Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Kick-off Meeting Politecnico di Torino September 29-30, 2011

2Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino The Partnership: Partners Central AsiaEurope Kazakhstan KazNU – Al Farabi Kazakh National University KazNTU - Kazakh National Technical University ENU- Eurasian National University KSTU - Karaganda State Technical University /4 Kyrgyzstan KTU - Kyrgyz State Technical University IKSU - Issykkul State Universtiy TSU - Talas State University /3 Tajikistan KPITTU - Khujand Polytechnical Institute of Tajik Technical University KHOROG - Khorog State University /3 Uzbekistan BSU - Bukhara State University UrSU - Urgench State University NSMI - Navoi State Mining Institute /3 Turkmenistan TSIEM - Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management /2 Italy Polito – Politecnico di Torino France ECN - Ecole Centrale de Nantes Germany FUB - Freie Universität Berlin Poland AMU - Adam Mickiewicz University Spain USC - Santiago de Compostela Sweden KTH - Royal Institute of Technology UK UWIC - University of Wales, Cardiff

3Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Partnership Geographical Coverage

4Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Project budget

5Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Organization of the mobility DescriptionAmount (euro) Partnership Coordinator Office HR: 4 person/years Lump-sum for Partners Application database and web site5.000 Telecommunication/Tele conferencing1.000 Promotion and printing2.000 Kick-off meeting October EACEA coordinator meetings September Selection meeting (if applicable)5.000 Evaluation meetings ( ) Unexpected2.000 Total costs Funds available from EMA2 project year budget:

6Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Thematic Fields Thematic fields ENUENU KazNUKazNU KazNTUKazNTU KSTUKSTU IK S U KgSTUKgSTU TSUTSU KSUKSU KPITTUKPITTU TSIEMTSIEM BSUBSU NSMINSMI Ur S U POLITOPOLITO AMUAMU ECNECN FUBFUB KTHKTH USCUSC UWICUWIC 01. Agriculture science. 02. Architecture, urban and regional planning Business Studies, Management Sciences Education, Teacher Training Engineering, Technology Geography, Geology Law Medical Sciences Social Sciences.. CENTRAL ASIA EUROPE

7Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Mobility Distribution Distribution among home universities

8Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Mobility Distribution Distribution among host universities

9Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino The Scholarship 1. Subsistence allowance, monthly amount to be transferred to beneficiary: Undergraduate & Master1.000 euro Doctorate1.500 euro Post-doc1.800 euro Academic Staff2.500 euro 2. Travel costs: euro 3. Participation costs: euro/year for student mobilities of at least 10 months 4. Insurance costs: 75 euro/month

10Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Initial selection phase Each EU Partner is responsible for evaluating all its applications Administrative eligibility check of the applications Common criteria for Evaluation of eligible applications: –Academic Evaluation -> 0/100; –Language skills -> 0/30; –Motivation -> 0/30; Ranking according to: –Target group –Type of mobility “For doctorates a check on ethic issues should be carried out when selecting them and before the beginning of any research requiring opinions or approvals of relevant ethic committee(s)” (

11Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Timeline Start date of the project:15/07/2011 Promotional campaign:10/2011 – 01/2012 Call for application period:15/11/2011 – 31/01/ 2012 (1 st cohort) 15/11/2012 – 31/01/2013 (2 nd cohort) Selections and notification to the candidates 02-03/2012 (1 st cohort) 02-03/2013 (2 nd cohort) Starting of the mobilities14/7/2012 long term mobilities (36m. Phd and 34 m. UG) 31/12/2012 all the other mobilities (1st cohort) 31/12/2013 deadline for all mobilities (2nd cohort) Reporting to EACEA01/09/2012 Submission of First Progress Report 1/09/2012 Submission of candidates lists (1st cohort) 1/09/2013 Submission of candidates lists (2nd cohort) 01/02/2013 Submission of Second Progress Report 01/02/2014 Submission of Third Progress Report 14/09/2015 Submission of Final Report End date of the project:14/07/2015

12Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Координатор проекта Европейской Комиссии Франческа Чикко

13Erasmus Mundus Action ARCADE Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino Politecnico di Torino

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