MONITORING OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIT MOBILITY PROJECTS
ICM projects are monitored by the National Erasmus+ Office (NEO) on behalf of the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission (DG EAC).
During monitoring visit, the representative of the NEO is expected to monitor all ICM bilateral agreements in each visited HEI.
The NEO representative meets with:
- the person responsible for ICM projects;
- students and staff members who have benefited from the mobility project
the university hierarchy to assess the impact of the project on the institution as a whole. - A meeting with students’ organization(s) or representatives would be an asset.
THE OBJECTIVES OF MONITION VISITS
- monitor compliance with the principles laid down in the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) as embedded in inter-institutional agreement(s);
- ensure that binding documents have been correctly filled out and signed (i.e. inter- institutional agreement), and on a sample basis, learning/mobility agreements for students/staff and grant agreements;
- ensure that Partner Country institutions use fair criteria for the selection of their participants and organize a transparent selection process;
- ensure that the Partner Country institutions offer the services foreseen for the participants which they send abroad or host;
- enquire about the recognition by the sending institution of the credits earned by the participant during his/her time abroad.
At the end of the visit, the NEO informs the European Commission and the relevant National Agency about the results of the monitoring.
I am Lirim Mehmetaj, a student from Kosovo at the University of Prishtina. Last winter semester, and currently this summer semester, I am studying at the University of Salzburg. By coming and being part of a new living and studying environment it was pretty interesting, but also challenging and very demanding. Referring to life in Salzburg, you can easily find yourself traveling into times because Salzburg indeed is a very old city filled with culture. Small and narrow alleys, paved with stones at the old part of the town, are impressive. Moreover, University is filled with students of different countries from all around the world, therefore every new acquaintance, except a new friendship is also a lesson which makes you know and understand better the diversity and multiculturalism. Erasmus is a great opportunity for Kosovar students to study and travel abroad. It is awesome that this kind of program gave me the chance to meet the world and meet new experiences, because I as a Kosovar citizen, cannot always travel freely. It is great that the EU made it possible for me to study with Erasmus. The program helps you not in just fulfilling your dreams, but also, living beyond them. Therefore, it is an extraordinary experience which changes your life forever.
"In life to be successful, you have to face challenges... and most of the time these challenges will make you understand yourself, life itself and your skills".
