Quality in mobility : a key Quality in mobility : a key success factor in getting the success factor in getting the best of mobility best of mobility Patricia De Smet Patricia De Smet Principal Administrator Principal Administrator Higher Education and Erasmus , European Commission Higher Education and Erasmus , European Commission Erasmus Placement: put it into practice Erasmus Placement: put it into practice Rome 20th November 2009 Rome 20th November 2009
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Quality in mobility : a key Quality in mobility : a key success factor in getting success factor in getting
the best of mobilitythe best of mobility
Patricia De Smet Patricia De Smet
Principal AdministratorPrincipal Administrator Higher Education and Erasmus , European CommissionHigher Education and Erasmus , European Commission
Erasmus Placement: put it into practice Erasmus Placement: put it into practice
Rome 20th November 2009Rome 20th November 2009
Agenda
The increasing role of learning mobility New Youth & mobility initiative Green paper Erasmus – quality framework NAs 2008 YR – specific obstacles to
placements What next?
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The increasing role of The increasing role of learning mobilitylearning mobility
What do we mean and why is it important?What do we mean and why is it important? « Transnational mobility for the purpose of
acquiring new skills »
Strengthens employability and personal development Can prepare for mobility in working life Makes E&T systems more open, more European and more
international Enhances Europe's competitiveness Helps combat xenophobia and fostering
European citizenship.
New Youth and Mobility New Youth and Mobility initiativeinitiative
LM has been given a huge boost recently. President Barroso announced in political
guidelines for the next Commission a new initiative “Youth on the Move”.
By 2020 “all young people in Europe must have the possibility to spend part of their educational pathway in other MS”
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The Green PaperThe Green Paper
Why a Green Paper and what kind of mobility? The three phases of a mobility period:
preparation, stay abroad, return – obstacles and good practice.
New partnership for mobility. Conclusions and how to take part in the
consultation.
Preparation phase
Information & guidance Promotion and motivation Languages and culture Legal issues Portability of grants and loans Mobility to & from Europe (eg visa issue, ) Preparation of the period & quality assurance
issues Reaching out Disadvantaged Groups
The stay abroad & follow-up
Mentoring and integration
Recognition and validation
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Examples of questions raisedExamples of questions raised
How can the availability of info and guidance be improved?
How can young people be better informed about the benefits of LM?
How can linguistic obstacles best be addressed?
What are the main legal obstacles to LM?
What are the main obstacles to the portability of grants and loans?
Quality : a key success Quality : a key success factor in getting the best of factor in getting the best of mobilitymobility Quality : one of the main barriers to
mobility
Quality: one of the success factors to increase the benefit of mobility
Benefits of mobilty tends to increase with the duration and the quality
Erasmus – quality framework for placements
EUC (extended)
Inter-institutional agreement revised to cover placements
Training agreement revised to include the partnership with a HEI abroad
Mobility quality commitment
Erasmus placementsquality framework VS specific obstacles (NAs