ERASMUS MUNDUS EXTERNAL COOPERATION WINDOW (EM ECW) Lot 5 (Russia)

After the successful application for the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Triple I project in the summer of 2008, the Georg-August-University currently is one of 19 participating partners in this exchange program.

The Triple I - Integration, Interaction and Institutions is a consortium of nine European and ten Russian universities. The Consortium is coordinated by the University of Turku www.utu.fi/iii. Triple I mobility scheme awards grants to students and staff of Russian and European Partner Universities, but also to Russian nationals not linked with the Partner Universities. Triple I is funded within the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window. EM ECW is a co-operation and mobility scheme launched by Europe Aid cooperation Office and implemented by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture.

The objective of the Triple I(Integration, Interaction and Institutions) Project is to create an active network of Russian and European universities who cooperate multidisciplinarily and multilaterally and promote innovation through joint research, education, and exchange of experience and good practises. In particular, the Triple I mobility scheme forms new connections and links between partner universities and increases their capacity for international and interdisciplinary cooperation. Triple I also contributes to better recognition of studies through ECTS system.

Triple Imobility scheme has awarded more than 200 grants to students, researchers and academic staff memebers, whose mobilities start during the academic year 2008-2009. Partner universities’ students and staff represent 82 % of the mobilities, but the scheme is open also to Russian students and academics from non-partner universities, Russian professionals and public administration personnel outside the academic sphere, teachers in regional educational systems and the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation.

The Consortium will apply for financing for academic year 2009-2010 within the EM ECW programme. Triple Igrants for the academic year 2009-2010 can be applied in March-April 2009. The nominations are made during the summer 2009, but the grants are conditional to financing of the Consortium.

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