards and financial management strategies, To inform students in Saxony of potential benefits of participating in an internship programme, To ensure that internships are carried out in an orderly and effective manner, for example by: consulting with applicants, looking over application documents, acquiring internship placements, preparation/ assistance / monitoring of interns, drafting of internship contract agreements, paying out grants, looking over financial statements, providing recognition for work completed during internship, evaluation of internships, internship placement conflict resolution for students, feedback/evaluation of the entire project and distribution of project outcomes, as well as maintaining contact with partner higher education institutions. Specific duties for higher education institutions include: To help motivate and inform their own students about internship programmes, as well as to help them with the application process, Active co-operation with the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY in implementing project management strategies, Providing students with opportunities to become familiar with the host country s language and culture (intercultural preparation courses), Ensuring that participating higher education institutions, in co-operation with the LEONARDO OFFICE PART SAXONY, meet initial requirements in order to guarantee the quality standards of internship placements, Providing full recognition of knowledge and skills acquired by the student during their internship, Utilizing Diploma Supplement as a tool to help students better evaluate their internships and to ensure proper documentation of services provided throughout the Lifelong Learning programme. Organisation of mobility a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: Organizing periodic information sessions, providing an extensive list of companies at which students can participate in mobility programmes, making evaluation reports from previous programme participants available to incoming interns, answering questions from students with the help of a hotline, personal consultation on application opportunities, as well as providing consultation on both the pre-requisites for participating in an internship and the services offered by the ERASMUS programme, intercultural and additional educational preparation, drawing up ERASMUS contract agreements and paying out grants. During the mobility: Assistance for interns (e.g. answering questions from interns), mediation in case of special needs or problematic situations and monitoring in the case of longer internships. After the mobility: Evaluation of internship, recognition of services during internship by providing student with an internship certificate, recording student feedback through the use of Diploma Supplement and drawing up ERASMUS certificate of results. Active involvement of interns in informing and preparing Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 44

45 other students for an internship (e.g. by helping put on events such as the Praktikums-Café) b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: Holding periodic intercultural preparation courses and seminars on applying for internships abroad at individual higher education institutions; workshops, consulting and assistance for applicants/interns; information and advice for representatives from higher education institutions in Saxony. During the mobility: Providing assistance (e.g. monitoring and mediation) for interns throughout their internship. After the mobility: Evaluation of internships, providing an ERASMUS certificate as proof of recognition for internship and ensuring that information on the internship abroad (which was completed during the student s studies) is documented using Diploma Supplement. c) Service offered for companies Abroad: Coordinating all content and handling organisational tasks for sending and receiving institutions, Ensuring internship process is carried out properly through: consultation with institutions about the ERASMUS programme, drafting of an ERASMUS grant contract agreement, providing advice for companies to help resolve conflict situations, Publishing and forwarding job opportunities from companies, Maintaining contact with companies (project partners). Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 45

46 Consortium LEONARDO-Büro Brandenburg (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID DE CP 08 Project coordinator Nina Wolfeil Address BTU Cottbus LEONARDO-Büro Brandenburg Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 1 Postcode City Cottbus Country Germany [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder Fachhochschule Brandenburg Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (FH) Fachhochschule Potsdam Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf Potsdam- Babelsberg Universität Potsdam Technische Hochschule Wildau (FH) Hochschule Lausitz (FH) Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus ERASMUS Code FRANKFO08 BRANDEN01 EBERSWA01 POTSDAM03 POTSDAM02 POTSDAM01 WILDAU01 SENFTEN01 COTTBUS01 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,03 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci (LdV) Mobility SHORT description of the project The target group of our LdV projects Persons on the Labour Market PLM. From 2007 to 2009 we were sponsoring graduates from all German universities. Currently we have applied for a new project for graduates from universities in the Federal State of Brandenburg. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 46

47 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The LEONARDO Office Brandenburg is leading a consortium of the nine universities in the Federal State of Brandenburg. Because of the relatively small size of the Brandenburg universities the consortium is applying in cooperation with the LEONARDO Office Brandenburg together for European sponsorships since the first generation of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme (LdV). Due to many years of experience in the field of placing students and graduates in work placements in foreign European countries and sponsorships for their stay abroad the consortium was able to improve constantly the placement process as well as quality of the work experience the students and graduates could gain from their placement. During that time the LEONARDO Office Brandenburg also created a widespread network of reliable partner institutions employing the students. The LEONARDO Office Brandenburg coordinates all tasks resulting from the all of the LLP projects. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The partner universities provide initial consultation for their interested students in coordination with the LEONARDO Office Brandenburg. The LEONARDO Office Brandenburg manages all tasks from application for the sponsorship for different ERASMUS Placements projects for the whole consortium over the management of the applicants for the different projects to the monitoring and certification of the placements. Furthermore the LEONARDO Office administrates the funds provided by DAAD. Another important task of the LEONARDO Office Brandenburg is the first personal contact with new companies and institutions. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: The LEONARDO Office Brandenburg offers on its website ( information about the programme itself, criteria for applying for sponsorships, help in form of downloads and info material for prospective applicants, current reports about placements and foreign countries and their culture from students. The office also offers presentations about placements in foreign European countries at the consortial HEIs. Applicants are also given guidance for insuring themselves via the DAAD group insurances, as well as help for getting working permits in their host countries if necessary. The office also issues certificates and paperwork for German administrations and authorities in hosting countries. during the mobility: One of the most important instruments of our project management is a monitoring system developed by us. This ensures an optimal support of the students during the placement. Student and supervisor will be contacted directly by us shortly after the beginning of the placement time and halfway during the placement. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 47

48 after the mobility: An evaluation of the placement has to be handed in by the student in form of a personal report, the questionnaire of the eu-community, as well as a detailed questionnaire of the LEONARDO Office Brandenburg. After successful evaluation of students will be given the europass Mobility and their placements will be certified by the LEONARDO Office. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: information seminars, all activities in preparation for the placements, copies of the Training Agreements, during the mobility: consultation in the case of problems and making jointly decisions after the mobility: reporting, statistical evaluation, talk about conclusions c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: information about the ERASMUS Placements Programme on our website, information guide for ERASMUS Placements, placement of suitable candidates for concrete placement offers, monitoring during the placement Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 48

49 Consortium Leonardo-Office Saxony-Anhalt (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID CP 06 Project coordinator Angela Wittkamp Address c/o Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2 Postcode City Magdeburg Country Germany [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences Merseburg University of Applied Sciences Anhalt University of Applied Sciences Harz Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts Halle ERASMUS Code D MAGDEBU01 D HALLE01 D MAGDEBU04 D MERSEB02 D KOTHEN01 D WERNIGE01 D HALLE03 Participating other partners if applicable About 300 host organisations in most European countries About 50 host organisations in Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Cultural Affairs Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Economics and Labour Saxony-Anhalt Employment Agencies in Halle and Magdeburg Chambers of Industry, Commerce and of Handycrafts in Halle and Magdeburg Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project LEONARDO-Mobility PLM For graduates 2007: 38, 2009: 78, 2010: 55 and 2011 (to be confirmed) 80 LEONARDO-Innovation Transfer (language and cultural preparation for trainees) LEONARDO-Mobility IVT 2011 (to be confirmed) for apprentices: 15 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 49

50 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The Leonardo-Office Saxony-Anhalt (ComEAST) was founded in 1991 in order to improve cooperation and transfer between Science and Business by means of European projects. Training programmes (modern technologies, women and technology) as well as transnational mobility projects used to be the focus of ComEAST s work. Since Leonardo II, ComEAST mainly concentrates on mobility projects for students and graduates and engages in the follow up or initiation of pilot projects / transfer of innovation projects related to it (preparation of students, evaluation of placements). In 2005, the Leonardo-Office received the European Quality in Mobility Award in Oslo. In 2011, a first application for vocational students mobility (15) was submitted. The Leonardo-Office funded about 200 students and 80 graduates in ComEAST is a regional Leonardo Office, covering students, graduates and vocational students from the whole of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The consortia comprises 7 higher education institutions. It is seated at the University of Magdeburg. At the moment, the team consists of 4 (part-time) colleagues (Manager, project-coordinator, assistant, student assistant). The Leonardo-Office has always hosted Incomings in Saxony-Anhalt. Since 2007, due to EUprescriptions, it is not possible to give grants to Incomings any more. Nevertheless, the Leonardo- Office offers placements to students, graduates and vocational students who want to come to Saxony-Anhalt for a training as well as a mentoring programme. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The sole responsibility for applying for, fund management of and reporting on the ERASMUS programmes lies with the LEONARDO-Office. Furthermore, it provides placement offers to incoming as well as outgoing students and graduates, grants scholarships, assures the placements quality through regular evaluations and provides its own public relations. The universities support the LEONARDO-Office where the responsibilities lie with them (i.e. Europass, Diploma Supplement, Training Agreement) or where reasonable (i.e. providing information for, attending to and advising their students locally, publishing project results at their institutions). Once a year, the LEONARDO-Office organises a meeting with the universities international offices for coordination purposes. Furthermore, it conducts local orientation sessions for interested students with the help of the universities. Next to the employees of the LEONARDO-Office (see above) support is also being found on the part of the universities, i.e. from the international offices directors as well as the faculties representatives (appointees for internships or internationalization, examination office s employees or interested and dedicated teaching or administrative staff). Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 50

51 Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a.) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Incoming students before and during the mobility: search of suitable host companies in Saxony-Anhalt, mentoring programme before and during the stay (check-list, welcome-folder, support with accommodation (dormitories of partner universities), social programme, offer to use German language courses, sports facilities, library, mensa of universities etc.) same status as Erasmus-exchange students at all 7 partner universities! all students websites for preparation: VOCAL: eu.vocalproject.eu (language and intercultural preparation) euroskills: (self-assessment of soft skills before and during traineeship) Outgoing students after the mobility: Europass mobility b) Service offered for partner HEIs We offer all services concerning placement mobility directly to the students of our partner HEIs (see a)). Services offered to our partner HEIs include reports, transfer of information and also the points mentioned above (cooperation with partner HEIs). c) Service offered for companies local: 1) We forward suitable applications to local companies of students, graduates and vocational students from abroad who intend to carry out a placement in Saxony-Anhalt and publish their placements on our homepage and on the LeoNET JOE-Database 2) We offer to take care of their trainees (mentoring programme s.a.) that are funded either by Erasmus or Leonardo- no matter whether we found the placement or whether this was arranged independently from the Leonardo-Office abroad: We publish the placement offers of companies abroad on our homepage and forward the placement offer list including the contact details to our students, graduates and vocational students who intend to carry out a placement abroad. Handbook for companies (local and abroad) available who host a trainee for the first time Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 51

52 Consortium (coordinating organisation) LEONARDO-Office Thuringia (University-Enterprise-Network) LEONARDO-Büro Thüringen Nat. ID Project coordinator Address DE Elfriede THRON c/o Technische Universität Ilmenau Max-Planck-Ring 14 Postcode City Ilmenau Country Germany Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Technische Universität Ilmenau Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Universität Erfurt Fachhochschule Jena Fachhochschule Erfurt Fachhochschule Schmalkalden Fachhochschule Nordhausen Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar ERASMUS Code D ILMENAU01 D WEIMAR01 D JENA01 D ERFURT05 D JENA02 D ERFURT03 D SCHMALK01 D NORDHAU01 D WEIMAR02 Participating other partners if applicable Not applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,00 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm Thematic networks: EURONEXT European Network of Experts in transnational placements (Pole University Bordeaux/FR EUI-Net European University- Industry network (University Transilvania in Brasov / RO SHORT description of the project Development of strategies to keep regional structures of student and young graduates mobility alive and to adopt the program need to the kind of activities of mobility promoters The EUI-Net Thematic Network approaches the transversal theme of the university role in a knowledge-driven society, Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 52

53 namely the University - Industry cooperation. The project aims to create a European network of universities and industrial partners in the field of education, research and services. The main objectives are to define and update generic and specific competences relevant to the industrial sector using the "Tuning" methodology", in particular for the practical stages of the students as part of the curriculum and to promote synergies between teaching - learning - research in the European Higher Education for a better integration of research results in teaching. EUE-net European University- Enterprise network as a follow-up of EUI-network LEONARDO DA VINCI: BILVOC II Bilingual training at vocational schools in Europe Multilateral projects LLP: Q-PLaNet A model for transnational student placements in enterprises The EUE-Net - European University-Enterprise Network - is an initiative to create a European Cooperation Network able to assemble and to coordinate the efforts towards a better collaboration between universities and enterprises at European level, to disseminate cooperation models and to promote best practices of collaboration in Europe, totally oriented to support the new European initiative "New skills for new jobs". Network of vocational schools to develop bilingual teaching moduls at vocational sector. TU Ilmenau and LBT participated by integration of teaching students for vocational schools and the development of a new framework for bilingual teaching at universities to prepare them for this specific task in the future. In parallel the teacher students were integrated into the activities by individual mobility and the development of video documentation and a feasibility study. /bilvoc_aktivitaeten The idea is to implement regional quality reference centres which build a bridge between host enterprises and sending institutions to assess the placement s quality. A European strategy will be elaborated including the development of a model for a European network of quality reference centres for placements, able to undertake the mediation and quality control of practical placements at local, regional and European level. Furthermore, a complete methodology on how to build reference centres at local, regional, or national level, ready to be integrated into the European system, will be developed. Main objectives: To set up quality standards for practical placements in enterprises (curricula development, assessment and recognition of placements, contact to enterprises, quality control, student exchange programmes synergies) To set up 3 experimental quality reference centres in Brasov, Tallinn and Bucharest To develop a European pilot network of Quality Reference Centres LEONARDO mobility projects: Participation in mobility activities for young graduates PLM Traditional and typical feature of the work of LBT as a service for the consortium to offer placements for young graduates. It is a successful activity for those who want to drop in into the labour market or to acquire additional skills before starting a professional career. It is an excellent measure to bridge the Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 53

54 gap between university study and professional life. They are managed as so called pool projects and opened nation wide. IVT projects under mobility certificate : mobility of apprentices at vocational schools and in training bodies like HEIs in Thuringia The universities in Thuringia provide vocational training for young apprentices in direct combination with vocational schools in their environment. By this a small regional network was formed to get an appropriate amount of participants and some vocational schools asked for support to offer placements. VETPRO project LBT provides special service for three regional vocational schools, Chamber of craftsmen, TU Ilmenau to send out vocational teaching staff to stimulate and use synergies between VETPRO and IVT projects Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The consortium was founded in 1992 as a training partnership between universities and enterprises to strengthen to cooperation between these partners at European level. From the early beginning the consortium decided to have an institutional body located in Ilmenau LEONARDO-Büro Thüringen LBT. TU Ilmenau is host of this office / organisation and provides the necessary service to run the administrative business. The office staff is recruited by 3 people plus additional personnel on demand (mostly students and part time workers). The office works on behalf and under support of the regional Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and gets additional money from there to co-finance the projects. The staff costs are covered by this ministry and by the participating HEIs. Additional staff is paid by the OM budgets from the different projects. The strategy of the office development is coordinated by a regional steering committee of the consortium and by this a high transparency of the work is guaranteed. The consortium works successfully in ERASMUS placement projects since The LLP program has reinforced the idea of running mobility projects as consortia and gives special service to International Offices of the participating HEIs. The high level of quality in the project was awarded 2002 within a regional competition SOKRATES / LEONARDO award Thuringia and at European level awarded by Quality in mobility award 2006 in Graz/AT (rank 2). The LBT is participating in several projects under thematic networks (see above) and was member of Q-PlaNet where a draft of European standard in mobility actions was developed. The special competence and expertise is provided to other promoters in the region of Thuringia and in Europe by presentations and recommendations. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Partner HEIs have equal rights in this consortium. They give students information on the ERASMUS programme by international office and faculties. Faculties provide qualified applicants with a reference this is an obligatory part of their ERASMUS application. Students have access to supervision and support by the faculty during their ERASMUS placement. Academic recognition of ERASMUS placements will be given by placement office/examination office for each obligatory placement as agreed by signature of training agreement. This depends on fulfilment of this agreement. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 54

55 Additional placements will be recorded by faculties in the Diploma Supplement. Coordinator of Consortium has different tasks to ensure a sustainable work and partnership in Europe. Regarding placements/students: Check application documents Information/advisory board (application, preparation, administration, special problems) Help students to find a placement abroad Contract management - complete for each ERASMUS placement Regarding enterprises/institutions in Europe: Keep and further development of cooperation to ensure placement opportunities for students Good preparation of placement documents to decrease administrative expenditure for enterprises/institutions Regarding projects: Information meetings at HEIs in cooperation with international office to motivate students for ERASMUS placements Information on projects for HEIs and in general Preparation of project applications in cooperation with HEI Complete contract management in cooperation with finance department Project reports to DAAD and Thuringian consortium ERASMUS placements In general: Appear before the public to inform on ERASMUS placement programme and it s success story Good relations to HEIs (international offices and faculties) as well as to European enterprises/institutions are fundamental for successful ERASMUS projects. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a.) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: The consortium offers services for students at nine HEIs. Majority of students get in contact with the coordinator by post, or telephone. Students get information and will be advised on several aspects of administrative preparation. Students are recommended to use and for language/cultural preparation. These opportunities meet the requirements of the students mostly placements are agreed shortterm and so students can prepare their stay abroad online without or lower costs. Some students get a placement by the coordinator this service is very helpful for the students and makes a lot of effort for the coordinator but it leads to successful projects. The coordinator prepares all parts of placement contract (Participant data sheet, Training Agreement, Placement Agreement) in cooperation with student, host organisation and sending HEI. Normally the first payment will be made one week after completion of placement contract. So students have 80 % of ERASMUS grant before - or in the first month of their placement! during the mobility: The coordinator prepares Europass Mobiltity and helps in other matters (for example BAföG). If there is a problem (personally, in relation to the placement/host organisation) the coordinator is looking for its solution. after the mobility: Help regarding placement report documents Invitation to information meeting to give a report of the placement to future ERASMUS Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 55

