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LOTUS PROJECT GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ERASMUS MUNDUS FOCUS ON VIETNAM

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

OVERVIEW PRESENTATION

¢ General introduction to Erasmus Mundus ¢  Introduction to Lotus I, II, III & Lotus Unlimited ¢ Partners ¢ Target Groups ¢ General information on the Lotus projects ¢ Graphs on results Lotus ¢ Mobility schemes

GENERAL INTRODUCTION EM

¢  Objectives: �  To promote cooperation between the EU and the Asian

countries involved in the project �  To enable students to benefit from a study/research period

abroad and thus to develop a pool from well-qualified, open-minded and internationally experienced young women/men as future leaders

�  To improve the transparency and recognition of studies and qualifications: the project is focused on mobility and will give explicit attention to the promotion of recognition of studies systems.

�  To contribute to provide good students from vulnerable groups equal chances and thus disseminating EU social and democratic values

�  To enhance the skills of staff, who can in their turn contribute to the improvement of the education system in their home country

�  To enhance in the medium term the political, cultural, educational and economical links between the EU and the Asian countries involved

GENERAL INTRODUCTION EM

¢ Main Activities: �  Promotion events in all partner universities and

outside �  Mobility on the 5 levels: Bachelor-Master-Doctorate-

Post-doctorate and Staff �  Staff mobility is connected to priority items: Doctoral

schools, Internationalization of education (IRO Management), ECTS, Quality assurance procedures, Recognition of studies and qualifications, University - enterprise cooperation and curriculum development.

�  Selections of applications by Local Management Teams in every partner university

�  Organization of meetings: kick-off and coordination �  Financial management �  Dissemination events

ERASMUS MUNDUS AT GHENT UNIVERSITY

¢  ACTION 1: �  8 Joint Masters courses �  2 Joint Doctoral courses

¢  ACTION 2: as coordinator �  Western Balkans: Basileus III, Basileus IV & Basileus (Basileus I &

Basileus II finalized) �  China: LiSUM (finalized July 2014) �  Asia Regional: Lotus I, Lotus II, Lotus III & Lotus Unlimited �  India: Svaagata.eu

¢  ACTION 2: as partner �  South-Africa �  Latin-America: 11 ongoing projects �  Eastern Europe: 2 ongoing projects �  Egypt – Lebanon �  USA/Canada �  Asia Regional �  ACP Countries �  India

¢  ACTION 3: as partner �  EM-iDEA – Bringing the Erasmus Mundus Community together to

Disseminate, Exchange and Act �  EM-ACE – Promoting Erasmus Mundus towards European Students:

Activate, Communicate, Engage

INTRODUCTION

Lotus = Mobility programme to give Chinese & Southeast Asian scholars/staff the opportunity to study/research/teach in Europe ¢ Number of mobilities calculated in accordance

with the requirements of European Commission. ¢ Several levels of mobility:

�  Bachelor �  Master �  PhD �  Post-Doc �  Staff

¢  20 partner universities: 1 Coordinator + 8 European + 11 Southeast Asian universities

CONSORTIUM LOTUS I & II

¢  Southeast Asian Universities:

�  Cambodia: University of Health Sciences

�  China: Nanjing University �  China: Peking University �  China: Sichuan University �  Indonesia: Bandung Institute

of Technology �  Indonesia: University of

Gadjah Mada �  Myanmar :West Yangon

Technological University �  Thailand: Thammasat

University �  Vietnam: Can Tho University �  Vietnam: Hanoi University of

Science and Technology �  Vietnam: Hué Univerity

¢  European Universities:

�  Belgium: Ghent University �  Belgium: Vrije Universiteit

Brussel �  Germany: University of

Goettingen �  France: Sciences Po �  Portugal: University of Porto �  Slovenia: University of

Ljubljana �  Sweden: Uppsala University �  The Netherlands: University

of Groningen �  United Kingdom: University

of Kent

CONSORTIUM LOTUS PROJECT

¢ Lotus III: Changes in partners: �  SEA:

¢  Myanmar : West Yangon Technological University à University of Medicine 1

�  EU: ¢  Slovenia: University of Ljubljana à France: Université

Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III

¢ Lotus Unlimited: Changes in partners: �  SEA:

¢  Cambodia: University of Health Sciences à Royal University of Agriculture

¢  Thailand: Thammasat University à Kasetsart University

�  EU: ¢  France – Sciences Po à IR: University of Limerick

¢ Why changes in consortium?

