Internationalization has been an important issue for Karoly Robert Colllege since the establishment of the institution in 2003.The College first participated in Erasmus Programme from the academic year 2005/2006 within the framework of Lifelong Learning Programme, and was awarded a Standard University Charter and from the academic year 2012/2013 an Extended University Charter providing the background to apply for the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) for the period 2014-2020. Having been awarded the ECHE, Karoly Robert College committed itself to respect fundamental principles provided by the European Commission, such as non-discrimination by ensuring equal access and opportunities to all mobile participants, full recognition of their satisfactorily completed mobility. Having been involved in Erasmus+ KA1 ? Learning Mobility of Individuals (action type: 103 ? Higher Education student and staff mobility) Programme enabled Károly Róbert College to fulfil one if its key objectives in the long term strategy: internationalisation by maintaining and also developing both the quality and the quantity of mobility activities and increasing the number of bilateral agreements. It has always been important to raise the institution?s international profile through partnerships and recruitment, while continuing to maintain and increase the number of mobility activities. In the institution?s development strategy, the improvement of both teaching and learning languages is a major objective as it leads towards linguistic diversity.In the academic year 2014/2015 the total number of outgoing mobile participants was 31, out of which 6 students took part in mobility for studies and 3 students took part in mobility for traineeship activities. The profile of the students was mainly Business and Administration (6 students, and 3 student participants came with Agricultural background. The ratio perfectly reflects the profile of Karoly Robert College. The number of students participating in the Programme was less than it had previously been planned by the institution, and the reason is that Karoly Robert College had to experience a huge drop in the number of full-time students in the actual academic year and also in the previous years. The number of staff mobility for teaching was 12 and the number of staff mobility for training was 10, adding up to a total of 22 participants being involved in staff mobility. The majority of staff for training undertook work-shadowing activities at the receiving partner institutions.The outputs of the mobiltiy activities carried out have always been disseminated in order to spread the results and to contribute to the implementation of a European system. Results such as knowledge and experience gained, better language skills, increased skills and cultural awareness have been recognized and disseminated at meetings, public events and through existing contact networks.

CONTEXTRenewable energies (RES) play a key role in moving towards a low carbon economy, being one of the strategic priorities of EU, who urges European countries to obtain 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020, and at least 27% by 2030. At the same time, the depopulation of rural areas (90% of the EU’s land mass) is a challenge for European societies. This demographic change is associated to the lack of opportunities, which causes the migration towards bigger towns.RES can be a driver for the employment generation in remote areas. From an interdisciplinary approach, IN2RURAL has been committed to support this transition through educational innovation.OBJECTIVESThe main goal has been to implement new educational practices to strengthen the employability of engineering students in the RES sector, specifically in the rural areas of Bacau (Romania), Castellón (Spain) and Gyöngyös (Hungary).The specific objectives have been:- To increase the relevance of the teaching-learning by strengthening the links between universities, SMEs, local governments and civil society organisations.- To identify which are the competences in the field of RES for rural development.- To strengthen at institutional level the internationalization, European dimension, project management and sustainability.- To bring the opportunities of Erasmus+ closer to rural habitants, promoting their active participation.- To improve the preparation of the engineering students for the professional world.PARTNERSThe partnership has been composed of universities with engineering studies and SMEs with expertise in RES. Namely:- Universitat Jaume I, Heliotec and UMANS (Spain)- Universitatea Vasile Alecsandri din Bacau and General Electric (Romania)- Karoly Robert Foiskola, Eszterházy Károly University and Geolin (Hungary)ACTIVITIESThe core activities carried out have been:- Intellectual outputs in the field of RES for local development** Study of prospective and training needs** Collaborators network** Open Educational Resources (OER) about the use of the virtual learning platform** OER and online courses of technical English and RES for local development** Case studies** Active job search open course** Final evaluation ** Guide about RES for small municipalities- Multiplier Events (3) to share the intellectual outputs- Blended mobility of six students to perform a real study case- Dissemination actions to increase the impact and sustainability- Internal meetings to monitor the project and to promote new synergiesRESULTS AND IMPACTThe students that have participated in IN2RURAL have increased their employability, specifically:- 30 students have augmented their English technical knowledge in the RES field- 30 students have improved their capacities on the use of biomass, photovoltaic and wind energy in rural areas- 12 students have developed a real study case, learning how to deal in a professional environment- 9 students have strengthened their skills for active job searching and entrepreneurshipRegarding the partner organisations, some of the benefits are:- More than 35 professors and technical staff have increased their competences to work in English and to teach in e-learning- Universities have improved the relevance of the teaching about RES, integrating a rural development approach and getting closer to the market needs.- Universities have increased their knowledge about active job searching and entrepreneurship- All the organisations have strengthen their transnational dimension and the skills to manage European projects- Both the universities and the SME have reinforced their contacts with local development actors, starting new collaborationsAdditionally, the awareness about the potential links among employability, RES and rural development has been increased among the population thanks to the intellectual outputs, the multiplier events and the news in media and social networks. LONGER-TERM BENEFITSThe sustainability of the project is based on:- The intellectual products are available in the project websites (http://in2rural.uji.es/ and http://in2rural.ub.ro/) and in UJI repository (goo.gl/d3fSYh). - The presentations of the multiplier events are accessible in the project websites and the videos can be seen in YouTube (goo.gl/9yBQKi) - The OER and online courses will be used in the partner universities- The curricula of the engineering subjects involved in the project have been updated to the specificities of the market and the rural development- New mobility agreements (KA1) have been signed among the universities- The results of the project are being presented in conferences and workshops, facilitating that other organisations can use them- New collaborations and initiatives have been started