1. Understanding and Managing Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility
Сzarina Nuridinova
National Erasmus+ Coordinator in Tajikistan
Information day, Dushanbe
18 November 2016

3. ICM in brief Short-term higher education mobility
For students and PhD candidates (3-12 months) & staff (5-60 days)
All levels: BA, MA, PhD, academic & administrative staff
Generous grant… and no tuition fees!

4. A global action

5. ICM in numbers

6. How does ICM work?

7. Decentralised management

8. Ring-fenced budgets per NA

11. Rules and restrictions11

12. Priority countries 12

13. 'Usual suspects' 13

15. DCI ASIA 15

17. DCI LATIN AMERICA 17

19. Part II.
Managing the project

20. Programme Country HEI

21. Award criteria Relevance of the mobility project
Internationalisation strategy
Types of mobility
Quality of cooperation
Previous experience
Definition of responsibilities and tasks
Quality of project design & implementation
Selection, support & recognition
Impact and dissemination
Impact on different levels
Dissemination measures
Award criteria

22. Fixed Project Start Date Latest project end date Application deadline
Selection results
End of 16 month projects
Nov 7
February year n
1 June year n
31 September n+1
Dec 20
31 July n+2
6 days
Today
18 days
25 days
17 days
Qualitative Assessment by National Agencies
Mobilities take place during this period
25 days

23. Programme Country HEI

24. Organisational support
EUR 350/participant up to first participants, then EUR 200/participant
Individual support
EUR /month for students and EUR /day for staff
Contribution to travel costs
EUR , depending on distance travelled

25. Programme Country HEI
Partner Country HEI

26. Programme Country HEI
Partner Country HEI
Participant

27. Fair and transparent selection process Mobility period Recognition
Grant agreement signed with Programme Country HEI
Participant reports on recognition
Inter-institutional agreement signed
Transcript of Records completed
Learning or Mobility Agreement signed
Nov 7
Dec 20
6 days
Today
18 days
25 days
17 days
Fair and transparent selection process
25 days
Mobility period
Recognition

28. Guidelines 'Do's and don'ts' for applicants FAQs for students & staff
FAQs for HEIs
Quick Reference Guide for Partner Country HEIs
Guidelines
Programme Guide 2016

29. Latest developments

30. Looking ahead to 2017 One application deadline: 2 February 2017
… no second round!
Iran, Iraq, Yemen
EUR 2.5 million
~600 mobilities
Tunisia Window
EUR 3 million
~750 mobilities

31. New budget distribution
Beyond 2017
ICM data
Traineeships?
New budget distribution

33. Ring-fenced budgets per NA

36. Advice to Programme HEIs
Target envelopes with bigger budgets
Go for less usual suspects
Newcomers, think about starting with staff mobility
26 month contracts recommended
Be precise in the quality questions

37. Advice to Partner Country HEIs
There are opportunities for cooperation with all 33 Programme Countries
Get support from NEOs or EU Delegations
Work with your European partner on the application

38. International Credit Mobility Timeline for Contractual Documents
European Commission
Start of the mobility projects
(1 June)
Delegation Agreement
Qualitative Assessment
National
Agency
Reporting to National Agency
Interim report & final beneficiary report
Application Form
2 February 2016
Grant Agreement
Every month, once mobilities have started
Programme Country HEI
Before the start of the actual mobility
Reporting in Mobility Tool+
ECHE
PIC
Learning/ Mobility Agreement
3 parties +
Grant Agreement
Programme HEI-Participant
Inter-institutional Agreement
Before encoding mobilities in Mobility Tool+
Partner
Country HEI
Before the start of the actual mobility
PIC
Students: 30 days before the end of the mobility
Staff: After the end of the mobility
Participants
Participant Report
Online EU Survey
Student Survey on Recogni-tion
After the end of the mobility
Application Phase
Contractualisation Phase
Implementation & Reporting Phase