56 placement students. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: ERASMUS application for funding Preparation of each individual placement contract, especially: training agreement (information on ECTS to achieve and responsible partner at HEI) during the mobility: partner in case of problems, preparation and issue of Europass Mobility after the mobility: report on the project to the national agency, report to HEIs about each project in general, sending of documents related to individual placements if requested c) Service offered for companies local: integration of incoming students as far as they are known and identified, local money from a Thuringian foundation (STIFT) is used to keep this kind of activity and the former network alive! abroad: request for placement opportunities - select suitable candidates send student applications preparation and help to complete training agreement other service on request preparation and issue of Europass Mobility in some cases mediation to meet interests for both parties (student and host organisation) further cooperation and preparation of following placements Specific information on the consortium The LBT takes care for incoming students and participants of mobility measures and provides a broad variety of special care for all mobile people within its activities. From the early beginning the close cooperation with enterprises in Europe and in Germany is part of the strategy and our service and support to find placements for students in European enterprises and institutions is in the meantime unique. This helped to ensure quality and quantity of ERASMUS placement projects. Furthermore it has contributed to reduce the influence of structural and financial crises on the number of ERASMUS placements. Some students and enterprises have been invited by the National Agency DAAD to present their experience at international meetings in London and Helsinki. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 56

57 ES Consortium AICE-IZEA (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID S (SPAIN) Project coordinator María José Irastorza Insausti Address Paseo de Berio 50 Postcode City San Sebastián Country SPAIN [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Cebanc College Business Management and Hospitality Industry College, S.L.U Consultancy and Training IKASAUTO, S.L. CEINPRO AEG ARROKA College S.L. SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ Secondary School Mikeldi College Almi Bilbao Business College KUNSTHAL Official Art and Design School International Education and development schools, EIDE S.L. ERASMUS Code E San-Seb02 E SAN-SEB05 E BILBAO55 E SAN-SEB06 E SAN-SEB34 E BILBAO18 E BILBAO45 E BILBAO43 E SAN-SEB39 E BILBAO34 Other partners (if applicable) Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,00 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 57

58 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The consortium comprises fifty educational institutions from the Basque Country, Spain, that deliver the full range of compulsory education and as well as in-service training and adult education programmes. They cater for around 15,000 students annually. 46% of the institutions involved in the consortium provide technical and artistic tertiary education. The institutions presenting this Erasmus mobility consortium project deliver training in the following areas: business management, graphic arts, textiles, leather work, electricity and electronics, building and public works, mechanical engineering, physical education and sport, motor vehicle maintenance, IT, personal grooming, communication, audio visuals, socio-cultural and community services, industrial services and maintenance, business and marketing, health, and hospitality and tourism. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) All consortium students have broad insurance cover provided by the Basque Government Department of Education. In addition to their individual insurance cover, all students are required to hold a valid European health care card. Prior to departure students receive preparatory cultural and English language training in either Bilbao or San Sebastián. There is no charge to students as the cost of the courses comes out of the project management item. Monitoring (see next section) b) Service offered for partner HEIs Pre-mobility: Candidate selection process and pre-departure: Request and organize information at project locations. Co-ordinate documentation to ensure adequate information and appropriate selection. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 58

59 Disseminate information on internships: posters, college websites, meetings with managers and internship co-ordinators and meetings with parents and students to explain the programme and criteria for selection and assessment and company and student allocation. Post-selection: Co-operate with colleges to organize activities related to students internship: -Detail objectives and internship content according to student profiles contained in European CVs -Seek out companies compatible with profiles -Define work and monitoring plans with companies. -Define assessment criteria agreed to by tutors in home and host countries -Organize preparation: instruction in study techniques, culture and language (English classes in the home country); other languages in host country. Organize meetings with consortium students and parents: -to inform them on destination, companies, accommodation, co-ordination, insurance, management and supervision. -to specify roles of tutors in home and host countries -to specify assessment criteria and emergency measures agreed on by tutors in home and host countries -to specify nature and frequency of supervision. -to present and specify agency documentation: contract, training programme, a written commitment certifying the quality of the internship, final report During the mobility: During the stay: co-ordinate the monitoring of internships: colleges-companies Validate competences acquired. Request companies to certify internships: duration, number of hours and tasks Apply for Europass Post-mobility: After the stay: Prepare documentation for the agency. Issue the internship certificates Disseminate project and results c) Service offered for companies local: The consortium provides both local and foreign companies with student monitoring and tutoring services. Tutors in home and host countries supervise the internships and take action in case of sickness. Our organization also finds accommodation and ensures students are comfortable for the entire length of their stay. If companies wish, we can put them in touch with companies from their sector or from others in our country. abroad: We can put foreign companies in touch with local ones. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 59

60 Consortium AYUNTAMIENTO DE MISLATA (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address PLAZA CONSTITUCIION 8 Postcode City MISLATA Country ESPAÑA [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable CIP FP MISLATA IES MOLÍ DEL SOL ERASMUS Code E VALENCI15 E VALENCI31 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students ES/07/PAP- ERA/CONS/318 ES/08/PAP- ERA/CONS/ ES1- ERA Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm XARXA MISLAPRÀCTIC ES1-ERA SHORT description of the project 1) El proyecto persigue facilitar al alumnado de Formación Profesional de la ciudad de Mislata, los cauces necesarios para entrar en contacto con la realidad laboral existente en los diferentes países de la Unión Europea, aprovechando la experiencia para completar y complementar la formación necesaria para su futuro, así como fomentar y estimular su espíritu emprendedor.al mismo tiempo pretende estimular el conocimiento y la práctica de otros idiomas dentro del marco de la Unión europea, concienciando al alumnado acerca de su necesidad, así como del valor añadido que supone para nuestros jóvenes profundizar en el conocimiento de las lenguas extranjeras.el proyecto persigue, así mismo, posibilitar que el alumno al finalizar sus estudios haya podido comparar los procesos y métodos de trabajo y las diferentes formas de organización empresarial y laboral existentes entre nuestro país y el resto de países de la Unión Europea, permitiéndole de esta manera tener una visión más globalizadora de su trabajo y posibilitando la eliminación de barreras a la movilidad laboral en el seno de dicho marco geográfico. Esta cooperación entre nuestro centro y diferentes empresas Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 60

61 de otros países europeos permite, a su vez, enriquecer nuestro proyecto educativo global y abre nuevos cauces a la experimentación pedagógica con la aportación de las experiencias, de los alumnos que participan en el programa, tanto al resto del alumnado como al conjunto del profesorado. 2) Los alumnos a los que va dirigido este proyecto se encuentran enmarcados en siete áreas de trabajo diferentes, las siete familias profesionales que pueden cursarse en la ciudad de Mislata.Cada familia profesional hace referencia a un sector productivo distinto.las familias profesionales son: administración de empresa, actividades físico deportivas, mecanizado, comercio y marketing, sanidad, hostelería y turismo e informática.el proyecto busca la presencia del máximo número posible de sectores diferentes por lo que requiere empresas de todos estos sectores productivos para posibilitar la correcta realización de las prácticas formativas, aspecto que está garantizado por la tutelación que de nuestro proyecto realiza la red transnacional Xarxa fp, conjunto de ciudades europeas agrupadas bajo el denominador común de potenciar la formación profesional dentro de su ámbito de actuación.3)el proyecto se identifica plenamente con los objetivos básicos del programa Erasmus. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. El proyecto persigue facilitar al alumnado de Formación Profesional de la ciudad de Mislata, los cauces necesarios para entrar en contacto con la realidad laboral existente en los diferentes países de la Unión Europea, aprovechando la experiencia para completar y complementar la formación necesaria para su futuro, así como fomentar y estimular su espíritu emprendedor.al mismo tiempo pretende estimular el conocimiento y la práctica de otros idiomas dentro del marco de la Unión europea, concienciando al alumnado acerca de su necesidad, así como del valor añadido que supone para nuestros jóvenes profundizar en el conocimiento de las lenguas extranjeras.el proyecto persigue, así mismo, posibilitar que el alumno al finalizar sus estudios haya podido comparar los procesos y métodos de trabajo y las diferentes formas de organización empresarial y laboral existentes entre nuestro país y el resto de países de la Unión Europea, permitiéndole de esta manera tener una visión más globalizadora de su trabajo y posibilitando la eliminación de barreras a la movilidad laboral en el seno de dicho marco geográfico.esta cooperación entre nuestro centro y diferentes empresas de otros países europeos permite, a su vez, enriquecer nuestro proyecto educativo global y abre nuevos cauces a la experimentación pedagógica con la aportación de las experiencias, de los alumnos que participan en el programa, tanto al resto del alumnado como al conjunto del profesorado.2)los alumnos a los que va dirigido este proyecto se encuentran enmarcados en siete áreas de trabajo diferentes, las siete familias profesionales que pueden cursarse en la ciudad de Mislata.Cada familia profesional hace referencia a un sector productivo distinto.las familias profesionales son: administración de empresa, actividades físico deportivas, mecanizado, comercio y marketing, sanidad, hostelería y turismo e informática.el proyecto busca la presencia del máximo número posible de sectores diferentes por lo que requiere empresas de todos estos sectores productivos para posibilitar la correcta realización de las prácticas formativas, aspecto que está garantizado por la tutelación que de nuestro proyecto realiza la red transnacional Xarxa fp, conjunto de ciudades europeas agrupadas bajo el denominador común de potenciar la formación profesional dentro de su ámbito de actuación.3)el proyecto se identifica plenamente con los objetivos básicos del programa Erasmus. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 61

62 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. We don t work with Universities. We only work with Vocational schools. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Información sobre el programa y sus características. Contacto con la ciudad de recepción y seguimiento de la búsqueda de la empresa y el alojamiento por parte de esa ciudad receptora. during the mobility: Seguimiento de las prácticas y ayuda en general. after the mobility: Recogida de documentación. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Búsqueda de empresa y alojamiento. during the mobility: Ayuda al estudiante.seguimiento de sus prácticas. after the mobility: Documentación. c) Service offered for companies local: Seguimiento de las prácticas y contacto con la empresa por si necesitan cualquier cosa. abroad: Contacto con el responsable de la ciudad y con el alumno por si necesita algo. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 62

63 Consortium (coordinating organisation) CAEB (ERASMUS Code E PALMA IC ES-ERASMUS-E) Nat. ID G Project coordinator Mrs. ISABEL GUITART FELIUBADALO Address C/ ARAGÓN 215, 2n Postcode City PALMA DE MALLORCA BALEARIC ISLANDS Country SPAIN [email protected] or [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable UNIVERSITY OF BALEARIC ISLANDS ERASMUS Code EPALMA 01/28542-IC ES-ERASMUS-EUC-1 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA E BARCELONA O IC ES-ERASMUS- EUCX-1 SCHOOL OF DESIGN OF THE BALEARIC BALEARIC ISLANDS E PALMA IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX-1 Participating other partners if applicable In addition, the program is funded by public and private institutions. The economic strength of private entities is entirely for the participants. The economic strength of the private entity is intended to Erasmus dissemination practices in the Balearic Islands Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Erasmus Placement in European Companies and Leonardo da Vinci Programe: SPEC /1/ES1/ERAO PEC Practical experience for students, To help students to adapt to the requirements of the EU-wide labour market. On the other hand we participation in Leonardo da Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 63

64 ES/09/LLP-LdV/PLM/ SPEC SPEC ES1-ERA Vinci Programme since 1995, the actions enable people after graduation in vocational training or higher education to have a work-related training abroad in order to improve their employment potential. PEC ES/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/ SPEC ES/07/LLP-LdV/PLM/ PEC ES/06/A/WOR/PL PEC ES/06/A/WOR/PL SPEC ES/05/A/F/PL PEC E/04/A/F/PL SPEC E/04/A/F/PL Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium. The Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) established in 1977, is a confederation that represents the Balearic businessman with more than 70 associations from all sectors. Its headquarters is in Mallorca, CAEB has branches in other Balearic Islands are Ibiza, Menorca. Business Guidance Department manages the Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus practices. CAEB has a long history and extensive experience in project management of mobility, his experience dates back to 1990 with the program COMMET also the ESF, Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus practices since Our consortium is set by the University of the Balearic Islands, Balearic School of Design and the Autonomous University of Barcelona with CAEB. We believe in the political and social commitment to promote education, personal and professional skills of the participant. Our consortium also aims to improve competitiveness, encourage respect for other cultures and languages through direct contact, thus reinforcing a sense of European citizenship with people more prepared and more potential to find a better job. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 64

65 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Our shipping partners have actively participated in the program, the partner Universities broadcast program among students by the tutor who practice guidance on the tasks necessary for students to recognize their practices in the record, advise and inform interested parties before being sent to CAEB. On the other hand are part of the Selection of the participants. The CAEB meets the triple role of promoter Organization, World Organization Shipping and intermediary. CAEB effort focuses on the preparation of the project (contact with partners, institutions, seeking additional grants and information) and presentation of the project, dissemination of program selection with Partner Universities and program management, management of accident insurance and civil liability covering all fellows CAEB considered essential to a good cultural background and previous language of the participants, so we coordinate and facilitate the cultural and linguistic preparation of our participants Program management is carried out directly on CAEB headquarters in Mallorca, with support in other locations. Our team consists of a director, two technicians and one administrative. The director is responsible for coordinating the project and run the two techniques (preparation, selection, distribution, contacts, innovation, economic justification, communication). Performs the administrative support in all activities, while also providing information about the programs. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Preparación lingüística y cultural en función del país de destino del participante. Asesoramiento en cuanto a alojamiento, utilizar el seguro europeo de CAEB, contenido de las prácticas y todas las dudas relacionadas con la preparación de la movilidad. Información sobre la documentación necesaria para justificar la beca. Información sobre la convalidación de las prácticas. during the mobility: Asesoramiento, resolución de incidencias, información relacionada con descuentos para estudiantes y el seguro,apoyo en lo que necesite el participante. Ayuda en la preparación de la documentación final que debe presentar. after the mobility: Se realiza una evaluación de la movilidad junto al participante para localizar puntos fuertes y débiles, se le concede el certificado de prácticas de CAEB, se informa al becario sobre la posibilidad de participar en el programa Leonardo da Vinci una ellos acaben sus estudios. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Information about the program, entry requirements, we organize information sessions in HEIs, workshops and information dissemination. Exchange of contacts and cooperation. Promote the importance of further training throughout life. during the mobility: Information about the processes of the participants, information on the status of the program. Organization of lectures, conferences, public awareness programs. Exchange of contacts and cooperation. Promote the importance of further training throughout life. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 65

66 after the mobility: Información sobre el impacto del programa, destinos de los participantes, informes finales sobre las movilidades. Información y cooperación mutua. Difundir la importancia de continuar formándose a lo largo de la vida. c) Service offered for companies Abroad: Hosting trainees from Spain can bring a number of potential benefits fortransnational companies Such as: They are qualified, motivated and hard-working. They provide you with first-hand knowledge about the foreign country in question, its culture and markets, increasing the international experience of your employees. They are selected for their language skills. They offer you support to investigate potential export opportunities for your products or services. Their insurance is covered by the grant and they represent a low cost for your company. National: This shows that firms prefer to accommodate people with international experience, because they are people who adapt to change, are tolerant, rule languages and have a broader vision. These are people more prepared and safer, creativity and autonomy positively impacting companies and promote sustainable economies. Specific information on the consortium Within the framework of the Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci European Programmes, since 1995 CAEB facilitates work placements abroad for university students, recent graduates and young workers These European Mobility Programmes provide a great opportunity for young people to gain working experience abroad, and learn from their involvement in a different culture, where they will become familiar with different work methods and strategies Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 66

67 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Directorate-General Vocational Education and Training. Regional Ministry of Education. Andalusia Spain Ángeles Gabella Edificio Torretriana. C/ Juan Antonio de Vizarrón s/n Postcode City Seville Country Spain Website ww.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ERASMUS Code Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm Leonardo da Vinci ES/08/LLP-LdV/IV Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Regional Educative Authority in Andalusia. This Mobility project supports compulsory work placements in companies according to the students specific professional profiles. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 67

68 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. As we deal with Higher Education VET Vocational Collage partner organizations are companies, firms, chambers of commerce in target countries in Europe. Higher education Institution with EUC are sending partners in the consortium. They spread information in the educative community, select students according to their academic records, language skills and maturity. Help them to provide the practical information to look for accommodation and transport. Do the follow up and assessment of the aquired competences within the internship. They also supply procedures to obtain European certification Europass and recognition of ECT credits. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Support material to help HEC in the selection of candidates; Preparatory meetings; cultural support information, accommodation and helpful information to cope with the cultural clash; contract support; monitoring and mentoring. Language courses in high schools during the mobility: Follow up moodle support platform after the mobility: collect reports; ETC credits, Europass, Certificate and Diploma Supplements b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for companies abroad: Preparatory visits for schools to arrange the placement work programme and signing of training agreements. Personal company supervisor. Fill in the workplacement diary which is the official assessment booklet for the regional ministry of education. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 68

