Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries (2017)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

The KA107 2017 project was conceived to consolidate the cooperation of the University of Pisa (UNIPI) with the countries of Central Asia, Asia, southern Mediterranean and western Balkans, and to start a stable collaboration with Africa and Oriental Partnership.Several new partners have been included in the consortium in order pursue the educational and research goals of the universities involved.The project is fully part of the internationalization strategy of UNIPI.It has long been involved in the implementation of projects under the Erasmus LLP, Socrates and Tempus programs.UNIPI has played an important role in the development of ECTS, since 1989, and in the Bologna Process.It is part of the Tuning in Europe, Central Asia, South-East Asia and Latin America.The relations with Asia, in particular, focus on the fields of Agriculture (food safety) and Veterinary, but the various KA107 projects have allowed UNIPI to extend collaborations in the fields of Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, History and Philosophy.The 2017 project involved 19 higher education institutions in 14 different countries.In the Asia macro-region area Cambodia (Royal University of Agriculture RUA), Laos (Savannakhet University SKU), Mongolia (National University of Mongolia NUM, Mongolian University of Life Sciences MULS, Mongolian University of Science and Technology MUST),Thailand (Kasetsart University KU) and Vietnam (Vietnam National University of Agriculture VNUA) took part in the project.Whereas Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam joined the project to consolidate the partnership with an international university, such as UNIPI, to increase the quality of their study programs and become more attractive among the universities of southeastern Asia, Thailand was involved to enhance the collaboration with UNIPI in the fields of Veterinary and Toxicological Studies on exotic animals.The universities of Mongolia saw in the KA107 programme an opportunity to improve their rating and become one of the first 100 universities in the QS Asia University Rankings.Since 2004, UNIPI has been involved in the construction of the Central Asia Higher Education Area according to the European model.The KA107 projects continue this commitment. Kazakhstan (Al Farabi Kazakh National University AFKNU, International University of Information Technology IITU), Kyrgyzstan (International University of Kyrgyz Republic IUKR, S Naamatov Naryn State UniversityNSU) and Tajikistan(Tajik State University of Commerce TSUC) belong to Central Asia area. IITU, IUKR, NSU,TSUC have increased the mobility flows started in the frame of the Tempus CAHEA project and the previous KA107 projects. AFKNU intends to use international credit mobility (ICM) to reach the level of internationalization envisaged by the Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy. All the flows requested for Central Asia area have been realized.Egypt (Alexandria University AU),Morocco (Cadi Ayyad University UCA, Hassan II University of Casablanca UH2C) and Tunisia(Carthage University UCAR) belong to the southern Mediterranean area. One of the primary objectives of the universities of Morocco is the internationalization of teaching and research. Indeed, they are the ones in the area that are adopting the ECTS system. UCAR participates for the first time in the programme, with staff mobility only, to start a collaboration with UNIPI in the fields of rural engineering and microbiology.Novi Sad University UNS (Serbia) has long been committed to the ICM.The project with UNIPI is aimed at increasing the already numerous mobilities, which are currently being carried out also with other European universities. Samara University SU (Ethiopia) is a young institution that focuses on staff mobility to improve the quality of teaching and attract students from all over the country.The Tblisi Medical State University TSMU is a university with a strong international mark.The cooperation with UNIPI is part of the strategy to strengthen relations with Europe.96% of the mobilities was completed. Incoming and outgoing staff mobilities were carried out with all partner institutions, even more than expected. Staff mobility had a relevant impact, above all in the scientific and institutional fields, as a prerequisite to start or strength joint research and cooperation projects, and collaboration agreements on educational issues.The mobility for study mainly concerned the third and partly the second cycle. More than half of the students conducted research activities at UNIPI with the aim of developing a PhD thesis.This allowed them to learn a research methodology, which they often do not develop in their countries because of the lack of resources and research infrastructures.Moreover, since they are also lecturer and at the same time PhD students,they updated their teaching approach.As they will be the future ruling class,the increase and diversification of skills will have a long lasting, though not immediately measurable, impact in these countries.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2017

End date: 31-07-2019

EU Grant: 314.702 €

Project website: http://erasmuspluska107.unipi.it/

Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries (2016)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

This 2016 project’s aims were to reinforce the already existing partnerships and mobility flows with universities in Asia, Central Asia , Serbia, Morocco and to enhance the existing links with partner universities through academic contacts based on mutual staff interests.
The quality of our project was developed through a procedure for managing the exchange mobility perfected in many years of participation in the Socrates and Erasmus LLP and TEMPUS programme.
UNIPI was already engaged in projects that link its teaching and research activities in the key world regions which it considers strategic, especially China, South East and Central Asia and Latin America, as mentioned in its ECHE mission statement. It has taken an important role in developing ECTS (starting with the ECTS Pilot Project in 1989) and the Bologna Process. It is a key Tuning partner in Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and elsewhere. It is dedicated to supporting international mobility and cooperation in general, and especially in those macro-regions. It is a partner in the Tuning South-East Asia CBHE (TA-SE).
The areas of particular cooperation in Asia is Health in a broad sense, with emphasis on Food Safety, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. Thanks to the possibilities offered by KA107 a mobility link has been consolidated, both for those sectors and also other areas of interest for students like Engineering, Economics and Management, ICT.

