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1Content1.TheGreen-Tech-WBpartnership....................................................................................................2

2.Targetgroups..................................................................................................................................4

3.Fieldsofstudy.................................................................................................................................6

4.Typesanddurationofscholarships................................................................................................7

5.Eligibilitycriteriaforstudents.......................................................................................................11

6.Eligibilitycriteriaforacademicandadministrativestaff...............................................................13

FundedwiththesupportoftheEuropeanCommission.Thispublicationreflectstheviewsonlyoftheauthor,andtheCommissioncannotbeheldresponsibleforanyusewhichmaybemadeoftheinformationcontainedtherein.



21.TheGreen-Tech-WBpartnershipThe mobility plan of this project, coordinated by the Universidade de Vigo (Spain) and co-ordinatedbytheUniversityofFanSNoliiKorçë(Albania),wasdesignedwiththeaimofdeployingthehorizontalprinciplesoftheEuropeanUnionfortheeconomic&socialdevelopmentinThird-Countries through the cooperation in higher education, research & innovation and around thethematicarea“GreenTech:Smart&GreenTechnologiesfor InnovativeandSustainableSocietiesinWB”.ThisprojectpromotesEUHEIascentresofexcellenceinlearning&researcharoundGreenITanddrives thisexcellence toWesternBalkans countries inorder to contribute to theirbettergovernance & social cohesion but also to connect Western Balkans countries to the globaleconomy.

Our partnership involves 8Higher Education Institutions fromEUand from12WesternBalkanscountries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro1, Serbia. The consortium alsoincludes27associatedmembersfromEUcountriesandfromcountriesinthelot,whicharewillingto participate in three main tasks: Professional Training; Technology-Transfer; and Publicity &QualityAssurance.

EU partners: HEI Country

Universidade de Vigo (coordinator) Spain

Universidade do Porto Portugal

Universität Paderborn Germany

University of Ljubljana Slovenia

University of Economics In Katowice Poland

University of Split Croatia

University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Bulgaria

Universidad de León Spain Table1EUpartners

Western Balkans partners: HEI Country

University Fan S Noli i Korçë (joint-coordinator) Albania

Agricultural University of Tirana Albania

University of Vlora ''Ismail Qemali'' Albania

University of Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzegovina

Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar Bosnia & Herzegovina

University of Zenica Bosnia & Herzegovina

Public University "Kadri Zeka" Gjilan Kosovo*

University of Mitrovica ''Isa Boletini'' Kosovo*

1 *According to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244.



3University of Donja Gorica Montenegro

University of Montenegro Montenegro

University of Nis Serbia

University of Kragujevac Serbia Table2WesternBalkanspartners

Associates: Institutions Country

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula Croatia

University of Zagreb Croatia

University of Bordeaux France

Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO Italy

Lodz University of Technology Poland

Uniwersytet Gdański Poland

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania

University of Shkodra Albania

"Eqrem Çabej" University of Gjirokastra Albania

University of Mostar Bosnia

University of East Sarajevo Bosnia

University for Business and Technology - UBT Kosovo*

University of Belgrade Serbia

University of Novi Sad Serbia

Business School of College of Professional Studies Blace Serbia

Belgrade Polytechnic Serbia

Valjevo Business School of Applied Studies Serbia

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Kosovo*

Kosovo*

Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agency for development of higher education and quality assurance BIH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Erasmus Student Network Aisbl Belgium

Santander Group European Universities Network Belgium

Gdansk Science & Technology Park Poland

GRADIANT Spain

SocialWire Spain

Technology park Varazdin Ltd Croatia

Razvojna agencija Zagreb - TPZ d.o.o. Croatia



42.TargetgroupsThe European Commission defines three target groups for the mobility flows for students,academicandadministrativestaff.

Please, take into account that in target group 3 applicantsmust present official documentationthat proves their eligibility for this group. In case applicants fail to do so, the partnership willconsiderthemasTG1orTG2,dependingonthehomeinstitution.