69 Consortium Fundación de la Lengua Española (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID G Project coordinator Mónica López Ochoa Address C/ Santiago, 15, 1º izq. Postcode City Valladolid Country Spain Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ERASMUS Code Participating other partners if applicable Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León Confederación de empresarios de Castilla y León Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm 3.1 ACTIVIDADES DE ASCOCIACION (YOUTH IN ACTION) SHORT description of the project Multilateral meeting in Spain among youth associations of different countries (Morocco, Egypt, Greece and Spain) Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The Consortium was created in 2007 among some institutions: Junta de Castilla y León, Fundación de la Lengua Española, CECALE and Caja de Burgos. A total of 58 Schools take part in the Consortium. All of them are based in Castilla y León. The fields of study of the students we send abroad are so wide that it is difficult to attach a detailed list. We can say, as an example, the most representative in terms of number of students: Computer Science, Hotel and Catering, Animation of physical and sport activities, Image, Administration and Finances, International trade, Secretarial courses. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 69

70 The experience in the field of organising and managing the placements has been based in two ways: In the first way, we look for the companies to do the placements, we help the students to look for the accommodation in cooperation with the teachers, and we organise a language course, to try to help the students to adapt themselves once they get the new country and the company. On the other way, we collaborate with some companies to help us to organise the search of company, accommodation and language course for the students. In this case, the School is directly involved in the search of company, and they prepare the training agreements, so as to give direct information about the kind of tasks the student is supposed to improve during the work placement. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: we offer the students information about the country, the hosting company, the local tutor in each country, accommodation, language course, insurance and information about all the documents they need to cover the training process successfully. During the mobility: monitoring the program and solve any problem or doubt they may have during their stay. In order to evaluate the host institution and the accommodation, we sometimes visit the students to check out everything is working properly. After the mobility: we meet the students in order to know about their experiences more deeply. They give us all the documents we need and they fill out a test which proves their level of satisfaction after their stay: they evaluate the accommodation, the training, the language course and the tutor s attendance. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: We give the companies the details of the student we are trying to place. We send the CV and the Language passport, as well as a training agreement with all the tasks the student is able to do during the internship. We ask the company for the name of the tutor in the company, and we give the name of the tutor of the School, so as to be able to communicate during the internship to evaluate the student. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 70

71 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Fundación Empresa-Universidad de Navarra G FEUN Edificio Central Campus Universitario Postcode City Pamplona Country Spain Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable Universidad de Navarra E PAMPLON 01 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci SHORT description of the project Mobility placements for Graduates Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The main aim of the FEUN Program is to increase the employment possibilities of our university students and prepare them to work in a global context. By supporting practical work we are helping to enhance oue students skills and gain valuable international experience. This experience and the cultural awareness that grows with it, will allow our students to be better placed in the labour market on completion of their studies. Moreover it will add to their european identity in general, and develop their values on a personal level. FEUN has been working in the area of student and graduate mobility for twenty years. Initially on a national level and then on an international level. This is our third year as consortium coordinators, however we have run Leonardo da Vinci programs for students in the past (before 2007). We also run our own Global Internship Program for placements that take place outside the EU. In we organised 245 international placements between the three programs. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 71

72 Our international department counts with three coaching professionals in the various faculties who prepare the students for their practical experience. Their work involves interviews, workshops and personal coaching sessions as well as direct collaboration with the faculties in order to maintain the quality of the placements and the monitoring of students. The department also has a corporate relations coordinator who deals with the companies and establishes the workplans, dates and flows. Finally there is a European projects manager, administrative back-up and a web/comunication manager. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Our partner in this consortium is the University of Navarra. We work together with the different faculties to estimate the average number of mobilities for each year. We arrange preparation sessions for the students and coaching on a group and on a personal level. We interview candidates to check profiles and interests and try to match these to the placements. The various faculties also collaborate in the monitoring of the placements and the training to be acquired by the participants. Meeting with faculties to evaluate program and locate areas for improvement. Feedback to the faculties in annual report. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Information on content, coordination with faculty tutor, information on logistics, insurance coverage, language courses preparation, personal coaching during the mobility: monitoring, coordination with faculty and company tutors, resolution of problems, payments. after the mobility: evaluation and feedback b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: Monitoring of the placements, feedback on monthly reports, coordination with faculties after the mobility: feedback of the project, areas for improvement, assessment c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 72

73 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address FUNDACIÓN PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE LAS ARTES EN CASTILLA Y LEÓN (ARCYL) CARMEN ALBO PRIETO AVDA MONASTERIO DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE PRADO S/N Postcode City VALLADOLID Country ESPAÑA [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE CONSERVACIÓN Y RESCTAURACIÓN DE BIENES CULTURALES AVILA ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE DISEÑO BURGOS ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE CRBC PALENCIA ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE DISEÑO SORIA ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE CRBC SALAMANCA ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE CRBC VALLADOLID ESCUELA DE ARTE Y SUPERIOR DE DISEÑO ZAMORA ESCUELA SUPERIOR DEL VIDRIO LA GRANJA SEGOVIA ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARTE DRAMÁTICO VALLADOLID ERASMUS Code IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS- EUCX C ES-ERASMUS- EUCX IC ES- ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS- EUCX.1 Participating other partners if applicable EMPRESA PROACTIA Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded 30 students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 73

74 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm ARTE CYL SHORT description of the project We ar interested in to support placements by students of Higher Education Institutions Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 74

75 Consortium GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA Address C/ SANTO DOMINGO, Nº 8 Postcode City PAMPLONA Country SPAIN [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable IES LEKAROZ-ELIZONDO IES POLITÉCNICO ESTELLA IES RIBERA DEL ARGA IES SIERRA DE LEYRE IES POLITÉCNICO TAFALLA CIP ETI IES TOKI ONA IES IBAIALDE - BURLADA IES AGROFORESTAL IES Mª ANA SANZ CIP VIRGEN DEL CAMINO IES EGA IES SAN JUAN - DONIBANE IES SANITARIA CIP DONAPEA CENTRO INTEGRADO DE F.P. SUPERIOR DE EE.RR. ERASMUS Code IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP-1 Participating other partners if applicable Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 75

76 Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme TIEBAS LOITI UJUÉ OBANOS SESMA ANCÍN VALTIERRA SADA ESLAVA TABAR ARZA LERGA ARTAJONA SHORT description of the project TIEBAS ERASMUS VOCATIONAL TRAINING LOITI TRAINERS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING UJUÉ INTEGRATED VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES OBANOS VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR GRADUATES SESMA INNOVATION IN VET ANCÍN GRADAUTES IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING VALTIERRA - ERASMUS VOCATIONAL TRAINING SADA YOUNG RECENT GRADUATES IN VET ESLAVA TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSION IN VET FOR ERASMUS TABAR TRAINERS IN EUROPE ARZA ERAMUS FOR VET STUDENTS LERGA GRADUATES IN VET LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT ARTAJONA, TRAINERS FOR INNOVATION IN VET Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 76

77 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium THE DEPARTMEN FOR EDUCATION OF THE GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA is the official Institution that is responsible for Education in the Spanish self-government region of Navarra. In the Autonomous Community of Navarra, it is the responsibility of the Department of Education to establish the general conditions and the appropriate means for the real implementation of every aspect of education. This also includes the management of all public Primary, Secondary and Vocational Education. The structure of the Department of Education can be found at the following website: It is integrated in the Government of Navarra, as shown on its web: This institution counts with 172 Public Primary Schools and 59 Public Secondary Schools, involving more than teachers. These public schools attend more than students. The Department for Education also works together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Department of Commerce, Work and Industry to implement actions related to job insertion, job surveys, and measures for placing young people in the labour market. Fields and levels involved The Department for Education rules different levels and aspects of training: Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Secondary Education A-levels Distance Training Art and Design Music Schools University degrees Languages Vocational Training Adult Education The work placement experiences our students undertake in European companies forms a part of their vocational studies, and are evaluated by their schools to obtain the Official Degree in Vocational Training. Everything is based in the students Professional Qualifications, which reflect the abilities they are able to practise and the capacities they have acquired during their training period at school. Grants and funding for students The Department for education issues a big number of opportunities for students to access grants and funding in order to promote innovation and quality management: These are some of the main calls Grants for work placements in companies in Europe. Grants promoting students exchanges or cooperation in different areas and sectors. Training Grants for recent graduates in Universities Training grants on youth and leisure time Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 77

78 Grants for Special Education needs. Grants for technicians in winery Grants for D+I on technology University Postgraduate courses Grants to widen Artistic Studies. Complementary grants for Erasmus Students Masters grants. Grants for postgraduates in foreign universities. Grants for Technology training and Innovation Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. We mainly work with Vocational Training Centres where High Vocational Modules are taught. It means a total of 21 VET Schools in the Region. As coordinator of the Consortium, The Department for Education takes the following responsibilities: Contractual Administration and Management. Dissemination of the Erasmus between vocational training centres Search for companies that suit participants with an entrepreneurial profile. Identification of appropriate HEIs with Erasmus Charter. Interviews for selection. Presentation of the Project to the national Erasmus call. Send CVs of participants to partners. Preparing specific language prior to stay. Delivery of documents and contracts for the parties involved in the project. Agree with Intermediate partners everything connected with accommodation, business and language training. Reception and supervision of the monitoring reports Control and monitoring of evaluation of placements. Reception of participants to carry out the assessment and documentation. Preparation of the final report and financial reports to the National Agency for Erasmus. Delivery of diplomas and certificates to participating students. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Sending the information to students to take part in the Call proposed by the leader of the consortium. Interviews for students selection. Send participants CVs to partners. Preparing specific language prior to stay. during the mobility: Organising a follow-up system including the collaboration of tutors in Spanish schools, as they must evaluate the Training at the Workplacement Module. Contact partners on a regular basis to get reports on the students progress in companies as well as their integration in the receiving country. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 78

79 after the mobility: Reception and supervision of the monitoring reports Control and monitoring of evaluation of placements. Reception of participants to carry out the assessment and documentation. Preparation of the final report and financial reports to the National Agency for Erasmus. Delivery of diplomas and certificates to participating students. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Dissemination of the Erasmus between vocational training centres Search for companies that suit participants with an entrepreneurial profile. Identification of HEIs. during the mobility: Contact partners on a regular basis to get reports on the students progress in companies as well as their integration in the receiving country. Organising a follow-up system including the collaboration of tutors in Spanish schools, as they must evaluate the Training at the Workplacement Module. after the mobility: Issue reports on the students in order to clarify everything related to the work-placements undertaken by the students. c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 79

80 Consortium HETEL (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator ANABEL MENICA Address ANDRA MARI, 5 BAJO APTADO 316 Postcode City DURANGO Country SPAIN [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable DIOCESANAS JESUS OBRERO COLEGIO ZABALBURU SAN JOSE L.H.IKASTEGIA-MARISTAK ESCUELA LEA ARTIBAI SALESIANOS DEUSTO CENTRO SAN VIATOR CENTRO FORMACION SOMORROSTRO MONDRAGON GOI ESKOLA POLITEKNIKOA JESUITAS INDAUTXU.QUIMICA Y ELECTRÓNICA UROLA LANBIDE GARAIKO ESKOLA ETEO LANBIDE HEZIKETA ZENTROA OTEITZA LIZEO POLITEKNIKOA IRUNGO LA SALLE GOIERRI LANBIDE ESKOLA LA SALLE BERROZPE SALESIANOS URNIETA NAZARET ZENTROA ZULAIBAR ARRATIAKO LANDIBE IKASTEGIA CENTRO MUNICIPAL DE F.P.-LLODIO ERASMUS Code IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCP IC ES-ERASMUS-EUCX-1 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 80

81 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium HETEL, is an association of 21 Vocational Training Centres created by social initiative which are present in all regions in the Basque Country in Spain. It was set up in1987 to promote and improve the Vocational Training provision. The objectives of the Association are the exchange of experience and know-how, and the setting up and jointly participating in projects related to pedagogic innovation and quality, organization, technical and technological innovation. In addition to it, HETEL centres offer different services to enterprises, from tailor-made-training to various kinds of technical services. The Vocational Training Centres of HETEL belong to the Network of Integrated Vocational Training Centres under the Basque Plan of Vocational Training. Since 2000 HETEL has taken part in Leonardo and Erasmus mobility projects for students and teachers. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 81

82 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. All consortium members are Technical and Vocational Training Centres of social initiative belonging to the association HETEL, founded in The centers have established a dynamic partnership and joint work. HETEL promotes the development of innovative projects, including the mobility of high degree vocational students, with a commitment to achieve that, at least 5% of these students, can havethe opportunity of a 12 week internship in European companies. As indicated by the letters of commitment, the role of the sending institutes covers various areas of management: from information to candidates, looking for companies, the selection and preparation of the students participating, to its on-line tutoring before, during and after the completion of the mobility, as well as the negotiation of the internships, certification, dissemination and evaluation of the project, always working in teams with other partner institutions and in constant communication with them. In addition, each sending partner is responsible for the co-financing of the project in the proportion that it deserves. For fifteen years HETEL has been promoting the interaction of its partner institutions in the management of European mobility projects. We have sent more than a thousand students for 12 week internships. Since then there is a specific working group, with a European Project coordinator from each institution, which meets monthly. The group is coordinated by HETEL European project coordinator. The monitoring and evaluation of the projects are carried out during these meetings, as well as by or phone. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Information about the host country, insurance and language and cultural preparation. during the mobility: monitoring and evaluation. after the mobility: help with the paperwork, application of cofinancing by the Basque Government b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Information about the host country, insurance and language and cultural preparation. during the mobility: monitoring and evaluation. after the mobility: help with the paperwork c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 82

83 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address IKASLAN ES Sergio Fidalgo Carrera IKASLAN GIPUZKOA Arbitza bidea 29 Postcode City Usurbil Country SPAIN Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable IES ELGOIBAR BHI IES BIDEBIETA BHI IEFPS FADURA GLHBI MUNGIA IEFPS ELORRIETA ERREKAMARI GLHBI IEFPS EASO GLHBI IES REPELEGA BHI IES ZUBIRI MANTEO BHI IES HOSTELERIA LEIOA BHI UROLA IKASTOLA AZKOITIA IEFPS DON BOSCO GLHBI IES CONSTRUCCION BIZKAIA BHI IES HOSTELERIA GALDAKAO BHI IES IMH BHI IES ITSASMENDIKI BHI IES KOLDO MITXELENA BHI IES TARTANGA BHI IES IBARREKOLANDA BHI IES ANDRA MARI BHI IES HOSTELERIA GAMARRA BHI IES UNI EIBAR ERMUA BHI IES LEIZARAN BHI IES ARETXABALETA BHI IEFPS SAN JORGE GLHBI IES CIUDAD JARDIN BHI IES TXURDINAGA ARTABE BHI IES TOLOSAKO PAPER ESKOLA BHI IEFPS MENDIZABALA GLHBI IES ZARAOBE BHI IES MURGIA BHI IES BARANDIARAN BHI IES FRANCISCO D EVITORIA BHI IEFPS NICOLAS LARBURU GLHBI IES HERNANI BHI IEFPS ARMERIA GLHBI IES BOTIKAZAR BHI IES MONTE ALBERTIA BHI IEFPS BIDASOA GLHBI IEFPS MIGUEL ALTUNA GLHBI ERASMUS Code E SAN-SEB28 E BILBAO32 E BILBAO30 E BILBAO46 E BILBAO22 E SAN-SEB03 E BILBAO38 E SAN-SEB38 E BILBAO33 E SAN-SEB36 E SAN-SEB29 E BILBAO27 E BILBAO40 E SAN-SEB33 E VITORIA13 E VITORIA08 E BILBAO26 E BILBAO15 E BILBAO31 E VITORIA04 E BILBAO48 E SAN-SEB11 E VITORIA17 E BILBAO17 E VITORIA07 E BILBAO12 E SAN-SEB25 E VITORIA05 E BILBAO52 E VITORIA18 E BILBAO49 E VITORIA06 E BILBAO23 E SAN-SEB08 E SAN-SEB13 E BILBAO42 E SAN-SEB10 E SAN-SEB27 E SAN-SEB09 Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 83

84 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm Leonardo Da Vinci IVT 2007 Leonardo Da Vinci IVT 2008 Leonardo Da Vinci IVT 2009 Leonardo Da Vinci IVT 2010 Leonardo Da Vinci VET-PRO 2007 SHORT description of the project Mobility for training of vocational training medium level students Mobility for training of vocational training medium level students Mobility for training of vocational training medium level students Mobility for training of vocational training medium level students Project for trainers, in order to studie the diferent european systems of self-employment Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium IKASLAN is an association of public vocational colleges from the Basque Country, its activities focus on initial vocational education and continuing training for workers as well as educational and occupational schemes for unemployed persons and workers threatened with unemployment. Members of the association are more than 50 public vocational training schools with thousands of students. From the 2008, after create the consortia, we managed about 500 Erasmus grants in order to send the students of our association on training for all Europe. The students that get the grants are from many different field, industrial, administration, health, and so on. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. IKASLAN doesn't work with the Universities, It works with vocational training schools. The schools are on charge of the selection of the students, they collect the information that the Consortia needs: CV, covering letters, and so on. They also make a description of the most suitable training place for the students about the field and them skills. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 84

