This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from/to third countries not associated to Erasmus+. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

Located in the Grand Est Region, in the heart of Europe, the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne is only 45’ from central Paris by TGV (high speed train). It is a multi-site and comprehensive University welcoming each year 26 000 students, of which 3000 are international, and employing 1400 teaching staff and 1000 administrative staff. It offers over 150 courses from technical university diplomas to PhD Degrees, in 5 major academic fields: Science,Technology and Health; Law, Economics, Management; Human and social Sciences; Arts, Humanities and languages and Educational Sciences and Techniques for Physical and Sport Activities. Its 31 recognised research units cover 4 scientific centers: Agro-sciences, Environment, Biotechnology and Bioeconomy; Digital and engineering Sciences; Health; Humanities and Social Sciences. It has more than 250 partnerships with international universities.The URCA has developed a policy of internationalization on every level and is strengthening its integration in cross-border and international scientific networks to fully support the internationalization of teaching and research. Its Internationalization strategy is based on three main actions:- Reinforce our integration in international cross-border networks to increase our attractiveness.- Give all our students an opportunity to get an international experience.- Attract high quality students, postgraduates, teachers and researchers.The actors of internationalization within the URCA are well structured:- the International Relations Office implements the internationalization defined by the President of the University thanks to 4 units: the Mobility/cooperation unit, which is in charge of the organization of the mobility and the implementation of the cooperation policy; the International research projects unit, which help teacher-researchers to set-up European and international collaborative projects (H2020 for example); the International communication unit, which promotes the University at the international level, encourages international mobility and organizes a series of integration events for our international public.- Exchange programs coordinators, who guide the students and are responsible for the development of international relations in each department of each Faculty.- International Relations correspondents in each of our 8 Faculties and 31 Research Laboratories, who are in charge of promoting international cooperation and mobility within their unit.- The Commission for International Relations, which is composed of elected internal and external members, which statues on strategic orientations and activities, such as international joint diplomas. The URCA provides its international students and lecturer-researchers with personalized hosting, integration and support, in particular with its Euraxess service platform. Its House of Languages strengthens and promotes multilinguism at the URCA, offering certification in several languages.Today, 600 students benefit from an outgoing mobility, 200 as outgoing students in academic exchanges (100 with the Erasmus + frame and 100 outside Europe) and 400 as outgoing students for an internship abroad. We welcome 130 incoming students, of which 100 within the Erasmus + frame and 30 outside Europe.About 15 teacher-researchers benefit from outgoing Erasmus + teaching mobility each year, as well as 5 administrative staff. The URCA wishes to increase outgoing mobility for students, teacher-researchers and staff in the coming years. To do so, it has developed several tools and activities: creation of quality charters for international exchange programmes and International Joint Degrees, in addition to the Erasmus + Charter, as well as the credit mobility recognition in the student’s curriculum. The URCA has also created several mobility guides and established well defined procedures, especially as far as language requirements are concerned. Thanks to its International communication unit, the URCA has also been developing for many years numerous events and activities aiming at welcoming and integrating our international students in academic exchanges: Integration week for all international students, Welcome ceremony, Ciné-club for students, Students’ Welcome Day, International Speed Meeting and regular friendly activities organized throughout the year (picnics, cultural events…).This pro-active and qualitative policy has helped to increase the number of outgoing and incoming students as well as raise awareness amongst teacher-researchers of the importance to supervise correctly the mobility periods and to guarantee academic recognition in all the curricula offered by the University.