Targetgroup

Beneficiariesmustfulfillthefollowingconditions

Eligibletypesofmobility/Regionoftheparticipantsinthe

mobilityTargetgroup1

National of one of the EU Countries ornational of one of the Western BalkanscountriesintheGreenTech-WBLot(Albania,Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Academicandadministrativestaffshouldbeenrolled, associated orworking (fulltime) inone of the partner institutions of theGreenTech-WB project at the time ofsubmittingtheirapplication.StudentsneedtoberegisteredatoneoftheHEIs2 within the partnership at the time ofsubmitting their applicationUndergraduatestudents must have successfully completedat least one year of studies in their homeinstitution.

Ø Undergraduate

/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)

Ø Master

/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)

Ø Doctorate

/WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)

Ø Post-doctorate


Ø Academicandadministrative

staff/EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)

2 Higher Education Institution



5Targetgroup2

National of one of the European UnionCountriesornationalofoneoftheWesternBalkanscountries intheGreen-Tech-WBLot(Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Academicandadministrativestaffshouldbeenrolled, associated orworking (fulltime) ina HEI not included in the Green-Tech-WBpartnership.Studentsneed toberegisteredataHEInotincludedintheGreen-Tech-WBpartnershipat the time of submitting their applicationand have obtained a university degree orequivalent fromaHEI of any EU country orfrom a HEI of the countries in the Green-Tech-WBlot(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia).Undergraduate students must havesuccessfully completed at least one year ofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.

Ø Master


Ø Doctorate


Ø Post-doctorate

/(WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)

Ø Academicandadministrativestaff/(EuropeanUnion&WesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Serbia)

Targetgroup3

Nationals of Libya who are in particularlyvulnerable situations, for social, economicandpoliticalreasons.Forexample:1) having a refugee status or asylumbeneficiaries (international or according tothenationallegislationofoneoftheEUhostcountries)or2)proofofhavingbeenobjectofunjustifiedexpulsion from university on racial, ethnic,religious, political, gender or sexualinclinationor3) belong to an indigenous populationtargetedbyaspecificnationalpolicyorIDPs(InternallyDisplacedPersons)

Ø Undergraduate

/(WesternBalkanscountries(Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*)

3.FieldsofstudyAll the EU partners included in the GreenTech-WB partnership have a long experience andknowledgeandofferhighqualityundergraduate,masteranddoctoratedegrees,andspecialized



6researchinenvironmentalsustainability,energy-efficientcomputing,renewableenergysources,ITinfrastructure,ITindustriesandmarineresources,amongotherinnovativefields.Ourprojectwilltrainstudentsatalllevelswithafocusonthepromotionofthedevelopmentofresearchandthetransferofthatresearchinthesefields.Therefore,andaccordingtotheprioritiesdefinedbytheGreenTech-WBpartnership,scholarshipsmaybegrantedinthefollowingfieldsofstudy:

GreenTech-WBproject:FIELDSOFSTUDY

AgricultureSciences01,1Agriculture01,2AgriculturalEconomics01,3FoodScienceandTechnology01,4Horticulture01,5Fisheries01,6Forestry01,7AnimalHusbandry01,8Tropical/SubtropicalAgricultureLaw01,9Others-AgriculturalSciencesArchitecture,UrbanandRegionalPlanning02,6TransportandTrafficStudiesBusinessStudies,ManagementScience04,1Businessstudieswithlanguages04,2Businessstudieswithtechnology04,3Accountancy,financialmanagement04,4Tourism,cateringandhotelmng.04,5Industrialrelations&personnelmanag.04,6SecretarialStudies04,7MarketingandSalesManagement04,9OthersEngineering,Technology06,1MechanicalEngineering06,2ElectricalEngineering06,3ChemicalEngineering06,4CivilEngineering06,5ElectronicEngineering,Telec06,6ManufacturingSciences06,7MaterialsScience06,8AeronauticalEngineering06,9Others-EngineeringTechnology

