Green-Tech-WB Info Days

Email: green-tech-wb@uvigo.es

Agenda• Erasmus Mundus Green-Tech-WB Project • Academic & mobility offer • Fields of study, number of mobilities, target groups;

• Grant conditions• flight tickets, health insurance, monthly allowance, etc.

• The application process• Social network, application forms, etc.

• The University of Vigo • International Students @UVIGO

• Summary. Questions & Answers

Green-Tech-WBThe ProjectSmart and Green technologies for innovative and sustainable societies in Western Balkans

• Green-Tech-WB is an Erasmus Mundus Project• The Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 Programme is a

cooperation and mobility programme in the area of Higher Education, implemented by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission

Erasmus Mundus

Motivation & flash information• Smart and Green Technologies for Innovative and Sustainable Societies in

Western Balkans.• The action shall run for months as of 15/07/2014 (“the starting date of action”) and

shall end on 14/07/2018.• 20 full partners and 27 associated members.• 10 different EU countries, 9 at their first participation.• Opportunity to work in a wider European framework, and in a broader

international context (Spain, Poland, Portugal, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania, France and Italy).

• 22 WB HEIs (12 as full partners).• 10 non-HEIs associate partners.• 153 Mobilities in 3 cohorts.

Green-Tech-WB kick-off meeting (27th October 2014)

Coordinator: Universidade de Vigo

Spain

Co-coordinator:University Fan S Noli i Korçë

Albania

Agricultural University of Tirana/ AlbaniaUniversity ''Ismail Qemali'' of Vlorë / AlbaniaUniversity of Sarajevo/B&HUniversity "Džemal Bijedić" of Mostar/B&HUniversity of Zenica/ B&HUniversity of Donja Gorica/MontenegroUniversity of Montenegro/MontenegroUniversity "Kadri Zeka" of Gjilan/Rep. KosovoUniversity ''Isa Boletini'' of Mitrovica/Rep. KosovoUniversity of Niš/SerbiaUniversity of Kragujevac/Serbia

EU (8)

WB (12)Universidade do Porto/Portugal Universität Paderborn/GermanyUniversity of Ljubljana/SloveniaUniversity of Economics In Katowice/PolandUniversity of Split/CroatiaUniversity of Chemical Tech. & Metallurgy/BulgaryUniversidad de León/Spain

Academic & MobilityOffer

Academic & Mobility offer Agriculture Sciences 01,1 Agriculture 01,2 Agricultural Economics 01,3 Food Science and Technology 01,4 Horticulture 01,5 Fisheries 01,6 Forestry01,7 Animal Husbandry 01,8 Tropical/Subtropical Agriculture Law 01,9 Others-Agricultural Sciences Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning 02,6 Transport and Traffic Studies Business Studies, Management Science 04,1 Business studies with languages 04,2 Business studies with technology 04,3 Accountancy, financial management 04,4 Tourism, catering and hotel manag. 04,5 Industrial relations & personnel manag. 04,6 Secretarial Studies 04,7 Marketing and Sales Management 04,9 OthersEngineering, Technology 06,1 Mechanical Engineering 06,2 Electrical Engineering 06,3 Chemical Engineering 06,4 Civil Engineering 06,5 Electronic Engineering, Telecom.06,6 Manufacturing Sciences

06,7 Materials Science 06,8 Aeronautical Engineering 06,9 Others-Engineering Technology Geography, Geology 07,1 Geography 07,2 Environmental Sciences, Ecology 07,3 Geology 07,4 Soil and Water Sciences 07,6 Geodesy, Cartography, R. S. 07,7 Meteorology 07,9 Others Humanities08,3 History Languages and Philological Sci.09,1 Modern EC Languages 09,2 General & comparative lit. 09,3 Linguistics 09,4 Translation, Interpretation 09,6 Non-EC Languages 09,8 Less Widely Taught LanguagesLaw10,1 Comparative Law, Law with Lang. 10,2 International Law 10,3 Civil Law 10,4 Criminal Law, Criminology 10,5 Constitutional/Public Law 10,6 Public Administration