The “COmmunication MEdiation Transfer of Knowledge in Champagne Ardenne_2” (COMETES-CA_2) project is led by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) in close synergy with the Technical and Industrial Scientific Culture Center “ACCUSTICA”. This project is a continuation of the COMETES-CA project. It is part of an ambitious strategy for science with and for society, promoting the exchange between the world of research and citizens, participating in the progress and strengthening of the society. The project aims to cover the entire territory of Champagne in order to develop Science and Society relations with a diversified public, as wide as possible. It includes the following three axis: • Axis 1: promotion of research and its challenges to all audiences and in particular in rural areas and/or priority areas of the city, • Axis 2: Training in mediation, communication or scientific approach, • Axis 3: Promoting news and scientific expertise in the media. The project brings together two projects eligible by the ANR (AUBUPAR and EFICACE) in a common framework of actions of communications, mediation and scientific promotion declined during the 36 months of the project. • The actions proposed under Axis 1 aim to spread science to the heart of society, exchange and debate with citizens and create regular meetings between researchers and high school students. We will rely on existing flagship actions such as Classes en Fac, the Cordées de la success or the Fête de la Science. • Training in mediation, communication or the scientific approach carried out in line with 2 will be piloted, directed and supervised by ACCUSTICA staff, capitalizing on the experience acquired over 15 years in the field of scientific culture. active steps, thus mixing theoretical contributions, role-playing, small group work, games, site visits mediation, meetings and exchanges with scientists and the target audience will be privileged. • The writing of popular articles, meetings, exchanges and conferences with the general will make it possible to promote the research results of the AUBUPAR and EFICACE projects.

"The origins of the partnership: The proposed project is based on an initial partnership initiated in 2009 between the ESPE (Higher School of Teacher and Education) of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and the Pedagogical University (UNIPE - Argentina) after a study visit to France of professors and students from this university. AUCA and UNIPE collaborated on a Master degree curriculum cofinanced by the Ministry of Finance of the French Embassy in Buenos Aires from 2011 to 2015 as part of the ""Saint Exupéry"" fellowships. From this first experience of international collaboration, they extended their relations to the universities of San Martin (UNSAM - Argentina).Partnership structuring:Since 2011 a strong partnership has been organized between URCA, UNSAM and UNIPE to create a double degree in the field of education and training. From 2013 to 2018, various mechanisms were implemented to enable teacher mobility. Funding was obtained through the PREFALC program (2012-2015) and the Erasmus plus Credit Mobility program (2016-2018) and later through the Argentinian Misiones program (2018), but also from the equity of each university.The agreements between the partner universities involved in the first PREFALC project have been signed between URCA and the Universities of San Martin and UNIPE in Argentina. In addition, a joint degree proposal has been signed between URCA and UNIPE (Argentina).The objectives assigned to the project were:- To develop dual master's degrees in education, in accordance with policies implemented in participating universities.- To train teachers to prevent school failure. Taking pupils 'academic difficulties into account in teachers' practices is at the center of both public policies and the daily work of trainers. The cooperation between the URCA and the partner universities focuses on the training of teachers who are able to adapt to the needs of students and ensure their academic success whatever their particularities or difficulties.- To develop collaborative research on the issue of inclusion of all students and the fight against academic failureNumber and type / profile of participants:In the framework of this Erasmus + project, mobility focused on teacher mobility from URCA to Argentine partners. The profile of the participants in master level training courses, which are the subject of this project, is similar in the two Argentinean universities and at the URCA (France). The courses carried out within the framework of this project concerned the first and second year ofthe Master degree. The number of students taking these two-year courses is 60 students at UNIPE and 80 at UNSAM.Description of the activities carried out:- Courses and tutorials for first and second year students in education on issues related to the analysis and practices of teaching work, preventing school failure and inclusive education.- Research seminars for students who are doing their master thesis.- Research seminars with researchers from both universities.- Participation in the organization of the international symposium held in Buenos Aires in October 2017.Long-term results and benefits:- The project has strengthened cooperation between French universities and partner universities in Argentina, increased the internationalization of university education courses related to the project and mobilize teachers from all participating universities to international cooperation .- The objective to develop institutional agreements and double degrees of Master in Education has been developed.- During two years of the project, the training of teachers in the partner universities was oriented towards the prevention of school failure and the inclusion of all students in accordance with the needs of Latin American societies.- Synergies between partner universities in research on inclusion issues and student learning difficulties have been achieved. In particular by organizing an international colloquium and joint publications.The cooperation established for the last 9 years between the two Argentinean universities and the URCA has been strengthened thanks to this project and it has taken a new boost which should continue in the future."