85 Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: We can find the training place and accommodation or hel to the student in order to find them, information about the insurance that we apply. During the mobility: Monitoring of the training period. After the mobility: Management of all the documents in order to make the final report. b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: We offer them the possibility of finding the enterprises abroad, some of them are on charge of the cultural preparation During the mobility: They have got the possibility of been in contact with the tutors of the different countries and enterprises After the mobility: They get the surveys that the students fill. c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Specific information on the consortium Our objective is to promote the personal and occupational development of the persons enrolled in our courses, by means of high-quality education and training provision.educational provision is oriented towards the actual demands of the labour market and it also provides orientation in a world in motion. The high level of our courses is maintained by means of an internal quality management system, continual further training of employees and a transnational transfer of know-how. Most of our education and training courses are based on modular systems, so individually tailored, and thus highly efficient, forms of learning are possible. The formation is certified according to the international standard ISO. The field we plan to work with in the Leonardo and Erasmus programmes includes initial vocational education high and medium level in the following fields: Health & Safety Administration Maintenance of Self-propelled Vehicles Electricity, Electronics and Telecommunications Mechanical manufacture Chemistry Computer science Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 85

86 Maintenance and services to the production and so on. After a theoretical and practical training during two years, our students need to complete a practical training in companies to get their degree. This practical training is organized according to the different curricula developed at the colleges and would take into account a period of 400 hours, between 10 and 12 weeks, in different countries of the European Union. IKASLAN apply for a Leonardo and Erasmus project every years from On the other hand IKASLAN hosts too students from different countries looking for a training place and suitable accommodation, allways looking for the reciprocity. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 86

87 FI Consortium (coordinating organisation) INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS AT OULU`S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IIOHEI (Oulu UAS) Nat. ID XXXX Project coordinator Oulu University of Applied Sciences ( Oulu UAS) Address Kiviharjunlenkki 1 B Postcode FI City Oulu Country Finland [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable Oulu University of Applied Sciences SF OULU 11 University of Oulu SF OULU 01 City of Oulu Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students (situation in October 2010) Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- (51.180,- used, the rest refunded) ,- ( ,-used, the rest refunded) Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Oulu UAS and the University of Oulu participate in number of different EU-programmes. Below, we have listed only the programmes that have concerned student placements abroad. Name of the programm Oulu UAS DynaMo2 - Dynamically Motivating Training Iniatives in Mobile Cultures 2 SHORT description of the project 2 year Leonardo project with 7 different countries with an aim at facilitating good quality work placements for incoming and outgoing students in the network. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Oulu UAS belongs to the biggest universities of applied sciences in Finland with app students. As the practical training is a compulsory part of each Oulu UAS Bachelor degree, the university has a long experience in the facilitation of practical training in Finland and abroad. Additionally, Oulu UAS has been actively involved in organising Erasmus student mobility and other Erasmus activities since Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 87

88 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. IIOHEI consortium cooperation is carried out among two universities (Oulu UAS as a coordinator and the University of Oulu) as well as the City of Oulu. As the size of the consortium is small and the three actors have a long history and lot of previous experience in the cooperation of international actions, the cooperation within the consortium is easy to manage. The responsibilities/tasks of the actors are divided as follows: Oulu UAS: - Is the main coordinator of the consortium, employs the consortium coordinator and has the main responsibility of the consortium administration in general. University of Oulu: - Assigns the consortium contact person in the university and has representatives in the steering group of the consortium. City of Oulu - Has a representative in the steering group of the consortium and acts as a link between the HEI s and the different city organisations. The consortium work as such is divided as follows: Steering group - Decides the main functions and monitors the actions. Consortium Coordinator - Writes the needed applications and reports, communicates with the National Agency. - Allocates/ makes the decisions on the student grants, watches the budget. - Communicates with the consortium contact persons of both HEIs. - Carries out Erasmus placement mobility marketing for students and staff, maintains the consortium website. - Develops the consortium functions in general. Consortium contact persons in both HEIs - Communicate information related to Erasmus placement mobility to the departmental level. - Deliver information about placement opportunities to the students/ staff. - Guide the students with Erasmus placement issues. - Do the final check of the Erasmus placement agreements of each student. Departmental coordinators - Guide the students with Erasmus placement mobility. - Approve and credit the placements. - Help with/ sign the Erasmus placement agreements. - Monitor the placements. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: - consultation about the Erasmus placement mobility issues - consultation about finding the placements/ filling in the needed documents - insurance (Oulu UAS students are insured automatically by the university) - information website about Erasmus placements: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 88

89 during the mobility: - communication via - monitoring (carried out on a departmental level) after the mobility: - final check of the reports and recognition of the placement b) Service offered for partner HEIs As a coordinator we are responsible for administration and reporting of consortium work. The consortium coordinator creates and maintains the needed documents (e.g. training agreement), the consortium website as well as is available for the students and staff of both HEIs in case needed. The consortium coordinator supports the consortium contact persons in each HEIs. c) Service offered for companies local: - information about Erasmus placement mobility at: - information about the possibility of having an international trainee - consortium may forward possible job offers to the partner universities abroad - consortium may help the incoming trainees with housing and other practical issues abroad: - consortium may forward a possible job offers to the suitable students - ready documentation e.g. training agreement template Specific information on the consortium INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS AT OULU`S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IIOHEI (Oulu UAS) is a small and regional consortium that was started in Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 89

90 FR Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Blaise Pascal UNIVERSITY FR Blaise Pascal UNIVERSITY 34, avenue Carnot Postcode City CLERMONT-FERRAND Country France Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Auvergne University Blaise Pascal University ENSAC IFMA VETAGRO SUP ERASMUS Code F CLERMON01 F CLERMON02 F CLERMON10 F CLERMON25 F LEMPDES03 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Université Blaise Pascal : Public University (14400 students) Science and Technology, Sports Sciences, Languages and Literatures, the Arts, Human and Social Sciences In charge of placements organisation : International Relations Department : 5 year expertise in placements management. Consortium existing for 5 years Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 90

91 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Partners Universities/schools : good practices exchanges Coordinator : administrative function, consortium promotion, placements evaluation. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: communication tools to promote the programme (brochures on placement conditions) ; information meetings for students during the mobility: monitoring / backup after the mobility: report b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility : during the mobility : After the mobility : counselling and administrative assistance c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: administrative assistance Specific information on the consortium Keys points : - Regional organisation of our Consortium (helping along communication and meetings) - Diversity of educational fields covered within our Consortium : Blaise Pascal University : Science and Technology, Sports Sciences, Languages and Literatures, the Arts, Human and Social Sciences Auvergne University : Law, Economics, Medicine, Pharmacy ENSAC : Architecture IFMA : Mechanical and Civil Engineering VETAGRO SUP : agronomical sciences Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 91

92 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Consortium Fédération Gay Lussac FRMONTPEL08 Pr Norbert BAKALARA 8, rue de l Ecole Normale Postcode City MONTPELLIER cedex 5 Country FRANCE [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Clermont Ferrand Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Caen ESCOM Cergy Pontoise Ecole de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux de Strasbourg Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris ENSIACET ESPCI ERASMUS Code F AUBIERE03 F LILLE13 F RENNES09 F CAEN05 F PARIS052 F STRASBO48 F PARIS063 F TOULOUS28 F PARIS064 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 92

93 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium We are 10 graduated schools of engineering belonging to the Fédération Gay Lussac. Our students do a lot of internships in France and abroad. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The coordinator is managing the Erasmus contract (financial aspects). Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: information on insurance, language preparation during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for partner HEIs local: abroad: c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 93

94 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Consortium: Réseau des EGC (Ecoles de Gestion et de Commerce) FR Betty Carlson Chambre de Commerce et d Industrie de l Aveyron 17 rue Aristide Briand Postcode CEDEX 9 City RODEZ Country FRANCE [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable SUD MANAGEMENT AGEN06 EGC AVIGNON MEDITERRANEE AVIGNON14 EGC MEDITERRANEE CAMPUS DE BASTIA BASTIA 06 EGC BAYONNE BAYONNE10 EGC 71 CHALO-SO1 EGC CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES CHARL-M07 EGC de la MARTINIQUE FORT-FR08 EGC de le VENDEE LA-RO-Y09 EGC du MAINE LEMANS15 EGC LILLE LIILLE72 EGC MEDITERRANEE-CAMPUS MARSEILLE MARSEIL82 EGC MONTAUBAN MONTAUB06 EGC NEVERS NEVERS08 EGC RODEZ RODEZ09 EGC de l YONNE SENS04 CHAMBRE de COMMERCE et INDUSTRIE GROUPE FIM ST6LO05 EGC TARBES TARBES10 EGC VALENCE VALENCE13 EGC de FRANCHE-COMTE VESOUL06 Participating other partners if applicable Assemblée des Chambres Françaises de Commerce et d Industrie Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 94

95 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The Réseau EGC Consortium is managed at several levels. The coordinator and the administrative assistant of the EGC Business School network manage the budget, payments, and procure all the necessary signatures from the head office of the National Chamber of Commerce in Paris. The operating coordinator, currently Betty Carlson, takes care of all of the day-to-day operation of the Consortium. She is the international coordinator at one of the member schools, EGC Rodez. She finalises all of the Ulysse entries, answers school s questions about all Erasmus documents and procedures, and helps brief and inform new international coordinators. She also writes the annual applications and keeps up the archives for the entire consortium. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The Réseau EGC Consortium is a placement consortium, and doesn t have a particular cooperation with our partner universities in the area of placements. We have Erasmus partner HEIs, but our relationship is generally limited to Erasmus study programmes. Partner HEIs may occasionally call on us, or us on them, to help with finding a placement, but that is relatively rare. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: language and cultural preparation, information on insurance, help with writing CVs and letters of application, aid in defining the placement student s tasks, contacts with the receiving companies during the mobility: monitoring by phone or , help with any problems that may arise within or outside the scope of the placement after the mobility: Evaluations from the companies, collection and analysis of student reports b) Service offered for partner HEIs In the case of receiving (in our own HEI) or placing (in a company) a placement student from a partner HEI: before the mobility: completion of all documents, aid in finding lodging, negotiating tasks for the placement period during the mobility: monthly evaluations, help with getting adjusted in the town, help with any problems with placement tasks after the mobility: participation in the evaluation process and paperwork if needed Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 95

96 c) Service offered for companies local: Not applicable except in exceptional cases abroad: Advice and information about the Erasmus process Specific information on the consortium Our close contacts with local Chambers of Commerce and Industry could serve to help place incoming students in French companies. Although we do not have a lot of time resources and financial resources available for this function, we are willing to try to start cooperation with other consortia on an exchange basis to work in this direction. We also hope to become an active member of a European Corsortium of Consortia if such a body is created. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 96

97 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address I.P.L. (Institut Polytechnique de Lyon) CONS-IPL Catherine THEVENIN 29 rue du Plat Postcode City LYON Country FRANCE Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable CPE ECAM ISARA ERASMUS Code LYON15 LYON13 LYON17 ITECH LYON 84 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded FORECAST 90 students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,- FOReCAST ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Our consortium involves 4 engineering high schools which represent approximately students. These schools cover practically all the business fields. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 97

98 IPL's aim is to mutualize the grants, in order to be more efficient in their use between the four schools, to consolidate the 4 schools in their educational role by the dialogue about the way of organising and managing placements (IPL is a place where the 4 schools share their knowledge) IPL also ensures the administrative part: setting up of the project, printing of the agreements, administrative and financial follow up, evaluation. Every two months, IPL shows to the 4 schools assessments and dashboards about the use of the European grant. A procedure created by IPL is a summary of what the students have to do to be granted, it is updated every year and sent to each school. IPL is a coordinator and an administrative and financial administrator. IPL elaborates the project with the 4 schools. IPL writes the agreements between IPL and the student and between the students, the school and the institution which will receive the trainee, ensures the follow up, and activates the payments when the agreements have been signed by all the parts. (The amounts of the grants are decided by the schools). IPL is responsible for the use of the total community grant, with a maximum of financial and administrative efficiency. IPL is responsible for the reporting to the ERASMUS agency in Bordeaux and for the administrative and financial follow up, as well IPL is also responsible for the official documents between the schools and the receiving institutions and between the schools and the students. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The 4 schools have an educational and promoting role towards the students : - The schools have to tell the students about the ERASMUS grant, they have to give to each interested student a procedure established by the consortium, - they have to help students in finding receiving institutions, they have to select students, they have to check the description of the placement programme of each student, they must give students a scientific, technical, linguistic and cultural preparation, they have to check if everything is in order before the student departure they also decide the amount of the grant - they ensure the educational follow up of the students during their placement and at last they decide of the number of ECTS they give to the student after the placement has been done. They also promote the ERASMUS project. Each student wanting to be granted has to ask the school for a grant at last one month before departure. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility, the schools offers: - An educational preparation : They discuss with the students what they should try to do during their placement period in order to improve their skills and knowledge, they give to the students objectives to achieve during their placement and if needed they teach the students specific technical knowledge which is necessary to work in some countries (ex. : security training). - A cultural preparation : general training on economy, on international trade, geopolitics, interculturality, Lay out of the students placements reports and of some documents about the host countries. - A linguistic preparation : intensive training courses in small groups, specific vocabulary on the professional target fields, international linguistic exams preparation with level requirements. For some students a linguistic and cultural further training must be specifically organized Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 98

99 - Assistance to the management of the practical and logistic aspects: A person in each school is particularly allocated to these tasks (check of the students health protection, of their personal insurance and civil liability, administrative formalities, help in the organization of the journey, of accommodation and catering. The host company sometimes also brings help for the organization of the journey, the accommodation and the catering facilities. During the mobility the school offers: During the placement, the school gets in touch regularly with the students either by phone or by mail. The school is also in touch with the host organization in order to check if the placement is ok. This follow-up is to check the good integration of the student and an educational follow-up. After one month of placement the institution has to send to the school a first report on the trainee. This report should indicate the methodological approach and the schedule which will be followed during the placement. Some times, the person responsible of the students in the school goes and visits some student. Evaluation sheets are also given to the host organization at the beginning of the placement and are analyzed during the visit of the school. Sometimes there are video conferences. after the mobility the school offers: The students must write a report about their placement. The reports are evaluated by the schools who give a notation. The schools also organize, for each student, an oral exam about their placement period. The evaluation of the quality of the placement is thus an integral part of the global evaluation of the student in order for him to succeed his diploma : evaluation of the work done during the placement, of the final report, of the oral exam. The students are thus given ECTS : 50 ECTS for all the placements that the students have to do during their 3 years in CPE, 36 for ECAM, 46 for ISARA and 30 for ITECH. The acquired skills are validated by the receiving institution and discussed with the school. b) Service offered for partner HEIs IPL offers to the associated four schools : before the mobility: Conception of the project and transmission to the 2e2f agency, updating of the procedure created by IPL named "How to ask for an ERASMUS grant, your rights and your duties", collecting all the documents required for each student granted, creating of a file for each student, writing of the agreements, sending them to the students by mail, collecting them back after they have been signed by all parts. during the mobility: Payments of the first parts of the grants, follow up of each individual student file, financial follow up of the entire ERASMUS grant in order to grant a maximum of students in the respect of the ERAMUS rules, creation and follow up of financial sheets, sending information regularly to the schools. Creation of the intermediate report on the ULYSSE web site. after the mobility: Payments of the balances of the grants, administrative and financial follow up of each student file and of the entire project, checking of the real dates of each placement, collecting all the documents required to justify the end of the placement periods: reports, final assessments written by the receiving institutions, certificates of attendance, boost the students by to obtain all the documents and at last creation of the final reports on the ULYSSE web site and sending these reports to the 2e2f agency in Bordeaux. c) Service offered for companies The associated schools are in connection with the companies which welcome the students. local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 99

100 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address PROMOTRANS CONS-PROMO Stéphane BETSCHITCH 12, rue Cabanis Postcode City PARIS Country FRANCE Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS ET DE LA LOGISTIQUE RENNES ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS ET DE LA LOGISTIQUE LILLE ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS ET DE LA LOGISTIQUE TOULOUSE ERASMUS Code BRUZ02 LILLE75 TOULOUS63 Participating other partners if applicable Hogeschool Stenden ( Netherlands ) Fontys Hogeschool ( Netherlands ) Hogeschool Rotterdam ( Netherlands ) Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer ( Belgium ) Technical University of Hamburg ( Germany ) Fahreschule Wurzburg ( Germany ) Jyvaskyla Polytechnic ( Finland) Turku Polytechnic ( Finland ) Logistikprogrammet ( Sweden ) IPEC ( Spain ) Universita di Genova ( Italy ) University of Piraeus ( Greece ) The University of Pardubice ( Czech Republic ) Žilina university ( Slovakia ) Transilvania University of Brasov ( Rumania ) Poznan University of Technology ( Poland ) Gdynia Maritime University ( Poland ) Tallinna Tehnikakorgkool ( Estonia ) Univerza V Ljubljani ( Slovenia ) Sveučilište u Zagrebu Fakultet Prometnih Znanosti ( Croatia ) Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 100