CONSORTIUM

¢  Associated partners Lotus: �  VLIR-UOS (BE) �  Province East-Flanders (BE) �  EIAS – European Institute for Asian Studies (BE) �  Support Fund Myanmar (BE) �  Morning Tears (CN) �  Tuning (ES) �  Thammasat University (TH) �  Chiang Mai University (TH) �  Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association (Thailand

Chapter) (TH) �  University of Health Sciences (KH) �  University of Battambang (KH) �  University of Sumatra Utara (ID) �  Universitas Airlangga (ID) �  Binus University (ID) �  Yezin Agricultural University (MN) �  University of Veterinary Science (MN) �  West Yangon Technological University (MN) �  Ministry of Education (MN)

TARGET GROUPS

Target Group Target beneficiaries

Types of individual

mobility flows

TARGET GROUP 1

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.

Bachelor, master, doctorate, post-doctorate, staff

TARGET GROUP 2

Nationals of the third-countries concerned by the geographical lot, who: •  are registered/work in a higher education institution 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.

master, post-doctorate, PhD, staff

TARGET GROUP 3

Nationals of the third countries concerned by the geographical lot who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and political reasons. For example: 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)

undergraduate, master, PhD

FIELDS OF STUDY

01: Agricultural Sciences 02: Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning 04: Business Studies and Management Sciences 05: Education, Teacher Training 06: Engineering, Technology 07: Geography, Geology 10: Law 12: Medical Sciences 13: Natural Sciences 14: Social Sciences: sociology, EU Studies, political sciences, social work

¢  Students from other fields of study can also apply for a scholarship. In case of equally ranked applications, priority will be given to the student majoring in a prioritized field of study.

LOTUS I

¢ Budget: € 2 463 375 ¢ Only mobility from Southeast Asia to Europe ¢  150 scholarships (planned in project proposal) ¢ Eligibility period project: 15 July 2010 – 14 July 2014

LOTUS I – GENERAL MOBILITY SCHEME

ALL MOBILITIES TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3

Mobility Duration 1M 6M 10M 22M 34M 6M 22M 34M 6M 10M 22M

Ba 24 6

Ma 6 9 6 6 3 3 6

PhD 8 10 1 6 5 5 3

Post-doc 8 4

Staff 31

Total 150

LOTUS I – MOBILITY SCHEME VIETNAM

Vietnam TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3


Ba 11 2

Ma 3 4 6 3

PhD 8 1 3 4

Post-doc 3

Staff 9

Total 57

LOTUS I - APPLICATION

¢ Several Calls: �  Results Call 1 – 2 – 3 – 4

¢ Comparison:

151 Candidates Selected

Call 1 Total

applications: 352

Total selected:

33

Call 2 Total

applications: 405

Total selected:

58

Call 3 Total

applications: 123

Total selected:

41

Call 4 Total

applications: 26

Total selected:

18

LOTUS I – SELECTED CANDIDATES

¢  151 Selected candidates ¢ Gender balance: 85 female vs 66 male

56%

44%

Gender balance

Female

Male

LOTUS I – NUMBERS & STATISTICS

Percentages EC - Proposal Percentages EC - Actual

N° % EC

BA 30 20% 20 - 30 %

MA 39 26% 20 - 30 %

PhD 38 25% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 12 8% 5 - 15 %

Staff 31 21% 15 - 25 %

TOTAL 150 100%

N° % EC

BA 34 23% 20 - 30 %

MA 36 24% 20 - 30 %

PhD 23 15% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 23 15% 5 - 15 %

Staff 35 23% 15 - 25 %

151 100%

LOTUS I - NUMBERS & STATISTICS

¢ Plan vs Reality: Mobility

Bachelor, 30

Master, 39

PhD, 38

Post-Doc, 12

Staff, 31

Planned Mobility

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Post-Doc

Staff

Bachelor, 34

Master, 36

PhD, 23

Post-Doc, 23

Staff, 35

Actual Mobility

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Post-Doc

Staff


¢ Plan vs Reality: Target Groups

73%

12%

15%

Planned Target Groups

TARGET GROUP 1

TARGET GROUP 2

TARGET GROUP 3

73%

15%

12%

Actual Target Groups

TARGET GROUP 1

TARGET GROUP 2

TARGET GROUP 3



1%

44%

20%

3%

6%

26%

Target group 1

Cambodia

China

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

TARGET GROUP 3

TARGET GROUP 2

TARGET GROUP 1


¢ Comparitive Study: nationality

10

35

28

8 12

57

1

76

29

4

11

30

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Cambodia China Indonesia Myanmar Thailand Vietnam