LanguagesandPhilologicalSci.09,1ModernECLanguages09,2General&comparativelit.09,3Linguistics09,4Translation,Interpretation09,6Non-ECLanguages09,8LessWidelyTaughtLanguages Law10,1ComparativeLaw,LawwithLang.10,2InternationalLaw10,3CivilLaw10,4CriminalLaw,Criminology10,5Constitutional/PublicLaw10,6PublicAdministration 10,7EuropeanCommunity/EULaw10,9Others-LawMathematics,Informatics11,1Mathematics11,2Statistics11,3Informatics,ComputerScience11,5ActuarialScience11,4ArtificialIntelligence11,9Others-Mathematics,InformaticsNaturalSciences13,1Biology13,2Physics13,3Chemistry13,4Microbiology,Biotechnology13,5NuclearandHighEnergyPhysics13,6Biochemistry13,7Astronomy,Astrophysics13,8Oceanography13,9Others-NaturalSciences



7Geography,Geology07,1Geography07,2EnvironmentalSciences,Ecology07,3Geology07,4SoilandWaterSciences07,6Geodesy,Cartography,R.S.07,7Meteorology07,9OthersHumanities08,3History

SocialSciences14,1PoliticalScience14,3Economics14,6Intl.Relations,EuropeanStudiesCommunicationandInformationSciences15,9Others-CommunicationandInf.Sciences

Eachpartnerhasindicateditsthematicareasofexcellence,amongtheareasintheprevioustable,whichshouldbetakenintoconsiderationbythecandidateswhenapplyingforthegrant.

4.TypesanddurationofscholarshipsThemobilityschemeoftheprojectdeterminesthattheapplicantsofWesternBalkanscountries(Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia) can only apply to EU partnerinstitutions (in Table 1) and that EU applicants can only apply to Western Balkans partnerinstitutions(inTable2).

TheGreenTech-WBprojectsupports153scholarshipsclassifiedasfollows:57undergraduates,32masters,21doctorates,14post-doctoratesand29staff.

Themobilityflowsareexpectedtobedistributedaccordingtothefollowingtables,althoughtheGreenTech-WBpartnershipisabletochangethedistributionoftheavailablescholarshipswiththeaimofachievingabetterimplementationoftheprojectandfulfilltheobjectivesregardingcross-cutting issues such as: gender balance, regional balance, priority areas for Western Balkanscountries,partner’sexpertise,etc.

Undergraduate 6months 10months Amountofmonthlyallowance

TG1

8(EU-->WB) 47(WBtoEU) EUR1,000

13(Albania)

12(B&H)

6(R.Kosovo*)

8(Montenegro)

8(Serbia)



8TG2 0 0

TG3 01(R.Kosovo*toEU)

1(B&HtoEU) EUR1,000

Master 10months 12months 18monthsAmountofmonthlyallowance

TG1

4(EUtoWB) 12(WBtoEU) 5(WBtoEU)

3(Albania) 1(Albania) EUR1,000

3(B&H) 1(B&H)

2(R.Kosovo*) 1(R.Kosovo*)

2(Montenegro) 1(Montenegro)

2(Serbia) 1(Serbia)

TG2 4(EUtoWB)

7(WBtoEU) EUR1,000

2(Albania)

2(B&H)

1(R.Kosovo*)

1(Montenegro)

1(Serbia)

TG3 0 0 0



9Post-Doctorate 6months Amountofmonthly

allowance

TG1

12(WBtoEU) 3(Albania) EUR1,8003(B&H) 2(R.Kosovo*)

2(Montenegro)

2(Serbia)

TG2

2(WBtoEU)

1(Albania) 1(B&H) EUR1,8000(R.Kosovo*) 0(Montenegro)

0(Serbia)

Staff 1month 1month Amountofmonthlyallowance

TG1

10(EUtoWB) 13(WBtoàEU)EUR2,500

3(Albania)

3(B&H)

2(R.Kosovo*)

3(Montenegro)

2(Serbia)

TG2

2(EUtoWB) 4(WBtoEU)

1(Albania)

1(B&H)

1(R.Kosovo*)

0(Montenegro)

1(Serbia)



10Doctorate 12months 34months 36monthsAmountofmonthlyallowance

TG1

4(WBtoEU) 6(WBtoEU) 6(WBtoEU)

2(Albania) 3(Albania) 0(Albania) EUR1,500

2(B&H) 3(B&H) 0(B&H)

2(R.Kosovo*)

2(Montenegro)

2(Serbia)

TG2

5(WBtoEU)

EUR1,500 1(Albania)

1(B&H)

1(R.Kosovo*)

1(Montenegro) 1(Serbia)

Ø Undergraduate/master/Doctoralstudentswillhavetheirmobilityperiodsfullyrecognizedbythepartnerhomeinstitutionuponsignatureofthecorrespondinglearningagreement.

