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Rationale LEMONOC Why LEMONOC: In most industrialised countries there has been a dramatic growth in the numbers of students and young people in general requesting a meaningful international experience. More particularly, over the last decade, one observes an increasing interest in so-called North-South exchanges, between industrialised and so-called non-industrialised countries. Globalisation and the subsequent rise of former developing countries as new political and economic powers has spurred the interest among young people within Europe to get more personal knowledge of a mosaic of countries in the South. E.g. it is estimated that within the Flemish HEI more than 1700 students travel to the South each year within the frame of their educational programme. A multitude of young people does so outside higher education. At present there are no numbers available for Europe as a whole but we expect the European total to number in the tens of thousands. This interest in learning mobility with non-industrialized countries has been taken up in future European educational policies such as Erasmus for all (E4A) and Horizon 2020. The European Commission has launched the E4A programme for 2014-2020 (COM(2011) 787 final) aiming to ensure that education and training systems deliver the knowledge and skills needed in an increasingly globalised labour market. It promotes learning mobility of students with the purpose of strengthening the EU as an advanced knowledge society, with sustainable economic development, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 3/10
Transnational mobility, by enhancing personal growth and global citizenship, and strengthening students future employability, is generally assumed to contribute to strengthening Europe s competitiveness on the international labour market. It prepares young people in Europe to compete at international level and to become the social and economic catalysts for innovation and change in a rapidly globalising world. As a result learning mobility with non-industrialised countries has become an increasingly diverse, evolving and essentially complex activity facing the challenge of developing a more structural, qualitative and joint approach to organising transnational exchange programmes for HEI. To develop such an approach there is a need to cooperate multilaterally between HEI, allowing the streamlining of mobility strategies, the sharing of good practices and the optimising of existing tools and instruments. WHAT we do: Hereto the project aims to strengthen the capacity of HEI to organize learning mobility with non-industrialized countries by: 1 Collecting, analysing and systematising data on different types and motivations of mobility, different models of student selection, preparation and follow-up and different aspects of sustainable partnerships; 2 Sharing of knowledge and expertise with different stakeholders; 3 Developing a new online self-assessment tool for HEI (as a result a set of tips and interesting links and documents are Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 4/10
automatically offered specifically for the assessed institution); 4 Disseminating good practices through a self-reliant dynamic and interactive e-platform with an e-library; 5 Developing training courses for trainers and staff of international mobility services; 6 Providing networking facilities and further development of the referred outcomes as well online as via an international seminar. Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 5/10
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Target group: The concept is designed to grow to a dynamic online community characterized by its autonomy and self-reliance. Within HEI we can distinguish policy makers (international officers), teachers and researchers as relevant actors for the project. Naturally the final target group are the students themselves but although (slightly) restricted access can be obtained by them, the e-platform, communication and courses set up by LEMONOC mainly focus on HEI policy makers on the one hand and everyone within HEI involved in the mentorship of international mobility with students on the other hand. After running through the self-assessment wizard (LEMONOC-scan), HEI will be motivated to review their policies about learning mobility. They get a series of tips, concrete tools, measures (best practices), contacts (best in class) offered specifically adapted to their profile. If the assessed institution needs further capacity building of staff they might apply for a training course organized by the consortium or the observatory. But the target is that all the information is offered in a clear and stepwise way to self-assess themselves towards a better quality for their learning mobility. Naturally the gathered documents and contacts can be interesting for many other possible target groups also. Project Board : UC Leuven : Experience and ambition on learning mobility exchanges (such as educational exchanges, development work with NGO s, exchanges with government institutions, internships in companies, intercultural exchange), broad Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 8/10
network UCC: Research and mobility experience (educational exchanges, development work with NGO s, special educational programmes) Unibas: Experience learning mobility, research capacity, experience with international project management UC Limburg : Intercultural exchange, development work (with local governments), strong partnerships HAMK: Experience learning mobility, excellent communication and networking UGR: strong learning mobility exchange with Latin America, e-learning expertise Coimbra Group: Network of HEI Advisory Board (with Third Country Partners and associated partners): The Advisory board partners, included the Third Country Partners (TCP) and associated partners (AP), have a network of proven contacts representing most countries worldwide as well as most types of international exchanges such as educational exchanges, development work with NGO s, exchanges with government institutions, internships in companies, intercultural exchanges, etc. ANIE (TCP): A membership based organisation with network of HEI in Africa with focus on internationalisation Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 9/10
XIMB (TCP): University with long experience in learning mobility with Europe and abroad, part of network of HEI in Asia, summer schools, special programmes and placements in companies. AUGM (TCP): Latin American network of the oldest universities with good experiences in exchange with educational institutions from all over the world. Eurashe (AP): network of profession-oriented HEI in Europe, member of the BFUG Hogeschool Zuyd (AP): university of Applied Science with experience in learning mobility outside Europe You find the LEMONOC criteria on our website: http://lemonoc.eu/node/393 The LEMONOC scan will be available soon on our website. Error! Reference source not found. (538981-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-EQMC) 10/10