1. IMPACT - CANEM II PARTNERSHIP
Sofía Siemens
CANEM II Project coordinator
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

2. SHORT VIEW OF THE PROJECT
Project approved under the EM call: EACEA 38/2012
Starting date: 15 July 2013
Ending date: 30 October 2017
- Lot 8: Countries of the Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (3 Universities per partner country) + 5 European Universities: Italy, UK, Czech Republic and two Spanish universities (University of Balearic Islands and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
- Total members for the consortium: 20 partners. Coordinator: ULPGC. Local coordinator: Kyrgyz National University

3. SHORT VIEW OF THE PROJECT Mobility done until now:
UNDERGRADUATES
MASTERS
PhD
Post Doc
Staff
TOTAL
Mobility
First Cohort 25 27 8 3 63
Second Cohort 9 12 7 2 15 45
Third cohort 1 6 14 24 37 40 11 29
132

4. SHORT VIEW OF THE PROJECT

5. IMPACT OF THE PROJECT: Survey to students, Home and Host Universities
April 2017
Objective; Evaluation of the Project implementation and impact
First cohort terminaron en 2015 y second cohort en 2016

6. STUDENTS SURVEY (all mobility levels)
 Main cultural benefits they gained (open question)
Gained more international and local cultural experience
Became more sociable and communicative
Gained skills to adapt to a new country and culture
Became more open minded
Knew new education systems
Learnt new languages

7. EMPLOYABILITY
What are you doing currently?

8. If you are working, do you consider that the EM experience helped you to find this job?
Explain why (open question):
EM grant holders are considered hight profile candidates
EM experience helped in gaining new professional skills
Language and communication skills
Host university degree is very appreciated in Home Country

9. If they are studying/working abroad: do they think they will go back to their country after finishing that studies/work abroad?
Yes – 100%
Do they think that what they learned during their stay is useful for their university or country?
Yes – 97%
No – 3%
Explain why (open question)
Prepared professionals with international experience are needed for the market
Research methods can be implemented in home country
Open minded leaders are needed
Contribute with new teaching ideas to their home universities
Development of new projects in their countries

10. Some phrases describing CANEM II grantees experiences:
“The foundation of my future career has been laid thanks to Erasmus Mundus”
“Adaptability, Communication skills, Critical thinking/Problem solving skills”
“One can change the mind of millions”
“The experience I gained opened my eyes and made me more flexible”

11. Main Impact of the Project at Home Universities:
- Reformation of the structure of the international offices
- Expansion of the international Relations Departments
- Integration of International Education programmes at faculties
- New measures for recognition of credits
- Introduction of new quality assurance measures
Cooperation to publish research articles in EU journals
Best practices learned at host universities has been later brought to Central Asian institutions
Joint projects has been developed (KA2 CBHE, KA107)
Curricum has been developed, as some of the teachers updated their training materials due to the participation in the Project.
Here we are… which are….. Implementation

12. HOST COORDINATORS:
Main impact the Project had in their institutions:
New projects has been presented to the Erasmus+ calls
Bilateral agreements among the CA institutions and EU partners has been signed
Participating institutions gained contacts in several countries which they never worked before
The Project gave them experience in the management of mobility with third countries.
Excelent experience for students and staff related academic and personal pathway.

13. THANK YOU!