1. From ERASMUS „Intensive Programmes“ to ERASMUS+ „Strategic Partnerships“
Dr. Sabine Habermalz |
ERASMUS Institutional Coordinator | International Office

2. ERASMUS  SOKRATES  LLP  ERASMUS+
EU Budget Period
EU Education Programme
ERASMUS
Pilot Programme (6 years)
(since 1987)
Sokrates I
(95/96 – 99/00)
2000 – 2006
Sokrates II
(00/01 – 06/07)
2007 – 2013
Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
(07/08 – 13/14)
ERASMUS+
(14/15 – 20/21)

4. LLP/ERASMUS  ERASMUS+
Current Programmes
One integrated Programme
Youth in Action
Programme
International
HE Programmes (currently
Erasmus Mundus,
Tempus,
Alfa, Edulink)
Grundtvig
Erasmus
Leonardo
Comenius
Lifelong
Learning
Programme:
Erasmus +
Key Action III
Policy Support
Key Action II
Institutional
Cooperation
Key Action I Learning
Mobility
63%
25% 4%
Total budget: € 14.7 billion
 ~ 40% more than before
Change of Paradigm:
from the sector-specific approach towards ‘action mode’
Source: European Commission

5. Participating Countries – Participating Institutions
EU Member States:
Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom
EFTA/EEA Countries:
Iceland - Liechtenstein - Norway – Macedonia - Switzerland – Turkey
HEI (Higher Education Institutions):
Must apply for ERASMUS CHARTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (ECHE)
Results to be published in December 2013
Institutional Strategy – Modernization Agenda

6. Participating Countries – Participating Institutions
KA2
Cooperation for innovation - Higher Education-
Erasmus Strategic Partnerships: more intense cooperation between institutions.
Knowledge Alliances: structured partnerships between HEI and businesses
3. Specific support with neighbourhood countries: Capacity building through partnerships between EU and ENP universities with a mobility component.
4. Rest of the world: Capacity building between universities in the EU and Asia, Latin America & Africa.
Budget share: 25%
HE Strategic Partnerships Support HEIs in their Modernisation strategy
Knowledge Alliances University-business cooperation for more innovation
Decentralised
Support to Neighbourhood countries (ENP) Partnerships between HEIs from EU and ENP Curriculum development, modernisation, modern teaching and learning, improve HEIs governance, stronger links with the world of work, ...
+ INTEGRATED MOBILITY of students and staff
Cooperation with Asia, Latin America and Africa Mobility limited to HEI staff to achieve projects’ objectives
Source: European Commission

7. ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships
Sectoral and cross-sectoral structured cooperation (education, training and youth + other relevant stakeholders) to implement innovative practices leading to high quality teaching, training and learning, institutional modernisation and social innovation
Activities ranging from small scale projects (i.e. allowing access for newcomers) to more ambitious, larger scale projects
Fully decentralised management to enable better consideration of the national context and achieve maximum impact
In Higher Education ERASMUS+ aims at supporting HEIs in order to achieve the objectives set under the HE Modernisation Agenda
Action should result in the transfer, development and implementation of innovative practices at institutional, local and regional level
Source: European Commission

8. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Specific Objectives:
Enhance quality of teaching and relevance of learning offers by developing new and innovative approaches
Promote take-up of innovative practices in Higher Education
Raising labour market relevance of study programmes and qualifications
Foster provision and assessment of key competences
Prevent drop-out, facilitate access and inclusion of non-traditional learners
Partnerships:
Benefit from the different experience, profiles and specific expertise  partnerships involve the most appropriate and diverse range of relevant partners, depending on the nature of the activities, size etc.
Source: European Commission

9. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Specific Activities:
There is large flexibility as long as activities are linked to the objectives of the action and most appropriate to reach the specific objectives of the project.
You may develop, test, adapt and implement innovative practices such as
Joint study programmes & joint curricula, Intensive Programmes & common modules – including e-modules
Project-based transnational collaboration between enterprises & students / staff
Pedagogical approaches and methodologies, better use of ICT – especially aimed at delivering transversal competences, entrepreneurial and creative mind-set
Greater variety of study modes (distance, part-time, modular learning), notably through new forms of learning, strategic use of ICT, virtual mobility etc.
Cooperation and exchange of practice between staff responsible for support services (guidance counselling, coaching methods and tools etc.) or those involved in student support services
Source: European Commission

10. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Mobility Activities:
The added value and the need to realise the objectives of the project have to be described at application stage
Such mobility may include
Blended mobility of students combining short term physical mobility (< 2 months) with virtual mobility‘  Intensive Programme-like’ mobility
Long term teaching assignments (2 – 12 months)
Short term joint staff training events < 2 months
Activities must take place in the country/countries of the organisations involved in the Strategic Partnership
Participating students must be registered in a HEI and enrolled in studies leading to a recognised tertiary level qualification
Participating staff must be employed in a HEI or in an enterprise
Source: European Commission

11. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Who can participate:
Public or private institutions in higher education, in other fields of education, training and youth or in the labour market
HEIs from a participating country must hold a valid Higher Education Charter (ECHE)
Organisations from third countries may participate in case of obvious added value
The applicant must be an organisation active in higher education, and located and registered in a participating country
Eligibility Criteria:
A project consists of at least three institutions from three participating countries
Projects can last 2 or 3 years, depending on objectives and type of activities
Applications to be submitted to the National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is located and registered
Lump Sum approach(es) foreseen
Further details to be found in the „Programme Guide“
(not yet published)
Source: European Commission

12. From IP to Strategic Partnership:
Intensive Programmes
at least 3 partners, 1 EU country
project duration years
annual application (+ renewals)
eligible institutions: HEI only
mobility as central activity
multinational & interdisciplinary courses
strategic focus welcome
participants from 3rd countries only from organisational costs
Budget: 20,000 – 80,000 Euro per project
Strategic Partnership
at least 3 partners, 1 EU country
project duration years
single application for the whole period
eligible institutions: HEI, companies, NGOs…
mobility as one option amidst others
significantly enlarged opportunities for a variety of activities and products
strong opportunity for support of strategic activities + higher impact + sustainability
participants from 3rd countries can be funded if value added is properly explained
Budget frame per project significantly higher
Source: European Commission

13. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Financial Provisions:
Negotiations settled: ~25 % overall share for KA 2, details not published
Funding will depend on the range and variety of activities; everything between 50,000 and 300,000 Euro seems to be ‘imaginable’ – but no determined minimum & maximum grant yet
Project size between former LLP Partnerships/IP and Centralised Actions
Open question: how to deal with cross-sectoral applications?
Five Cost Categories:
Project Management & Implementation [lump sum]
Intellectual Products [unit costs / DSA]
Transnational Conferences / Seminars / Events [unit costs]
Learning/Training Mobility Activities [unit costs]
Exceptional Costs [real costs]
Source: European Commission

14. ERASMUS+: Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education
Quality Assessment:
Applications are evaluated by an independent committee on the national level, with respect to:
Relevance of the project (30%)
Adequate needs analysis
EU added value, Modernisation Agenda etc.
Quality of the project design and implementation (20%)
Quality of Work Programme
Consistency between objectives, activities and budget, cost-effectiveness
Quality of methodology & quality control measures
Quality of the project team & cooperation arrangements (20%)
appropriate mix of participating organisations & distribution of responsibilities/tasks
involvement of newcomers
effective mechanisms for coordination and communication
Impact, dissemination and sustainability (30%)
Quality of measures for evaluating the outcomes
Potential impact (within and outside partnership) & sustainability
Quality of dissemination plan
Source: European Commission

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