Comparative Study Countries

Proposal

Actual


9 1

12

1

34

3 6

1 21

48

15

Fields of Study 01 Agricultural Sciences

02 Architecture

04 Business studies and management 05 Education, Teacher Training 06 Engineering, Technology

07 Geography, Geology

10 Law

12 Medical Sciences

13 Natural Sciences

14 Social Sciences

16 Other Areas Of Studies

LOTUS I: SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE APPLICANTS: PER TG, PER CATEGORY

¢  904 submitted applications à 170 Vietnamese

170 Vietnamese candidates

158 Candidates

TG1 126

Applications for Ba - Ma -

PhD - Postdoc

20 BA

65 MA

34 PhD

7 Postdoc 32

Applications for staff

mobility 1 month

10 Candidates TG2

2 Candidates TG3

LOTUS I - NUMBER OF TARGET GROUP 1 APPLICATIONS PER PARTNER UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM

158 Submitted applications

TG1

44 from CTU

71 from HUST

43 from HU

LOTUS I - SELECTED CANDIDATES PER TG AND PARTNER UNIVERSITY VIETNAM:

¢  151 selected candidates: �  Cambodia: 1 �  China: 76 �  Indonesia: 29 �  Myanmar: 4 �  Thailand: 11 �  Vietnam: 30

30 selected candidates from

Vietnam

28 TG1 1 TG2

1TG3 BA: 5 MA: 6 PhD: 5

Postdoc: 2 Staff: 13

6 VUB 9 UGent

6 UPorto 1 Sciences Po

1 UGoettingen 2 UGroningen

1 UKent 1ULjubljana

3UUppsala

LOTUS I - SELECTED CANDIDATES FROM VIETNAM: DEGREE SEEKING OR EXCHANGE

30 Selected from Vietnam

BA: 5 MA: 6 PhD: 5

Postdoc: 2 Staff: 13

1 Master exchange – 6 months

5 Master degree – 22 months

2 PhD exchange –2

months 3 PhD degree – 34

months

LOTUS II

¢ Budget: € 1 999 950 ¢ Only mobility from Southeast Asia to Europe ¢  117 scholarships (planned in project proposal) ¢ Eligibility period project: 15 July 2011 – 14 July 2015

LOTUS II – GENERAL MOBILITY SCHEME

ALL MOBILITIES TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP

2 TARGET GROUP

3


Ba 17 2 5 Ma 3 6 7 6 3 3 4

PhD 6 5 1 4 5 3 3

Post-doc 2 6 2

Staff 24

Total 117

LOTUS II – MOBILITY SCHEME VIETNAM

Vietnam TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3


Ba 4 1

Ma 2 3 4 2

PhD 4 1 1 2

Post-doc 2

Staff 6

Total 32

LOTUS II - APPLICATION

¢ Different Calls for applications: �  Results Call 1 – 2

¢ Comparison:


Call 1 Total applications:

