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Country Partnership Meeting 8 February, 2008

Country Partnership Meeting 8 February, 2008. AGENDA. Introduction The New Team in Mexico New Structure BC Mexico Account Managers Market News European Union funding opportunities for Mexico Break CONACyT Priority Areas and Funds Interactive Session. The New Team In Mexico.

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Country Partnership Meeting 8 February, 2008

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  1. Country Partnership Meeting8 February, 2008

  2. AGENDA • Introduction • The New Team in Mexico • New Structure BC Mexico • Account Managers • Market News • European Union funding opportunities for Mexico • Break • CONACyT Priority Areas and Funds • Interactive Session

  3. The New Team In Mexico

  4. The Education Promotion Team • Angelica Careaga • Assistant Director Education • Juan Carlos Hernandez • Education Promotion Manager • Ana Contreras • Education Marketing Assistant • Jose Angel Garcia • Education Communications Assistant

  5. New Structure BC Mexico

  6. Background • Strategy 2010 • Strategy 2010 is the biggest change programmethe British Council has undertaken. With it, we are building a stronger global team to deliver high-quality products and services to more people. It is not a set of decisions on resource allocations but a strategy to improve operational and administrative effectiveness and efficiency and create a less hierarchical and bureaucratic organisational culture.

  7. Our Current Structure

  8. Where We Are Moving Sector Expertise

  9. Implications • The new structure will allow us to take advantage of other sector expertise to increase our synergies (more Arts, Governance etc. input on our events). • Increased cross-selling of the Education UK brand in non-education events increased profile of British Education. • More products and services according to your needs. • Total honour to our commitments as deliverers of services of the Education UK Partnership.

  10. Account Managers

  11. Scheme created in 2007 • Slowed down due to staff changes • Retaken once the new team was in place • Built into each of the Education Promotion team members’ job plans and job descriptions • Ethical and Professional code of practice to ensure consistency and quality • Model being adopted by other countries and even by the whole BC side of the Partnership

  12. Next Steps

  13. Market News

  14. Main Objective: To determine the size and characteristics of Mexican students who are able to study their undergraduate studies in UK by their own financial means. Secondary goals: • To estimate the enrolled students studying last year of High School either on the International Baccalaureate or regular programme. • To understand the IB Diploma diversity in Mexico • To recognize the IB Schools’ needs to promote their students study abroad • To identify the people and factors that influence Mexican students’ decision making.

  15. Methodology • Research on SEP, UNAM and IBO databases to acknowledge the number of enrolled students and the institutions. • Interviews with IB Coordinators where they share their view on the IB student profile as well as the school needs to consolidate the programme. • Questionnaires applied to students to know their preferences in terms of aboard studies, study areas, institutions, influences, etc.

  16. Methodology (cont.) • Interviews and questionnaires were divided in two chapters: • Mexico City • Monterrey, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro • Interviews with students and parents at Education UK 2008 to complete the profile and enhance the previous steps. • All of this data will be analysed and reported.

  17. Programmes offered by International Baccalaureate Institutions Source: IB Coordinators interviews

  18. Students in International Baccalaureate programmes Source: IB Coordinators interviews

  19. Undergraduate programmes on mind

  20. National enrolment of students in IB programmes 3,218. • 1,507 in senior year. • UNAM incorporated High Schools not offering IB 291. • 31 institutions where students have the socioeconomic profile to fund their undergraduate studies abroad. • Enrolled students on these 31 institutions in senior year 1,229. • Other schools offering High School (not under UNAM or IB) with similar socioeconomic profile • 3,073 in senior year.

  21. Visa Statistics

  22. The Impact of CONACyT

  23. Mexican HE students in UK (Forecast)

  24. Co-operation European Union-MexicoErasmus MundusExterior CooperationVentana Mexico

  25. Erasmus MundusVentana for Mexico • Cooperation Programme between HE institutions in UE plus candidate countries and other EEE countries • Promote the exchange of students, researchers and academic staff between Mexico and the UE.

  26. Erasmus MundusVentana for Mexico • Financed by the bilateral programme between Mexico and UE (2007 – 2013) • 4.0 million EUR and aprox. 135 scholarships • Administered by the European Agency for Cooperation in Education and audiovisual themes (EACEA)

  27. How does it work? Call for proposals (EACEA 07/34) Two stages • Selection of universities consortia between UE and Mexico (plus other targeted countries) • Students, researchers and academic staff applications are sent to selected associations

  28. General Rules • Minimum 5 European universities from 3 countries • Maximum 5 Mexican universities, including 1 university from one of the 10 states considered with the lowest index of human development (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Zacatecas. Michoacan, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Nayarit) • Maximum 20 universities in total

  29. General Rules (cont.) • Coordinating entitiy: UE + Erasmus Charter • Partners (Erasmus Charter with the exception of third countries) • Associates (NGOs, other public or private institutions)

  30. Conditions for eligibility of the consortia: • Scholarships for European: 30 % max • Scholarships for Mexicans: 70 % • Distribution of awards: • Undergraduate: 25% • Masters: 40% • PhDs: 15% • Post doctorates: 5% • Academic staff: 15%

  31. Target Group 1: Students and academic staff (UE + Mexico) registered in one of the institutions of the consortia (at least 50% of the scholarships) Target Group 2: Mexican enrolled in a Mexican university which is not part of the consortia (Masters, PhDs and PostDocs) with a Mexican Accreditation Degree Target Group 3: Mexicans in a vulnerable situation (Indigenous groups)

  32. Eligible Costs • Organisation of mobility (10,000 euros per institution of the consortia) • Individual mobility (scholarships)

  33. Erasmus Scholarships Undergraduate: 6-10 months(UE+Mexico) Masters: UE: 6-10 months Mex: 6- 22 months PhDs: 6- 34 months (UE+ Mex) Postdoctorate: 6 – 10 months Academic Staff: 1- 3 months (UE+ Mex)

  34. Scholarships Monthly amounts: UG: 1,000 euros Masters: 1,000 euros PhDs: 1,500 euros Postdocs: 1,800 euros Academic Staff: 2,500 euros + insurance+ tuition+ airfares 135 scholarships for Mexico

  35. Priority Areas

  36. Selection Criteria

  37. Timeline

  38. Erasmus Mundus Ventana Mexico Phase II 2011-2013 : 5 million euros Erasmus Mundus - Ventana for Latin America 2009- 2012 : 4.1 million euros, 1250 scholarships To de defined

  39. Useful Links • Education ,Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency – EACEA http://eacea.ec.europa.eu • Publication of the Call for Proposals ERASMUS MUNDUS VENTANA MEXICO + FAQs http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/extcoop/call/index.htm • Questions about the call for proposals: EACEA-EM-EXTCOOP@EC.EUROPA.EU

  40. Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development FP7 http://cordis.europa.wu/fp7

  41. Break

  42. Interactive session

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