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Advisory and Selection Committee Meeting Monastir , 8–9 May 2012. Opening and Welcome Approval of the Agenda Information by the Coordinator Feedback from the Partners. Working Session I. Information by the Coordinator Accumulation of delays Difficulties in obtaining the academic offer
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Advisory and Selection Committee MeetingMonastir, 8–9 May 2012
Opening and Welcome Approval of the Agenda Information by the Coordinator Feedback from the Partners Working Session I
Information by the Coordinator Accumulation of delays Difficulties in obtaining the academic offer Problems with the online application tool Evaluation process not clearly understood by some partners (eligibility / admissibility) Appeal process Too complicated and time consuming Online processing could not be implemented Working Session I
Change of staff at the PMU (Beatriz Esther) Financial issues (per diem, hotel payment, travel arrangements, ...) ... Feedback from the Partners ... Working Session I
Selection principles Fair and transparent Signing of a declaration of absence of interest is mandatory Available scholarships and ideal distribution (see next transparencies) Cross-cutting requirements (gender balance, active participation of all partners, ...) Distribution algorithm (to be approved) Working Sessions II – IV
Scholarship Distribution • By country and mobility type
Scholarship Distribution • By country, Target Group and mobility type
Scholarship Distribution • Ideal distribution per partner
Number of applications by host university (1st and 2nd choice)
Distribution tool Explanation of the spreadsheet tool Proposal for the distribution algorithm Distribution according to the approved budget Check and allocate Target Group 3 scholarships Accept all scholarships where the number of admissible applications is smaller than the number of available scholarships Grant the scholarships to universities with small number of admissible candidates Working Sessions II – IV
Grant one half of the remaining scholarships according to the evaluation results Use the other half of the scholarships to balance the distribution with respect to cross-cutting requirements Approve the obtained result Modification of the budget within the allowed limits Increasing the number of master and staff grants decreasing the number of undergraduate and post-doc scholarships Working Sessions II – IV
Never forgetting the need for flexibility for possible drop-outs Approve an extraordinary period for completing applications for mobility types with a lack of admissible applications? decision required New call for a second cohort in 2013 Should be avoided, if possible Should be limited to as few types of scholarships as possible (undergraduates, post-docs) Working Sessions II – IV
Following a bilateral Erasmus-like procedure Anticipating Al Idrisi II and probably also Erasmus for All Working Sessions II – IV
Selection process Checking a few particular cases Idri1101007 (file not available) Idri1101742 (evaluation of Bologna missing) Idri1101778 (late application for Göttingen) Idri1103216 (not evaluated by the home univ.) Distribution process Working Sessions II – IV
Final steps Final confirmation of the selection results By the Advisory and Selection Committee By the home and host universities Replacement of drop-outs Proposal: to empower the PMU to replace individual drop-outs following the distribution criteria decision required Working Sessions II – IV
Implementation of the Mobility Flows Quality Assurance Visibility Strategy Transfer of Know-how Brain Drain Sustainability Future Activities Cooperation projects (Tempus, ENPI, ...) Al Idrisi II Working Session V
AOB Closing and Conclusions Working Session V
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