ERASMUS MUNDUS EXTERNAL COOPERATION WINDOW (EM ECW) Lot 17 (Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)

PROJECT FACT SHEET

Coordinating Institution:
Universidade do Porto - Portugal
Members of the partnership
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Germany Justus-Liebig University - Germany Universidad de Valladolid - Spain Università degli Studi di Milano - Italy Universitat de Barcelona - Spain Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Spain Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille - France Universiteit Gent - Belgium Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Brazil Universidade Federal da Bahia - Brazil Universidade Federal da Paraiba - Brazil Universidade Federal de Alagoas - Brazil Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Brazil Universidade Federal do Acre - Brazil Universidade Federal do Ceará - Brazil Universidad Nacional de Asunción - Paraguay Universidad Católica del Uruguay - Uruguay Universidad de la República - Uruguay
Associates:
Santander Group - Spain
ANDIFES - Associação Nacional dos Dirigentes das Instituições Federais de Ensino Superior - Brazil
FAUBAI - Fórum de assessorias das universidades brasileiras para assuntos internacionais - Brazil
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - Brazil
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo - Uruguay

Project Objectives:
The main objective of this project is to promote cooperation between EU and Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in Higher Education. In particular, this project aims to promote the socio-economic development of these countries through Higher Education cooperation with emphasis in the thematic areas of agricultural sciences, engineering and technology, education and teacher training, medical sciences, natural sciences and social sciences, which were defined as priority areas. This project also aims to promote knowledge transfer and capacity building gained by European HEIs during their 20 years of experience within the scope of the Erasmus Program, in benefit of these countries’ Higher Education Institutions. Finally, we sought to ensure that all this will be implemented in full respect and safeguard of these countries’ cultural identity and idiosyncratic traits and characteristics.

Brief description:
To attain the objectives above mentioned we are creating a consortium of 20 HEIs: 9 from 6 EU countries (BE, DE, ES, FR, IT, PT) and 11 from Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (7 BR, 2 UY and 2 PY), including HEIs with campuses in 15 less developed regions. 154 mobility flows have been designed to meet the project goals: 56 undergraduate for 6 months, 31 master for 20 months, 37 doctorate (17 full docs for 34 months, and 20 sandwich – 14 for 6 months and 6 for 10 months), 15 post-docs (8 for 6 months and 7 for 10 months) and 15 TS for 1 month. We are planning 127 (44 undergrad, 31 master, 30 doc, 11 post-doc and 11 TS) from BPU to EU and 27 (12 undergrad, 7 doc, 4 post-doc and 4 TS) from EU to BPU. These flows were determined in accordance with Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay’s priorities, and the selection of institutions in Europe was based on their quality and on the thematic areas on offer. The institutions in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay were selected regarding their profile and development stage and the country socioeconomic development, not forgetting less developed regions.