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Mobility Academic Network between EU and Central Asia Action 2 Programme. Zdenka Gadušová , zgadusova @ukf.sk , Ľuboš Török, ltorok@ukf.sk Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Bratislava, 6.12.2012.
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Mobility Academic Network between EU and Central AsiaAction 2 Programme Zdenka Gadušová, zgadusova@ukf.sk, Ľuboš Török, ltorok@ukf.sk Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Bratislava, 6.12.2012
ACTION 2 - Partnerships between European and non European higher education institutions at all academic levels • MANECA – provides mobility scholarships for students and staff from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to five European partner universities
Partners • EU partners: • TechnischeUniversität Berlin (DE koordinátor), • Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre (SK), • PädagogischeHochschule Ludwigsburg (DE), • LessiusMechelen - Campus De Nayer (BE), • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LI) • CA partners: • Kazakhstan4 uni + 4 assoc. partners, • Tajikistan3 uni, • Uzbekistan4 uni + 2 assoc. partners, • Kyrgyzstan3 uni + 1 assoc. partner, • Turkmenistan1 uni + 1 assoc. partner
Mobility • three target groups for individual mobility flows • Students and academic staff registered in one of the CA universities (members of the partnership) • Third-country nationals working in public administration, public and private enterprises (not included in the partnership) • Nationals of the third countries concerned by the geographical lot who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and political reasons • five different types of individual mobility for students and academic staff • UG, MA, PhD, post-doc., staff
Total number of mobilities – 114 • per country: KZ 31, KG 25, TJ 20, UZ 27, TK 11 • per mobility type: UG 31, MA 20, PhD 21, post-doc. 17, staff 25 • Length of mobility • UG, MA, PhD., post-doc.: 6 -10 months • Staff: 1 – 3 months
Scholarship covers: • Travel expenses • Subsistence costs • Insurance costs • Tuition fee (where applicable) • Subsistence allowance: • UG, MA – 1000€/m • PhD. – 1500€/m • Post-doc. – 1800€/m • Staff – 2500€/m
Application procedure 1 stage – finding EU uni and a supervisor 2 stage – submitting application with the letter of confirmation from host uni and other supporting documents (detailed info on web) to coordinator in Berlin 3 stage – on-spot (mostly by Berlin coordinator) and Skype interviews (also by other EU partners) of applicants 4 stage – communicating decision
Getting ready for mobility • To apply for visa: • letters of acceptance (coordinator + host uni.), • accommodation agreement, • insurance agreement, • air ticket • To apply for temporary residence permit: • criminal record from home country with superlegalisation, • birth certificate (aforementioned docs translated into Slovak), • criminal record from SK, • application form with stamps and photos
During the stay • mobile phone, • bank account, • biometric data collection to receive TRP • medical report confirming the applicant does not suffer from a disease endangering public health, • survival language course, attending classes, courses, visiting supervisor, libraries, conferences, writing papers/works
Mobility to CPU according to the type of mobility and country
CPU: mobility according to gender 2011-2013 Total number: 20 (F – 13, M – 7)
Project Pros and Cons – CPU perspective • Pros • Exchange of information, knowledge and skills • Participation on mutual projects • Further cooperation • Cultural diversity • Cons • Extensive paperwork and preparation (project) • Visa application and TRP procedure • Time for adaptation to a new living and working place
Project Pros and Cons – CA perspective • Pros • Possibility to study abroad • Having fully subsidized study stay (no financial problems) • Getting to know system of European education • Exchange of scientific knowledge (post-docs and staff) • Development of language skills • New cultural experience • Finding new friends and contacts • Cons • Administrative difficulties with finding supervisors, visa and TRP • Getting used to a different study system • Problems with home university (bachelors were not allowed to stay for another semester) • Difficulties to find matching study subjects to have them recognized by their home university • Extra expenses and time to travel and to get visa (only 2 embassies for 5 CA countries)