In Asia we have as partners the Royal University of Agriculture in Cambodia, the Savannakhet University in Lao, the Vietnam National University of Agriculture Hanoi in Viet Nam. The partners are involved in the ASEAN Community, but they believe that Erasmus+ mobility with European partners, who can offer high levels of training and collaboration in their fields, can boost their quality and attractiveness internationally. They consider the mobility with the University of Pisa suitable for building up and consolidating networks and cooperation capabilities.

In Mongolia we have 3 partners: the National University of Mongolia (NUM), the Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MULS), and the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST). NUM’s strategy includes networking with important universities around the world. It counts links with 129 universities and is a member of the IAU (International Association of Universities). It consolidated its existing collaboration with UNIPI through Erasmus+ mobility. MULS focuses on education, research, and innovation in its field. It strengthened relations with UNIPI to enhance academic and cultural exchanges. MUST’s internationalization strategy was to increase mobility with Western European Universities. It was the first university in Mongolia to implement a Credit Based System in its activities.

In 2016 we improved the mobility of students and staff from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The International University of Kyrgyzstan and the Naryn State University have with UNIPI long-term agreements for proactive collaboration in HE reform, enhancement and research. All the requested flows have been completed.

In Uzbekistan we implemented the mobility with 7 Uzbek Universities including both general and thematically focused universities, chosen because of their efficiency and commitment: Andijan State University (ASU), Bukhara State University (BSU), Namangan State University (NamSU), Namangan Institute of Engineering (NIET), Samarkand Agricultural Institute (SamAI), Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute (TPMI) and Tashkent State Agrarian University (TSAU).

Among ENI South countries we have Egypt (Alexandria University and Suez Canal University), Israel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Morocco (Cadi Ayyad University).

In Serbia we have as partner the University of Novi Sad. It participated in 16 Erasmus Mundus projects for the region between 2008-2015 becoming one of the most valuable Western Balkans partners to EU universities. The success of the mobility implemented with UNIPI under the first KA107 call has been evaluated very positively and has improved the participation in the mobility.

The partners agreed to ask for support for incoming MA and Doctoral students, for six months in Kyrgyzstan, Lao, Vietnam, Cambodia and Egypt; for all cycles students in Mongolia, Morocco, Israel and Serbia; for PhD for 3 months in Uzbekistan; one or two incoming training or teaching staff and one outgoing teaching staff for a brief period (5 days, eight hours minimum of teaching). We completed 104 exchange mobilities of incoming students and staff and outgoing teaching staff.
The impact includes the improvement of the international attractiveness and the enhancement of the Partners’ role at regional level. The preparation of capacity building projects and cooperation for the development of higher education in the disciplinary areas involved, and the enhancement of the capacity for international networking of universities and staff ensure long-term impact.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2016

End date: 31-07-2018

EU Grant: 381.149 €

Project website: http://erasmuspluska107.unipi.it/

Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries (2015)

