Erasmus Centralised Action Gliwice 29 November 2012 Gilles GERVAIS Programme Manager 1
The political framework - Europe 2020 The Challenge: a Europe with increasing (and unmet) skills needs By 2020, 35% of all jobs will require high-level qualifications (today: 29%) Only 32.3% of EU population have a Higher Education degree A European Response: Europe 2020 defines a strategy for recovery and smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the next decade, including headline targets Education Policies are at the heart of Europe 2020
HE & new skills for jobs Long-term - Demand for skills is increasing: but education and training in the EU isn t keeping up Action needed to improve quality and relevance Shorter term the economic crisis: youth unemployment (<25 yrs) at unacceptable levels (21%) The right skills = key to the answer + support for transition to the labour market
The management of the Erasmus programme Centralised Actions and Decentralised COOPERATION PROJECTS Erasmus Multilateral Projects: Erasmus Academic Networks Erasmus Accompanying Measures MOBILITY Student mobility (incl. placements abroad) Erasmus intensive language courses Staff mobility (e.g. teaching assignments abr Intensive Programmes Preparatory visits and others
The Agency s core tasks in the framework of the implementation of the LLP
2013 ERA Multilateral Projects Priorities 1. Increasing attainment levels and strengthening the social dimension of higher education 2. Improving quality & relevance of HE, including through cooperation between HEIs and labour market 3. Strengthening quality through mobility and crossborder cooperation 4. Knowledge Alliances 5. Improving governance and funding
Increasing attainment levels & strengthening social dimension widening access for underrepresented groups and nontraditional learners systems to monitor the development of widening access for underrepresented groups developing policies to increase completion rates developing flexible provisions gender balance awareness raising and development of social responsibility of HEIs
Improving quality & relevance of HE, including cooperation between HEIs & labour market reinforcing the link between curricular education activities with business & employment needs developing education to meet current & future labour market needs developing initiatives/tools to assess & promote employability of graduates designing integrated programmes to include transmission of transversal skills better exploiting potential of ICTs introducing incentives for HEIs to invest in continuous professional development for their staff
Strengthening quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation developing strategies with a view to boosting learning mobility ("mobility windows" in curricula, "multipliers" etc.) analysing and tackling the main obstacles to mobility making relevant and updated information at national or regional level providing open educational resources strengthening virtual mobility
Knowledge Alliances Bringing together businesses and HEIs to strengthen and develop Europe s innovation potential, Support a comprehensive set of activities, designed and developed jointly by the partnership. Range of activities structured on 3 main integrated axes: New learning and teaching methods Fostering entrepreneurial skills and attitudes Structured mobility
Improving governance and funding facilitating European cooperation in quality assurance enhancing autonomy and accountability of HEIs promoting transparency of the diversity & performance of HEIs improving strategic leadership within HEIs developing strategies to increase the efficiency of funding promoting the diversification of funding assessing and promoting the return to investment in HE
Academic Networks Aim at gathering the widest & most advanced set of specific competences in a given subject area Bring together an appropriate range of relevant stakeholders & address topics of direct relevance for the European HE policy. Main focus shall be sharing knowledge, discussing methodologies, promoting the exchange of experience and good practice in this field & producing & promoting creativity & innovation http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus/erasmus_compendia_en.html
Academic Networks Common platform for sharing knowledge Producing & promoting creativity & innovation Info exchange & dissemination good practices Common for discussion + info exchange on key issues, policy shaping & research actively assist in the networking of ERA projects on subjects of common interest disseminate results, insights and best practice from former ERA projects
Accompanying Measures Shorter action (1 year) Enhancing implementation of ERA mobility Relevance to HE Modernisation Synergies between actions Dissemination of projects results
Accompanying Measures Conferences, seminars and training activities Awareness-raising activities e.g. Competitions, Promotional campaigns Studies and analysis Information and communication Education and Culture
General Conditions Action Type of applicant organisations Max. EU Grant (75% of total costs) Min./ Max. project duration Min. number of partner organisations Multilateral projects - HEIs holding full duration ERA University Charter - Enterprises (in part. SMEs), chambers of commerce, social partners & local/regional/national bodies - Associations/organisations active in relation to HE 400.000 Min: 2 years Max: 3 years Knowledge alliances = 2 years 3 institutions from at least 3 LLP countries (of which at least one must be an EU MS) Knowledge Alliances at least 1 enterprise Academic networks Accompanying measures - HEIs holding full duration ERA University Charter - Public bodies, enterprises, associations and other relevant organisations active in relation to HE - HEIs holding full duration ERA University Charter - Associations, networks or consortia of HEIs & other relevant organisations active in relation Education and Culture to HE 600.000 150.000 Min and max: 3 years Min and max: 1 year Minimum 25 partners from 25 countries One or several institutions from LLP countries
Examples of projects managed by Polish HEIs 17
502420-LLP-1-2009-1-PL-ERASMUS-ECUE http://www.skillsforthefuture.com/tools.html Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy The aim of this research is to identify the key needs and expectations of entrepreneurs regarding skills and knowledge of university graduates. Through the implementation of this research universities get the opportunity to adapt their educational offers to the expectations of different subjects of the labour market. 18
European Masters Programme for Rural Animators 503008-LLP-1-2009-1-PL-ERASMUS-ECDSP http://www.rural-animator.umk.pl/profile Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu EMRA (European Masters Programme for Rural Animators) is envisaged to be a European Master of Arts programme, which will be managed jointly by the consortium of this project, and will target graduates in humanities/social sciences (sociology, economy, political science, social geography) as well as agronomy, land use planning, engineering etc., both mid-career professionals and people who just completed their first degree. EMRA will be launched immediately after the end of this project. 19
