ICI ECP
Industrialised Countries
Initiative
Education Cooperation
Programme
Giornata Nazionale Erasmus Mundus II 2013
Manuela Costone – PNC Italia Erasmus Mundus
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Bilateral cooperation programme ICI
ICI (Industrialised Countries Instrument) promotes cooperation between the European Union and seventeen
industrialised and other high-income countries and territories
in North America, the Asia-Pacific region and the Gulf region.
One of the supported specific actions promotes "people-topeople links" with the aim to enhance mutual understanding
between cultures and to facilitate the exchange of
knowledge.
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ICI-ECP
ICI-ECP (Education Cooperation Programme) refers to EU
cooperation with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the
Republic of Korea in the field of higher education and
vocational education and training. The programme includes
regional and bilateral cooperation projects based on joint EU Partner Countries funding and mutual agreement on the
selection of higher education partnerships.
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ICI-ECP characteristics
• Development of common study programmes+mobility
(Double/Joint Degree and/or Joint Study programmes)
• Bachelor or Master degree, or VET, but no PhD
• Lump sum for administration and development work
• Flat rate grants for Student and Staff Mobility
• Balanced activities and shared responsibility
• Co-funding by the EU and the partner country 50% + 50%
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NEW Call ICI – ECP
EACEA/44/2012
• Deadline for applications 15.05.2013
• Budget : from EU side approximately 2.45 M€
• Plan to fund 5-9 cooperation projects
• Partner Countries participating in the call:
Australia (3/4), Japan (3/5), New Zealand (1) or Republic of
Korea (3/5)
• Cooperation projects to be developed btw EU and one of the
Partner Countries
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Project types:
• Double or Joint Degree projects ( priority to Joint
Degrees)
• Mobility projects in the area of VET and to projects
offering work placements or training experience
• Projects planned to start October 2013
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Outline of Joint Degree Projects
Duration
Projects are planned to begin in October 2013
48 months
Partner
ship
Minimum
2 HE institutions from 2 different EU countries and
2 such institutions from the Partner Country
The priority will be
given to partnerships
focusing to Joint
degrees
Activity
•Development of joint /shared curricula, joint study / training
programmes
•Student Mobility ( one academic year ~10 months ) in
Partner Country
•Faculty Mobility (1-4 weeks)
Intra European mobility
is encouraged but not
obligatory
Student
Mobility
EU students:Flat rate 1.000€ / month grant for mobility stay
Travel grant 1.500 €/student
Studies, internship,
transfer of credits
Faculty
Mobility
EU faculty: Flat rate 1.000€ / week grant for mobility stay
Travel grant 1.500 €/faculty
Structured visits
Teaching, research...
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Outline of Joint Mobility Projects
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For further information:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/bilateral_cooperation/eu_ici_ecp/funding/call_2012_en.php
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