101 FPI FPI SAMPLE ( Stage Apprentis Mécanique Poids Lours à l Etranger ) Mobility for apprentices specializing in Heavy Truck Mechanics to Sweden, Finland, Scotland and Germany SAMPLE ( Stage Apprentis Mécanique Poids Lours à l Etranger ) Mobility for apprentices specializing in Heavy Truck Mechanics to Sweden, Finland, Scotland and Germany Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The leader of the Consortium is PROMOTRANS GROUP which is a trade association specialising in the training of young people, salaried workers and higher executives in the areas of transport, logistics and international supply-chain management. Its aim is also to cater for the needs of companies in terms of development of new competences, thereby taking up the challenges of a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. To reach such an objective, PROMOTRANS group has progressively developed a higher education system based on a work-linked training system implemented in the various higher schools of the group. Such a system permits to increase the employability of the students through a continuous updating of the degree programmes and international mobility which has been the mainstay of the higher educational system since The development of international mobility has been made possible through the creation of the European Forum of Logistics Education (EFLE) in 1993, in which the European School of Transport from PROMOTRANS group was one of the founding members. From such a forum, a network of Higher Education Institutions has been built up to bolster the multiplication of placement exchanges between the members. Since the first Leonardo programme initiated by the European School of Transport, around 330 placements have been organised both at the level of PROMOTRANS higher schools but also at the level of the other Higher Education Institutions of the network. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The Consortium is a four-tier structure. The first tier is composed of the International Schools of Transport and Logistics of PROMOTRANS group. Their role is to train the students for them to acquire the necessary competences in the areas of transport, logistics and international supply chain management, to organize a linguistic and cultural preparation in accordance with the objectives of the international mobility and to prepare them for international mobility. The second tier is made up of partner Higher Education Institutions whose main role is to offer some placement opportunities, to take care of administrative formalities referring to the securing of Erasmus traineeship agreements and to follow up the trainees in the phase of placement implementation. If need be, they can also help the students to conform with the local legislation in terms of placement. The third-tier is the International Department of PROMOTRANS group, which has administrative, financial and organisational responsibilities. It manages all the paper formalities linked with Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 101

102 ERASMUS programmes, it manages the financial aspects and determines the future leads of development of the mobility network. Last tier is made up of the companies which host the students. They are all structured to offer suitable placements to the students. They propose training programmes in conformity with the specifications of the sending institutions and they have tutorship commensurate with the level of qualifications required by the students. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: - information concerning the structure of the international mobility system implemented by PROMOTRANS group - information concerning the formalities in terms of social security coverage, coverage for civil liability and repatriation, obtention of visas, accommodation possibilities and local particularities referring to the life in each country. - linguistic and cultural preparation - opportunities of placements through the network - management of all paper formalities referring to the placements During the mobility: - monitoring through a network of European partners - local support After the mobility: - recognition of international mobility through the use of Europass mobility documents - evaluation of the placement b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: - single-shop for Erasmus traineeship agreement signatures and contacts with the host companies - pre-selection of candidates for in-company mobility - negotiation of the placement contents with the host companies - peering with the company s placement proposals During the mobility: - one-stop-shop for any supervisory aspects and recommendations to PROMOTRANS higher schools and partner HEIs abroad After the mobility: - collecting of all the other mobility documents - organisation of seminars, visits and various events with HEIs abroad Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 102

103 c) Service offered for companies First, through the mobility network structuring, the companies have the possibility to find suitable profiles for their activities and developments. Second, the tutors have the possibility to be part of the placement evaluation committees. Third, they can take an active part in the development of curricula, thereby ensuring a constant adaptation of the training to the companies needs in new competencies. Fourth, they can have access to a full network of companies able to collaborate in common projects. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 103

104 IT Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address ARTS Art s Role in Training for Students (Conservatoire of Music Cosenza) IT2-ERA Prof. Raffaele Longo Via Portapiana, s.n.c. Postcode City Cosenza Country Italy [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium ERASMUS Code Conservatorie of COSENZA (coordinator) I COSENZA 03 Conservatoire of VICENZA I VICENZA03 Conservatoire of MODENA I MODENA04 Conservatoire of PESCARA I PESCARA01 Conservatoire of FROSINONE I FROSIN02 Conservatoire of NAPLES I NAPOLI07 Conservatoire of MONOPOLI I MONPOL02 Participating other partners if applicable GOUVERNMENT of COSENZA (Local Public Authority) COSENZA Association of Enterprises EUROFORM RFS Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded months 60 month 135 months 103 students MONTHS Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , ,00 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm a.y. 2009/2010 a.y. 2010/2011 Coordinator of the Intensive Programme Conduction and music for large jazz ensemble: composition and improvisation Lifelong Learning Programme. Partnership: Conservatory of Cosenza (coordinator, Italy); Tromsø Universiy, Høgskolen I Tromsø Avdeling for Kunstfag (partner, Norway); Esbjerg, Vestjysk Musikkonservatorium (partner, Denmark); Aarhus/Aalborg, Royal Academy of Music (partner, Denmark); Vienna, Konservatorium Wien (partner, Austria); Nicosia, Laureate International Universities (partner, Cyprus) SHORT description of the project Objectives: -developing improvisational processes in cognitive thinking -creating multidisciplinary and multimedia performance in which improvisation is the guiding line for greater cultural syncretism among the various linguistic areas of artistic communication -developing a multicultural and divergent thinking -utilizing improvisational, creative and divergent skills in basic and advanced music teaching -widening the concept of form and composition through open and casual structures -providing advanced historic-musicological courses linked to improvisation as the basis of the development and evolution of the arts target groups: -students inclined towards improvisation and creativity Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 104

105 in the various institutions -teachers of improvisation, ensemble music and composition with experience in multidisciplinary performance and informal composition -students and teachers with advanced professional skills active in the sphere of creative didactic activity -tutors and support workers main activities: -creating multidisciplinary performance courses(textual, gestual, musical, video etc.) -public performances -historic-musicological courses linked to the relationship between improvisation/musical evolution -advanced courses in formal and informal composition -orchestral conducting activity -improvisation and didactics expected outcomes: -ability to manage and create multidisciplinary performances -acquisition of "improvisation conduction" techniques for large ensemble of improvisers -development of compositional skills which utilize informal writing and an improvisational element as a formal part of a composition -improving musicological and socio-cultural analysis skills with regard to other cultures -improving artistic communication among the various countries involved -utilizing the improvisational approach in the didactic and cultural spheres a.y. 2010/2011 Coordinator of the Intensive Programme Art of Sound Sound of Art Lifelong Learning Programme. Partnership: Conservatory of Cosenza (coordinator, Italy); Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (partner, Portugal); Barcelona, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (partner, Spain); Aarhus/Aalborg, Royal Academy of Music (partner, Denmark); Brussels, Koninklijk Conservatorium (partner, Belgium); Kaunas, University of Technology (partner, Lithuania); Genoa, University - DIST (partner, Italy); Naples, Conservatoire of Music S. Pietro a Majella (partner, Italy) Objectives: develop skills in the "art of sound" through the teaching and workshops of theory, composition, performance and software/hardware design; promote the transition from education to employment; facilitate access to the labour market. -Thematic area: history of electroacoustic music in relation to the visual arts; history of software design for audio and live electronics; psychology of perception and communication, neuroscience, artificial intelligence; art of sound repertoire, analytical and descriptive hypotheses; composition with sounds and images; electroacoustic/visual performance and live electronics performance; software design dedicated to implement tool for MIR (Music Information Retrieval) and VIR (Visual Information Retrieval); software/hardware lab dedicated to composition and performance praxis with sounds and images; -Target Groups: students, teachers, tutors and support staff. -Main activities: historical and theoretical issues about "art of sound"; composition using sound and visual aesthetic project; sound/visual and/or multidisciplinary installations/performances with live electronics too; software design for MIR/ VIR and elaboration of theoretical parameters to lead this kind of software; technical issues about software and hardware used in Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 105

106 the "art of sound" repertorie. -Expected outputs: design and realize public events (installation or performance) based on electronic/digital sound and visual elements; design and develop a critical essay on the art of sound repertoire; design software tools to experiment it in the field of MIR/VIR; design software patches to control pieces by the "art of sound" repertoire; develop some relationships between the IP participants and curators/directors of contemporary art galleries. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The Consortium ARTS To start with, the acronym stands for Art s Role in Training for Students. The network ARTS aims to widen and enrich the future employment possibilities of our students across EU countries through the development of targeted educational traineeships. In this way it is a powerful platform to build and shape professional skills while promoting the knowledge of foreign cultures. In addition our trainees, upon return to their home country, will evaluate and give feedback on their experience, thus strengthening the feeling of belonging to a common geographical area and common educational, cultural and economic space. This will lead to the relaxation of the boundaries in the intercultural debate. The main question is: why has ARTS been set up? The main idea behind ARTS is to try to carry out one of the most important Erasmus Operational Objectives of the Lifelong Learning Programme: increased quality and quantity of cooperation between HEI & enterprises. Actually, ATS is one of the few sectoral and thematic European Consortia Placement within Erasmus/LLP frame. History also shows that the European musical and artistic tradition has been built on collaboration and the reciprocal exchange of know-how, traditions and creative and educational experiences. This process has resulted in a common musical and artistic identity that has spread across the entire Western world. Through an ECP, the trainee is offered a placement opportunity to acquire best practice as a way to develop the specific lexical and technical language required to progress in his/her own area of competence. As for the content, the primary objective is the development of a cultural, artistic and musical industry. It will encompass: production (cinema, music, theatre, and advertising) and entertainment (audiovisual, TV, radio and new media); the preservation and valorisation of cultural, architectonic, environmental assets and musical assets; the understanding of the role of innovation in the area of competence as well as of the impact of new technologies on best practice. The activity will be directly supported by theatres, orchestras, foundations, museums, festivals, associations, libraries, museums and groups of professionals from the fields of acoustics, restoration, visual and plastic arts, photography and virtual reality. Activities will be framed so as to maximize the following indicators: delivery of quality (best practice); increased student mobility; increased synergy between education and training as well as higher education-enterprises; Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 106

107 increased innovation in higher education (content, process, services, pedagogic and didactic methodology) based on progress in ICT. The ARTS network has been, up to now, a great and effective experience of institutional cooperation. This cooperation is going to be increasingly decisive for the future of our institutions. In fact, the smooth collaboration, among the coordinators of each institution involved in ARTS, has allowed us to use all the grants from our National Agency to the Consortium ARTS. These outcomes, and of course the development of a wider network, have led to an increase in all ARTS resources, especially financial resources. In fact having witnessed the good experience of the Consortium, the Executive Board of our Higher Education Ministry has agreed to co-fund ARTS activity in the future. All of us are really delighted by this extremely good news, which is most promising for our development in the near future. Among the eight Consortia approved by the Italian National Agency, ARTS is the only Erasmus Consortium Placement headed by a Higher Education Institute of Music: the Conservatoire of Cosenza. 3.1 ARTS categories Aims. The main aim is to link academic institutions and enterprises to promote the integration of students in the EU-wide labour market. In fact, ARTS aims to widen and enrich future employment possibilities of students across EU countries through the development of targeted educational traineeships. It is a powerful platform to build and shape professional skills while promoting the knowledge of foreign cultures. ARTS will also evaluate and obtain feedback on the experience acquired by trainees upon return to their home country, thus strengthening the sense of belonging to a common European geographical, educational, cultural and economical space. Boundaries will thus gradually dissolve in the intercultural debate Strategy: possible success factors: sustainable cooperation between HEI and enterprises is an explicit mission of the Higher Education Institutions; career incentives for teachers involved in this non-academic activity; staff (teaching and administrative) involved in the cooperation with enterprises establishment of companies (spin-off?); involvement in local / regional development. 3.2 The role of ARTS: For students familiarising students with the world of work; enhancing employability; improving foreign language competence; promoting inter-cultural understanding and knowledge of other European countries; contributing to the stimulation of other forms of HEI-enterprise cooperation For enterprises influx of new ideas at low cost; promoting stronger links with higher education institutions and their staff; adding an international dimension, especially to smaller locally based enterprises For HEI better motivated and more competent students; links with enterprises leading to other forms of collaboration; improving awareness and competence of teaching and administrative staff; strengthening links with the local community. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 107

108 3.3 Expected Outcomes With ARTS, the trainee will be offered a placement opportunity to acquire best practice as well as to develop the specific lexical and technical language required to make progress in their own area of competence. Activities will be designed to maximize: delivery of quality (best practice); increased student mobility; increased synergy between education and training as well as higher education-enterprises; increased innovation in higher education (contents, processes, services, pedagogic and didactic methodology); 3.4 Partnership TEN Isntitution Conservatoires of: COSENZA (COORDINATOR) FROSINONE MODENA MONOPOLI NAPLES PESCARA VICENZA Organisations: Government of Cosenza (Local Public Authority) Cosenza Enterprises Association EUROFORM RFS 3.5 Some enterprise partners of ARTS We perfectly agree with Günter Verheugen, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Enterprise and Industry who stated that enterprises were the engine of the European economy. They are an essential source of jobs, create entrepreneurial spirit and innovation in the EU and are thus crucial for fostering competitiveness and employment. They aim at promoting entrepreneurship, investment and growth. L istening to enterprises is a key towards the successful implementation of the Lisbon goals. The enterprise partners of ARTS are as follow: Wiener Staatsoper Deutsche Oper Am Rhein Finnish National Opera National Opera Volksoper Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra Tonkünstler Orchestra Orquesta Ciudad de Granada Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Ed Partika Ensemble Ensemble "La Gamba" Eu-Art-Network (EAN) - Verein für europäische und internationale Schönberg Chor - Referat Für Kirchenmusik Der Erzdiözese Chorvereinigung St. Augustin - Nikolaikirche Verein Zenith Productions Vienna Düsseldorf Helsinki Bratislava Vienna Sofia Vienna Granada Malta Berlin Freiburg Eisenstadt Vienna Vienna Vienna Leipzig Vienna Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 108

109 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Institut de l'audiovisual University Of Tromsø Norway University of Music Real Conservatorio Superior De Musica Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel Castillo Porgy & Bess ELAK Institut Minoritenkirche Dublin City Public Libraries Association Européenne Des Conservatoires (AEC) Barcelona Tromsø Riga Granada Seville Vienna Vienna Vienna Dublin Utrecht 3.6 Flows academic year topic enterprise City Country Double Bass Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo" Seville Spain Management AEC Utrecht The Netherlands Violin Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo" Seville Spain Music Education Dublin City Public Libraries Dublin Ireland Singing Viener Singverein Vienna Vienna Austria Conducting Wiener Staatsoger Vienna Austria Jazz Verein zenith productions Vienna Austria Singing Lifelive maison de concerts Paris France Singing Referat Für Kirchenmusik Der Erzdiözese Vienna Austria academic year topic enterprise city country New Technologies Universitat Pompeu Fabra Institute of Audiovisual Studies Barcelona Spain Choir Conducting St Andreas Kirka Malmö Sweden Band Volksoper Wien Vienna Vienna Austria Double Bass Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Bulgaria Oboe Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Bulgaria Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 109

110 Organ Evangelische Johannes- Kirchengemeinde - Düsseldorf Germany Organ Friedenskirche-Sanssouci Postdam Germany Flute Latvian Academy of Music - Collegim Musicum Riga Latvia Oboe Royal Irish Academy of Music Dublin Ireland Clarinet Eu-Art-Network (EAN) Verein für europäische und internationale Eisenstadt Austria Flute Eu-Art-Network (EAN) Verein für europäische und internationale Eisenstadt Austria French Horn Eu-Art-Network (EAN) Verein für europäische und internationale Eisenstadt Austria Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Parters role: - sharing of the relationship capital - co-participation to cultural and economic strategies and policies of ARTS - monitoring of students placement - arrangement and management of their students placement (from ex ante to ex-post) Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 110

111 Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: - select the possible host enterprises - help in finding enterprises opportunity - targeted choice of the enterprise, sharing final solution - linguistic and cultural preparations - accommodation and facilities support - insurance coverage during the mobility: - administrative support (prolongation etc) - psychological support - linguistic support - monitoring of students placement and its need - periodical briefing on line about problems/solutions after the mobility: - sharing of placement experiences - publishing of its placement report on sectoral websites - publishing students experience on National and Local media national media interviews by National Agency LLP (website publishing) b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: - our relationship capital to find out enterprises opportunities - administrative and bureaucratic support (papers, documents, etc) - financial management - linguistic support - legislative support - information about co-financial opportunities during the mobility: - administrative and bureaucratic support (papers, documents, etc) - linguistic support - legislative support after the mobility: - administrative and financial monitoring - publishing of their student s placement experience on national and local media c) Service offered for companies local: - administrative and bureaucratic support abroad: - administrative and bureaucratic support Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 111

112 Consortium Erasmus Student Placement - University of Rome Tor Vergata (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Dr. Marina Tesauro Address 18, via Orazio Raimondo Postcode City Rome Country Italy [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ERASMUS Code University of Roma Tre University of Foro Italico University of Pavia University of Salento University of Cagliari Participating other partners if applicable Cantiereuropa IESN (International Exchange Erasmus Student Network) Lecce Province Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , ,- (to be confirmed) Not available yet Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci SHORT description of the project Mobility for PLM in the EU Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 112