10,7 European Community/EU Law 10,9 Others-Law Mathematics, Informatics 11,1 Mathematics 11,2 Statistics 11,3 Informatics, Computer Science 11,5 Actuarial Science 11,4 Artificial Intelligence 11,9 Others-Mathematics, Informatics Natural Sciences13,1 Biology13,2 Physics13,3 Chemistry13,4 Microbiology, Biotechnology13,5 Nuclear and High Energy Physics13,6 Biochemistry13,7 Astronomy, Astrophysics13,8 Oceanography13,9 Others- Natural SciencesSocial Sciences14,1 Political Science14,3 Economics14,6 Intl. Relations, European StudCommunication and Information Sc. 15,9 Others-Communication and Inf. Sc.

Academic & Mobility offerMobilityOffer

• 1st Cohort: latest date for starting mobility 31st Dec. 2015• 2nd Cohort: latest date for starting mobility 31st Dec. 2016• 3rd Cohort: latest date for starting mobility 31st Dec. 2017

Type of Mobility Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 Total

Undergraduates 21 21 15 57Masters 15 17 0 32Doctorates 17 4 0 21Post-doctorates 6 6 2 14Staff 11 10 8 29Total 70 58 25 153

Mobility Offer (Undergraduate)Undergraduate 6 months 10 months

TG 1

8 (EU -> WB)47 (WB -> EU)

13 (Albania) 12 (B&H) 6 (R. Kosovo) 8 (Montenegro) 8 (Serbia)

TG 2 0 0

TG 3 1 (R. Kosovo -> EU)

0 1 (B&H -> EU)

Mobility Offer (Master)Master 10 months 12 months 18 months

TG 1

4 (EU -> WB)12 (WB -> EU) 5 (WB -> EU)3 (Albania) 1 (Albania)3 (B&H) 1 (B&H)2 (R. Kosovo) 1 (R. Kosovo)2 (Montenegro) 1 (Montenegro)2 (Serbia) 1 (Serbia)

TG 2 4 (EU -> WB)

7 (WB -> EU) 2 (Albania)

0 2 (B&H) 1 (R. Kosovo) 1 (Montenegro) 1 (Serbia)

TG 3 0 0 0

Mobility Offer (Doctorate)Doctorate 12 months 34 months 36 months

TG 1

4 (WB -> EU) 6 (WB -> EU) 6 (WB -> EU) 2 (Albania) 3 (Albania) 0 (Albania)2 (B&H) 3 (B&H) 0 (B&H) 2 (R. Kosovo) 2 (Montenegro) 2 (Serbia)

TG 2

5 (WB -> EU) 1 (Albania) 1 (B&H) 1 (R. Kosovo) 1 (Montenegro) 1 (Serbia)

Mobility Offer (Post-Doctorate)

Post-Doctorate 6 months

TG 1

12 (WB -> EU)

3 (Albania) 3 (B&H) 2 (R. Kosovo) 2 (Montenegro) 2 (Serbia)

TG 2

2 (WB -> EU) 1 (Albania) 1 (B&H) 0 (R. Kosovo) 0 (Montenegro) 0 (Serbia)

Mobility Offer (Staff)Staff 1 month 1 month

TG 1

10 (EU -> WB) 13 (WB -> EU) 3 (Albania) 3 (B&H) 2 (R. Kosovo) 3 (Montenegro) 2 (Serbia)

TG 2

2 (EU -> WB) 4 (WB -> EU) 1 (Albania) 1 (B&H) 1 (R. Kosovo) 0 (Montenegro) 1 (Serbia)

Target Groups & EligibilityYou can apply if you are TG1, TG2, TG3You have to meet eligibility criteria

Target Group 1

• Undergraduate, master, doctorate, post-doctorate, staff• Nationals of the third-countries concerned by the

geographical lot who are registered in one of the third-country HEIs that is a member of the partnership.• Nationals of European countries who are registered in one of

the European HEIs that is member of the partnership.

Target Group 2• Master, doctorate, post-doctorate, staff• Nationals of the third-countries concerned by the geographical lot, who: • are registered/work in a HEI of these countries that is not included in the

partnership (students and staff);• have obtained a university degree or equivalent by an institution of these

countries (students only).• This includes the possibility of providing mobility opportunities to third-

country nationals working in public administration, public and private enterprises and non-profit organisations.

