Under the Erasmus+ Project No. 2016-1-LT01-KA103-022770 below listed activitieswere implemented:student exchange for studies;student and recent graduate traineeship;teaching and training visits of incoming and outgoing staff;integration activities for incoming students and staff;linguistic and sociocultural preparation of outgoing students and staff;promotional activities (events, publication of material, souvenirs etc.);participation in conferences and trainings;extension of current and initiation of new Erasmus partnerships;meetings with present and potential Erasmus+ partners.The results reached implementing the project are essentially in line with mobility project aims, indicated in Erasmus+ programme guide: support learners in the acquisition of learning outcomes with a view to improving their personal development, their involvement as considerate and active citizens in society and their employability in the European labor market; support the professional development of those who work in education sector; enhance the participants' foreign languages competence; raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries; increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of organisations active in the education sector; ensure a better recognition of competences gained through the learning periods abroad etc. Implemented project also had a great impact to the internationalization of the university and greatly contributed towards achievement of the strategic goals set by the university:Increase the internationality of studies by developing international (joint and double degree qualification) study programmes, international doctoral and post-doctoralstudies, enhancing mobility in studies using multilingual capabilities developed in the University.Develop the internationality of scientific activities by ensuring active participation in recognized international research networks and international research programmes, internationally disseminating scientific and practical results, and encouraging mobility in scientific activities.Activate the internationality of the University community by providing favorable conditions for the university community to develop language and interculturalcompetences, creating favorable conditions for integration of foreign lecturers, researchers and students, as well as ensuring favorable conditions for communitymembers and graduates working abroad to participate in the University life.Main quantitative indicators set in the project (indicated in the Grant Agreement between Vytautas Magnus University and Lithuanian National Agency): 134 student mobility for studies; 47 student and recent graduate traineeships; 22 teaching and 10 training visits were achieved and overleaped: 193 student mobility for studies, 105 student and recent graduate traineeships, 73 teaching visits and 27 training visits. Quantitative indicators of the project were implemented in 187 %; This huge amount of mobility realized reflect but do not fulfill the actual need of VMU community for Erasmus+ teaching and training visits, study and traineeship mobility. In total, 767 applications form VMU staff and students were collected, meanwhile with the funding received we were only capable to implement 52 % of the potential need.It is highly satisfying that VMU students (95,97%) and staff members (completely all -100%), who participated in Erasmus mobility, were either very satisfied or rathersatisfied with their mobility as well as students (94.26 %) and teachers (completely all - 100%) from Partner universities were either very satisfied or rather satisfied with their mobility.

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences has been successfully implementing mobility projects for many years. Erasmus+ project for the years 2017 - 2019 has also been successfully implemented. Students of the University were sent to our partner higher education institutions for partial studies as well as to various companies for internships. Both administrative and academic employees of the University went on Mobilityperiods in order to gain experience from their colleagues at partner universities. Participant selections have been organized at the University in order to determine which applicants are the most worthy to participate in the project. Applicants have been evaluated in line with the University's regulations and the priority was given to those applicants who have never before participated in such a project. Many other criteria have been employed for the evaluation in order to select the participants who were motivated the most. Students were invited to participate in a motivational talk with the specialists from International Relations Office. The talks have been carried out in a foreign language (English, Polish, French, German) in order not only to determine the motivation of a student but also to examine their foreign language proficiency.While implementing the project 118 members of the University's community have participated in various mobility activities. From those 118 members 50 were students and 68 employees. 36 students went for partial studies and 14 students did their internships at foreign companies. 36 academic employees went for teaching visits and 32 administrative employees went for training visits.