113 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The University of Rome Tor Vergata has been up and running since academic year ; it includes 6 faculties: Arts and Humanities, Economics, Law, Engineering, Sciences, Medicine and Surgery. There are, on average, more than students enrolled. Our University has always been involved in international programmes and projects such as Erasmus, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci, ALFA, Jean Monnet, Research programmes, since their very beginning. Dr. Marina Tesauro coordinates those programmes as well as Exchange programmes with Argentina, Brazil, China, Canada, India, international Research programmes. In our University there has always been a specific office for Erasmus Placement and Leonardo da Vinci mobility projects; we have gained a lot of experience during the years in such projects, coordinating sending organisations and host organisations, enlarging our data base though daily contact with companies and partner Universities as well as, of course, trainees; organisation of monitoring and preparation (language and cross culture courses). Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The coordinator makes sure that everything runs smoothly within the HEIs partners; our Consortium is national, so it is important that everybody sticks to the agreed procedures (i.e. use the same official material through a common data base) Our partnership of both sending organizations host organisations has been active and consolidated for many years. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: insurance, information on all aspects of the project, help in looking for the host organisation during the mobility: assistance, monitoring and back up after the mobility: dissemination of results; ex trainees are always welcomed during launch of the new projects b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: meetings, assistance, guidance, advice during the mobility: meetings, assistance, guidance, advice after the mobility: meetings, assistance, guidance, advice c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 113

114 Consortium Iuav University of Venice Università Iuav di Venezia (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID I VENEZIA 02 Project coordinator Barbara Marziali Address Campo della Lana S.Croce, 601 Postcode City Venice Country Italy [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Università degli Studi di Trento Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia Università degli Studi di Sassari ERASMUS Code I TRENTO01 I VENEZIA01 I SASSARI01 Participating other partners if applicable Metadistretto dell Ambiente per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile - METAS Metadistretto Digital Mediale Scarl Metadistretto Veneto dei Beni Culturali Centro Universitario di ORientamento e Informazione dell'esu di Venezia Treviso Tecnologia (ente strumentale della CCIA di Treviso) Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme LLP Erasmus SMS LLP Erasmus IP SHORT description of the project Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Iuav is a small university with an enrolment of approximately 6200 students. The number of students is limited to guarantee the quality of education offered. The academic staff includes 545 professors, 192 of which are tenured or tenure-tracked (67 full professors, 92 associate professors and 33 researchers) and 5 non-tenured extraordinary professors. Highly acclaimed professors, different kinds of expertise (professional, research), from over thirty countries of the world. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 114

115 This is the firs Academic Year in which Iuav coordinates a Consortium: previously, Erasmus Placement and other placement projects have been carried on successfully: 1. cooperation with Treviso Technology aimed at promoting and managing activities of training 2. FIXO project management with the aim of carrying out work experience and job placements (Placements managed: 100 per year) 3. Erasmus Placement mobility management. What makes the Iuav special is the emphasis it places on project-based learning. It is the only university in Italy entirely devoted to teaching the planning and design of everything related to the spaces and environments in which we live: buildings, cities and landscapes; objects of daily use and graphics; cultural, theatrical and multimedia events. The Iuav has three faculties Architecture, Regional Planning, and Arts and Design, all of which have grown out of the original School of Architecture (founded in Venice in 1926). In recent years the Iuav has implemented an unique experiment in project-based learning that is the first of its kind in Italy.Theory and technique are integrated with hands-on training that spans the entire planning and design process, from the conception of an idea all the way through to its realisation. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. All HEIs participating in this project have acquired experience in the management of internships. Currently, the average annual training placements managed each year by participants HEIs, in the home country and abroad, are the following: - Iuav University of Venice: about 1100, , - University of Trento: about 1744 The organisations with which the partner HEIs have established an agreement in order to organize internship programmes can be summarized as follows: - Iuav University of Venice: about 1500; - Ca 'Foscari University of Venice: more than 7000; - University of Sassari: about 400; - University of Trento: about740. Thanks to the level of experience reached, the partners will cooperate with the Coordinator in the management of the Placements, above all in the administrative management of the project and in organizing the tutorship. On the other hand, the coordinator will manage the financial issues and will discuss the guidelines of the project with the partners, from the bureaucratic duties to the dissemination of results. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: Each HEI, supported by CUORI ESU, will organize of a series of individual meetings designed and supervised by the manager of the Academic Student Services and the Rector's Delegate for International Relations. The meetings will be organized and managed by administrative staff and tutor students who will support students in the choice of the internship. These meetings are designed to prepare trainees start to practical, professional and cultural life in the host country. Furthermore the students will be provided with practical help for the organization of his/her experience abroad. Also the opportunity to attend language courses will be provided. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 115

116 during the mobility: Each student will be helped by two tutors: one teaching at the home University and one working in the host organization, who will communicate continually for the benefit of the student. Also the administrative staff will support the student contacting him/her during the period abroad. after the mobility: The internship will be certified through Diploma Supplement, which will include the title of the Consortium and the participating institutions. It will also specify the period, the host organization, the references of the tutors, the subject area in the frame of which the experience has been carried out, the training content and job experience during the internship, the educational objectives and professional achievements and the acquired skills. IUAV University of Venice will be the contact point to obtain an Europass Mobility certificate for each participant. b) Service offered for partner HEIs The coordinator will offer the partners HEIs the following services: - Contact point with the National Agency; - Practical and administrative support throughout the duration of the project from the selection of the candidates to the dissemination of the results; - Practical and administrative support to students; - Financial management of the grants; - Promotion of the communication among the partners; - Dissemination of the results and follow-up c) Service offered for companies local: - Creating contacts with foreign universities to receive interns from abroad; - Pre selection of the interns; - Administrative support for the management of the internships. abroad: - Pre-selection of the candidates on the basis of the companies needs; - Help in the administrative management of the internship; - Promotion of the companies and of the services provided to the interns. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 116

117 Consortium KEY TO EUROPE: Training Students for the future 4 (K.T.E.U.) (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID I UDINE01 Project coordinator Università degli Studi di Udine Address Via Palladio, 8 Postcode City Udine Country Italy [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable Università degli Studi di Udine Università degli Studi di Trieste Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) Conservatorio Statale di Musica Jacopo Tomadini Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Tartini ERASMUS Code I UDINE01 I TRIESTE01 I CATANZA02 I TRIESTE03 I UDINE02 I TRIESTE02 Participating other partners if applicable Municipality of Udine Friuli Innovazione: Centre of Research and technology transfer Rino Snaidero Scientific Foundation Azienda speciale imprese e territorio Chamber of Commerce, Udine AREA Science Park Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia Assessorato al lavoro, università e ricerca Confindustria Udine ARIES Chamber of Commerce,Trieste Municipality of Trieste Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 117

118 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Leonardo da Vinci Project Erasmus Intensive Program Tempus SHORT description of the project The University of Udine has participated to various Leonardo Da Vinci projects as a partner of the University of Trento, of the University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, of the University Tuscia and of the University of Foggia. The University of Trieste has participated at the Leonardo Da Vinci Project as a partner of University of Trento. Thanks to these experiences the Universities have acquired expertise in management, in all administrative, logistic and practical aspects which are important for all Erasmus Placement Programme activities and aspects /IP IT2-ERA , Humanizing Tomorrow s Biomedicine: To-Do/Not-to-Do Dilemmas /IP IT2-ERA : USRMR Users Rights and Market Regulation - Strengthening Student Role in Governance and Management at the Universities of Serbia in line with the Bologna Process (SIGMUS) 2008/IP IT2-ERA , - Da una Cultura di guerra ad una cultura di pace in Alpe Adria Tempus Program Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Founded in 1978, the University of Udine rapidly established for itself an international reputation and a place among the medium size research universities. Whilst the creation of new knowledge and higher education remain its fundamental mission, the University lays particular emphasis on disseminating knowledge and innovation within the local economic milieu and society at large. Thus, the University has undertaken a diverse and varied programme of technology and innovation transfer and of internationalisation. Udine was the first university to offer courses such as Preservation and Restauration of Cultural Heritage, Management Engineering, Food Sciences and Technologies, Banking Economics. After Turin, Udine was the second university in Northern Italy to offer Computer Sciences. The first Faculty in Udine was Modern Languages, which also specialises in the languages and cultures of Eastern and Central Europe. Furthermore, the education programmes of the University of Udine are particularly remarkable for their innovative spirit appropriate for the new and emerging professions (for instance, Biotechnologies, Statistics and computer Sciences for Business Management, Viticulture and Oenology, Public Relations, Web Technologies, Music and Cinema Restauration Studies). Various highly specialist institutes testify to the University s leading role in the fields of research and technology: the University Hospital and the Agriculture Experimental Farm. The University of Udine has a distributed campus comprising many other sites throughout and beyond Friuli. Currently, the University of Udine has 10 faculties: Agricultural Sciences, Economics, Law, Engineering, Arts, Modern Languages, Medicine and Surgery, Mathematical Physical and Natural Sciences, and Educational Sciences, which together offers 42 three-years degree courses and 38 specialist courses. In addition the University offers postgraduate teaching and research with a broad and diverse range of training courses, University Master degrees, specialist schools and doctorate degrees. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 118

119 Also thanks to its geographical position close to international borders, the University of Udine has developed a particular expertise in the field of international relations and mobility; this enables to deal efficiently with the administration and the financial management of training programs. Its experience has also allowed to develop an efficient communication plan to let students know about possibilities offered by the Erasmus Placement program. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. All the partners of the Consortium are committed to improve the status, the quality, the efficiency, the attractiveness of Erasmus Placement program. The members share each own s good practices and experiences in the field of international mobility. The leader of the consortium attends to the coordination, the general administration and the financial activities of the project, to the monitoring of the activities of the partners and to the dissemination of the project. The specific expertises of the partners have been divided on the basis of the specificities of each institution. The tasks of the institutional partners are the following. The University of Trieste is particularly responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the website of the consortium. SISSA monitors host organizations and produces an annual summary report on some aspects of the project (fields of studies and countries covered, etc.) in order to let the consortium improve its offer. The University of Catanzaro is responsible for the dissemination of the program in the South of Italy in order to reinforce the skills and experiences of the Consortium also in this part of the Country. The Conservatories of Trieste and Udine facilitate the integration of the consortium with music production institutions, with theaters, orchestras, music festivals and agencies operating abroad. Technical partners are also very important: their role is to strengthen the collaboration between HEIs, enterprises, and regional agencies; to help dissemininating the project; to broaden contacts with enterprises abroad. Their role will be even more important for the success of the project in future, with particular reference to incoming mobility. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility. All the members of the Consortium have established a network of host organizations with which they maintain constant contacts before, during and after the trainings of the students. Academic tutoring is given to the students who have been selected for the project. Students can attend free courses in foreign languages, as language competence is considered very important for the inclusion in the host organization and in the host country. They are also supported with "factfiles", documents that contain informations about the host Country, accommodation, means of transport, etc. In addition, the members of the Consortium provide an insurance which covers students during their working period in the host organization. During the mobility. During their training, students are supervised by the host organization tutors. These have a constant relationship with the sending institution in order to monitor the placement activities and facilitate the inclusion of students in the host organization and in the host country. After the mobility. The members of the Consortium ensure the deliver of Europass mobility document to students and assist them in the preparation of the final documents. An online report is available, which enables students in the evaluation of the training experience. In most cases, academic recognition of the student s placement activity is ensured. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 119

120 b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: The coordinator of the Consortium is responsible for the coordination and for the general and financial administration of the project. It organizes exchange and training sessions with partners to improve cooperation and to share practices, experiences and know-how. It organizes the communication and dissemination plan of the activities. During the mobility: The coordinator is responsible for the a constant monitoring of partners activities during the project. After the mobility: The coordinator collects data on placement mobility from each institute, ends the project and prepares the final reports. c) Service offered for companies Local: The Consortium is expected to organize and manage the mobility of incoming students in the near future, linking its Technical partners with other European Universities. Abroad: The members of the Consortium are constantly engaged in the selection of students which best fit to the needs of host companies from the academic, working and personal point of view. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 120

121 Consortium Tiber Umbria Comett Education Programme TUCEP (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Prof. Paolo Carbone Address Piazza dell Università, n. 1 Postcode City Perugia Country Italia [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI BARI UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA UNIVERSITÀ PER STRANIERI DI PERUGIA LIBERO ISTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO CARLO CATTANEO POLITECNICO DI BARI UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA-VITERBO UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA ERASMUS Code I BARI01 I FERRARA01 I LECCE01 I CAMPOBA01 I PARMA01 I PERUGIA06 I CASTELL01 I BARI05 I VITERBO01 I PERUGIA01 Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM / 80 MONTHS 132 MONTHS 150 MONTHS/ / , , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 121

122 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project Leonardo Da Vinci BIOINFORMATIC AND NANO- BIOTECHNOLOGY BIO-NANO I/06/A/PL SU From 01/10/2006 to 31/05/2008 The aim of our project was to implement the formation of young students in the biotechnology field, especially in the sector of molecular biology, nano-technologies and informatics applied to this discipline. For the realization of this objectives students must acquire the capability to work autonomously and must be able to use new technologies. This result was completely satisfied in all stages developed under this project. The activities done as declared by the tutors concern new analysis of genes, of proteins in bacteria and human cells and are in general finalised to the study of various illness including Alzheimer disease. For some students the stage was useful for completing the thesis, for the others it was part of their curriculum and some credits were attributed in relation to the length of the stage and on the basis of the report presented by the student and certified by the tutor. The Europass mobility has been prepared for all students. ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS (ENT/ERA/09/311) D.I.R.E.C.T.I.O.Ns Defining Innovative Routes, Enhancing Cultural Tourism Integrating Operational Networks TUCEP between the projects will offer to new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country, especially Spain since the Camera di Commercia Italiana per la Spagna is partner in the project. The new entrepreneur will gain relevant start-up and SME management knowledge from the experienced host entrepreneur about the following areas: Critical success factors, Effective planning, Financial and operational management, Development of innovative products & services, Successful sales and marketing practices. New entrepreneurs will also have the possibility to find out about: European commercial law and the single European market, European standardisation, European support for SMEs. C.A.I.R.O.C.S. Competenze per l Apprendimento Intergenerazionale e Reti di Opportunità per la Coesione Sociale LLP-1-IT-1-KA1-KA1ECETB One of the issues the EU faces is the aging and declining of working population. This phenomenon has serious consequences at social and economic level. In view of this the European Union is implementing policies and measures to address these trends, supporting longer employability and productivity. For all intents, the lifelong learning initiatives fall within the purposes of the so-called policy for active aging and constitutes a fundamental pillar. 'Traditional trades' are strategic for the socio-economic system. Their disappearance causes, among the other things: a) loss of professional and working opportunities, for adults, b) the loss of social, cultural, territorial values. For this reason C.A.I.R.O.C.S. (Competenze per l Apprendimento Intergenerazionale e Reti di Opportunità per la Coesione Sociale Skills for Intergenerational Learning and Opportunities Networks for Social Cohesion) aims at contributing to strategies for promotion, improvement and innovation intergenerational with particular attention to the socalled 'traditional trades' (crafts, traditional handicrafts, artistic Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 122

123 handicrafts, local crafts). In a more specific way, basic objectives are: a) the valorisation of knowledges, skills and expertise in traditional trades; b) the improvement of educational key-functions, in particular those one concerning tutoring; c) the increasing of adult workers skills and expertise in the field of 'traditional trades', in particular with regards the aware use of media and ICT; d) development of job opportunities in traditional trades and increasing productivity through technological innovation; e) the revitalization and promotion of knowledge and skills and transmission to new generations. ENEVA ENhance Efficacy through VAlorisation Project Number: LLP IT-KA4MP 01/01/ /12/ The project ENEVA proposes a thematic action in the field of LLL initiatives toward persons with disabilities. It provides a valorisation of the results achieved in the framework of EU LLL programmes (Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates) by means of a strategy aimed to contact most important stakeholders involved in the integration processes at regional/national and European level. This strategy consists in promoting the results about the specific issue organising a kind of logical framework to help researchers as well as decision makers to analyse and compare solutions, experiences, methods and proposals. Basically this work will be accessible via a devoted portal, conceived as a support service linked to the Commission databases: the aim is to gather well documented results (original documents, final reports..) in order to let them explored and exploited by the stakeholders. The stakeholders (main target group of this project) are intended in a largest meaning of this term: cause the innovation presented by each project would influence in a wide sense the social relationships around the person with disability, his/her expectations, the quality of the services and all the type of barriers each person is facing to participate to the society. EUROPEAN BIOTECHNOLOGY EUTOBIOTECH 01/10/ /03/ LLP IT- ERASMUS-ENW This project, coordinated by Università degli Studi di Perugia (IT) in which TUCEP is partner, aims at implementing the development of Biotechnological Industries by creating synergies between Institutions and Enterprises. The specific objectives are: The relationship between education and research activities of European Institutions and Enterprises growth; The improvement of this relationship for mutual benefits; The evaluation of the didactic approaches already developed on potential job creation; The identification of good practical methodology in developing this area; The favouring of the economical development of disadvantaged areas across Europe. The direct target groups are the students, postgraduates, post-doctors and other personnel of Institutions, research centres and Enterprise employers. Indirect target groups are Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 123