Ø Master/DoctoralstudentswhoreceivefulltrainingatthehostinstitutionwillreceivethecorrespondingDiploma,aftersuccessfullyendingofthestudyperiod.

5.EligibilitycriteriaforstudentsIn order to be eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship under the Green-Tech-WB project,applicantsmustfulfillthefollowingrequirements:

Ø Be nationals of one of the Western Balkans countries in the Green-Tech-WB project(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)ornationalsofoneoftheEU countries in Table 3. They should provide a proof of nationality. Candidates withmultiplenationalitiesmustdecideatapplicationstageunderwhichONEnationalitytheyapply.Applicantswillberequiredtoprooftheirnationalitybyusingofficialdocuments.



11Member-statesoftheEU

Austria Finland Latvia RomaniaBelgium France Lithuania SlovakiaBulgaria Germany Luxembourg SloveniaCyprus Greece Malta SpainCzechRepublic Hungary Netherlands SwedenDenmark Ireland Poland UnitedKingdomEstonia Italy Portugal

Table3EligibleEUcountries

Ø ApplicantsfromtheWesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)musthavenotlived,nordevelopedtheirmainactivity(study,work,etc.)overmorethan12monthsinthelast5years,inoneoftheEUmemberstates(Table3).Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.

Ø HavenotbenefitedinthepastfromanErasmusMundusscholarshipforthesametypeofmobility.Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.

Ø Havesufficientknowledgeof the languageof thecourses.Applicantswillbe required toprooftheirknowledgeofthetuitionlanguageatthehostinstitution.

Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup1:§ StudentsneedtoberegisteredinauniversitydegreeatoneoftheHEIswithinthe

partnershipatthetimeofsubmittingtheirapplication.§ Students interested in an undergraduate scholarship must have successfully

completedatleastoneyearofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.§ Students interested in a no full training master/doctorate scholarship must be

registered/enrolled in a master/doctorate programme at their home institutionduringthegrant(status:exchangestudent).

§ Applicants will be required to justify using official documents (universityregistration,etc.)thattheybelongtothistargetgroup1.

Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup2:§ Students need to be registered at a HEIs not included in the Green-Tech WB

partnership at the time of submitting their application and have obtained auniversitydegreeorequivalentfromaHEIofthecountriesintheWesternBalkanscountries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia) in theGreen-TechWBproject.

§ Students interested in an undergraduate scholarship must have successfullycompletedatleastoneyearofstudiesintheirhomeinstitution.

§ Students interested in a no full training master/doctorate scholarship must beregistered/enrolledinamaster/doctorateprogrammeattheirhomeinstitution.

§ Itisrecommendedtoincludeatleastone(highlyadvisable)letterofsupportfromaWesternBalkansHEIintheGreen-TechWBpartnershipintheirapplication.The



12WesternBalkansHEIgiving itssupporttotheapplicant isgoingtobeconsideredhis/hercontactinstitution.

§ Applicantswillberequiredtojustifyusingofficialdocuments(diploma,universityregistration,etc.)thattheybelongtothistargetgroup2.

Ø AdditionallyforTargetgroup3(Bosnia&HerzegovinaandKosovo*):§ Applicants in thisgrouparesupposed tobe inaparticularlyvulnerablesituation

for social and political reasons, for instance: refugee status, asylum beneficiary,victimofunjustifiedexpulsionfromuniversityonracial,ethnic,religious,political,genderorsexualorientation;orbelongtoanindigenouspopulation

§ Applicantswillberequiredtojustifyusingofficialdocumentsprovingtheybelongtothistargetgroup3(vulnerablecondition)andtheiracademicsituation.

