Zdenka Gadušová, Török, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Bratislava,

* ACTION 2 - Partnerships between European and non European higher education institutions at all academic levels * MANECA – provides mobility scholarships for students and staff from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to five European partner universities

* Partners - EU partners: * Technische Universität Berlin (DE koordinátor), * Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre (SK), * Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (DE), * Lessius Mechelen - Campus De Nayer (BE), * Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LI) - CA partners: * Kazakhstan4 uni + 4 assoc. partners, * Tajikistan3 uni, * Uzbekistan4 uni + 2 assoc. partners, * Kyrgyzstan3 uni + 1 assoc. partner, * Turkmenistan1 uni + 1 assoc. partner

* Mobility - three target groups for individual mobility flows 1.Students and academic staff registered in one of the CA universities (members of the partnership) 2.Third-country nationals working in public administration, public and private enterprises (not included in the partnership) 3.Nationals of the third countries concerned by the geographical lot who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and political reasons - five different types of individual mobility for students and academic staff - UG, MA, PhD, post-doc., staff

* Total number of mobilities – 114 a.per country: KZ 31, KG 25, TJ 20, UZ 27, TK 11 b.per mobility type: UG 31, MA 20, PhD 21, post-doc. 17, staff 25 * Length of mobility - UG, MA, PhD., post-doc.: months - Staff: 1 – 3 months

* Scholarship covers: - Travel expenses - Subsistence costs - Insurance costs - Tuition fee (where applicable) * Subsistence allowance: - UG, MA – 1000€/m - PhD. – 1500€/m - Post-doc. – 1800€/m - Staff – 2500€/m

* Application procedure 1 stage – finding EU uni and a supervisor 2 stage – submitting application with the letter of confirmation from host uni and other supporting documents (detailed info on web) to coordinator in Berlin 3 stage – on-spot (mostly by Berlin coordinator) and Skype interviews (also by other EU partners) of applicants 4 stage – communicating decision

* Getting ready for mobility * To apply for visa: - letters of acceptance (coordinator + host uni.), - accommodation agreement, - insurance agreement, - air ticket * To apply for temporary residence permit: - criminal record from home country with superlegalisation, - birth certificate (aforementioned docs translated into Slovak), - criminal record from SK, - application form with stamps and photos

* During the stay - mobile phone, - bank account, - biometric data collection to receive TRP - medical report confirming the applicant does not suffer from a disease endangering public health, - survival language course, attending classes, courses, visiting supervisor, libraries, conferences, writing papers/works

KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanKyrgyzstanTajikistan UG4 MA1 PhD11111 Post-doc1212 Staff211 Mobility to CPU according to the type of mobility and country

CPU: 20 persons, 158 person-months KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanKyrgyzstanTajikistan UG6 x 4 = 24 MA10 x 1 = 10 PhD (6 + 4) x 1 = x 1 = 10 (6 + 4) x 1 = x 1 = 10 Post-doc (6 + 4) x 1 = 10 (6 + 4) x 2 = 20 (6 + 4) x 1 = 10 (6 + 4) x 2 = 20 Staff2 x 2 = 41 x 1 = 12 x 1 = 2 Total number of months 58 (9 prs.)10 (1 prs.)31 (4 prs.)22 (3 prs.)30 (3 prs.)

Kazakhstan F/M Turkmenistan F/M Uzbekistan F/M Kyrgyzstan F/M Tajikistan F/M UG4/0 MA1/0 PhD1/00/1 Post-doc1/01/11/01/1 Staff2/00/11/0 Total number: 20 (F – 13, M – 7) CPU: mobility according to gender

* Project Pros and Cons – CPU perspective * Pros - Exchange of information, knowledge and skills - Participation on mutual projects - Further cooperation - Cultural diversity * Cons - Extensive paperwork and preparation (project) - Visa application and TRP procedure - Time for adaptation to a new living and working place

* Project Pros and Cons – CA perspective * Pros - Possibility to study abroad - Having fully subsidized study stay (no financial problems) - Getting to know system of European education - Exchange of scientific knowledge (post-docs and staff) - Development of language skills - New cultural experience - Finding new friends and contacts * Cons - Administrative difficulties with finding supervisors, visa and TRP - Getting used to a different study system - Problems with home university (bachelors were not allowed to stay for another semester) - Difficulties to find matching study subjects to have them recognized by their home university - Extra expenses and time to travel and to get visa (only 2 embassies for 5 CA countries)