503 Total selected:

76


78 Total selected:

32

LOTUS II – SELECTED CANDIDATES


56%

44%

Gender balance

Female

Male

LOTUS II – NUMBERS & STATISTICS

Percentages EC – Proposal Percentages EC - Actual

N° % EC

BA 24 21% 20 - 30 %

MA 32 27% 20 - 30 %

PhD 27 23% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 10 9% 5 - 15 %

Staff 24 20% 15 - 25 %

TOTAL 117

100%

N° % EC

BA 23 21% 20 - 30 %

MA 32 30% 20 - 30 %

PhD 17 16% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 12 11% 5 - 15 %

Staff 24 22% 15 - 25 %

108 100%

LOTUS II – NUMBERS & STATISTICS

¢ Plan vs Reality: Mobility

Bachelor, 24

Master, 32

PhD, 27

Post-Doc, 10

Staff, 24

Planned Mobility

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Post-Doc

Staff

Bachelor, 23

Master, 32

PhD, 17

Post-Doc, 12

Staff, 24

Actual Mobility

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Post-Doc

Staff

LOTUS II - NUMBERS & STATISTICS


71%

14%

15%

Planned Division TG's

TG1

TG2

TG3

71%

24%

5%

Actual Division TG's

TG1

TG2

TG3



0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

TG3 TG2 TG1

3%

28%

27%

5%

12%

25%

Division TG1

Cambodia

China

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam



8

32

25

8

12

32

7

32

25

7

13

24

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35


Comparative study countries

Proposal

Actual


7 9

27

2 3 14

34

12

Fields of study

01 Agricultural Sciences

04 Business studies and management

06 Engineering, Technology

07 Geography, Geology

10 Law

13 Natural Sciences

14 Social Sciences

16 Other Areas Of Studies

LOTUS II - SPECIFIC VIETNAMESE APPLICANTS: PER TG, PER CATEGORY

¢  583 submitted applications à 86 Vietnamese


74 Candidates TG1

55 Applications for Ba - Ma -

PhD - Postdoc

6 BA

29 MA

16 PhD

4 Postdoc

19 Applications

for staff mobility 1

month

12 Candidates TG2

0 Candidates TG3

LOTUS II - SELECTED CANDIDATES PER TG AND PARTNER UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM:

¢  108 selected candidates: �  Cambodia: 7 �  China: 32 �  Indonesia: 25 �  Myanmar: 7 �  Thailand: 13 �  Vietnam: 24

24 selected candidates from

Vietnam

21 TG1 3 TG2

0 TG3 BA: 4 MA: 4

PhD: 3 Postdoc: 4

Staff: 9

3 UGent 3 VUB

2 UGoettingen 0 Sciences Po

0 UGroningen 4 UPorto 7 Uppsala

2 ULubljana 3 UKent

LOTUS III

¢ Budget: € 2 499 875 ¢ Only mobility from Southeast Asia to Europe ¢  154 scholarships ¢  Joint Coordinator: Sichuan University ¢ Eligibility period project: 15 July 2012 – 14 July 2016

LOTUS III – GENERAL MOBILITY SCHEME

ALL MOBILITIES

TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3

Mobility Duration

1m

6m

10m 22m 36m 1m 6m

10m 22m 36m 6m 10m 22m

Bachelor 22 9

Master 8 7 10 5 5 4 1 4 2

PhD 12 6 0 3 4 4 3 1

Postdoc 3 3 1 2

Staff 26 9

Total 154

LOTUS III – MOBILITY SCHEME VIETNAM

VIETNAM TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3

Mobility Duration

1m 6m 10m 22m 36m 1m 6m 10m 22m 36m 6m 10m 22m

Bachelor 5 1

Master 3 2 1 1 1 1 1

PhD 2 3 1 2 1

Postdoc 1 1

Staff 6

Total 33

LOTUS III

¢  Consortium changed ¢  Even more Associated members ¢  Joint coordinator: Sichuan University:

�  Be the intermediary for all communication between the Partners and other relevant Third parties in the region such as the associate partners, EC Delegations, embassies etc (together with the Beneficiary)

�  Be responsible for promotion in the Asian regional, especially towards TG 2 and TG 3

�  Help in organising joint activities, especially additional activities (conference, workshops,..).

�  Be responsible for the validation of TG2 (and TG3) candidates and participate in selection meetings

�  Take the lead in establishing a sustainability plan for the project, in cooperation with all the Partners and set up a regional work group

�  Take active part in the analysis of the results of the online evaluations and monitoring and in formulating recommendations for improvement

LOTUS III - APPLICATION

¢  Different Calls for applications: �  Results Call 1 → CALL 2 is currently still on-going Comparison:



