This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. 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.

The main goal of the Jean Monnet Module “Interest representation and policy-making in the European Union” (IREU) in Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) is to promote excellence in teaching and research in EU studies, particularly in the EU interest intermediation system and the EU policy making process. The Module consists of two new courses that enhance knowledge on the EU interest representation system, develop practical skills and civic activity. The courses aim to provide an advanced level of understanding of the role of civil society and stakeholders in the process of creation and implementing EU policies. It is a new specific EU subject and courses have develop a pool of well-qualified professionals, able to understand the complexity of the EU. The courses were dedicated for students of international relations and public policy faculties and others who were interested in that field. The Module has referred to 60-80 students and consist of 60-64 hours per year. The courses were based on interactive methods and the teacher has strongly encouraged the development of a critical mind-set. The interactive methods have stimulated students to be more active, improve attendance and double both engagement and learning. In every year there was organized a lecture within the Festival of Science that was opend for all interested people. The excellence of research was ensured by doing qualitative and quantitative analysis in cooperation with Jean Monnet professors, researchers, PhD students, practitioners and policy makers, publication of a book, encourage the research results into teaching of students, discussion of research outcomes during the Jean Monnet conference at SGH. The impact of the Module is far-reaching on studying and research at SGH and we have created a community of professors, PhD students, students, practitioners and policy makers that can cooperate for deepening knowledge on the EU interest intermediation system. In the end of the project some students prepared their MA thesis on the topic of different patterns of interest representation in the EU, and some students enrolled on the doctoral studies with plan of preparing their PhD thesis on the EU interest representation system. Now we have a group of 8 PhD students who are preparing their PhD dissertations on that topic in cooperation with some Jean Monnet professors at SGH.

“Mobility Project for Higher Education Students and Staff” implemented by SGH Warsaw School of Economics (hereinafter called: SGH) in the framework of Erasmus +, Action 1, included student mobility for studies and placements as well as teaching and training mobilities of academic and administrative staff. The subject areas, within which the mobilities were carried out were broadly defined economic sciences and management.The aim of the project was:– to support the international mobility of students and academic and administrative staff of SGH,– to give the project participants access to international experiences and getting to know new cultural environment, as part of their personal and academic development,– to develop knowledge as well as competence and professional skills which will widen participants’ possibilities on labour markets,– to build strong and effective partnerships with universities participating in the programme and to create a basis for the development of new forms of cooperation between universities,– internationalization of SGH environment.Within the project SGH has was carried out a total of 415 mobilities, including:– mobilities for studies – 339 students (including 163 students of the 1st level of studies and 176 students of 2nd the second level of studies)– mobilities for traineeships – 31 students (including 2 students of the 1st level of studies, 24 students of the 2nd level of studies, 2 students of the 3rd level of studies and 3 recent graduates)– staff training mobilities – 13 (including 6 academics)– teaching mobilities – 32.Students could carry out mobilities for studies within one of the over 170 agreements with partner universities in areas related to the fields of study carried out by them in SGH. It was also possible to take additional courses related to the individual interests of students, which were recognised as electives. Traineeships were carried out either as mandatory or voluntary elements of the program of study, depending on the major done at SGH.Administrative and faculty staff participated in organized staff training events or job shadowing visits. Academics within staff teaching mobilities carried out lectures, seminars and workshops for students from partner institutions at all three levels of study.The objectives of the project, including quantitative ones which were described in the financial agreement have been reached. The project has visibly and permanently influencedthe changes taking place within the university, as well as the perception of the university by the external environment. Project’s following results and impact relate to both individual beneficiaries of the program and the Warsaw School of Economics as a whole:– all interested and meeting eligibility criteria students received a chance to study abroad for 1 semester / year at a partner university,– international, multicultural environment has been created at SGH due to the presence of foreign faculty members and Erasmus students, who came to SGH within the period of the project.– new skills and work experience of staff is used in the process of modernization of university and the development of teaching methods,– the attractiveness SGH graduates increases on the labour market thanks to gaining international experience and inter–cultural competences– project participants have strengthened existing or made new research contacts, which resulted in increased number of international publications, research and educational projects, including the establishment of 3 new double degree programs– the position of SGH in the international environment as well as its teaching and research offer’ promotion has been strengthened both in Poland and the EU, as well as outside of Europe.