Unipi Team Leader: Alessandra Guidi, Pro Rector for Internationalization

The University of Pisa (UNIPI) is deeply rooted in its territory and fully integrated into the international scientific and higher education community. For UNIPI a key priority is to enhance, expand and consolidate its international role, promoting, participating in and leading important international research and educational projects and networks. It is engaged in projects that link its teaching and research activities in the key world regions which it considers strategic, China, Central Asia and Latin America, as mentioned in its ECHE mission statement. It has taken an important role in developing ECTS (starting in 1989) and the Bologna Process. It is a key Tuning partner in Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and elsewhere. It is dedicated to supporting international mobility and cooperation.
UNIPI has been deeply involved in a long-term effort to create a Central Asian Higher Education Area (CAHEA). Starting in 2004, it has been a key actor in this endeavour, and has been the scientific and academic coordinator of the large-scale Tempus Project TuCAHEA, which resulted on 18 January 2016 in the signing, in Rome, of a declaration of closer cooperation between the Ministries of Education and Science of the five Central Asian countries. Thus we placed at the centre of our ICM project leading Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik and Turkmen Universities, choosing among our large network of partners in Central Asia.
UNIPI has also implemented a number of partnerships in China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao PDR. The areas of particular cooperation with those countries at present are Health with emphasis on Food Safety, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. Both UNIPI and its partners wish to broaden the collaboration, and so, proposed mobility of students and staff in all disciplinary areas.
With Guangxi University, UNIPI with the Tuscany Region set up a permanent school for Food Safety, a very important issue for the Chinese economy and worldwide.
Qingdao Agricultural University teaches Italian, and cooperation in the areas of the Humanities, along with the core agricultural and scientific disciplines, was proposed.
With Zhejiang Ocean University UNIPI has set up a double degree programme in Marine Biology, Aquaculture and Food Processing.
The Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia is deeply involved in enhancing educational quality to meet regional and global standards.
Savannakhet University (SKU) Lao PDR, is dedicated to improving access to education for all Lao people and reducing poverty and ensuring food security.
Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, is involved in the ASEAN Community, but it regards with great interest the possibility of Erasmus+ cooperation with Europe.
The Mongolian University of Life Sciences, focuses on education, research, and innovation in its field. MULS has strengthened relations with foreign universities to enhance academic and cultural exchanges.
The Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST)’s internationalization strategy was to increase mobility with Western European Universities. It was the first university in Mongolia to implement a Credit Based System in all its activities.
The University of Novi Sad participated in 16 Erasmus Mundus projects for the region between 2008-2015, it has shown that academic mobility is a priority of its leadership(s) and that only by promoting, implementing and developing mobility can it become a valued Western Balkans partner to EU universities. It was a valued partner of UNIPI in a 6thFP NoE, and our ICM project builds on that precedent.
UNIPI developed its links with two Egyptian universities of a high level of research and academic excellence, which are also engaged in the common effort of using and improving quality and recognition tools, Alexandria University and Suez Canal University.
The areas of particular cooperation with Morocco at present are Economics and Management, Agriculture, Veterinary Science and Water Resources. However, both the UNIPI and Cadi Ayyad University wish to broaden the areas of collaboration, and proposed mobility of students and staff in all disciplinary areas.
The partners agreed to ask for support for incoming Doctoral students, for six months in Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Lao, Vietnam); for incoming MA students for six months in China; for all cycles students in Tajikistan, Serbia, Morocco; Egypt; for PhD for 3 months in Uzbekistan; one incoming training staff and one outgoing teaching staff for a brief period (5 days, eight hours minimum of teaching).
The impact includes the improvement of the international attractiveness and the enhancement of the Partners’ role at regional level. The preparation of further projects and future cooperation for the development of higher education in the disciplinary areas involved, and the enhancement of the capacity for international networking of universities and staff will ensure long-term impact.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2015

End date: 31-07-2017

EU Grant: 335.646 €

Project website: http://erasmuspluska107.unipi.it/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2020)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

