European Commission allocates over €2m to Ireland for student and staff mobilities to regions outside Europe
Gerry O'Sullivan
Posted: 3 December, 2019
The Erasmus+ National Agency at the Higher Education Authority has been allocated €2,174,715 for the 2020 Call in the area of International Credit Mobility. The fund will support student and staff mobility flows to and from regions/countries outside of the EU/EEA.
For full information:
Key Features:
- Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries Duration: 24 or 26 months.
- Applicants have to submit their grant application by 5 February 2020 by 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting on 1 August of the same year.
- Study periods: from 3 to 12 months (including a complementary traineeship period, if planned).
- Traineeships: from 2 to 12 months
- Staff Visits From 5 days from and to Partner Countries to 2 months, excluding travel time. A teaching activity has to comprise a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per week.
- A student coming to Ireland will receive €900 per month plus airfare – see page 48 of Programme Guide 2020 for top-up amounts for air travel.
- A student going to a Partner Country will receive €700 per month plus airfare – see page 48 of Programme Guide 2020 for top-up amounts for air travel.
- A staff member going to a Partner Country or coming to Ireland will receive €180 per day plus airfare – see page 51 of Programme Guide 2020 for top-up amounts for air travel.
Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility – Guide for Organisations
| Region | Budget Allocation (€) |
|---|---|
| European Neighbourhood Instrument - South | 401,087 |
| European Neighbourhood Instrument - East | 207,574 |
| Eastern Area Partnership Window - Georgia | 50,000 |
| Eastern Area Partnership Window - Moldova | 10,000 |
| Eastern Area Partnership Window - Ukraine | 50,000 |
| South Mediterranean Window - Tunisia | 10,000 |
| Juncker Algeria Window | 15,000 |
| Juncker North Africa Window - Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria | 50,000 |
| Russia | 164,740 |
| Development Co-operation Instrument - Asia | 297,121 |
| Development Co-operation Instrument - Central Asia | 71,267 |
| Development Co-operation Instrument - Middle East | 36,477 |
| Development Co-operation Instrument - Latin America | 94,563 |
| Development Co-operation Instrument - South Africa | 43,872 |
| EDF/ACP | 382,870 |
| IPA Western Balkans | 118,967 |
| Industrialised Americas | 89,725 |
| Industrialised Asia | 81,453 |
| Key Action 107 International Credit Mobility Budget Breakdown 2020 – Ireland |
|---|
| Region | Countries |
|---|---|
| European Neighbourhood Instrument – South | Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia |
| European Neighbourhood Instrument – East | Eastern Partnership Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognised by international law |
| ENI Russian Federation | Territory of Russia as recognised by international law |
| IPA Western Balkans | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, |
| DCI Asia | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam |
| DCI Central Asia | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| DCI Latin America | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela |
| DCI Middle East | Iraq, Iran, Yemen |
| Industrialised Americas | Canada, United States of America, Chile, Uruguay |
| EDF/ACP | Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia – Federated States of, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Timor Leste – Democratic Republic of, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe. In addition West African countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal. |
| Industrialised Asia | Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Japan, (Republic of) Korea, Macao, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan |
