The mobility project titled “GER-UZB Staff Mobility Towards Enhancement of Teaching Competence and Professional Development” was carried out during the period from 1st June 2015 until 31st July 2017 in order to implement the requirements set out in the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education as well as the general and specific objectives of the Erasmus+ programme. Staff exchange took place between Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences (HSBHV) and Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE). Both teachers and employees of the involved universities were given the opportunity to teach at the partner universities or take part in training events. By that the project aimed at supporting staff in the acquisition of teaching competences, required knowledge and skills with a view to improving their personal development. The participating staff also improved their professional development with a view on innovating and improving the quality of teaching and training. The stays abroad contributed to an improvement of the language skills of the staff members and their intercultural awareness. This will have a positive influence on their future encounters with our international guests as well as exchange students. The project also helped raising staff’s awareness and understanding of German and Uzbek cultures and countries as well as gave the opportunity to build networks of international contacts. The project helped increasing the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of HSBHV and TSUE. During the exchange staff members could also discuss future projects between the universities. A total of six staff members (three for teaching mobility and three for training mobility) took part in the project. Other staff at both universities was involved through meetings with the staff members and teachers who were on exchange.

The application for the mobility project between Programme and Partner Countries has been successfully approved by the NA for two partner countries i.e. China and Uzbekistan. The mobility project was conducted between 1st June 2017 and 31st July 2019 in order to implement the general and specific objectives of the Erasmus + Program and the requirements of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education. The project was approved for 14 mobilities. Six mobilities were granted for the exchange with Shandong Jiaotong University (SDJTU) and University of Jinan (UJN) and eight mobilities within the project with Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE). Within the given project period we carried out 16 mobilities (nine teaching mobilities and seven training mobilities), including two zero-grant incoming teaching mobilities with the partner country China. Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences (HSBHV) and Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE) started their bilateral cooperation in February 2013. As a result of the sustainable cooperation between the institutions they carried out their first Erasmus+ project titled “GER-UZB Staff Mobility Towards Enhancement of Teaching Competence and Professional Development” from June 2015 to July 2017. During the meetings between project coordinators and vice-rectors for internationalisation of both universities a new mobility project called “Academic and Administrative Staff Mobility for Strengthening the Institutional Development and Deepening the Internationalization between HSBHV and TSUE” was elaborated and approved by the NA in 2017. The general objectives of the mobility project were 1) to promote the exchange of professors and researchers in the subject area of business and administration, as well as the exchange of administrative staff and preparing them for the global labour market by improving the quality of teaching activities of the university teachers, improving the management skills of administrative staff, increasing the understanding and responsiveness of the staff to social, linguistic and cultural diversity, increasing opportunities for professional and career development, improving the foreign language competences and increasing motivation and satisfaction in their daily work; 2) to gain recognition in the international education market, establishing strategic partnerships and internationalizing teaching and research; 3) to promote innovative international projects in a framework of multilateral and cross-border cooperation.In turn, the Chinese partners Shandong Jiaotong University (SDJTU) and University of Jinan (UJN) are two important strategic partners for HSBHV, especially regarding student exchange programs and recruiting degree-seeking international students for our master degree. Both HSBHV and SDJTU are application-oriented universities specialized in engineering and natural science. The two universities established cooperative relations in 2008. UJN and HSBHV have been developing good partnership since 2014. HSBHV is one of the most important partners of UJN in Europe.The Erasmus+ mobility project approved in 2017 concentrated on staff exchange in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Electronics, Information and Computer Science and Economics and Management. The general objectives of the mobility project were 1) to create an opportunity for the staff to obtain teaching and training experience abroad, exchange experience in the field of work and ongoing research projects with their counterparts and get to know the teaching environment at the partner universities; 2) get to know the culture of the partner country, which will help when advising students from the home university who are interested in doing an exchange semester abroad.Both mobility projects focused on staff exchange and gave teaching and administrating staff the opportunity to teach at the partner university or take part in training activities (job shadowing and Staff Week).The undertaken activities strengthened the cooperation between the HSBHV and its partners and led to new ideas of future projects. The participating staff improved their professional development with a view on innovating and improving the quality of teaching and training. The stays abroad contributed to an improvement of the language skills of the staff members and their intercultural awareness. This will have a positive influence on their future encounters with the international guests as well as exchange students. The project also helped raising staff’s awareness and understanding of foreign cultures and countries as well as gave the opportunity to build networks of international contacts. The project helped increasing the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of HSBHV and its project partners. During the exchange, staff members could also discuss future projects with the representatives of the respective faculties and departments of the receiving institution.

The project was carried out during the period 1st June 2014 until 31st May 2016 in order to implement the requirements set out in the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education as well as the general and specific objectives of the Erasmus+ programme. 53 students and staff members of Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences took part in this project. Furthermore, incoming exchange students from our partner universities in the Erasmus-area were involved. The project aimed to give students the opportunity to complete part of their studies or a traineeship abroad and thus to support the linguistic and intercultural learning of the students and to improve their chances in the labor market. Additionally, both teachers and employees of the university were given the opportunity to teach at the partner universities or take part in training events. During these visits they could also discuss future projects between the universities. The stays abroad contributed to an improvement of the language skills of the staff members and their intercultural awareness. This will have a positive influence on their future encounters with our international guests as well as exchange students. A total of 37 students (22 for an internship abroad, 15 for a semester) and 16 staff members (eight for teaching mobility and eight for a training mobility) took part in the project.

The project was carried out during the period 1st June 2015 until 31st May 2017 in order to implement the requirements set out in the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education as well as the general and specific objectives of the Erasmus+ programme. 68 students and staff members of Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences took part in this project. Furthermore, incoming exchange students from our partner universities in the Erasmus-area were involved. The project aimed to give students the opportunity to complete part of their studies or a traineeship abroad and thus to support the linguistic and interculturallearning of the students and to improve their chances in the labour market. Additionally, both teachers and employees of the university were given the opportunity to teach at the partner universities or take part intraining events. During these visits they could also discuss future projects between the universities. The stays abroad contributed to an improvement of the language skills of the staff members and their intercultural awareness. This will have a positive influence on their future encounters with our international guests as well as exchange students. A total of 45 students (15 for an internship abroad, 30 for a study semester) and 23 staff members (eight for teaching mobility and 15 for a training mobility) took part in the project.

The project was conducted between 1 June 2017 and 31 May 2019 in order to implement the objectives of the Erasmus + Program and the requirements of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education. A total of 58 participants from the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven took part in the project; 36 students (19 for an internship abroad, 17 for a semester abroad) and 22 employees (8 for a teaching mobility and 14 for a training mobility). In addition, the incoming students from our Erasmus partner universities were affected by the project.The aim of the project was to give students the opportunity to complete part of their studies or an internship abroad, thereby supporting students' linguistic and intercultural skills and improving their chances on the labor market. Furthermore, both teachers and employees of the university were given the opportunity to teach at the partner universities or to participate in the staff mobility for training activities. During these visits, they were also able to discuss future projects between the universities. The stays abroad contributed to the linguistic development and intercultural awareness of the employees andwill have a positive impact on the cooperation with our international guests and exchange students.