L'Università di Pisa ha portato avanti il processo di miglioramento e di digitalizzazione delle procedure di gestione della mobilità Erasmus, con particolare riferimento alle modalità di ripresa in presenza della mobilità internazionale, in relazione al perdurare dell'emergenza da Covid-19, anche attraverso la proroga, fino al 30/09/22, della mobilità del Bando Erasmus di Ateneo 20/21.
A seguito dell'evolversi della pandemia, l'Ateneo, mediante apposite deliberazioni degli Organi accademici, ha concesso la ripresa in presenza della mobilità studenti incoming e outgoing, definita nelle Indicazioni #ioripartosicuro (https://www.unipi.it/images/pdf/fase3/IC_post_DPCM_14_01_2021.pdf), e lo svolgimento della mobilità outgoing in modalità blended, per la quale sono state definite apposite linee guida (https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/documenti/procedure_mobilita_blended.pdf).
L'Ateneo ha consentito inoltre lo svolgimento della mobilità in modalità virtuale e, mediante l'erogazione della didattica online, ha garantito anche agli studenti Erasmus incoming di svolgere la propria mobilità a distanza.
Per supportare economicamente la mobilità studenti, l'Ateneo ha destinato appositi fondi di Ateneo e fondi Ministeriali ad integrazione del contributo comunitario, provvedendo, inoltre, al rimborso su fondi OS dei costi eccezionali sostenuti dagli studenti per i test Covid.
Per consentire ulteriori opportunità di partecipazione alla mobilità Erasmus, l'Università di Pisa ha rinnovato l'adesione al Consorzio ILO-2 "Increasing Learning Opportunities in the JobMarket Under the Erasmus+Programme" e al Consorzio SEND, nell'ambito del Progetto “Universities for EU Projects' Culture” e ha, inoltre, promosso la collaborazione con la Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant'Anna (SSSA) e la Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) per la gestione condivisa dei flussi di mobilità studenti, sia in entrata che in uscita, nell'ottica di semplificare il processo anche mediante la stipula di accordi trilaterali.
L'Ateneo ha rinnovato la convenzione con l’Erasmus Student Network (ESN) di Pisa, che ne regolamenta la collaborazione, prevedendo anche il rimborso di determinati costi sostenuti dall'Associazione per le attività svolte per conto di Unipi. In particolare ha collaborato con l'Associazione per l’organizzazione e lo svolgimento di Welcome Week tenute online a causa del perdurare della situazione emergenziale.
Inoltre, in attesa di ricevere il finanziamento comunitario della Call 2021, l'Ateneo ha deliberato l'utilizzo dei fondi residui della Call 2020, per consentire ai propri studenti, vincitori del Bando di Ateneo 21/22, di partire nel primo semestre con il beneficio del finanziamento comunitario. Tale contributo è stato integrato con fondi di Ateneo per garantire l’importo comunitario effettivamente spettante per la mobilità 21/22 e il contributo per mobilità green. Nella rendicontazione in MT+ questa categoria di studenti è stata contraddistinta con un'annotazione nel campo "overall comments".
Per quanto riguarda la mobilità di staff sia per la docenza (STA) che per la formazione (STT), anche per l’anno 2020/2021 uno degli obiettivi dell’Ateneo è stato quello di incrementarla. L'obiettivo è riuscito, in quanto, nonostante l’anno sia stato, in parte, influenzato ancora dalle difficoltà causate dalla pandemia, la mobilità di staff per docenza è aumentata rispetto all’anno precedente.
Per quanto riguarda la mobilità di formazione, in merito all'accoglienza degli ospiti incoming, l'Ateneo generalmente organizza ogni anno una Staff Training Week, con la partecipazione di colleghi provenienti da differenti paesi europei, con i quali è possibile confrontarsi per lo scambio di buone pratiche nell'ambito dell'internazionalizzazione.
Per quanto riguarda la mobilità outgoing, invece, considerate le difficoltà dovute all'emergenza sanitaria da covid-19 che ha avuto un'influenza negativa, almeno per una parte del periodo, anche nell'anno 2020/2021, purtroppo la realizzazione delle mobilità per formazione non ha avuto l'esito sperato ed è pervenuta una sola richiesta per la quale la mobilità è stata realizzata.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2020

End date: 30-09-2022

EU Grant: 1.029.680 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2019)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

