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Addis Ababa, 13 June 2019

National Agency for European Higher Education Germany

Erasmus+ Contact Seminar

International Credit Mobility (ICM)

Ethiopia

Erasmus…

❖ Is the Education Programme of the European Union

❖ Comprises all sectors of education (Adult, Higher, School,

Vocational, Youth)

❖ Current funding period 2014-2020

❖ Target figure of 3 Million participants intra-EU

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EU 28 plus Island, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia,

Norway, Serbia, Turkey

Erasmus+ Program Countries

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Erasmus+ Contact Seminar International Credit Mobility

Participating HEI from Austria

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Erasmus+ Contact Seminar International Credit Mobility

Participating HEI from Germany

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All other countries in the world (with exception of Middle

East region)

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Partner countries

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Erasmus+ Contact Seminar International Credit Mobility

Participating HEI from Ethiopia

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General

❖ EU's main instrument for providing development aid to African,

Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, to overseas countries and

territories (OCTs)

Goals

❖ Reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, overcome

challenges in governance, trade regimes and geography, and to make

best use of the opportunities arising from globalisation

Topics

❖ The EDF funds cooperation activities in the fields of economic

development, social and human development as well as regional

cooperation and integration

European Development Fund (EDF)

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International Credit Mobility with Ethiopia

Restriction:

No BA and MA student mobility from programme countries to Ethiopia

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility is a flexible

instrument to qualify individuals and run partnerships

For Teaching Purposes

❖ Fulltime and parttime

❖ All subject areas (no preferences/quotas)

❖ 5 to 60 days

❖ 8 hours teaching obligation per week

❖ From Ethiopia to Germany 160 Euro per day plus travel

❖ From Germany to Ethiopia 180 Euro per day plus travel

❖ Full funding with special needs

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility is a flexible

instrument to qualify individuals and run partnerships

For Training Purposes

❖ Fulltime and parttime

❖ All areas of training (no preferences/quotas)

❖ 5 to 60 days

❖ From Ethiopia to Germany 160 Euro per day plus travel

❖ From Germany to Ethiopia 180 Euro per day plus travel

❖ Full funding with special needs

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility is a flexible

instrument to qualify individuals and run partnerships

For Students

❖ All levels (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate)

❖ All subject areas

❖ Only parts of degrees, no full degrees

❖ Studies 3-12 months

❖ Traineeships 2-12 months

❖ From Ethiopia to Austria, Germany 850 Euro per month plus travel

❖ From Austria, Germany to Ethiopia 700 Euro per month plus travel

❖ Social top up (200 Euro per month) with children, with special needs

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Institutional Application Process

❖ Programme Country HEI apply with National Agency for

projects with one or more Partner Countries

❖ Each application can contain any number of Partner HEI

❖ Partner Country HEI need to be acknowledged by

National Authority (public and private)

❖ Each Partner Country application is evaluated by external

experts according to four quality criteria

❖ Project duration 24 or 36 months (starts 1 August)

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Institutional Application Process

Programme Country

Higher Education Institution

Project Application

Partner Country Applications

Partner Country

Higher Education Institutions

Programme country HEI must hold an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.

❖ Partner country HEI oblige themselves to the principles of the Charter in the

Inter-Institutional Agreement

❖ Must be signed before start of project

❖ Sets out mobility flows & preconditions:

❖ Non-discrimination

❖ Full recognition of learning outcomes

❖ No fees charged

❖ Publish course catalogue

❖ Support of participants (language, documents, logistics, assistance for visas,

accommodation, insurance…)

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Quality Framework: Inter-Institutional Agreement

Student mobility - Learning/Traineeship Agreement

❖ Must be signed before start of mobility by sending and receiving

Higher Education Institution/organisation and student

❖ Sets out the planned duration of the mobility, the detailed

programme of the mobility and the recognition of defined learning

outcomes

Staff mobility - Mobility Agreement

❖ Must be signed before start of mobility by sending and receiving

Higher Education Institution/organisation and staff

❖ Sets out the planned duration of the mobility, the activities to be

carried out and the expected outcomes and impact

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Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Quality Framework

Nationale Agentur für EU-Hochschulzusammenarbeit

Erasmus+ National Agency „Higher Education“

DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Kennedyallee 50

53175 Bonn

www.daad.de

www.eu.daad.de

Servicenummer: 0800 2014 020

Student mobility

for studies

Student mobility

for traineeships

Staff mobility for

teaching

Staff mobility for

training

Sending

organisation can

be…

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

or

Programme or

Partner Country

public or private

organisation

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

Receiving

organisation can

be…

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

or

Programme or

Partner Country

public or private

organisation

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

Programme or

Partner Country

HEI

or

Programme

Country public or

private

organisation

Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility

Participants

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❖ Erasmus+ Programme Guide

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-

plus/resources/programme-guide_en

❖ Documents for Applicants

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-

plus/resources/documents/applicants_en

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Erasmus+ ICM Resources

General Information