769 Total selected:

95


206 Total selected:

39

LOTUS III – SELECTED CANDIDATES


LOTUS III – NUMBER & STATISTICS

Percentages EC – Proposal Percentages EC - Actual

N° % EC

BA 31 21% 20 - 30 %

MA 46 30% 20 - 30 %

PhD 33 21% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 9 6% 5 - 15 %

Staff 35 23% 15 - 25 %

TOTAL 154

100%

N° % EC

BA 19 20% 20 - 30 % MA 33 34% 20 - 30 %

PhD 13 14% 15 - 25 %

Postdoc 6 6% 5 - 15 %

Staff 25 26% 15 - 25 %

96 100%

LOTUS III - NUMBER & STATISTICS


65%

24%

11%

Planned Division TG’s

TG1

TG2

TG3

64%

33%

3%

Actual Division TG's

TG1

TG2

TG3

LOTUS III - NUMBER & STATISTICS ¢ Plan vs Reality: Target Groups

5%

35%

24%

2%

12%

22%

TG 1

Cambodia

China

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

TG3 TG2 TG1

TG3

TG2

TG1

LOTUS III - NUMBER & STATISTICS


14

36

33

15

23

33

11

36

32

9

21

25

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40


Proposal

Actual

LOTUS III - SPECIFIC VIETNAMSE APPLICANTS: PER TG, PER CATEGORY

¢  973 submitted applications à 144 from Vietnam


71 Candidates TG1

62 Applications for Ba - Ma - PhD - Postdoc

12 BA

26 MA

18 PhD

6 Postdoc

11 Applications for staff mobility 1 month

73 Candidates TG2

0 Candidates TG3

LOTUS III - SELECTED CANDIDATES PER TG AND PARTNER UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM:

¢ Call 1: 134 selected candidates: �  Cambodia: 11 �  China: 36 �  Indonesia: 32 �  Myanmar: 9 �  Thailand: 21 �  Vietnam: 25

25 selected candidates from Vietnam

19 TG1 6 TG2 0 TG3 BA: 4

MA: 5 PhD: 5

Postdoc: 4 Staff: 7

7 UGent 7 VUB

1 UGoettingen 0 Sciences Po 1 UGroningen

5 UPorto 3 Uppsala

0 UPS 1 UKent

LOTUS III

¢ First Call for Applications: see graphs on previous slides

¢ Second Call for Applications: �  Selection process for Call 2 is currently on-going �  Selection results will be published in November 2013 �  Graphs for Lotus III will be adapted based upon the

final end result of Call 1 + Call 2

LOTUS UNLIMITED

¢ Budget: € 3.049.425 ¢ Two-way mobility:

�  From Southeast Asia to Europe �  From Europe to Southeast Asia

¢  199 scholarships: �  46 for EU nationals �  153 for SEA nationals

¢  Joint Coordinator: Sichuan University ¢ Eligibility period project: 15 July 2013 – 14 July 2017

LOTUS UNLIMITED

¢ First Call for Applications: PhD degree 36m ONLY

6/09/2013 à 30/09/2013 ¢ Second Call for Applications: ALL categories

4/10/2013 à 15/02/2014 see website: www.Lotus.ugent.be

LOTUS UNLIMITED - GENERAL MOBILITY SCHEME

ALL MOBILITIES – SEA

MOBILITY DURATION 1m 6m 10m 22m 36m

Bachelor 33

Master 14 15 16

PhD 12 10 1 7

Postdoc 4 5

Staff 36

Total 153

LOTUS UNLIMITED - GENERAL MOBILITY SCHEME

VIETNAM TARGET GROUP 1 TARGET GROUP 2 TARGET GROUP 3

Mobility Duration

1m 6m 10m 22m 36m 1m 6m 10m 22m 36m 6m 10m 22m

Bachelor 5 2

Master 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

PhD 1 1 1 1 1

Postdoc 1 1

Staff 6 2

Total 30

LOTUS UNLIMITED

¢ Start mobility of the grant holders: �  Ba – Ma: planned for September / October 2014 �  Ba-Ma students must start at official start of the

academic year �  PhD – Postdoc: in consultation with promoter /

supervisor in the host (and home) institution, but the latest by 31.12.2014

�  Staff: at any time within life duration of the project

¢ Website: www.lotus.ugent.be

GHENT UNIVERSITY COORDINATION TEAM

Project manager: Inge Mangelschots

T: +32 (0)9 264 70 26 [email protected]

Project officer: Shannah Devynck T: +32 (0)9 264 70 06

[email protected]

Hue University T: +84 (0)54 38 94 555 [email protected]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF WE COULD COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP US

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