L'Università di Pisa ha continuato a mettere in campo azioni tese a uniformare le procedure di gestione della mobilità, con una particolare attenzione alla sua regolamentazione mediante apposite linee guida e all'attività di formazione del personale amministrativo dipartimentale che si occupa degli aspetti didattici connessi alla mobilità stessa.
In particolare, in relazione all'emergenza da Covid 19 e alle relative disposizioni comunitarie, l'Ateneo con propria deliberazione ha definito procedure ad hoc, destinate sia agli studenti outgoing che a quelli incoming: https://www.unipi.it/index.php/news/item/17591-coronavirus; https://www.unipi.it/index.php/internazionale/item/17854-faq-per-gli-studenti-unipi-gia-in-mobilita-o-in-attesa-di-mobilita;
https://www.unipi.it/index.php/english-news/item/19040; https://www.unipi.it/index.php/english-news/item/17998.
Per fronteggiare l'emergenza da pandemia, l'Ateneo si è rapidamente attivato per fornire agli studenti la didattica online, mettendo loro a disposizione un software per la teledidattica e il relativo supporto, consentendo quindi anche agli studenti Erasmus incoming di proseguire virtualmente la propria mobilità.
L'Ateneo ha implementato il Portale ErasmusManager (https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it), unico strumento informatico di Ateneo per la gestione della mobilità Erasmus sia incoming che outgoing, anche in relazione alle nuove procedure emergenziali, quali le richieste di forza maggiore (FM), in modo da facilitarne l'esecuzione da parte degli studenti.
Per favorire la mobilità studenti, l'Ateneo ha stanziato, anche per la mobilità 19/20, appositi fondi a integrazione del contributo comunitario.
Per garantire la partecipazione all'Erasmus ai propri studenti, nonché agli allievi della Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) e della Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant'Anna (SSSA), l'Ateneo ha siglato (delibera Senato Accademico, SA, n. 228 del 14/11/2019) con le due Scuole un accordo per regolamentare le modalità di gestione dei flussi di mobilità internazionale sia in entrata che in uscita. Tale accordo disciplina sia la modalità di partecipazione ai Bandi per mobilità outgoing, con il relativo riconoscimento dei CFU esteri degli studenti iscritti a UniPi e contemporaneamente allievi di SNS o SSSA, sia la mobilità di studenti incoming verso SNS o SSSA che intendano seguire corsi anche presso UniPi.
L'Università di Pisa continua la propria partecipazione al Consorzio ILO-2 "Increasing Learning Opportunities in the Job Market Under the Erasmus+Programme" e al Consorzio coordinato dall'organizzazione SEND, nell'ambito del Progetto “Universities for EU Projects' Culture”, che hanno consentito di bandire ulteriori borse di mobilità per traineeship per studenti e per la formazione dello staff.
Nell'ambito della convezione con l’Associazione Erasmus Student Network (ESN), l'Ateneo collabora con ESN per l’organizzazione e lo svolgimento di eventi relativi alla mobilità Erasmus, come le Welcome Week semestrali per gli studenti incoming. Tale convenzione prevede, inoltre, la partecipazione di ESN ad eventi internazionali legati alla mobilità Erasmus per i quali vengono annualmente stanziati fondi per il rimborso spese.
Per poter mettere a confronto le proprie procedure e best practice con quelle messe in atto da altri Atenei italiani, l'Ufficio Erasmus centrale ha visitato gli Uffici mobilità delle Università di Roma, Padova e Cagliari per discutere con i colleghi sulla modalità di gestione informatica della mobilità studenti e su possibili strategie condivise di gestione, anche in vista dell'implementazione dell'EWP.
L'Ateneo ha inoltre continuato ad investire sull'aumento della mobilità di staff sia per la docenza che per la formazione.
I contributi assegnati per entrambe le mobilità sono stati maggiori rispetto agli anni precedenti, specialmente per la mobilità di staff per docenza per la quale sono stati assegnati i contributi a tutti coloro che erano in graduatoria.
Normalmente, ogni anno viene organizzata anche una Staff Training Week che vede la partecipazione di colleghi provenienti da differenti paesi europei, per il confronto e lo scambio di buone pratiche nell'ambito dell'internazionalizzazione. Considerate però le difficoltà dovute all'emergenza sanitaria da covid-19, e nonostante l'Ateneo si sia attivato con strumenti ad hoc per fronteggiarla, purtroppo la realizzazione delle mobilità non ha avuto l'esisto auspicato.
L’iniziativa OLS for Refugees ha costituito, durante i 3 anni della sua durata, uno strumento utile per l’implementazione della politica generale di integrazione dei rifugiati sviluppata dall’Ateneo.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2019

End date: 30-05-2021

EU Grant: 1.155.447 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2018)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