§ Itisrecommendedtoincludeatleastone(highlyadvisable)letterofsupportfroma HEI in the Green-Tech WB partnership or from the Coordinating University(UniversityofVigo)intheirapplication.TheHEIgivingitssupporttotheapplicantisgoingtobeconsideredhis/hercontactinstitution

Ø Forbeingadmissible,theapplicationhastocontainallthedatalistedbelow:Personaldata

of the candidate, year of birth, CV, fulfilment with the eligibility criteria for an EMscholarship (proof of nationality, respect of 12 months rule - for Western Balkansnationals,declarationofhonourofnothavingreceivedanEMAction2scholarshipforthesame purpose, relevant requirements for different target groups and type of mobility,proof of sufficient knowledge of the tuition language at the host institution), choice ofcoursesand/orstudyprogrammeandpreferredhostuniversities(from3to5).

Ø Doctorate and post-doctorate positions might have additional requirements that theapplicantsmust properly satisfy (personal interviews, documents proving their researchfields,etc.)

6.EligibilitycriteriaforacademicandadministrativestaffThe staffmobility (academic and administrative) offers additional opportunities of personal andprofessionaldevelopmentsinceitinvolvestheactiveparticipationinteaching,researchandinthedaily life office activities in a partner institution. Inorder to be eligible for an ErasmusMundusscholarshipundertheGreen-TechWBproject,applicantsmustfulfillthefollowingrequirements:

Ø Be nationals of one of the Western Balkans countries in the Green-Tech WB project(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,Montenegro,Serbia)ornationalsofoneoftheEU countries in Table 3. They should provide a proof of nationality. Candidates withmultiplenationalitiesmustdecideatapplicationstageunderwhichONEnationalitytheyapply.Applicantswillberequiredtoprooftheirnationalitybyusingofficialdocuments.



13Ø ApplicantsfromtheWesternBalkanscountries(Albania,Bosnia&Herzegovina,Kosovo*,

Montenegro,Serbia)musthavenotlived,nordevelopedtheirmainactivity(study,work,etc.)overmorethan12months(Includingthesumofallshortperiods)inthelast5years,inoneoftheEUmemberstates(Table3).Applicantsmustsignadeclarationofhonourofnotbeinginthissituation.

Ø Applicants must work for full time in a partner institution of the Green-Tech WBpartnership(TG1,Tables1and2)orinanotheruniversity(TG2/TG3);theymustincludeintheapplicationtheofficialdocumentsthatprooftheyfulfillthisrequirement.

Ø Applicantsmustagreetogetherwiththehomeandhostinstitutionsontheprogrammeofactivities:lectures,administrativework,researchactivities,etc.Itisrecommended(highlyadvisable)toincludelettersofsupportfromthehost/homeinstitutions.

Ø Applicantsmustagreetogetherwiththehomeandhostinstitutionshowthemobilitywillbe carried out: only one period ormore than one stay to complete thewholemobilityperiod.Anyway, theGreen-TechWBprojectonly supports theexpensesofONE travel.Applicantsmustsignaletterrecognizingtheyareawareofthissituation.

Ø Staff positions might have additional requirements that the applicants must properlysatisfy(personalinterviews,documentsprovingtheirresearchfields,etc.)

Theselectionprocesswillgiveprioritytomobilityflowsthat:

Ø Contributetothestrengtheningof the internationalcooperationcapacityof theHEIs inthe partnership such as: prepare future cooperation projects; bilateral agreements formobility implementation; extend links between departments/faculties; create/improvethelocalandregionalmanagementstructures(researchgroups,IROs,TTOs,…);etc.;

Ø ContributetodefineandimplementtoolstoallowamoredynamicacademicstructureoftheHEIsintheWesternBalkanscountriesintheGreen-TechWBpartnershipforthemtobenefitfromtheBolognaprocessandtheEuropeaneducativeexperience:useofECTS(orother systems of study recognition between the partner institutions), DiplomaSupplement,etc.

Ø Foracademicstaff:§ Tuition: Production of new teachingmaterials, experience exchange in teaching

methods,co-tutelleagreements,jointsupervisionofmaster/PhD,etc.§ Research: Development of joint research activities, promoting the skills and

experienceinresearchtechniques,etc.Ø Foradministrativestaff:

§ Help to create/develop/strengthen the international cooperation departments,identificationofgood-practicesinthemanagementofinternationalcooperation.

§ Strengthen themanagement capacityof the involved institutions in themobilityprocess, producing newworking andmanagementmaterial to help themobilityflows.

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