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Examples and best practices

DIRE-MED: DIAL OGUE INTER CULTUREL , RESEA UX ET MOBILITÉ ERASMUS+ BRIDGES T O ES TABLISH EV S PAR TNERSHIPS
EN MEDITERRANÉE Theme: Innovation & IT non-formal education

Theme: Mobility, capacity building, internationalisation Funding: Erasmus+
Funding: EC, Erasmus+ KA2 Programme & partner countries: EU & Southern Mediterranean
Programme & partner countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Italy, Spain Start: 2017-2019
Duration: 2016-2019 More information: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/erasmus-volunteering-activities-info-kit_en
More information: https://www.uni-med.net/progetti/dire-med-dialogue-interculturel-reseaux-et-mobilite-en-mediterranee/
This project aims to improve the knowledge and skills of youth workers in the field of European Voluntary Services (EVS) https://
By fostering university cooperation, DIRE-MED seeks to establish a long-lasting relationship of mutual trust, understanding and ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- and the development of competences for supporting and facilitating the intercultural
intercultural awareness among Mediterranean countries promoting the mobility and exchange of people and in longer term, a learning process through non-formal education and the use IT methods, in partnership between organisations from EU and
major economic and cultural integration of the region. Southern Mediterranean countries.
Objectives:
• Creating a framework of cooperation to facilitate the exchange of students, academic and non-academic staff of HEIs in the ERASMUS+ JEAN MONNET A C TIVITIES
Mediterranean Basin
Theme: Innovation, knowledge-sharing, and communication
• Articulating university-enterprise cooperation by promoting intercultural dialogue and by strengthening international and the Funding: Erasmus+
entrepreneurial spirit in the region to boost the labour market
Programme & partner countries: International
• Providing capacity building for International Relations staff of HEIs to set up “International Opportunities Offices” that will act as Start: 2014
internationalisation hubs within their institution and their region More information: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/jean-monnet-projects_en
• Influencing institutional and political policies to consolidate, improve and develop new programs
This project aims to develop EU studies worldwide.For over 25 years they have been supporting Modules, Chairs, and Centres of
COMMO: COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THR OUGH Excellence to promote excellence in teaching and research on the European integration process at higher education level. The
programme also supports policy debate with the academic world and a number of associations in the domain of EU studies.
MOBILITY OF S TUDENTS AND S TAFF
Theme: Mobility, internationalisation
Funding: EC, Erasmus+ KA1 ERASMUS+ TPTI: TECHNIQUES, HERITA GE, TERRIT ORIES OF
Programme & partner countries: Albania, Italy, Montenegro, Tunisia INDUS TR Y
Start: 2015
More information: http://www.commo.it/?lang=en Theme: Technical training
Funding: Erasmus+
COMMO is a consortium of national partners coordinated by UNIMED and other organisations that support mobility for students, Programme & partner countries: International
and administrative and academic staff. The project increases the capacity and skills of all the partners in international cooperation Start: 2017-2022
and management fields through transfer of new knowledge and enriched cultural awareness due to the experiences of exchange More information: https://www.tpti.eu/en/
and mobility (both incoming and outgoing).
This project gives training in industrial heritage, the expert assessment of historical technical environments, the institutionalisation
Objectives: of technical knowledge, and the management of technical landscapes.
• Foster international and institutional networking, towards long-term collaborations
• Contribute to improving the international dimension of education and training
• Support students in acquiring skills and abilities (such as learning new languages) in order to develop their academic profile and ICM: INTERNATIONAL CREDIT MOBILITY
ensure new job opportunities
Theme: Mobility
• Pursue a deeper understanding of Mediterranean cultures through active participation in the social life of the country, developing Funding: Erasmus+
a Euro-Mediterranean identity Programme & partner countries: International
• Facilitate and simplify the administrative, bureaucratic and organizational management of mobility activities both in the Start: 2017-2019
preparatory and operational phases of mobility More information: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/eramus-plus/resources/documents/eramus-international-credit-mobility_en

PR OFAS B+ Staff members gained experience in teaching and training in new environments, new skills in the areas of intercultural
communication and cultural diversity. The project enhanced the relevance of human capital development by exposing students
Theme: PhD Degree mobility and staff to innovative learning approaches, increase the quality of graduates at all levels, contributing to their professional
Funding: Campus France & French agency for the promotion of higher education, reception and international mobility development through observation of new and innovative practices, gained skills to impact on the internationalisation of the
Programme & partner countries: Algeria, France curricula and recognition of international mobility through professional development.
Start: 2014
More information: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/le-programme-algero-francais-de-bourses-profas-b
The PROFAS B + programme offers not only scholarships but also services provided by Algeria and France, in particular via the
operator Campus France. These services aim to support and facilitate the mobility of scholarship holders in France.