Project presentation

With the support of the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Union

General project data

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Project title

ALISIOSAcademic Links and Strategies for the Internationalisation of the HE Sector

Duration

28 monthsSeptember 2013-December 2015

EU Grant amount

323.580,00 EUR

Coordinating organisation

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Partners

EUROPE•University of Coimbra, Portugal (Coordinator)•Campus France, France•European University Association (EUA), Belgium•Foundation of Portuguese Universities (FUP), Portugal•University of Bologna, Italy

BRAZIL•Association of Brazilian Higher Education Offices for

International Relations (FAUBAI), Brazil•Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), Brazil•Institute Brazil-Europe of the University of Sao Paulo (IBE-

USP), Brazil

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Project objectives• Creating better synergies between the EU Policy Dialogue

with Partner Countries by exploring strategies for better cooperation between European countries and their international partners, in particular, with Brazil;

• Comparing and sharing experiences in managing different higher education and research cooperation programmes (including large-scale grant programmes, such as the Science without Borders Programme);

• Enabling mutual learning within Europe and Brazil and between Europe and Brazil;

• Providing tangible suggestions for the enhancement and coordination of European and Brazilian university cooperation with international partners;

• Contributing to the full development of the potential of the Euro-Brazilian partnerships in academic cooperation, research integration, innovation and exchange.

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Target groups

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Direct beneficiaries

Individual HEI staff but also HEI associations and other networks

•Pro-rectors for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Pro-rectors for International Relations•Heads of department, Heads of research groups and labs, PhD supervisors•Heads of International Relations Offices•Rectors’ Conferences•Other networks of EU universities and international organisations active in the HE sector, such as ACA, etc.

Governments and governmental agencies:•CAPES, CNPq•Ministries of Education and Research and External Affairs in Brazil•EU Commission, EU-BR Steering Committee, EU DG Research & Innovation•Other SwB agencies and associations coordinating SwB in Europe (Universities.UK, Universidad.es, NUFFIC, DAAD, etc.)

Indirect beneficiaries•Students, post-docs and academic staff•Governments and governmental agencies outside Europe and Brazil

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Main activities and outputsProducts•organisation of 3 workshops in Europe and Brazil;•steering of virtual and face-to-face forum;•production of short papers, policy messages, recommendations;•development of public website and newsletter;•production of video;•production of final project publication;•organisation of final project conference.

Methods and experiences•Sharing international cooperation processes and methodologies;•Sharing managerial lessons learned and know-how;•Exchange of experience, ideas and best practice through the establishment of communities of practice.Policy •Draw on the overall experience of projects within a programme or from individual projects that are particularly innovative or effective (Erasmus Mundus, Marie Curie, FP7, SwB, new Erasmus+, Brazilian strategy on S&T 2012-2015 and the EU Horizon 2020)•Feedback to inform policy making within the Brazilian Government, the EU Commission and within the Member States.

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Special feature and most important outcome

The creation of communities of practice engaged in:

•bridging policy and practice, making policies and funding more visible, aligned and directed to the relevant agents at HEI;•contributing to better prepare HEI to implement international education and research cooperation programmes more systematically and efficiently;•generating content that is highly reusable, of high strategic value and/or the source of significant competitive advantage.

One example, already in practice, is the SwB Forum steered by Carla Salvaterra of the University of Bologna, one of the project partners.This group is constituted by the people involved in the coordination and implementation of the Science without Borders (SwB) programme in Europe. Other Higher Education institutions and organisations of HEI, which are sending and receiving SwB grantees, can be also members.The SwB Forum has met three times personally and a web platform is being developed within the ALISIOS website.

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Project events

• Workshop 129-30 January 2014, Brussels, Belgium

• Workshop 214 October 2014, Recife, Brazil (pre-event of the GCUB

Seminar and Assembly)

• Workshop 3April 2015, Brazil (pre-event of the FAUBAI Conference)

• Final ConferenceOctober/ November 2015, Brazil (pre-event of the GCUB

Seminar and Assembly)

RITA MAIA [PROJECT OFFICER] rmaia@uc.pt

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Joaquim Ramos de CarvalhoUniversity of Coimbra, Portugal

Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Largo D. Dinis3001-401 Coimbra - Portugal

Email: alisios@uc.ptTel.: +351239857003

Website: www.alisios-project.eu

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