Mobility, cooperation and joint delivery of programmes as instruments for

development

Deirdre Lennan

European Commission

Directorate-General for Education & Culture

Deirdre.Lennan@ec.europa.eu

Policy objectives

Relevant,

inclusive and

quality higher

education

Necessary

knowledge, skills

and competences

Synergies between teaching, research and

societal challenges

More and better

opportunities for

young people

Inclusive, entrepreneurial and innovative

higher education sector

Policy objectives

Facilitate mobility

and exchanges

Link EU development

cooperation and internationalisation

strategies

Harmonisation of

higher education

Enhance

recognition of

academic

qualifications

Staff & students

= vectors for

internationalisation

& cooperation

3 May EU Communication: A renewed Partnership with

Africa

Date: in 12 pts Erasmus+

ERASMUS+ Almost €16.5 billion

40% budget increase

EU and external budget

Erasmus

Grundtvig

Leonardo

Comenius

Youth in

Action

Erasmus Mundus

Tempus

Alfa Edulink

2007-2013 2014-2020

international

EU - EU

Erasmus+

1 Mobility

2 Cooperation

3 Policy

Support

Jean Monnet

Sport

Erasmus+

Higher education opportunities

• International Credit Mobility

• Capacity Building for Higher Education

• Joint Master Degrees

• Jean Monnet activities

International Credit Mobility

• Opening of Erasmus to the World

• Short-term mobility for students (3-12 months) &

staff (5-60 days)

• Mobility for Bachelor's, Master's, PhD & staff

• Bilateral agreements between HEIs from

Programme & Partner Countries

• In 2016, we funded 7.980 mobilities for 35

African countries

• In 2017, 14.000 mobilities requested for 46

African countries

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees

Excellent Joint Master courses offered by

consortia of HEIs from Programme (& Partner)

Countries to attract best students worldwide

through high-level scholarships

Integrated (12, 18 or 24 months) study

programme, leading to the award of a double,

multiple or joint degree

In 2016, 4796 students applied and 158

students were selected for scholarships

Capacity Building in higher education

Joint Projects: New curricula & degrees, learning & teaching

methodologies, upgarde facilities, staff development, QA,

governance, Univ/enterprise cooperation

Structural Projects: Reforms at national level w/ Partner

Country authorities policy modernisation, governance &

management of higher education systems

Applications from 37 countries submitted in 2016. 26 projects

funded (15 North African projects, 2 South African projects, 3

SSA projects and 6 multicountry projects). 50 applications

recently submitted for 2017 call.

Jean Monnet

Jean Monnet will support 400 teaching posts and

600 short courses globally

Over 100 Centres of Excellence around

the world

Capacity Building in the field of Youth

» Foster youth cooperation between Programme countries and Partner

Countries from different regions of the world;

» Improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning

and volunteering in Partner countries and enhance their synergies and

complementarities with the other education systems;

» Test and launch schemes of non-formal learning mobility at regional level

…

» Promote transnational non-formal learning mobility, notably targeting

young people with fewer opportunities:

Duration of the project: between 9 months and 2 years

Age: no limitation/number of participants: max 50

Harmonisation of higher education

• Tuning Africa http://tuningafrica.org/en/

• Quality and Accreditation (HAQAA)

http://www.aau.org/haqaa/

Tuning Africa

• Collaborative process: review through consultation the

competences and skills that are required for a given

discipline and define revised study programmes

• Define student workload and design an African credit

transfer system

• Agriculture, Applied Geology, Civil Engineering,

Economics, Higher Education Management, Mechanical

Engineering, Medicine and Teacher Education

• 42 countries, 107 universities, 124 representatives,

regional bodies in charge of higher education and

students

HAQAA: harmonisation, quality

assurance and accreditation

Development of a harmonised quality assurance and

accreditation system at institutional level, national,

regional and Pan-African continental level

Support the Pan African Quality Assurance and

Accreditation Framework (PAQAF)

• Develop a common understanding on QA in Africa

• Develop African Standards and Guidelines for quality

assurance and reinforce institutional (internal) QA

• Consolidate Quality Culture in Africa

• Further development of PAQAF

A renewed impetus of the

Africa-EU partnership

• strong focus on education and youth

• aims to launch new, or boost existing, initiatives including: • more African participation in the Erasmus+ programme:

mobility of staff and students and academic cooperation to improve students' skills and education quality and relevance and innovation on higher education

• support to the harmonisation of higher education in Africa

• new pilot projects to extend Erasmus+ VET mobility schemes to Africa

• developing the capacities of organisations that support young peoples' mobility and active participation in society

• support for alumni networks and activities in Africa