L'Università di Pisa si è adoperata per migliorare e uniformare le procedure connesse alla mobilità, con particolare attenzione alla loro regolamentazione mediante apposite linee guida e all'attività di formazione del personale amministrativo dipartimentale che si occupa della mobilità.
L'Ateneo ha proseguito il lavoro di informatizzazione dei procedimenti legati alla mobilità studenti, implementando il Portale ErasmusManager (https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it), unico strumento informatico di Ateneo per la gestione della mobilità Erasmus, introducendo l’application form online nella sezione dedicata alla mobilità Incoming.
Per fornire un maggior supporto agli studenti outgoing, l'Ufficio Erasmus centrale ha realizzato un tutorial sulla compilazione della documentazione preliminare alla mobilità (LA-Before, accordo istituto-studente, certificato di arrivo), pubblicato nel Portale ErasmusMananger e nel canale YouTube dell’Università di Pisa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEiJYg3R-fo&feature=youtu.be).
Per favorire la mobilità e consentire ad un sempre maggior numero di studenti di usufruire delle opportunità del Programma Erasmus+, l'Ateneo ha stanziato, come di consueto, fondi per integrare il contributo comunitario Erasmus.
L'Ateneo offre la possibilità di svolgere la mobilità erasmus outgoing e incoming ai propri studenti, allievi della Scuola Normale Superiore o della Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant'Anna. Per regolamentare le modalità operative di gestione dei flussi di mobilità internazionale, che coinvolgono le 3 Istituzioni universitarie, è stato definito un apposito accordo interuniversitario, per disciplinare sia la modalità di partecipazione ai Bandi che quella di riconoscimento delle attività svolte. Per un parere sulla definizione dell'accordo è stato organizzato un incontro, che si è svolto a Roma nel mese di dicembre 2018, tra i delegati delle tre Istituzioni universitarie pisane e l'Agenzia Nazionale Erasmus+.
L'Ateneo, nell'ambito del Consorzio ILO-2 "Increasing Learning opportunities in the Job market under the Erasmus+ programme",
continua la propria collaborazione come partner mittente, con le Università IUAV e Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, di Catania, di Trieste e di Padova, coordinatrice del Consorzio. In questo ambito, l'Ateneo ha bandito borse di mobilità studenti per traineeship.
Inoltre, nell'ambito del Progetto “Universities for EU Projects' Culture”, l'Università di Pisa partecipa al Consorzio coordinato dall'organizzazione SEND, del quale fanno parte 15 Università Italiane, la Fondazione GaragERASMUS e il Consorzio ARCA. Questa collaborazione ha consentito di bandire ulteriori borse di mobilità per traineeship per studenti e per formazione dello staff.
Nel maggio 2018 è stata sottoscritta una convenzione per definire le modalità di collaborazione tra l’Università di Pisa e l’Associazione Erasmus Student Network (ESN). La convenzione prevede l’organizzazione e lo svolgimento di eventi relativi alla mobilità Erasmus, quali ad esempio, le Welcome Week per gli studenti Erasmus incoming, che si sono svolte nei mesi di settembre e febbraio con un’ampia partecipazione. Tale convenzione prevede, inoltre, la partecipazione di ESN ad eventi internazionali legati alla mobilità Erasmus per la quale vengono annualmente stanziati fondi destinati al rimborso delle spese di viaggio e per eventuali costi di iscrizione agli eventi stessi.
Inoltre, allo scopo di confrontare le proprie procedure con quelle messe in atto da altri Atenei italiani, l'Ufficio Erasmus centrale ha visitato gli Uffici mobilità delle Università di Bologna e di Torino per discutere con i colleghi sulla modalità di gestione informatica della mobilità studenti. Visto il proficuo scambio di buone pratiche, l'ufficio Erasmus centrale si propone di continuare questo tipo di incontri con altre Università interessanti per l'utilizzo di specifici gestionali informatici.
Uno degli obbiettivi che si è posto il nostro Ateneo è aumentare la mobilità di staff sia per docenza che per formazione.
Quest'ultima è particolarmente importante per fornire un adeguato supporto amministrativo per le attività di internazionalizzazione. L'Ateneo organizza ogni anno una Staff Training Week, con la partecipazione di colleghi provenienti da differenti paesi europei, con i quali è possibile confrontarsi per lo scambio di buone pratiche nell'ambito dell'internazionalizzazione.
L’OLS for Refugees è stato uno strumento utile per l’implementazione della politica di integrazione dei rifugiati sviluppata dall’Ateneo. Nel corso dei 3 anni dell’iniziativa sono state richieste 21 licenze, di cui 12 assegnate a rifugiati e 9 ad operatori, disponibili per coloro che ne avevano fatto richiesta. Nel 2018 non sono state quindi richieste licenze aggiuntive. Le difficoltà nell’utilizzo delle licenze sono state attenuate grazie al supporto del personale e del Centro linguistico di Ateneo che ha anche messo a disposizione i propri laboratori.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2018

End date: 30-09-2019

EU Grant: 1.346.920,51 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2017)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

