International Credit Mobility in Lithuania 2015 Challenges and opportunities. NA perspective Greta Kiškienė, Education Exchanges Support Foundation- LT NA Vilnius, 2015-05-05

Content

• Implementation of EU programmes in Lithuania

• Erasmus+ KA107 International Credit Mobility Call 2015: Lithuanian results

• Lessons to be learned for the next call

EU programmes: Erasmus, Tempus, Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus - Lithuania joined in 1999

Tempus - Lithuania joined in 2006

Erasmus Mundus - Lithuania joined in 2006

Development of Internationalisation of Lithuanian Higher Education was mainly influenced by Erasmus programme during the period 1999-2015

• The Bologna process: setting up the European Higher Education Area • Introduction of ECTS/ Diploma Supplements, ECTS/DS Labels

Erasmus numbers 1999-2013:

41 Lithuanian HEIs participating More than 32.000 outgoing students More than 12.000 incoming students

More than 12.500 outgoing staff members More than 9000 incoming staff members 76 Erasmus Intensive Programs funded

More than 700 foreign students participated in Erasmus Intensive Lithuanian language courses

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624

823

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1194

1473

1910 2082

2653

2999 3002

3417 3548 3529

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36 56 91 137 216

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1374 1540

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1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

outgoing LT students Incoming foreign students

Student mobility in the framework of the Erasmus programme: total number of mobile students from and to Lithuania ( 1999-2014)

• 3 % of total number of students enrolled each year • Most popular destination countries for LT students: Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Finland &

Turkey • Countries sending the highest No of students to LT: Turkey, France, Spain, Poland, Germany & Portugal

174 258

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427

571 648

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984

1118 1179

1293 1348

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1865

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437

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2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

outgoing incoming

Staff mobility in the framework of the Erasmus programme: total number of mobile university staff from and to Lithuania (2000-2013)

• 10 % of total number of staff working at HEIs each year

Funding for implementation of Erasmus programme in Lithuania: 2000-2014 (in EUR)

500.244 € 563.816 € 577.246 € 770.969 €

1.930.499 € 2.378.084 €

2.840.085 €

4.478.199 € 5.015.000 €

5.610.000 € 5.890.000 €

6.864.000 €

7.788.000 €

7.800.000 € 8.696.306 €

1.382.513 € 1.483.516 €

2.462.025 € 2.574.202 €

3.052.463 €

3.264.597 €

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4.007.095 € 3.461.539 €

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2.562.320 € 2.737.130 €

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EU funding National funding

Erasmus+ International credit mobility: What was new?

• International dimension of the Erasmus programme - Erasmus going global

• 13 world regions involved (only 10 in 2015)

• Decentralized action- managed by Erasmus+ National Agencies in Programme Countries

• Quality assessment of the applications as compared to intra – European mobility applications

• Strict budget rules for 10 different regions– almost no flexibility to transfer funds between these envelopes

International credit mobility budget figures for

Lithuania in 2015

IPA Western Balkans

297.574,00 €

ENI Eastern Partnership

265.831,00 €

ENI South Mediterranean 351.945,00 €

ENI Russian Federation

164.832,00 €

DCI Asia 229.141,00 €

DCI Central Asia 64.458,00 €

DCI Latin America 74.517,00 €

DCI South Africa 20.865,00 €

Total budget - 1.615.066 EUR ~ 260 mobilities

First results of ICM Call 2015 : Lithuania

• Considerable interest for international credit mobility from Lithuanian HEIs

• 30 HEIs (out of 42 participating in Erasmus+) have applied for KA107

• 60 Partner countries/ Planned ~ 1500 mobility flows (incoming/outgoing)

APPLICATION OVERVIEW Lithuanian results 2015

Demand vs. Supply Scenario in Lithuania

~ 1500 mobility

flows

60 Partner countries

30 applications

Demand in the applications

11.933.491 EUR

Supply: 1.615.066 EUR + 78.000 EUR for DCI

LITHUANIA

Instrument / Region Credit mobility EUR

2015 Number of credit mobilities 2015

KA 107 application EUR

Difference between available budget and

application (shortage) in EUR

ENI South Medit. 351 945 56 1 518 075 -1 166 131

ENI Eastern Partnership

265 831 43 4 372 322 -4 106 491

Russian Federation 164 832 26 669 519 -504 687

DCI Latin America 74 517 12 1 261 306 -1 186 789

DCI Asia 229 141 37 2 425 669 -2 196 528

DCI Central Asia 64 458 10 1 425 914 -1 361 457

DCI South Africa 20 865 3 129 796 -108 931

IPA Wester Balkans 297 574 48 1 146 146 -848 572

PI USA Canada 70 792 11 814 954 -744 162

PI Industrialised Asia, Australia, New

Zealand 75 111 12 2 097 218 -2 022 107

Total 1 615 066 258 15 860 918

Budget shortage through different budget envelopes

DCI Asia Geographical spread – LT applications

Bangladesh 0%

Cambodia 4%

China 35%

India 26%

Indonesia 9%

Malaysia 12%

Mongolia 1%

Pakistan 0%

Philippines 3%

Thailand 7%

Viet Nam 3%

0%

0%

Geographical spread – LT applications

Kazakhstan 70%

Kyrgyzstan 6%

Tajikistan 3%

Uzbekistan 21%

DCI Central Asia Argentina

6% Bolivia 7%

Brazil 19%

Chile 10%

Colombia 9%

Costa Rica 4%

Cuba 4%

El Salvador 7%

Mexico 7%

Panama 5%

Paraguay 4%

Peru 3%

Uruguay 11%

Venezuela 4%

DCI Latin America

Geographical spread – LT applications

Algeria 0%

Egypt 16%

Israel 36%

Jordan 8%

Lebanon 16%

Morocco 13%

Palestine 3%

Tunisia 8%

ENI South- Mediterranean

Armenia 7% Azerbaijan

7%

Belarus 23%

Georgia 33%

Moldova 6%

Ukraine 24%

ENI Eastern Partnership

Geographical spread – LT applications

Albania 10%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

33%

Kosovo 8%

Montenegro 1%

Serbia 48%

IPA Western Balkans Australia

6% Hong Kong

1%

Japan 22%

Korea (Republic

of) 32%

Macao 0%

New Zealand

1%

Singapore 8%

Taiwan 30%

PI Industrialised Asia

Geographical spread – LT applications

Canada 15%

United States 85%

0%

0%

PI Industrialised Americas

Challenges and further developments

For NAs: • new program requirements • evaluation of applications • distribution of the budget and

flows • use of budget • monitoring and counselling

For HEIs: • Inter-institutional agreements & partnership

commitments • strategic approach • ensure quality of mobility organisation:

selection, guidance, grant payments, mentoring, social integration of incoming students

• recognition of mobility

For individuals:

• language requirements and assessment

• visa and insurance issues

• cultural and academic differences

• recognition of studies (relevant for students)

Lessons to be learned (hopefully to be heard for 2016)

At Central (EC) level:

• The simplification of the application form to avoid repetition

• The development of IT tools for both for NA and evaluators (OEET)

• Rethink definition of selection criteria and the privilege of previous experience in a given country

• Evaluation of the applications per region/envelope not per each Partner country

• While allocating the budget to respect and consider National priorities for of Programme countries

At National level:

• Training sessions and workshops for HEIs and for experts

• We are open for discussions, ideas