Governance for Sustainable Development 510751-LLP-1-2010-1-PL-ERASMUS-ECDEM http://www.study-sustainability.com Uniwersytet Łódzki Within GAVA project partners developed a Master and PHD level programme (Governance for Sustainability) for current and future employees of governmental, non-governmental and private organizations. The aim of the programme is to provide its graduates with advanced understanding of sustainable trends, leadership and governmental issues in the leadership and governmental issues in administration, economics and agricultural sectors. 20
Some observations from the previous selections 21
Erasmus Selection Results 2007-2012 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Received 153 171 178 194 197 250 Selected 64 61 62 66 69 57 sucess rate 41,8% 35,7% 34,8% 34,0% 35,0% 22,4%
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EMP Trends Subject areas 2007-2012 Medical and health sciences; Pharmacy Management and Business administration Humanities (languages, law, sociology, history) Sustainable development, spatial policy, transports, urban safety Engineering, Energy, Climate studies, hard and applied sciences Communication, ICT, e-learning Social work, Youth, teacher training Architecture, Arts, Music
Networks Trends subject areas 2007-2012 Engineering, hard and applied sciences 2007-2012 Humanities (languages, law, psychology, history) Architecture, Arts and Music Medicine and health sciences Sustainable development, consumer behaviour Mobility, skills, entrepreneurship Land, agriculture, food, aquaculture, Fisheries Higher education reforms European and integration studies Inclusive learning Innovation, Research and Regional Development Management and Administration
80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Erasmus Proposals selected by participating Country 2007-2012 AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK TR UK 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Main participation of Polish HEIs (2007-2012) INSTITUTIONS PART COORD TOTAL UNIVERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI W KRAKOWIE - JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY OF KRAKOW 16 1 17 Uniwersytet Lódzki 8 1 9 UNIWERSYTET MARII CURIE-SKLODOWSKIEJ (Marie Curie Sklodowska University) 8 8 UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI 7 7 UNIWERSYTET WROCLAWSKI 5 5 WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES 5 5 POLITECHNIKA GDANSKA 4 4 POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES 4 4 RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 4 4 SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 4 4 UNIWERSYTET IM ADAMA MICKIEWICZA - ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY 4 4 WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 4 4 POLITECHNIKA KRAKOWSKA IM. TADEUSZA KOSCIUSZKI 3 3 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ - Politechnika Lódzka 3 3 UNIVERSYTET WARSZAWSKI - University of Warsaw 3 3 UNIWERSYTET GDANSK 3 3 UNIWERSYTET RZESZOWSKI 3 3 WYDZIAL ARCHITEKTURY, POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA 3 3
Erasmus Participation of Polish HEIs per action(2007-2012) Participation as Coordinator Received Applications Selected Projects Multilateral projects 20 6 Academic Networks 0 0 Accompanying Measures 0 0
How to succeed Good practices 30
Award Criteria 1. Relevance 2. Quality of the work programme 3. Innovative character 4. Quality of the Consortium 5. European added value 6. The cost-benefit ratio 7. Impact 8. Quality of the Valorisation plan (dissemination and exploitation of results) 9. Participation of organisations from third countries (optional for Multilateral and Networks only) 31
A few tips to think about for some of the award criteria 32
Relevance Your application clearly falls within the scope of Erasmus and its priorities Objectives and results of your application are clearly described 33
Innovation You have to demostrate that your proposal is offering something new: Innovative products Innovative processes 34
Quality of the consortium You must show that you have put together an effective consortium: All partners should make an active and identifiable contribution to the project You must demonstrate what each partner brings to the project (e.g. in terms of expertise, complementarity, etc.) 35
Some more tips to think about (1/4) Coherent (problems, solutions, target groups, activities, budget, ambitions/resources/competence) Simple and clear (identifying the need for such a proposal, the solutions, and the outputs) Evidence based (ex-ante needs analysis, state of art) 36
Some more tips to think about (2/4) Rigorous in its planning (which activities, when, for how long, and with what resources) Explicit (do not take for granted any information, if it is not in the application it cannot be taken into account) Clearly-Defined (a proposal is not about solving the worlds' problems, but about solving a specific issue however complex this might be) 37
Some more tips to think about (3/4) Read the Instructions for Applicants and the e-form Guide Make sure that the project clearly addresses ONE policy priority for Multilateral projects. Skilled project manager (and team). Most communications are sent to the co-ordinator s address (contact person): make sure that you indicate the right person and the right address (both e-mail and postal) on the application form. 38
Some more tips to think about (4/4) Send the draft application to all partners before submitting it and get their approval. If you include partners from candidate countries not yet accepted in the programme, make sure that you still have the minimum required number of partners without their participation. Decide: this year or next? 39
Good Practices: Project Management Consortium individual agreement signed with each partner before project commences. Several partners (work-package leaders, etc) involved in design of the project. Sub-set of consortium in steering committee. Issue of sleeping partners during the initial 40
Partners Communication Communication must be frequent and effective. Set up regular conferences/video meetings. Use existing management tools (dropbox, sharepoint, moodle, Skype, private part of website, svn). Identify the tools to exchange information between partners at the earliest opportunity. 41
Coordinators experience 1. What were the main steps in putting together an Erasmus proposal? 2. What challenges to be expected? 3. How ensure that the award criteria are properly addressed? 4. How much time does it take? 42
Selection 2013: main indicative dates Deadline for applications 31st January 2013 Pre-info on selection process June 2013 43
Useful links LLP Erasmus Programme Executive Agency (EACEA) Website http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus/erasmus_en.htm LLP Erasmus Programme Directory project compendia http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/results_projects/project_compendia_e n.php 44