Pursuing its internationalisation policy, the University of Pisa has been particularly committed to disseminating and promoting the various opportunities related to Erasmus mobility, not only with its students but also at territorial level.
In particular, within the framework of the Internet Festival 2017, organized by the Municipality of Pisa in collaboration with the University of Pisa, a meeting open to citizenship on the theme "Pisa and Erasmus: 30 Years of history together", was organized with the participation by Prof. Sofia Corradi, known as "Erasmus Mom", because she is one of the founders of the program itself.
The University of Pisa, thanks to the synergy with all the local authorities, has also hosted the fifth edition of the National Erasmus Games in its University Sports Centre (CUS), becoming for three days the capital of international sport.
Finally, the photographic contest "My Erasmus 2018 " was organized for Erasmus students both outgoing and incoming, to tell their Erasmus experience, sharing the sensations, places and people that most have characterized it. The best photos were exhibited in a photographic exhibition inaugurated with the awarding of the winners of the competition, event inserted among the official European events for the celebration of the Erasmusdays 2018.
As regards the number of participants, 808 student mobilities (both for study and traineeship) were carried out, with 11% increase as compared to the total mobility of the previous year, mainly due to an increase in the mobility for study
The University of Pisa encourages Erasmus + mobility by adhering, as usual, to the Mobility Consortium project for traineeship known as Consorzio "ILO: Increasing Learning Opportunities in the job market", coordinated by the University of Padua, to which the Universities Iuav and Ca ' Foscari of Venice and the Universities of Catania and Trieste are also participating.
This year, an agreement was also signed for a further partnership for traineeship as part of the Project "Universities for EU Projects ' Culture" coordinated by the SEND organization and consisting of 15 Italian Universities, the Ffoundation Garagerasmus and the ARCA consortium.
In order to promote mobility and allow more and more students to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ Programme, the University has been funding for several years now to integrate the Erasmus community contribution.
In addition, the ErasmusManager Portal for the management of Erasmus mobility, which communicates with the management Program of Student careers (ESSE3), has been further implemented to simplify the administrative procedures related to Erasmus, carried out both by incoming and outgoing students and by the area Coordinators for internationalization (CAI).
Moreover, the University offers a service dedicated to students with special needs to encourage their mobility by providing personalized support according to specific needs, thanks to the collaboration between the Central Erasmus office and the Services Office for Integration of students with disabilities (USID).
The main goals of our university are to increase the mobility of teaching and non-teaching staff, whose training is particularly important to provide the appropriate administrative support for internationalization.
Our University organizes every year a Staff Training Week. The last one carried out on june 2018, was focused on “How to be international: benefits and challenges” attended by 16 colleagues from different european countries. This experience was really useful to enhance comparability and develop good practises and best governance in the internationalization sector.
The University has implemented its policy to integrate refugees. In this framework, throughout the academic year 2017/18, has continued to use the OLS for Refugees tool, applying for 7 licenses, which were assigned to students singled out through collaboration with local actors involved in their hospitality. Furthermore, the University applied for 13 OLS licenses available for operators directly in contact with refugees, to accompany, support and guide them through the OLS platform. The operators have been identified both within the university institution and the other organizations in direct contact with refugees.
The collaboration between the University and the local reception system associations has enhanced and strengthened. Specific meetings were organized with refugees and volunteers to disseminate the language learning opportunity offered by the Universit through the OLS, and to overcome the logistical / technical difficulties associated with the actual use of licenses. Some of such difficulties have been overcome, thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the University Language Center (CLI), which made available its staff and laboratories.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2017

End date: 30-09-2018

EU Grant: 1.484.743 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2016)

Unipi Team Leader: Francesco Marcelloni, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Relations

The University of Pisa (UNIPI) aims at expanding it's internationalization policy in both qualitative and quantitative terms.
Key partnerships have been established, some of which directy coordinated by the University of Pisa.
Thanks to the signing of bilateral agreements, the university has built a network of trusted Erasmus partners representing all eligible countries. This network is a result of the extension to new teaching areas of the existing agreements yielding positive results of interest to students.
Furthermore, the University of Pisa has increased its presence in the Erasmus + Mobility programme with its well-established participation in the Consorzio Traineeship (Traineeship Consortium), coordinated by the University of Padua.
The university has established tactics aimed at encouraging mobility and enabling an ever increasing number of students to make the most of the opportunities offered by the Erasmus + programme.
For this purpose, the university has allocated a budget to co-finance the EU Erasmus funding and to integrate it, and it has created a Portal for both incoming and outgoing Erasmus students (ErasmusManager). This is intended to facilitate the mobility-related procedures for students, for the professors coordinating internationalisation (CAI) and for the administrative staff who deal with mobility.
As for the number of participants, we have effected a total of 743 student mobilities (for both study and traineeship purposes), 38% of which are traineeships. Indeed, this type of mobility has prompted an 11% increase in traineeship mobility compared to the previous year.
In addition, in order to support the mobility of students with special needs, a special service has been set up, in collaboration with the Services Unit dedicated to the integration of students with disabilities – USID. This provides these students with a personalised support system according to their specific needs, including the filling out of their application for ad hoc EU funding.
As part of its policy to promote the integration of refugees in the education and training system, throughout the academic year 2016/2017 the university applied for and obtained 5 OLS licenses, which were assigned to several students singled out through collaboration with the local Italian Red Cross. A special meeting was organized with refugees and Red Cross volunteers to illustrate the opportunity of language learning offered by the university through the OLS. In order to overcome logistical and technical difficulties for the effective use of the licences, the university has been working to ensure that the students have access to its WIFI network and to its equipped computer stations thanks to the collaboration with the university’s Linguistic Centre (CLI), which has made available its staff and workers.
The main goals of our university are to encourage incoming and outgoing student and staff mobility, to increase the number of programmes offered in English and to increase the mobility of non-teaching staff, whose training is particularly important to provide the appropriate administrative support for internationalization.
For this purpose our University has organized two Staff Training Weeks focused on: “Best practises on Internationalization” attended by several colleagues from different european countries. Both these experiences were really useful to enhance comparability and develop good practises and best governance in the internationalization sector.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2016

End date: 30-09-2017

EU Grant: 1.275.962 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2015)