The CEWSE project is in line with the concept of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (CoE) as it was planned as a 3-year coherent program which was the first such initiative at SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland on still underdeveloped at SGH interdisciplinary areas of teaching, research and outreach activities on the external dimension of EU as a tool to increase its competitiveness, geopolitical, economic & social stability to face the changing global settings, challenges & opportunities of the globalizing world. This project is greatly influenced by: a) the personality& outstanding experience (over 25 years) of Professor Ewa Latoszek in teaching and research in EU studies& b) the quality, experience, knowledge of SGH Staff & all others involved in CEWSE.Through its activities it created a new innovative interdisciplinary (cross-cutting) research, teaching & dissemination centre.In addition to the objectives of JM CoE the main CEWSE aims were: •establishing background for: developing updated EU Interdisciplinary Studies (BA/MA/PhD) &creating PhD Multidisciplinary International EU Studies at WSE• equipping students with knowledge of EU subjects relevant to their academic & professional lives; raising students’ awareness of the critical role the EU should play working together with other actors •fostering dialogue between the academic world, policy-makers, institutional experts & civil society•building the SGH capacity& strengthening the European Higher Education Area through stimulating collaboration among researchers from different specialization & high level experts from EU MS and some non-EU contries specializing in EU topics, promoting the interdisciplinary research and developing a wide networking activities.Through a wide variety of activities supporting research & the teaching at SGH, including i.a. PhD Workshops, international congresses, roundtable debates & publishing books, it was planned to contribute to:• working out the methodology of research & new pedagogical strategies in teaching EU increasing students’ skills• create E-Centre& new ICT tools to increase knowledge & improve learning process• enhance & extend research results in social media• promote sharing good practices through a dialogue & expertise-exchange among Polish andinternational scholars, policy-makers and wider public including civil society• promote European networking and cross-fertilisation practices in the EU research & studies• foster engagement of young academics• increase the interest in EU topics among academics not directly involved in EU studies• filling the existing at SGH gap in providing innovative research & teaching in a field particularlyrelevant to students studying at WSE taking not only the EU Studies.While offering the multidisciplinary program of teaching & research activities CEWSE was to deal with a wide variety of topics requiring to tackle them from the point of view of many disciplines like European integration, international economcs, international finance, law, political sciences, sociology etc. to develop synergies between various disciplines to attain a deeper understanding of the on-going integration process and European heritage. CEWSE aimed also to offer informal & formal networking during the project activities among students, PhD students, academics & researchers (young and experienced) & experts,including many Polish & foreign highly acknowledged actors with special attention to the young resarchers, academics, networks, NGOs and PhD students.

The module “European Union, the Eastern Partnership & Russia in a New Geopolitical Context” provided innovative, policy-analysis oriented teaching at the Warsaw School of Economics on EU foreign policy, with a focus on EU relations with its Eastern neighbours, including Russia. It has also promoted dialogue and expertise-exchange among Polish and international scholars (among them American, Armenia, Azeri, Czech, Georgian, Hungarian, Slovak, Russian and Ukrainian), policy-makers and wider public and has fostered engagement of young academics in teaching and research in the field. The main module objectives realized in the years 2015-2018 were:• Establishing grounds for EU foreign policy teaching and research at the Warsaw School of Economics; with a specific orientation on EU’s relations with Russia and the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).• Equipping students with knowledge of EU subjects relevant to their academic & professorial lives; as well as raising students’ awareness of the critical role the EU can play in determining the future geopolitical environment of Central and Eastern Europe. • Fostering dialogue between the academic world and policy-makers in the area of EU Eastern policy & Transatlantic Partnership to help enhance EU governance and foreign policy coordination. The main module outputs in the years 2015-2018 were:• 240 hours/6 semesters of teaching in English of two EU foreign policy courses (“European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership” and “EU-Russia Relations – Redefined”) for 113 students from SGH and 15 students from other universities. • 3 public conferences at Warsaw School of Economics, with participation of 203 people (May 2016, April 2017, May 2018)• 1 international round-table, with participation of 24 civic leaders and experts from 10 countries entitled “Populism United” (May 2018). • 1 Polish expert round-table for over 200 experts at the Global Leader.PL conference about Russia, Poland’s Eastern Policy and energy ( June 2018). • 1 program website at www.euforeignpolicy.sgh.waw.pl, which has shared updates on different project activities (courses, conferences, round-tables) and which will serve in the future to further promote EU foreign policy teaching at SGH• 1 study-visit to EU institutions for 43 international leaders (April 2018) • A number of institutional cooperative agreements, which serve bridging foreign policy teaching with foreign policy practice. Among the most important were engaging the students with two initiatives: Warsaw Security Forum (annually gathering 1200+ participants from 50 countries) and the Global Leader.PL conference (gathering 200+ Polish experts specializing in international relations). • Allowing the module leader to undertaken a number of professional development activities, among which was the participation in an Oxford Leadership Development Module and the Transatlantic Fellows Program in the U.S. Congress. Long-term outcome: Creating a hub for EU foreign policy teaching, research and analysis within the Warsaw School of Economics, thus assuring greater visibility of this field of study at the national (Polish) and regional (Central & Eastern Europe) levels.