Under the Erasmus+ Project No. 2017-1-LT01-KA107-035091 below listed activities were implemented:student exchange for studies;teaching and training visits of incoming and outgoing staff;integration activities (including linguistic preaparation) for incoming students and staff;linguistic and sociocultural preparation of outgoing students and staff;promotional activities (events, publication of material, souvenirs etc.);participation in conferences and trainings;the first Erasmus+ staff training week;meetings with present and potential Erasmus+ partners.The results reached implementing the project are essentially in line with mobility project aims, indicated in Erasmus+ programme guide: support learners in the acquisition of learning outcomes with a view to improving their personal development, their involvement as considerate and active citizens in society and their employability in the European labor market; support the professional development of those who work in education sector; enhance the participants' foreign languages competence; raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries; increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of organisations active in the education sector; ensure a better recognition of competences gained through the learning periods abroad etc.Implemented project also had a great impact on the internationalization of the university and greatlycontributed towards achievement of the strategic goals set by the university:Increase the internationality of studies by developing international (joint and double degree qualification) study programmes, international doctoral and post-doctoral studies, enhancing mobility in studies using multilingual capabilities developed in the University.Develop the internationality of scientific activities by ensuring active participation in recognized international research networks and international research programmes, internationally disseminatingscientific and practical results and encouraging mobility in scientific activities. Activate the internationality of the University community by providing favorable conditions for the university community to develop language and intercultural competences, creating favorable conditions for integration of foreign lecturers, researchers and students, as well as ensuring favorable conditions for community members and graduates working abroad to participate in the University life.The main quantitative project indicator, indicated in the initial project agreement between the Lithuanian National Agency and Vytautas Magnus University, was exceeded by 27%. Instead of 48 mobilities, indicated in the initial agreement, 61 mobility was implemented.The number and type of mobilities indicated in the initial agreement:15 teaching visits, 5 staff training visits and 5 student mobilities for studies from Partner countries higher education institutions to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) at the same time 15 teaching visits, 5 staff training visits and 3 student mobilities for studies from VMU to higher education institutions in Partner countries.The number and type of mobilities implemented:10 teaching visits, 12 staff training visits and 9 student mobilities for studies from Partner countries higher education institutions to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and at the same time 16 teaching visits, 9 staff training visits and 5 student mobilities for studies from VMU to higher education institutions in Partner countries.This big amount of mobilities realized only partially reflects and fulfills the actual need of VMU community and communities of partner higher education institutions from Partner countries need for staff training, teaching visits and student exchange.It is very important to mention that completely all (100%) VMU students who went for study exchange and staff who participated in staff training and teaching visits were either very satisfied or rather satisfied with their mobility as well as students (88.89 % of them) and staff members coming for teaching or staff training visits (completely all - 100%) from partner universities to VMU were either very satisfied or rather satisfied with their mobility.

Under the Erasmus+ Project No. 2016-1-LT01-KA107-023067 below listed activities were implemented:student exchange for studies;teaching and training visits of incoming and outgoing staff;integration activities (including linguistic preaparation) for incoming students and staff;linguistic and sociocultural preparation of outgoing students and staff;promotional activities (events, publication of material, souvenirs etc.);participation in conferences and trainings;extension of current and initiation of new Erasmus+ partnerships;meetings with present and potential Erasmus+ partners.The results reached implementing the project are essentially in line with mobility project aims, indicated in Erasmus+ programme guide: support learners in the acquisition of learning outcomes with a view to improving their personal development, their involvement as considerate and active citizens in society and their employability in the European labor market; support the professional development of those who work in education sector; enhance the participants' foreign languages competence; raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries; increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of organisations active in the education sector; ensure a better recognition of competences gained through the learning periods abroad etc.Implemented project also had a great impact on the internationalization of the university and greatlycontributed towards achievement of the strategic goals set by the university:Increase the internationality of studies by developing international (joint and double degree qualification) study programmes, international doctoral and post-doctoral studies, enhancing mobility in studies using multilingual capabilities developed in the University.Develop the internationality of scientific activities by ensuring active participation in recognizedinternational research networks and international research programmes, internationally disseminatingscientific and practical results and encouraging mobility in scientific activities.Activate the internationality of the University community by providing favorable conditions for the university community to develop language and intercultural competences, creating favorable conditions for integration of foreign lecturers, researchers and students, as well as ensuring favorable conditions for community members and graduates working abroad to participate in the University life.The main quantitative project indicator, indicated in the initial project agreement between the Lithuanian National Agency and Vytautas Magnus University, was exceeded by almost 30%. Instead of 46 mobilities, 59 mobilities were implemented.The number and type of mobilities indicated in the initial agreement:15 teaching visits, 1 staff training visit and 8 student mobilities for studies from Partnet countries higher education institutions to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) at the same time 9 teaching visits, 1 staff training visit and 12 student mobilities for studies from VMU to higher education institutions in Partner countries. The number and type of mobilities implemented:11 teaching visits, 5 staff training visits and 7 student mobilities for studies from Partner countries higher education institutions to Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and at the same time 11 teaching visits, 6 staff training visits and 19 student mobilities for studies from VMU to higher education institutions in Partner countries. This big amount of mobilities realized only partially reflects and fulfills the actual need of VMU community and communities of partner higher education institutions from Partner countries need for staff training, teaching visits and student exchange.It is very important to mention that VMU students who went for study exchange (94,74% of them) and staff who participated in staff training and teaching visits (completely all -100%) were either very satisfied or rather satisfied with their mobility as well as students (94.26 % of them) and staff members coming for teaching or staff training visits (completely all - 100%) from partner universities were either very satisfied or rather satisfied with their mobility.

