SOCRATES ERASMUS Institutional Contracts Final Reports 1998/1999 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH SOCRATES ERASMUS Institutional Contracts Final Reports 1998/1999

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.2 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Assessment (1) 4 Reception of the Final Reports (15/11/1999) 4 Technical processing of the Final Reports (checking of formal requirements, acknowledgement of receipt, requests for further information) 4 Content Assessment of the Final Reports (qualitative and quantitative implementation of approved activities, eligibility of expenditure, general assessment)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.3 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Assessment (2) 4 Financial assessment by the TAO and DG EAC financial auditors 4 Renewal decisions by DG EAC (impact of performance in 98/99) 4 Final results of the IC Final Report assessment phase presented at the SOCRATES Sub-Committee on Higher Education (March 2000)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.4 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Results (1) 1584 FR submitted (1617 expected) and assessed by external assessors with the support of the Commission / TAO Impact of FR results on selection IC 2000/2001 Globally successful implementation of the second year of the Institutional Contract, impressive results from the CEECs

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.5 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Results (2) Implementation and reinforcement of new administrative / management structures to carry out IC activities Student mobility (OMS) is still given priority, successful implementation Still difficulties in implementing teaching staff mobility (TS)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.6 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Results (3) Intensive-Programme (IP) continues to be the most successful activity The results of Curriculum Development Projects (CD) are diverse, difficulties to cope with the split of payments Successful implementation of ECTS and ECTS site visits

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.7 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Use of the IC grant per activity Total grantallocated >used 24,3 MEURO 21,8 MEURO = 89%(90%) OMS105%(110%) TS 78% (78%) ECTS 82% CD 77% IP 98% (figures 1997/98 in brackets)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.8 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Use of the IC grant per country IS100% CY 100% LI100% SK 95% ES 95% FI 95% CZ 94% SE 94% PT94% DE 86% AT92%FR86% BE 92%DK 85% IE91% PL 85% NL91% IT84% NO 90% GR 83% HU 90% RO77% UK 87% LU 61% LU61%

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.9 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Use of the IC grant by budget head all countries Travel & Subsistence 56,5% Technology & Equipment 2,9% Selection & Preparation15,3% General Administration11,8% Production & Dissemination 11,7% Other Costs 1,8%

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.10 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Student Mobility (OMS) 1584 FR include 1454 OMS average take-up rate: 49,6% outgoing students in total: (foreseen: ) average grant used per mobile student (Action 1): 107 EUR (grant awarded per mobile student: 53 EUR)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.11 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 OMS - Assessment Successful implementation of OMS in general: 90% of OMS considered good or at least satisfactory slightly increased take-up rate compared to IC 97/98 (48,6%) highest absolute number of outgoing students ever (close to ) Best performing countries: AT, SE + CEECs

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.12 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Teacher Mobility (TS) 1584 FR include 1355 TS average take-up rate: 31% outgoing teachers in total: (foreseen: ) average grant used per mobile teacher: 775 EUR (grant awarded per mobile teacher: 257 EUR)

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.13 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 TS - Assessment Still difficulties with the implementation of TS: low take-up correlated to high average costs per mobile teacher implementation has slightly improved since 97/98 (27%) still difficulties with implementation of TS: 22% of TS considered as unsatisfactory best performing countries: AT, CEEC

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.14 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 ECTS 1584 FR include 870 ECTS good overall success (90% of ECTS at least satisfactory) ECTS site visits: 49 out of the 50 institutions visited reported positive experiences

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.15 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Intensive Programmes (IP) 1584 FR include 257 IP (DE: 33 IP) relatively high percentage (9%) of IPs not implemented use of the IP grant continues to be high clear relationship between the percentage use of the grant and the quality of implementation (high spending = positive results) Best performing country: NL

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.16 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Curricular Development Project (CD) FR include 329 CD average number of participating institutions per project : CDA7 CDI/EM6 ILC5 14 % of the partners dropped out Best performing countries: BE, UK

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.17 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Implementation of the IC as a whole 4 positive results in general, in spite of difficulties in some areas (only 5% of ICs considered as wholly unsatisfactory) 4 overall results of first year’s implementation (1997/98) of the IC, in general, confirmed in 1998/99 4 continued global approach for European co-operation at institutional level in the framework of the IC

26-27/06/2000Prepared by the SOCRATES & YOUTH T.A.O.18 SOCRATES & JEUNESSE Technical Assistance Office SOCRATES & YOUTH FINAL REPORT 1998/99 Conclusion and Follow-up OMS: Continued money transfer from other activities to OMS  higher amount has been allocated for OM TS: Implementation of TS is, although improving, still far from a success  investigate nature of TS problems IP: Implementation of IPs continued to be a success  the funding for IPs has been increased CD: Positive results from the qualitative point of view, but low use of the allocated funds by partners  split funding will be abolished as from 2001/2002