124 the Institutions, the Industries, the Trade Unions and Education and Labour Ministries. The main activities will be: the analysis of the relations between Universities and Enterprises, the implementation of their linkage, the creation of specific training courses which will favour the Enterprises development, the study of guidelines for favouring the development of biotechnology Enterprises through the collaborations with the Universities, the identification of models of good practice and the creation of bio-enterprise incubators. The products will be reports of the analysis made, the development of training modules, including ODL, the development of best practice guidelines across Europe to favour the continuous establishment and sustainability of Biotechnology Enterprises, the dissemination of all products through Newsletters, web-site and conferences, the creation of a bio-incubator. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium TUCEP is a association between Universities and Enterprises created in 1992 under the former project, COMETT, and is composed of six member staff. TUCEP activities focus chiefly on training and technical support and on the organization and management of training courses at national and European levels and coordinated many projects under Tempus, Socrates-Minerva and Grundtvig, Leonardo da Vinci and was also responsible for the management of research programs; at present is also the coordinator of projects to Lifelong Learning Programmes. TUCEP activities benefit from financial support by the European Union, the Ministry of Scientific Research, the Umbria Regional Administration, Terni and Perugia Provincial Administration and other private institutions which fund TUCEP's projects. The efficiency of the methods used by the consortium and its quality management system have been awarded quality certification under the standard ISO 9001:2000. TUCEP initiatives are also aimed at supporting cooperation between Industries and Universities with a series of specific actions including transnational exchanges between Universities and Enterprises and development of European-level training courses. The highly-qualified Training Team's skills guarantee the team's competence and effectiveness in: financial management of research projects; financial management / coordination of training projects and pilot projects; support to enterprises in organization of employee/corporate retraining courses; support to preparation and submission of EU, national and regional projects and their financial management; organization of training courses described in Regional catalogues; organization, management and supervision of training projects including internships in companies in Italy and abroad. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 124

125 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. After a consultation with the partner universities, TUCEP is also responsible of the preparation of the call, sets out the framework and criteria for selecting the candidate in what will follow the publication of notices by TUCEP itself. Together TUCEP, the partner universities will assist the students in the preparation of the question for the notices and prepare students for the practical and cultural life of the host country, in particular through language training tailored to meet their occupational needs, provide logistical support to students concerning travel arrangements, accommodation, residence or work permits and social security cover and insurance, and give full recognition to the student for satisfactory completed activities specified in the training agreement, evaluate with each student the personal and professional development achieved through participation in the Erasmus programme. The selection of the winners will TUCEP in touch with business and, following the agreement between the parties, arrange for the preparation of contracts and their signature, to get the name of the tutor to take care of business and payment of grants. During the internship, TUCEP will maintain continuous contact with the trainee and tutor. The beneficiary, for his part, has to send to TUCEP is a report in mid-stage, and a report of end stage (which will add to its report at the end stage of the tutor). At the end of the stage, TUCEP issue a certificate of participation and the Europass. The project will involve the following staff members: the member in charge of the administrative sector, which will manage and payment of scholarships and the member responsible for the management of the project, which will manage the project, taking care of contacts with beneficiaries, universities and firms and employment, in particular, the international conventions, tenders and contracts. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: preparation of the students for the practical, professional and cultural life of the host country, in particular through language training tailored to meet their occupational needs. during the mobility: assist the beneficiary for all needs that he could be during the period abroad after the mobility: assist the student for the full recognition to the activities undertake during the period abroad b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: We will give the possibility to their students to do an experience abroad through our European network of enterprises during the mobility: Assist the beneficiary during the stage for all the needs that may have after the mobility: Help the students and the HEIs to collect the documentation for the recognition of the stage c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: the possibility to host young students of another culture that could be useful for exchange of experiences. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 125

126 NL Consortium Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID NL EINDHOV 17B Project coordinator Address Den Dolech 2 Postcode City Country Website NL-5612AZ Eindhoven The Netherlands [email protected] Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if ERASMUS Code applicable Stichting Design Academy Eindhoven NL EINDHOV 04 Universiteit van Tilburg NL TILBURG 01 Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten Frans Nederlandse Academie NL ZWOLLE05 NL DRONTEN01 Not applicable Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programm Leonardo da Vinci (PLM) Leonardo da Vinci (PLM) Leonardo da Vinci (TOI) Leonardo da Vinci (PLM) Leonardo da Vinci (PLM) SHORT description of the project LEGEND 2007: mobility for graduates of HEI s LEGEND 2008: mobility for graduates of HEI s, VET and unemployed people COMPETT: (Further) development of key competences during the placement abroad LEGEND 2009: mobility for graduates of HEI s, VET and unemployed people LEGEND 2010: mobility for graduates of HEI s, VET and unemployed people Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 126

127 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium TU/e Regional Leonardo Bureau (before UETP Zuid-Nederland) operates as a Consortium since beginning 1990 s. The Consortium started with around 10 participating Universities but as of The Leonardo II Program already some partners choose to go on by their own. Since the placements moved to the ERASMUS Program the last Universities with bigger numbers left the Consortium. Tens of projects are executed over the many years with the main focus on mobility projects for students and graduates. Under the Leonardo I Project TU/e RLB once received the biggest allocation for a mobility project in Europe. Another highlight was the nomination for the Quality in Mobility Award. Furthermore TU/e RLB is active member of International (placement) Networks and (executive) board member of Leo-Net and EMPLOI/EAIE. The other partners in the Consortium profit from that. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Role of the coordinator: Overall responsibility of the projects. Contact partner for the NA (from application till final reports). Focal point for the Consortium partners. TU/e RLB keeps her knowledge level regarding the Erasmus Program, relevant other Programs and national and European developments constantly updated. She then informs the participating universities tailor made. Granting the students. Role of the participating universities: Quality check of foreseen placements (do they fit in the curricula and can ECTS be given for the placement). To inform their students about the possibilities of the Erasmus Program. Preparation of their students. Monitoring of their students during the placement. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: We inform the students about everything what has to do with the grant they receive from us, including the importance of having an adequate insurance. Furthermore we let them fill out the Questionnaire Linguistic and Cultural Preparation so that they get aware about the difference they will run in to and in that way pay more attention to the preparation of their placement. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 127

128 during the mobility: We guide them through the various steps of the administrative process of the grant. after the mobility: We gather the forms, make the last payments. b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: We offer them the placement offers we receive via our Networks. We take care of everything which deals with the grant itself so they can concentrate on the content of every placement in collaboration with the students. during the mobility: We ask our network partners abroad to assist in case there is problem. We guide their students through the various steps of the administrative process of the grant. after the mobility: We keep the files of all individual mobility s. c) Service offered for companies local: We search for candidates for their offers, using our Network partners. We help them, in case relevant, to get prepared. We help them with other relevant issues. abroad: In case relevant we will use our Network to help the companies in case of a problem. Specific information on the consortium TU/e RLB recently joint forces with a University of Applied Sciences, a School for secondary Vocational Training and the Chamber of Commerce in the region of Brabant. Aim of this collaboration is: To make the companies aware about the European Programmes as Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci and thus the fact that they can receive trainees with a grant of the EC. A try-out event has just successfully taken place. To apply for a big European funding project, beginning 2011, to further developed the try-out phase and include more regions in Europe. To generate many more high quality placements European wide. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 128

129 PT Consortium Catholic University of Portugal - Porto (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Magda Ferro Address Rua Diogo Botelho, 1327 Postcode City Porto Country Portugal [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ERASMUS Code Participating other partners if applicable Águas do Noroeste, SA; SOL DO AVE Associação para o Desenvolvimento Integrado do Vale do Ave; Gabinete de Advogados António Vilar & Associados; Sociedade Rebelo de Sousa & Advogados Associados, RL ; GARRIGUES PORTUGAL SLP; Fundação Casa da Música; ENCONTRAR+SE Associação de apoio às pessoas com perturbação mental grave; Porto Restauro - Conservação e Restauro de Objectos de Arte, Lda; Cimbalino Filmes Lda.; Jump Willy Lda Artemave - Associação de Promoção das Artes e Música do Vale do Ave; INFORARTIS - Instituto de Formação Artística do Vale do Ave; Hospitais Privados de Portugal, Boavista S.A.; Psiquilibrios - Centro de Consulta Psicológica e Apoio Educativo; Confederação Nacional das Instituições de Solidadriedade CNIS; Colégio de Nossa Senhora do Rosário; Colégio de Santa Teresa de Jesus APORT - Advogados Portugueses em Consórcio; AESBUC - Associação para a Escola Superior de Biotecnologia; Conservatório de Música do Porto; Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho; Ascendi DESFO SGPS; SafetyKleen Portugal - Solventes e Gestão de Resíduos, SA; Associação Portuguesa para o Direito dos Menores e da Família; Hospital da Prelada - Dr. Domingos Braga da Cruz; Select Recursos Humanos SA; Centro Tecnológico de Calçado de Portugal; APCER - Associação Portuguesa de Certificação; Deloitte & Associados, SROC S.A.; SHARE - Associação para a Partilha do Conhecimento; Associação Criança e Vida Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM ,40 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Erasmus Leonardo da Vinci SHORT description of the project Student mobility Student mobility Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 129

130 Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The Catholic University of Portugal in Porto is a HEI that comprises 6 Schools and 2 institutes: the College of Biotechnology, the College of Law, the Faculty of Psychology, the School of Arts, the School of Economics and Management, the Faculty of Theology, the Institute of Bioethics and the Institute of Health Sciences. These Schools and Institutes offer Undergraduate courses, Master Courses and Phd s in these areas of knowledge. With regard to work experience training, the Catholic University of Portugal in Porto has a 20-year experience in sending students for internships abroad in a work environment, including through other funding programs such as Leonardo da Vinci for mobility. In the two previous academic years, about 40 students from the School of Biotechnology - were selected within an individual application to this program and having done mobility training periods at research centers and high reputation European companies. The success of these placements encouraged and motivated the Catholic University of Portugal - Porto, to submit a joint application to Erasmus Placement Consortium Program. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. Our partners in the consortium are national institutions (companies, associations,schools...) Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: The University is responsible for the educational, cultural, vocational and language preparation of the beneficiaries before the beginning of the student s mobility. In cultural terms, the Catholic University feels that it is needed to prepare future beneficiaries. For that, each year we organize two meetings: a) The first involving students who have just returned from their mobility period and the ones that will begin their internship in the following academic year. One of the objectives is to provide an opportunity for the students who are returning to share their experiences with the ones that will go away brifly. During this meeting important information about the host countries is conveyed. After choosing the host country, students are advised to research information on habits and lifestyle of that country. b) The second meeting takes place before departure. The purpose of this meeting is to provide useful information to beneficiaries and practical advice and professional (ie, behaviors to be adopted on the desktop) for your stay in the body / host country. The University is also in charge of requesting an extension for the school insurance (ie, personal accident insurance and liability) to cover the period in which the student is abroad. Also, the service will ensure that all students who leave for a mobility period abroad have their European card for health insurance. during the mobility: after the mobility: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 130

131 b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: during the mobility: after the mobility: c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Specific information on the consortium The Consortium CONCRP - Consortium for the Mobility of Catholic University of Portugal - Porto Students currently comprises 32 national institutions diverse in sectors (Environment, Education, Health, Culture, Arts, Regional Development, etc...) and nature (Companies, Government Agencies, Foundations, Schools, Associations). The main Objectives of this Consortium are: 1. To support the implementation of an International Mobility Program - Internships for College Students. This program is intended to provide Católica.Porto students an opportunity for a more comprehensive education. This is possible through the integration and qualification in their training of an international work experience by Erasmus funded international placements. 2. To Promote Cooperation between the University and the Companies Católica.Porto has a long tradition regarding cooperation with companies. Some institutions represented here have been our longtime partners in several projects such as: Involvement of companies delegates in assessment panels for students curricular projects; Corporate studies by Católic. Porto for these companies; Services to various companies under existing partnerships; Corporate involvement in the various initiatives promoted by Católica.Porto. With this consortium we also aim to reinforce this cooperation through: Transfer of knowledge (acquired in international placements; Involvement in the setting of the training programs (in this way the partners make sure that the programs are adjusted to the national labor market needs). 3. Strengthen the European and International dimension of the participants in the consortium Although the Consortium of Católica.Porto has an essentially regional implantation, its performance will be nationally and internationally, not only by the companies involved but also by the very structure of the Catholic University and its international dimension, with more than 100 partner universities, only in Europe. We will publicize not only the University's national associates amongst the partner institutions but also, the various works developed by the students as well as the results obtained within this program thus projecting the consortium and its participants amongst all universities and European students. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 131

132 Consortium Universidade da Madeira (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID / P FUNCHAL03 / ERA04 CONS Project coordinator Dr. Carlos Lencastre Address Universidade da Madeira Gabinete de Planeamento, Projectos e Cooperação Colégio dos Jesuítas Praça do Município Postcode City Funchal Country Madeira Portugal [email protected] Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable ERASMUS Code Participating other partners if applicable CENTRO DE EMPRESAS E INOVAÇÃO DA MADEIRA CEIM ( / / / ) EUROPARTNERSHIP AGENCY LTD ( / ) EUROFORM, RICERCHE FORMAZIONE STUDI ( / ) Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded 14 / / / 9 15 / 15 students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM , , , ,- Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 132

133 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme SHORT description of the project LLP Lifelong Program / ERASMUS (since 1990 under SOCRATES - ERASMUS Program): ERASMUS MOBILITY: European Mobility Exchange Programme (29251-IC-I PT-ERASMUS-EUCX-1) Goals: Create a European Higher Education Area and promote innovation throughout Europe, encouraging and supporting mobility of higher education students and teachers within the European Union. The Programme seeks to expand its mobility actions, with the target of 3 million Erasmus students by The Erasmus University Charter aims to guarantee a high level of quality in mobility and cooperation by setting out fundamental principles for all Erasmus actions that participating institutes must follow. Partners: 50 Universities of UE: Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland. UNAMUNOEixoAtlântico - Cooperation between Universities of UNAMUNO Network in Atlantic Axe (Azores, Canarias and Madeira with the University of Cap Vert, MAC Program 3/M126 - since 2004) Goals - promote and develop de following activities: Activity 1 - Network Management Unamuno (Coordination of the University of Madeira), ensures and promotes the actions and initiatives needed for the management, coordination and development activities pursued by the Network Unamuno and enshrined in the statutes of the Association of Universities of the outermost regions, formed in Funchal, on May 7, 2007; Activity 2 - Research Grants Thorough (Coordination of University of the Azores) consists of scholarships and grants agreed by the Project calls the carrying out of R + D + I + T to master students and doctoral scholarships and grants posdoc for teachers / researchers to develop detailed research work in Universities Network Unamuno, in priority areas; Activity 3 - Transfer of Knowledge and Innovation (Coordination joint of University La Laguna and University of Madeira) aims the creation of essential operational measures between universities of the Network to create and coordinate domestic policy measures in each of the Universities Network Unamuno which helps to ensure synergy of expertise in areas of common interest aimed at the transfer of innovation and knowledge between universities and public and private entities. Activity 4 - Projects (Coordination of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) focuses on promoting and supporting the preparation / structuring of projects focusing on priority areas of knowledge to stimulate and increase the participation of researchers from the Universities Network in Community Initiative Programmes (VIIPQ) and its links to research centers in space EU. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 133

134 Activity 5 - Advanced Training (Coordination of University of La Laguna) contains support for preparation / creation of common courses for master s and doctoral level, involving the participation of teachers / researchers from Universities Network Unamuno, with priority to advanced training in the following areas: Energy - Environment and Natural Disasters; Marine and Coast Resources, Demographics and migration flows, Tourism and Transport. TESEVERO: Benchmarking entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in EU and US (p116j ATLANTIS Program/Policy Oriented Measure ); Goals: analyze the current configuration of academic programs and activities carried out to promote entrepreneurship in the US and in Europe. The case of Silicon Valley in the US and that of the EU outermost regions (ORs), specifically the Canary Islands and Madeira will be specifically addressed. To achieve this, the characteristics of entrepreneurship education and activities in the EU ORs and in Silicon Valley will be identified and its results benchmarked. Other excellence entrepreneurship education programs in the US and the EU will also be taken in to consideration. As a result, the project will propose a set of policy recommendations on the subject which will be disseminated trough the participant institutions in both continents. Partners: List of US and EU consortium institutions or organisations. US: University of San Francisco (USF); Santa Clara University (SCU); EU: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC); University of Madeira (UMa); Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira (CEIM). UNAMUNO II - Outermost European Universities Network (04/MAC/3.4/C1 - INTERREG IIIB Program - since 2004) Goals: enlarge the objectives of UNAMUNO Network to the outermost regions of EU, including French Universities located in Guyanne- Antilles and in Indic Ocean Reunion Island. Partners:;University of Las Palmas Gran Canaria/ES; University of Madeira/PT; University of La Laguna/Es; University of Azores/PT; University of Antilles Guyanne and University of La Réunion. SEE Enterprise Simulation and Entrepreneurship: (PRAI-Madeira/2004). Goals: development of entrepreneurship in Madeira Region creating a virtual simulator to create and renovate management competencies and promoting training in entrepreneurship according the project proposal approved under PRAI-Madeira, a regional program approved by EU. Partners: UMa - Universidade da Madeira; CEIM Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira/ AJEM Associação de Jovens Empresários da Madeira. UNAMUNO I University Macaronesia Network (MAC/3.3/C5 - INTERREG Program IIIB ) Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 134

