The Project

Project objectives

The aim of the ICMED project is to strengthen the capacity of Higher Education staff in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to deal with Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) & International Mobility programmes in general.

More specifically, it aims at:

  1. Mapping the current status of ICM implementation at institutional and regional (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) level, identifying key specific challenges for each partner country;

  2. Building partner Higher Education staff capacity to deal with ICM, through the implementation of a comprehensive training programme, responding to the needs of the target groups: 4 training weeks focusing on different ICM topics will be carried out, providing MENA colleagues with the skills needed to develop their own ICM policies and activities;

  3. Providing concrete instruments to effectively participate and manage ICM: an International Mobility Toolkit, including student guides and ready to use guidelines/templates for the management of ICM and double/joint degrees will be elaborated;

  4. Producing new inputs and stimulating floor for discussion and improvement to the benefit of national and EU authorities, in the view of the future generation of Erasmus+;

  5. Fostering and exploiting partner countries Higher Education Institutions capacity, so to allow for a quality and sustainable management of Erasmus+ KA107 action and international mobility in general.


Work packages

  • WP1. Consultation Process
  • WP2. Training Programme
  • WP3. International mobility toolkit
  • WP4. Policy Briefs
  • WP 5: Dissemination& Exploitation
  • WP6: Quality Assurance

Outputs

  • D1.1 – Desk Research Report
  • D1.2 – Staff questionnaire
  • D1.3 – NEOs questionnaire
  • D1.4 – Students on line questionnaire
  • D1.5 – Students quality interview questions
  • D1.6 – Interview Results Report
  • D1.7 – Questionnaires Results Report
  • D1.8 – Consultation Summary Report
  • D1.9.a – Training Plan TW1
  • D1.9.b – Training Plan TW2
  • D5.1 – Dissemination plan
  • D6.1 – Quality Assurance Plan