# C_2009148EN.01001601.xml

| 30.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 148/16 |
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30.6.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 148/16

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Call for proposals — EACEA/13/09 for the implementation of Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window

Latin America region in the academic year 2009/2010 — The Community Action programme for the promotion of cooperation between higher education institutions and the exchange of students and academic staff from EU Member States and Third-Countries

2009/C 148/09

1.   Objectives and Description

Objectives and Description

The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window aims at mutual enrichment and better understanding between the European Union and Third-Countries. It is designed to foster institutional co-operation in the field of higher education between the European Union and Third-countries through a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges for the purpose of studying, teaching, training and research.

2.   Eligible applicants and countries

Eligible applicants and countries

Applicants must be Universities or European Higher Education Institutions representing a partnership up to 20 partners′ institutions.

The partnership composition has to be constituted of European Higher Education Institutions, in possession of an Erasmus Charter before the date of publication of the present Call, and Latin American Higher Education Institutions recognised and accredited by the national authorities.

Activities must take place in one of the eligible countries covered by this Call:

| — | The 27 member States of the European Union, European Candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) and EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), |
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The 27 member States of the European Union, European Candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) and EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway),

| — | The following Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. |
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The following Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

3.   Eligible Activities

Eligible Activities

The EC grants will contribute to financing institutional-based partnerships of European and Latin American higher education institutions to cover the following types of activities:

| — | the organisation of individual mobility of higher education students and academic staff and |
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the organisation of individual mobility of higher education students and academic staff and

| — | the implementation of individual mobility. The types of mobility and education to be funded in this Call are:






  — | Students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities |
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the implementation of individual mobility. The types of mobility and education to be funded in this Call are:

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Students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities

| — | Academic staff: exchanging for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research. |
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Academic staff: exchanging for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research.

The planned duration of a project may not exceed 48 months.

Eligible activities, including preparatory activities, can start on 1st December 2009 provided that contracts have been signed. The actions should all be finished before 1st December 2013.

All individual mobility must start at the latest by 1st September 2010.

4.   Award Criteria

Award Criteria

The award criteria allow evaluating the quality of the proposals submitted in relation to the objectives and priorities set so that, grants are awarded to actions which maximise the overall effectiveness of the Call for Proposals.

Applications will be assessed against the following award criteria and ranked on a scale of 100:

| — | Operational capacity and expertise of the applicant and partners (weighting: 10 out of 100) |
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Operational capacity and expertise of the applicant and partners (weighting: 10 out of 100)

weighting: 10 out of 100

| — | Relevance of the activities with the objective of the Call for Proposals (weighting: 25 out of 100) |
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Relevance of the activities with the objective of the Call for Proposals (weighting: 25 out of 100)

weighting: 25 out of 100

| — | Methodology to manage the partnership and implement of the mobility activities (weighting: 50 out of 100) |
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Methodology to manage the partnership and implement of the mobility activities (weighting: 50 out of 100)

weighting: 50 out of 100

| — | Sustainability (weighting: 15 out of 100) |
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Sustainability (weighting: 15 out of 100)

weighting: 15 out of 100

5.   Budget available

Budget available

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 12,7 million, aiming at a total minimum mobility flow of 548 individuals.

This Call for proposal will aim at selecting 4 partnerships that will promote and implement a minimum mobility flow of 137 individuals each with a estimated maximum budget of EUR 3,175 million per partnership.

6.   Deadline

Deadline

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15th October 2009 at the latest. Proposals must be submitted to the following address:

| Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency |
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| Call for proposals ‘Erasmus Mundus — External Cooperation Window’ |
| Unit P4 |
| Avenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 02/31) |
| 1140 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

Call for proposals ‘Erasmus Mundus — External Cooperation Window’

Unit P4

Avenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 02/31)

1140 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

An electronic version of the application together with the supporting documents must be submitted to the following email address: EACEA-EM-EXTCOOP@ec.europa.eu

Only proposals submitted using the correct application form, duly filled in, stamped and signed in original by the legal representative of the Applicant European HEI will be accepted.

7.   Further information

Further information

The Guidelines to grant applicants and the relevant application form are available at the following website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/extcoop/call/index.htm

Applications must be submitted by using the relevant application form and contain all the required annexes.

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