Unipi Team Leader: Alessandra Guidi, Pro Rector for Internationalization

The University of Pisa (UNIPI) is pursuing a policy of expansion of its commitment towards internationalisation, in terms of both quality and quantity. Our mobility partners have been chosen in several ways: some partnerships with like-minded universities have been developed on the basis of personal links of professors and researchers who have wished to add a staff and/or student mobility dimension to their existing cooperation. Often however key partnerships have been established as a result of the shared commitment to the various networks and large-scale European projects which the University of Pisa has coordinated or been a partner of.
Mobility partners are screened in practice for their correct and ‘virtuous’ use of ECTS. This has allowed the University of Pisa to build up through its many bilateral agreement a network of trusted Erasmus partners, in which all eligible countries are represented. This network is the result of the extension to new subject areas of existing agreements which have proved positive and of interest to the students.
Also, the University expanded its participation in Erasmus+ mobilty by joining a Consortium Traineeship, coordinated by the University of Padova, profitably for several years.
The University of Pisa aims at making it possible for all students and professors to engage in mobility if they wish, and removing barriers to full use of the opportunities offered by Erasmus.
In this perspective, the University has set aside a budget to cofinance Erasmus grants and has set up a cyber Portal, dedicated to Erasmus students, both incoming and outgoing, to make it easier for students, professors and administrative staff procedures related to mobility.
Our key objectives are to increase the incoming and outgoing student and staff mobility; to increase the number of programmes taught in English; to build up the mobility of non-teaching staff, which is particularly valuable in training the administrative support for internationalisation.
To meet these objectives this year we organized our first International Staff Training Week with staff coming from 6 different EU University.
Concerning the number of participants, we realized a total of 786 student mobilities (both for study and traineeship) corresponding to almost 15% increase as compared to the previous mobility. This increase is different between gender and attributable mainly to the mobility of male students approaching an increase of 20%.
The countries best represented, for both study and traineeship, were Spain, Germany, France, UK and Portugal only for study. The average duration of achieved student mobility was 5 months. Students in mobility were mostly females, two of which had special needs. Especially for students with special needs has been activated a reception desk in collaboration with the Unit of dedicated services for the integration of students with disabilities to Ateneo (USID).

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2015

End date: 30-09-2016

EU Grant: 1.210.121 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/

Higher education student and staff mobility project (2014)

Unipi Team Leader: Alessandra Guidi, Pro Rector for Internationalization

The University of Pisa (UNIPI) is pursuing a policy of expansion of its commitment towards internationalisation, in terms of both quality and quantity. Our mobility partners have been chosen in several ways: some partnerships with like-minded universities have developed on the basis of personal links of professors and researchers who have wished to add a staff and/or student mobility dimension to their existing cooperation. Often however key partnerships have been established as a result of the shared commitment to the various networks and large-scale European projects which the University of Pisa has coordinated or been a partner of.
Mobility partners are screened in practice for their correct and ‘virtuous’ use of ECTS. This has allowed the University of Pisa to build up through its many bilateral agreement a network of trusted Erasmus partners, in which all eligible countries are represented. Often this network is the result of the extension to new subject areas of existing agreements which have proved positive and of interest to the students.
The University of Pisa began its Erasmus experience in the late ‘80s in the then context of 11 countries. At each opportunity to increase the number of partners in the Erasmus framework it has done so, first in western then in eastern and central Europe, and more recently in Turkey and with the newly eligible Balkan partners.The present Erasmus mobility has as its objective that of making it possible for all students and professors to engage in mobility if they wish, and to remove barriers to full use of the opportunities offered by Erasmus. In a large generalist university such as the university of Pisa, the strategy is not to give priority to any one disciplinary area or category of students, but rather to coordinate and extend the good practice established in the areas that have proved particularly active in Erasmus to the other subject areas. The subject areas of Humanities, Engineering, Natural, Social and Applied Sciences have consolidated particularly successful mobility programmes, for both the first and the second cycles. Our key objectives are to increase the incoming and outgoing student and staff mobility; to increase the number of programmes taught in English; to build up the mobility of non-teaching staff, which is particularly valuable in training the administrative support for internationalisation.
Concerning the number of participants, we planned a total of 575 (both students and staff) and we achieved a total number of 715.
Most of the growth regarded the student mobility for traineeships and studies between Programme Countries.
The countries best represented, for both study and traineeship, were: Spain, Germany, France and UK. The average duration of achieved student mobility was 5 months. Students in mobility were mostly females, two of which had special needs.

Coordinator:  UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA  (Italy) 

Start date: 01-06-2014

End date: 30-09-2015

EU Grant: 1.152.207 €

Project website: https://unipi.erasmusmanager.it/studenti/