135 Goals: create a common strategy based on confidence and the transference of information, knowledge and experiences and research cooperation as the key elements for the development of Macaronésia Islands. UNAMUNO Network is the first initiative of cooperation between public higher education centres located in Macaronésia Islands. Partners: University of Las Palmas Gran Canaria/ES; University of Madeira/PT; University of La Laguna/Es; University of Azores/PT. EUROMOST Europe Mobilité Stages Est-Ouest, (F/03/B/P/PP Leonardo da Vinci Program, ) Objectifs: créer des conditions favorables à la Mobilité d étudiants et des jeunes diplômés ou en procès de formation continue et en provenance des pays EU de l Europe occidentale pour accéder á travers d une plateforme de base de données á la mobilité en général et professionnelle envers les pays de l Europe Central et Oriental PECO. Partenaires:; Pôle Universitaire Européen de Lorraine/FR; Educonsult/BG; EUROPEUM/CR; Pôle Universitaire de Lyon/FR; EURES-ANPE de Metz/FR; UCCIFE/FR; University Comenius of Bratislav/EL; University of Bucarest/RO ; University of Madeira/PT ; University of Vesprém/HU; Valodu Cetrs/LT. LELA Learning Eastern Languages, (L/ 99979/CP/1/2002/1/Fr - Socrates L Program, ) Goals: Knowledge and promotion of linguistic languages learning offers to trainees and material to teach languages of Eastern European Countries PECO. Partners:; AUEF Lorraine/FR; Pôle Universitaire Européen de Lorraine/FR; Universidade Madeira/PT; University of Szeged/HU; Amitié/IT; INTEGRA/BG; Matej Bel University/SK. CIRCULUS - Entrepreneurial Mobility University/Enterprises between Ultra-Peripheral/Center Regions of Europe (PT/04/A/F/PL Leonardo da Vinci Program, ) Goals: sustain professional mobility from young graduate people to promote entrepreneurship and create new business opportunities. Partners: Universidade Madeira /PT; AUEF Lorraine/FR; TEMPO/CR. RED+I Network for Entrepreneurial Innovation (04/MAC/3.5/C27/ INTERREG Program IIIB, ). Goals: Development of an entrepreneurial system in Atlantic Cost. Partners: FULGC Foundation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria/ES; University of Madeira/PT; University of La Laguna/ES; University of Agadir/Morocco. B@N - Business Atlantic Network (MAC/2.3/M48/INTERREG IIIB Program, ); Goals: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 135

136 Intensification of relationships between higher education and research centres and entrepreneurial associations to promote the exchange of experiences and to develop business actions in Macaronesia Region. Partners: MT - Madeira Tecnopolo ITC Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias/ CEIM Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira/ AJEM Associação de Jovens Empresários da Madeira / UMa Universidade da Madeira/ ULPGC Universidade de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / UL Universidad de La Laguna/ UA Universidade dos Açores. SEE Enterprise Simulation and Entrepreneurship: (PRAI-Madeira/2004). Goals: development of entrepreneurship in Madeira Region creating a virtual simulator to create and renovate management competencies and promoting training in entrepreneurship according the project proposal approved under PRAI-Madeira, a regional program approved by EU. Partners: UMa - Universidade da Madeira; CEIM Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira/ AJEM Associação de Jovens Empresários da Madeira. Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium Universidade da Madeira (UMa) set a strategic goal for its Erasmus activities to promote and develop a high quality teaching and a lifelong learning accessible to all, contributing to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world, supporting the achievement of European Area of Higher Education and reinforce the contribution of Higher Education and Advanced Vocational Training to the process of innovation, trough, promoting European cooperation to guarantee curricular quality, institutional cooperation (University/Enterprises) and work-programmes and investigation. UMa possesses 5 Competence Centres, organic units identified with internationally recognized disciplinary areas and oriented towards curricular development of its investigators and its respective areas. UMa s Competence Centres are: the Arts and Humanity Centre, the Exact Sciences and Engineering Centre, the Social Sciences Centre, the Life Sciences Centres and finally the Health Technology Centre. These 5 centres are a result of the addition of several existing Departments as well as the Nursing High School. The Centres have as regulatory organs the Head, the Scientific Council (or Technical-Scientifical in the Polytechnic Education), the Pedagogic Council and the Assembly. UMa s vision is to become an influential and internationally recognized of excellence center for research and education in interactive technologies (creating new technological centers and new projects) and to advance the strategic development of the University and of the Region of Madeira through solutions and approaches with economic impact and scientific significance. In pursuit of this vision, we strive to build national and international collaboration and partnerships with business and industry as well as other research and educational institutions, seeking to develop creative synergies between education and both practical research and exploratory development while remaining firmly anchored in the realizable and the practicable. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 136

137 Madeira is one of the autonomous outer regions of Portugal, and thus part of the European Community. The University of Madeira is a young but ambitious university and has established a strategic partnership with both regional and national industries as well as international colaborations. Therefore, UMa aims in the near future to develop capacity in a sustainable setting that welcomes interdisciplinary research and innovation in interactive systems and services through communications, network, and information technologies, to advance education in the fields of humancomputer interaction and software engineering through international multidisciplinary graduate programs that develop new leaders and pioneers, to explore and expand the potential of technology to enhance human communication by designing and developing novel systems and services and by investigating their use and effectiveness in real-world contexts and to bridge the gaps between software engineering, interaction design, and service design by developing practical tools and techniques, theory and practices centered on meeting genuine human needs and to offer a solid and complete scientific and personal training to its trainees, acknowledging that social and cultural diversity enhances the experience of all university members. Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. The role of our Partner Universities in the consortium is to create all practical matters in order to for the identify new prospective enterprises, prepare quality placements in the region, assure that given tasks and responsibilities for student trainees will commensurate with their studies and professional qualification during their placement period, monitoring and evaluation of the placement nominating a tutor responsible for the placement and ensure a full placement recognition and evaluation, to help the student improve its professional skills and build an academic curricula differentiated and more competitive in the labour market in the UE, disseminate and transfer results during the forthcoming of mutual cooperation, allowing a strong cooperation and encouraging the development of future collaborations in new areas, allowing social and cultural enrichment of each part and enabling trainees to benefit linguistically, culturally from the experience of their Placements, reinforcing numerous synergies between all parties of the consortium. Tasks of the coordinator of the consortium: Provide institutional and pedagogical support to trainees to promote and facilitate their mobility, by contacting and searching with new partners, supporting their placements and acknowledging their activities carried out abroad into the curriculum; Give priority to networks which relates to Higher Education, that address the Knowledge triangle of education, investigation and innovation, linking general higher education, advanced vocational education and training with the world of work; Widen access of disadvantaged groups or with special learning needs with disabilities, using higher grants and promote active citizenship and respect for human rights and democracy against exclusion, such as racism and xenophobia. Most of all, identify the needs of the labour market in an Ultraperiphery Region such as Região Autónoma da Madeira and the specific needs of its students. UMa has the experience in this area of Circulus a project to promote entrepreneurial mobility University-Enterprises between Ultraperiphery Regions and Center Europe. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 137

138 Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) before the mobility: information on school insurance and responsibility declaration signature, copy delivery of insurance, during the mobility: monitoring, forwarding any information concerning the Placements to the Erasmus Departmental Coordinators; after the mobility: Meeting the trainees, gather all documents required to each trainee process; b) Service offered for partner HEIs before the mobility: Preparation of the Placement agreements and a primary work program, preparation of the trainee Curriculum and motivation letter, in order to adequate the trainee s skills to the Placement; during the mobility: Placement monitoring; after the mobility: Dissemination and transfer of results of the fruitful cooperation. c) Service offered for companies local: not applicable abroad: not applicable Specific information on the consortium In our Consortium there is a special cooperation and relevance with the Business Innovation Centres, such as CEIM Enterprises and Innovation Centre of Madeira which UMa has special access, participating actively in the project team, considered an important participation in the all placement project, ensuring a work-programme duration and formation adjusted to the placement as well as to the enterprise profile, introducing new issues of advanced vocational training, investigation and innovation; Ensure monitoring and evaluation by UMa and by enterprise nominating a tutor responsible for the placement and ensure a full placement recognition and evaluation, to help the student improve its professional skills and build an academic curricula differentiated and more competitive in the labour market in the UE. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 138

139 Consortium (coordinating organisation) Nat. ID Project coordinator Address Universidade do Porto Cristina Ferreira Praça Gomes Teixeira; Porto; Portugal Postcode City Porto Country Portugal Website Participating HEIs of the consortium and other partners if applicable A.E.P. AIMMAP PortusPark - Associação do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Porto Arsopi-Thermal, Equipamentos Térmicos, S.A. BioSafe Indústria de Reciclagens, SA CINCLUS Planeamento e Gestão de Projectos, S.A. Conexus World - desenvolvimentoe Implementação de Software, Lda Dafer Sociedade de Gestão do Hotel Infante Sagres, S.A. Degrémont, S.A. Ecoinside - Soluções em ecoeficiência e sustenatbilidade, lda. EDP, s.a Fundação Casa da Música Domus Social, EEM e Gestão de Obras Públicas, EEM (C.M.Porto) Gestluz Consultores GRUPO FDO - FDO SGPS S.A. IportalMais, Serviços de Internet e Redes, Lda - IPBrick Ordem dos Farmacêuticos Process.Net Sistemas de Informação Lda. SHORTCUT, LDA ERASMUS Code Participating other partners if applicable Year 2007/ / / /11 Number of funded students Total ERASMUS Budget incl. OM Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 139

140 Participation in other EU-Programmes since 2007 Name of the programme Erasmus Erasmus Academic Networks Erasmus Academic Networks Erasmus Academic Networks Erasmus Multilateral Projects Erasmus Multilateral Projects Leonardo da Vinci EDULINK Erasmus Transversal Programme European Qualifications Framework Erasmus Intensive Programme Erasmus Intensive Programme SHORT description of the project IC PT-ERASMUS-EUC IC PT-ERASMUS-EUCX-1 ELLEIEC - Enhancing Lifelong Learning for the Electrical and Information Engineering Community ISEKI Food 3 - Innovative Developments and Sustainability ENHSA III - European network of heads of schools of architecture: restructuring the European higher architectural education area Designing Lifelong Learning for Innovation in Information Services Science European Masters Programme for Rural Animators EuGraMo - Mobility of newly Graduates in European Enterprises A NAME for Health Collaboration On Modern(izing) Policies and Systematic Strategies on LLL UNI-LO: Promoting the EQF Learning Outcomes Approach within European Universities Shakespeare and European Culture: Texts and Images Across Borders CINEMARCHITECTURE Erasmus Intensive Programme GLEMA: German Literature in the European Middle Ages Erasmus Mundus Action 1A MUNDUSFOR Erasmus Mundus Action 1A GLITEMA: German Literature in the European Middle Ages Erasmus Mundus Action 1A TCCM: Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling Erasmus Mundus Action 1A SERP-Chem: Surface, Electro, Radiation and Photo-Chemistry Erasmus Mundus Action 1B TEEME: Text and Event in Early Modern Europe Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Euro-Brazilian Windows Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Euro-Brazilian Windows II Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 140

141 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Mundus 17 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Mundus ACP Erasmus Mundus Action 2 ECW México Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador Erasmus Mundus Action 2 COOPEN Erasmus Mundus Action 2 LOTUS Erasmus Mundus Action 2 TOSCA Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Erasmus Mundus Action 4 Tempus EU/US ATLANTIS Programme ALFA EUROTANGO Promoting Museum Studies: H.E. in French, Portuguese and Spanish MODEP : MOdernisation et DEveloppement de cours Professionalisés DAETE: Develop. of Accreditation in Engineering Training & Education INFOACES: Sistema integral de información para las instituciones de Educación Superior de América Latina Description of the ERASMUS Placement Consortium Leader of the consortium Description of the size, scope of work, areas of expertise and competence including the description of the experience and the specific expertise in the field of organising and managing placements of the coordinating organisation of the consortium The U. Porto has extensive experience in cooperation with foreign higher education institutions under European programmes such as Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci and others. It also has international cooperation agreements with several hundred universities from all over the world. It is also important to mention the relevant dynamic developed over the last years of promoting the cooperation with national and international business sector and enhancing areas of excellence and technology transfer. From 1989 until 2007, the U. Porto has participated in community projects of student mobility for placements, namely through the programme COMETT/Leonardo da Vinci I and II, always as partner of APGEI (Portuguese Association of Industrial Engineering and Management) in these projects. It has also received funding from other institutions such as Santander Group of Universities. During these years, though as partner institution, the U.Porto directly contacted the companies and managed the placements of its students. It was the institution responsible for the verification of goals and tasks to be performed by the trainees, ensuring the academic recognition of their mobilities. Since 2007, the U. Porto submitted itself the applications as coordinating institution within Leonardo da Vinci Programme. The applications submitted in 2007 and 2008 were approved. The application submitted in 2009 was not funded by the National Agency for unavailability of funds. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 141

142 LEONARDO DA VINCI Como parceira Como coordenadora ERASMUS - ESTÁGIOS Como coordenadora Projecto Ano Estudantes Diplomados MobilEST e MobilDIP MobilEST e MobilDIP GTE EuGraMo Projecto Ano Estudantes ERASMUS Mobilidade (em execução) Together with the companies that form this consortium, the U.Porto is developing other activities, namely in terms of business cooperation and technology transfer. Therefore, we are intending to create, support and develop internship opportunities in European organizations (subsidiary or similar) of interest, in order to encourage the existent relationships and favouring their active participation in the promotion and dissemination of the Erasmus Programme. By including this activity for internships in the Erasmus Programme, U. Porto has rapidly adapted to this kind of mobility, presenting a significant growth over this last three years of participation, facilitating the internationalization of its students. 123 Cooperation with partner HEIs Description of the cooperation with the partner HEIs, the role of the partners in the consortium and the tasks of the coordinator of the consortium. This consortium is coordinated by the U. Porto and consists of 27 partners from different economic sectors. The partner organizations are divided into two groups: A) National organizations. Their role is to be facilitators for the contact and later sending of trainees to affiliates or counterparts companies at European level, thus ensuring a wide range of opportunities for training quality and strengthening the link between higher education and the labour market. B) European organizations. Their main role is to be the host institutions for the applicants of the U. Porto and secure the necessary conditions, location and quality of the internship. In this context, the management of the consortium is made by the International Relations Office (SRI) of the U.Porto, in collaboration with the different units and departments involved in implementing such projects, either centrally or at faculty level, namely: - SRI s OUT Mobility Unit: dissemination of opportunities, management of the student mobilities for placements and of funds allocated for payment of grants, dissemination of results; - Services assigned to the Student Mobility (of each faculty): dissemination of opportunities, applicants selection, monitoring of the trainees mobility; - Financial and Patrimonial Management Unit of the U.Porto: payment of grants and monitoring of project s financial execution. The dissemination of opportunities and the applications are articulated internally with the different faculties of the university. The International Office is the coordinator of the project activities and the contact point with the National Agency. Within the project, the partners will ensure the fulfilment of the following activities: - Establishment of the internship within the organization (departments/hosting unit, internship conditions, dates of mobility, etc.); Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 142

143 - Identification of the tutors of the internship within the organization; - Definition of the objectives and tasks to be performed at each internship; - Reception of trainees under appropriate conditions to successfully perform their period of mobility; - Monitoring of the trainee for verification of the defined objectives in the Training Agreement and Quality Commitment; - Quantitative/qualitative evaluation of the tasks performed by the trainee, impact of the internship in the company and possibilities for hosting new trainees. Organisation of mobility and services offered by the consortium a) Service offered for students (e.g. information on insurance, monitoring, language and cultural preparation) Before the mobility: Information sessions are organized internally, as well as employability forums for the dissemination and explanation about the project. The U. Porto ensures the organization of annual and intensive courses language courses (German, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish). Concerning the socio-cultural preparation, it is expected to carry out informational/cultural briefings for the following countries: Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy and Poland. These briefings will be ensured by academic staff from these countries as well as by information specialists of consular structures and international organizations. All the applicants will receive the necessary support in organizing their mobility period, particularly with regard to practical issues of travel preparation, visas (when necessary), extension of personal accident and liability insurance (included in the student insurance) and European Card of Health Insurance. As for accommodation, the information provided by the partner organization will be given to the internship, which will give appropriate support. In addition, a contact with U.Porto mobility students and sections of ESN International in the same host city will be ensured, with a view to obtaining accommodation and social/cultural integration. During the mobility: For monitoring and follow-up of the trainees, the U.Porto will keep regular contact with either the student or tutor at his/her partner organization, in order to obtain information about the course of the work in accordance with the established in the Training Agreement and Quality Commitment signed. Monitoring will also be made to tutor follow-up, ensuring that the professional integration is the most adequate and the purpose of mobility is achieved in order to give the necessary support if any problems are identified. After the mobility: The validation of the acquired skills during the mobility will be made either by the host organization and the U. Porto through the issuance of placement certificates. The National Agency will issue the Europass Mobility document for each trainee that undertakes a period of mobility, as long as he/she complies with all required procedures by the programme. Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 143

144 This mobility period will be also mentioned in the Diploma Supplement issued together with the diploma course. b) Service offered for partner HEIs Before the mobility: The partner organization provides relevant information for practical issues giving appropriate support to the trainees. During the mobility: The tutor identified in the partner organization will monitor the progression of the placement and provide necessary advice and guidance for achieving the established objectives. After the mobility: The validation of the acquired skills during the mobility will be made either by the host organization and the U. Porto through the issuance of placement certificates. c) Service offered for companies local: abroad: Directory on ERASMUS Placement Consortia, DAAD, September 2011, V2 144