Située dans la Région Grand Est, au cœur de l’Europe, l’Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne est une université multisite et pluridisciplinaire, qui accueille chaque année 26 000 étudiants, dont 3000 internationaux, et emploie 1400 personnels enseignants et 1000 personnels administratifs. Elle propose plus de 150 diplômes, du DUT au programme doctoral, dans 5 champs disciplinaires : Arts, Lettres, Langues ; Droit, Économie, Gestion ; Sciences Humaines et Sociales ; Sciences, Technologie, Santé ; Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives. Ses 31 unités de recherche, reconnues, couvrent les 4 pôles scientifiques suivants : Agro-sciences, Environnement, Bioéconomie, Biotechnologie ; Sciences du Numérique et de l’Ingénieur ; Sciences Humaines et Sociales ; Santé. Elle a des accords avec plus de 250 universités partenaires dans le monde.L’URCA a développé une politique d’internationalisation qui renforce son intégration dans les réseaux transfrontaliers et les réseaux scientifiques à l’échelle internationale, afin d'internationaliser son offre de formation ainsi que sa recherche. Sa stratégie d’internationalisation est centrée autour de 3 axes :- Renforcer notre intégration dans des réseaux transfrontaliers et internationaux pour accroître notre attractivité.- Donner à l’ensemble de nos étudiants une ouverture à l’international.- Attirer des étudiants, doctorants et enseignants-chercheurs internationaux de qualité.Les acteurs de l’international à l’URCA sont bien identifiés :- la Direction des Relations extérieures et du Développement international met en œuvre la stratégie d’internationalisation définie par le Président de l’Université grâce à 3 Pôles : le Pôle Mobilité / Coopération, en charge de l’organisation de la mobilité et de la mise en œuvre de la politique de coopération ; la Cellule Projets internationaux qui aide les enseignants-chercheurs dans le montage et le dépôt de projets collaboratifs internationaux (comme H2020) ; le Pôle Communication, responsable de la communication de l’URCA à l’international, de la promotion de la mobilité, et de l’organisation d’événements visant à favoriser l’intégration des publics internationaux.- les coordinateurs de programmes d’échange, qui accompagnent les étudiants et sont responsables du développement des relations internationales au sein de chaque département, pour chaque Faculté.- Les correspondants relations internationales, dans chacune des 8 Facultés et des 31 Laboratoires de recherche, qui sont en charge de la promotion de la coopération internationale et de la mobilité dans leur unité.- La Commission pour les Relations Internationales, qui est composée de membres élus internes et externes, qui se prononce sur les orientations et activités stratégiques, tels que les diplômes en partenariat international.L’URCA offre à ses étudiants et enseignants-chercheurs internationaux un accueil et un soutien personnalisé, en particulier via son centre Euraxess. Sa Maison des Langues renforce et promeut le multilinguisme à l’URCA, notamment via des certifications dans plusieurs langues.Aujourd’hui, 600 étudiants bénéficient d’une période de mobilité sortante, 200 dans le cadre d’échanges académiques (100 au sein d’Erasmus + et 100 en dehors de l’Europe) et 400 dans le cadre de stages réalisés à l’étranger. Nous accueillons 130 étudiants entrants tous les ans, dont 100 dans le cadre d’Erasmus + et 30 hors Europe.15 enseignants-chercheurs bénéficient tous les ans d’une mobilité enseignante Erasmus +, ainsi que 5 personnels administratifs.L’URCA souhaite développer la mobilité sortante de ses étudiants, enseignants-chercheurs et personnel administratif dans les années à venir. Des outils et activités ont été développés : mise en place de chartes qualité pour les programmes d’échange internationaux et des diplômes en partenariat international, en complément de la Charte Erasmus +, notamment pour la reconnaissance des credit mobility dans les parcours des étudiants. L’URCA a par ailleurs élaboré des guides de procédures de la mobilité et fixé des prérequis linguistiques. De plus, la mobilité du personnel est encadrée par le service formation concours pour une plus grande reconnaissance de la mobilité dans la carrière des agents.Son Pôle Communication organise depuis des années de nombreuses opérations liées à l’accueil et à l’intégration des étudiants en mobilité entrante : semaine d’intégration ouverte à tous les étudiants étrangers, cérémonie d’accueil, ciné-clubs, Journée de l’étudiant international, international speed meeting et de nombreuses activités conviviales tout au long de l’année (pique-niques, activités culturelles…).Cette politique volontariste et qualitative a permis d’augmenter le nombre d’étudiants en mobilité sortante et entrante et de sensibiliser les enseignants-chercheurs à la nécessité de bien encadrer les parcours de mobilité et de garantir leur reconnaissance dans l'ensemble des cursus proposés par l'URCA.