Pagal „Erasmus+“ projektą Nr. 2018-1-LT01-KA103-046642 buvo įgyvendinamos šios veiklos:studentų studijų mainai;studentų ir absolventų praktikos;personalo dėstymo bei mokymosi vizitai;integracinės (tame tarpe lingvistinis ruošimas) veiklos atvykstantiems studentams;lingvistinis ir sociokultūrinis išvykstančių studentų ir personalo ruošimas;programos viešinimo veiklos (įvairūs renginiai, reklaminės medžiagos spausdinimas,suvenyrai ir pan.);dalyvavimas konferencijose ir mokymuose;bendradarbiavimo stiprinimas su esamais partneriniais universitetas ir naujų bendradarbiavimo sutarčių iniciavimas;susitikimai su esamais ir potencialiais „Erasmus+“ partneriais.Pasiekti projekto rezultatai iš esmės atliepia pagrindinius mobilumo projektų tikslus, įvardintus „Erasmus+“ programos vadove: padėti besimokantiems įgyti mokymosi rezultatus, siekiant skatinti jų asmeninį tobulėjimą, aktyvų įsitraukimą į visuomenę bei Europos darbo rinką; remti profesinį švietimo srityje dirbančių darbuotojų tobulėjimą; gerinti dalyvių užsienio kalbų kompetenciją; didinti dalyvių informuotumą ir supratimą apie kitas kultūras ir šalis; didinti švietimo srityse veikiančių organizacijų pajėgumą, patrauklumą ir tarptautinį matmenį; užtikrinti geresnį kompetencijų, įgytų mokymosi užsienyje laikotarpiais, pripažinimą ir kt.Įgyvendintas projektas taip pat kokybiškai prisidėjo prie universiteto tarptautiškumo plėtros ir sudarė galimybes siekti universiteto strateginių tikslų:Didinti studijų tarptautiškumą, kuriant tarptautines (jungtines bei dvigubą kvalifikacijos laipsnį teikiančias) studijų programas, tarptautines doktorantūros ir podoktorantūros studijas, skatinant mobilumą studijose, panaudojant Universiteto plėtojamos daugiakalbystės galimybes;Plėtoti mokslinės veiklos tarptautiškumą, užtikrinant aktyvų dalyvavimą pripažintuose tarptautiniuose tyrimų tinkluose ir tarptautinėse mokslo programose, vykdant mokslinių ir praktinių rezultatų tarptautinę sklaidą, skatinant mobilumą mokslinėje veikloje;Aktyvinti Universiteto bendruomenės tarptautiškumą, užtikrinant palankias sąlygas Universiteto bendruomenei tobulinti kalbines ir tarpkultūrines kompetencijas, sudarant palankias integracijos sąlygas užsienio dėstytojams, tyrėjams ir studentams, taip pat užtikrinant užsienyje dirbantiems bendruomenės nariams ir absolventams palankias galimybes dalyvauti Universiteto gyvenime.Pagrindiniai kiekybiniai projekto rodikliai, nurodyti projekto sutartyje tarp Švietimo mainų paramos fondo ir Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto: 180 studentų studijų mobilumų, 78 studentų ir absolventų praktikos mobilumai, 62 dėstymo vizitai bei 46 mokymosi vizitai, nežiūrint COVID-19 pandemijos iškeltų iššūkių, buvo pasiekti ir viršyti: įgyvendinti – 199 studentų studijų mobilumai, 118 studentų ir absolventų praktikos mobilumų, 137 – dėstymo vizitai (vienas iš jų - virtualus) bei 100 mokymosi vizitų (bei dar 17 suderintų ir neįvykusių dėl COVID-19). Kiekybiniai projekto rodikliai buvo įgyvendinti 151 proc. Rezultatai būtų buvę dar geresni, jei mobilumų įgyvendinimo nebūtų sustabdžiusi COVID-19 pandemija.Svarbu pažymėti, kad nežiūrint dalį mobilumų paveikusio pandemijos, mobilume dalyvavę VDU studentai (net 95,25 proc.) ir personalas (net 99,58 proc.) buvo patenkinti ar labai patenkinti mobilumu, taip pat ir VDU studijavę partnerinių universitetų studentai (net 94,50 proc.) ir dėstę ar besimokę personalo atstovai (absoliučiai visi – 100 proc.) buvo patenkinti ar labai patenkinti mobilumu.