1. LtCol Frankie PLASSCHAERT Deputy Director of Academic Education
Royal Military Academy
Brussels - Belgium

2. Content of briefing The internationalization of the RMA
General strategy
Criteria for partnership
The geographical zone of interest
Objectives
Target groups
Five years of "EMILYO"
Benefits so far
Desires
Approaches to "EMILYO“
How to facilitate exchanges
Lessons learned
Experiences
Proposals to increase exchanges

3. The internationalization of the RMA General strategy
International cooperation is one of the pillars of our mission statement
The mobility of the students is encouraged in order
to familiarise them with working within a multinational framework
to prepare them for their officer career
The mobility of the teaching staff is promoted

4. The internationalization of the RMA General strategy
International cooperation is concretised in:
the exchange of students, researchers and lecturers
providing academic and organisational support to foreign institutions
the active participation in EMILYO
exploring the possibility of an advanced cooperation and integration of European military academies

5. The internationalization of the RMA Criteria for partnership
Academies specialised in domains closely related to our academic programme
Positive experiences
The opportunity for interdisciplinary cooperation
Principle of reciprocity

6. The internationalization of the RMA The geographical zone of interest
New EU members (Three-cycle system)
EU and NATO member states
Central and North Africa

7. The internationalization of the RMA Objectives
Create international openness
within the EHEA on an academic level
within the EU, NATO and the United Nations on a professional level
Improve the cultural and social skills of our students “cultural awareness”
Contact with other teaching cultures
Develop quality education and research
Promote the renown of our institution

8. The internationalization of the RMA Target groups
Students
Professors
Teachers
Researchers

9. Five years of "EMILYO" Benefits so far
Introduction to the international scene “International awareness”
Bringing young officers of different origins together
Incorporating the idea of European integration

10. Five years of "EMILYO" Benefits so far
Knowing and to understanding the opinions and vision of international colleagues
“Cultural and social awareness”
Other problem - solving techniques

11. Five years of "EMILYO" Benefits so far
Knowing how other organizations are structured and how they function
Extending international relationships (network building)
Improving language skills

12. Five years of "EMILYO" Desires
Inviting more international cadets for academic and military courses (1 – 4 weeks)
law of armed conflicts
language training
military summer camp
winter camp
parachute jumping
sailing courses
Sending more cadets abroad for academic & military training

13. Approaches to "EMILYO"
More promoting the Initiative within the RMA to our students and staff.
Exploring closer cooperation with other partners in the BENELUX area (intensive program)

14. Approaches to "EMILYO"
Creating a European week (political and military sciences)
Examining the possibility to open up the initial professional training offered at the component level for foreign students

15. How to facilitate exchanges from the administrative point of view
a Single or Double Point of Contact
A calendar of courses for the academic year X+1 available at the website.
Academic semesters should not overlap

16. Lessons learned Experiences
RMA has been involved since the creation of EMILYO in a quite active way
CSDP- modules (Portugal, Spain, Greece and Austria)
OLYMPIAD - Cyprus
OLYMPIAD - Greece 2014
Austrian alpine course

17. Lessons learned Proposals to increase exchanges
A higher number of courses in English
Other languages courses should be organized (beyond the national language and English)
Academic semesters should not overlap
Each academy responsible for organizing one or more specific courses beneficial for the other academies (concentrated in a limited time frame)

18. Thank you for your attention
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