• Nationals of EU countries who: • are either registered/work in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any EU

country (students and staff);• have obtained a university degree or equivalent by a HEI of any EU country

(students only).

Target Group 3• Undergraduate, master, doctorate, post-doctorate• Nationals of the third-countries concerned by the geographical lot who

are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and political reasons:• 1) having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or

according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries) or• 2) it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified

expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination or• 3) they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific

national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must have not lived, nor developed their main activity (study, work, etc.) over more than 12 months in the last 5 years, in one of the EU member states.

• Applicants must have not benefited in the past from an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the same type of mobility.

Eligibility criteria• Must respect the specific and additional criteria applicable to each type

of mobility • Must respect the additional requirements for each academic offer (have

sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses, required diploma, etc.)

• It is strongly recommended that the applicants prepare their application in close contact with the contact person of their institution, so as to obtain clear information about the specific eligibility criteria established either in their Home institution or in the Host Institution which they intend to apply to

Scholarship conditions

Scholarship Conditions

Type of Mobility Amount of monthly allowance

Undergraduate 1,000 €Master 1,000 €Doctorate 1,500 €Post-doctorate 1,800 €Staff 2,500 €

Scholarship conditions

• The GreenTech WB Coordinator (University of Vigo) will be responsible for:– Booking and paying the grantees’ two way travel ticket– Contracting and paying the health, travel and personal

accidents insurance valid in the host country– Paying the monthly scholarship to the grantee personal bank

account. – Paying the visa costs

Recognition

• In cases of successful full training doctorate mobility (36 months) or successful full training master mobility (12-18 months), the host institutions will provide the grantee with a Diploma, if the Erasmus Mundus period is completed successfully.

• For any other kind of mobility (exchange students, for instance) the partner institutions will guarantee the academic recognition of the study/research period through the signature of the Learning Agreement.

Required Documents& application

Bachelor Master Doctorate Post-doctorate Staff

Copy of the passport X X X X X

Detailed CV (in English) – Europass Template to be used X X X X X

Letter of motivation (in English), max 1 page X X X X X

Certified Copy of the lasts transcripts of records + Certified translation in English (optional al application time) X x x

Certified Copy of the Bachelor Diploma and Bachelor transcript of records + Certified translation in English (optional at application time) X

Certified Copy of the Master Diploma and Master Transcript of records + Certified translation in English (optional at application time) X X

Doctorate thesis subject and abstract in English X

Certified Copy of the Doctorate diploma + Certified translation in English* (optional at application time) X

Certificate of language (language of instruction of the hosting programme), in case the applicant cannot provide an official test, a certificate from the language department of his/her home university is accepted. According to the academic offer, similar languages will be accepted. According to the academic offer, similar languages will be accepted. Also, linguistic requirements from host embassies or host HEIs can be established.

X X X X optional

2 Recommendation Letters (in English), duly signed optional optional optional optional X

PhD Research proposal (max. 1 page) X

Post-doctorate Research proposal (max 1 page) X

Staff Mobility programme proposal (max 1 page) X

Proof of registration (student certificate, card…) for TG1 X X X X

Proof of employment, duly signed by the employer X

Letter of the pre-acceptance of research or training proposal by the Host Institution X X X

Declaration on honor X (WB ) X (WB) X (WB) X (WB)

Official certificate justifying the vulnerable situation (disability, economic situation…) optional optional optional optional optional

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Application• Register in our social network– http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es/

• Login to our social network Community group• Join the Applicants group• You need to upload a photo

• Read the academic offer and decide• Upload the required documentation• At most three mobility options.

• You have time, the process is easy.– 15th, December (2014) – 20th, February (2015) (extended to 6th of March)

The University of VigoInternational students @UVIGO

To conclude

More info…

• Website: http://www.green-tech-wb.uvigo.es

• Social Network: http://social-green-tech-wb.uvigo.es

• Email: green-tech-wb@uvigo.es

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