UNIMED General Assembly 2018

1. ERASMUS+ ACHIEVEMENTS
in Southern Mediterranean countries
2014-2017
Academic
mobility
International
credit mobility
Degree mobility
EMJMD
Academic
cooperation
Capacity
Building for HE
Jean Monnet
Activities

2. International Credit mobility
2
Short-term academic mobility
For students (3-12 months) & staff (5-60 days)
New ! Traineeships
All levels: BA, MA, PhD & staff
Generous grant... and no tuition fees

3. Education
and Culture
More than 32 000 planned exchanges over 4 calls
6%
11%
27%
10%8%
0%
17%
6%
1%
14%
Share of planned mobility flows- 2015-2018
Algeria
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Palestine
Syria

4. Education
and Culture
Participants profiles – Exchanges with South
Med countries
Incoming
(to EU)
68%
Outgoing
(from EU)
32%
Learner
48%
Staff
52%

5. Erasmus Mundus Joint Mast Degrees
5
Continuation of Erasmus Mundus action 1
Excellent Joint MA courses
Offered by universities from Europe and partner
countries
Attracting best students through high level
scholarships

6. 432 Master students selected in 2014-2018
(189 of which through additional ENI-South funding)
6
Institutional participation
(2014-2017 projects):
71 instances of participation
58 institutions
5 as full partners
1
45
2
3
5
2
4
8
1
5
9
3
7
9
7
3
33
3
6
9
4
5
5
6
7
27
3
9
8
4
9
1
7
8
6
38
6
6
11
16
10
3
6
8
3
44
7
Tunisia
Syria
Palest…
Moroc…
Libya
Leban…
Jordan
Israel
Egypt
Algeria
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

7. Erasmus+
Capacity building in HE
Continuation
of Tempus
2-3 Years per
project
500 000 to
1000 000
Euros
Partnership projects
coordinated by an institution in a
Programme or Partner country

8. Erasmus+
2015-218 Call results overview
• 141 projects selected under Region 3 (South Med)
• 34 structural Projects (24 %) – Mainly in Maghreb
Countries
• 52 projects coordinated by a South Med university (37
%) – Mainly in Middle East countries
Trends
• Decreasing success rate for South Med (15% in 2018)
• Less structural projects
• More curriculum development

9. Jean Monnet Action
9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of applications
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Israel Morocco Jordan Palestine Lebanon
Number of Jean Monnet selected projects 2015-2018
Partner
Applicant

10. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
10
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Algeria Egypt Jordan Lebanon Morocco Palestine Tunisia
Staff Exchanges
Initial Training Networks
Individual Fellowships
COFUND
Remark: Israel is associated country and represents 181 out of 247 participations
in the region.
Tunisia became an associated country in 2017.

11. Upcoming calls and further information
Erasmus+
• Call published on 24 October
for all actions
• Deadlines:
• 05/02/19: Credit Mobility
• 07/02/19: Capacity Building
• 14/02/19: Erasmus Mundus
• 22/02/19: Jean Monnet
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Action
• Individual fellowships:
11/09/2019
• Innovative Training Networks:
15/01/19
• Research and Innovation Staff
Exchange: 03/04/19
• COFUND: 26/09/19
11
Erasmus+ regional and country factsheets
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en
Erasmus+ Projects database
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/

12. Date: in 12 pts
Non formal education
9500 South Med and 5600 European beneficiaries
(2014-2017)
Education
and Culture
429
1.174
1.522
1.153
525
5
1.372
1.762
22
1.536
109
302
979
478
101
0
1.963
910
0
812
Algeria Egypt Israel Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Palestine Syria Tunisia
South-Mediterranean
From Country Total To Country Total
Other Opportunities
for young people !

13. Date: in 12 pts
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange
Training to
develop
international
projects
Advocacy
trainings
Interactive
open online
courses
https://europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
Online
facilitated
dialogues
Facilitation
training

14. Next Erasmus programme 2021-2027
High political commitment, Doubling of budget despite Brexit

15. "Evolution not revolution"
More inclusive and
accessible
More forward-
looking
(European Univesities,
Centers of Vocational
Excellence)
More international
(opening to VET)
Promoting
participation and
European identity
More synergies with
other instruments
A simpler Erasmus