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.

This project addresses only the mobility of students and staff of the Universitat de Girona with other higher education institutions in associated countries within the framework of several funding packages under the European Erasmus+ KA107 programme.The importance of these actions and the objectives defined in them were described in the application in a way we understand to have been sufficiently satisfactory given the funding we received to implement them. Of course, we recognise that we did not receive funding for all the applications presented, although we understand that this is mostly due to budgetary limitations.In this call, the UdG applied for funds only for the countries it had received funding for in the previous call (Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria), to which we add Ghana, taking advantage of the ACP Group countries’ incorporation into the programme to expand the range of action of our master's degree in tourism. This expansion resulted in a total of 8 countries, 14 institutions and 92 participants (54 students and 38 STA). The decision to expand was taken as a way of guaranteeing a certain continuity, one of the KA107's major problems, which was highlighted by all the participants.Funding cuts left us with 5 countries, 7 institutions and 39 participants.In the end, the total number of participants came to 32, representing 82% of the SEPIE funded mobilities and divided into 15 student mobilities (1 outgoing and 14 incoming) and 17 teaching-staff mobilities (8 outgoing and 9 incoming), plus 1 other student flow from Ukraine, partially paid with OS funds (travel expenses). Once again this year, both the incoming and the outgoing mobilities planned with Morocco were the most disappointing, accounting for 18% of exchanges that did not materialise. As we said, 82% of the mobilities awarded took place. We consider this to be a good result, basically because this is significantly higher than the figure for the previous two-year period. Additionally, outgoing staff mobility, which we regard as the driving force behind every exchange, has risen sufficiently. Erasmus mobility is crucial to internationalisation for two reasons. First, because mobility is a high-profile activity and, second, because structures that encourage student exchanges not only within Europe but also with other countries have been created and fostered through Erasmus programmes. As a first step toward achieving these goals – in this case the physical mobility of participants – we at Universitat de Girona would like an average of 350 students to take part every academic year in an exchange and, of course, Erasmus + is a way for a large number of students to do that. The KA107 action is a tool that will help us reach this goal, although given the characteristics of the initiative, it will obviously never be as effective as KA103.

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.

"Como en años anteriores, este proyecto aborda estrictamente la movilidad “in” y “out” de estudiantes y personal de la Universitat de Girona en el marco europeo de Erasmus (KA103).La relevancia de esta acción y los objetivos que en ella se buscan se han ido describiendo en las diferentes EPS que se han ido presentando, adaptando sus objetivos a los de la evolución del programa (desde los antiguos PICs ERASMUS al actual Erasmus+) de manera satisfactoria, como lo demuestran la renovación de los contratos con la Comisión Europea.En la última EPS, presentada en el 2013, en la que se enmarca este proyecto, ya se mencionaba la movilidad como la herramienta clave para la internacionalización. Y eso por dos razones. Primero porque la movilidad es una actividad con mucha visibilidad y, segundo, porqué a través de la participación en Erasmus se han creado y propiciado la existencia de estructuras universitarias que favorecen el intercambio de estudiantes no sólo con Europa sino con otros destinos; no sólo en este programa sino en otros. Erasmus es la herramienta que no sólo permite la movilidad, sino que la ha convertido, y continúa haciéndolo, en un elemento habitual en las instituciones enseñanza superior. ¿O es que alguien imagina una universidad que no participe en Erasmus?Teniendo en consideración este marco general, el objetivo de la UdG, a un nivel más concreto es que, al menos, el 20% de sus egresados haya tenido una experiencia internacional en otro país, pero, al mismo tiempo, que el 100% la pueda tener de internacionalización.En una primera etapa en la consecución de estos objetivos, la que se refiere a la movilidad física de los participantes, desde la ORE nos proponemos que cada curso, una media 350 estudiantes participen en un intercambio y, como es lógico, Erasmus+ es la vía para que un amplio porcentaje de éstos lo puedan conseguir.Evidentemente, para que los flujos de salida existan, deben mantenerse los de entrada. Éstos son, pues, por un lado “moneda de cambio”, pero por otro, e indudablemente, son un elemento importantísimo para hacer llegar la experiencia de internacionalización a aquellos que, por razones varias, no pueden participar de la movilidad.Por su parte, la movilidad para la docencia y la formación, tanto “outbound” como “inbound” también se cuentan entre los objetivos porque es otro elemento base para la internacionalización de la institución.En el proyecto 2018, la materialización de estos propósitos y las medidas que se toman para conseguirlos ha dado los resultados que siguen y que se comentan a lo largo de este Informe.El número total de participantes ha sido de 344 personas, distribuidas en 199 movilidades de estudiantes para estudios, 108 movilidades de estudiantes para prácticas (total 307), 3 movilidades de personal para formación y 34 movilidades de personal para docencia.Queremos destacar la consolidación que continúa teniendo la movilidad para prácticas.A estos datos queremos añadir el número de movilidades ""inbound"", que en este curso ha sido de 226 estudiantes, a pesar de que el número más alto de respuestas en la MT ha sido de 173."

This project addresses the mobility of students and staff of the Universitat de Girona with other higher education institutions of partner countries in the frame of the different budget envelopes of the European program Erasmus+ KA107.The relevance of these actions and the objectives pursued have been described in the application that was satisfactory submitted, as evidenced by the fact that mobility actions with 7 countries have been granted to our university (Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria) A total number of 52 persons have participated, divided in 36 (7 outgoing and 29 incoming) student mobilities for studies and 16 staff mobilities for teaching (5 outgoing and 11 incoming). This represents 80% of the mobilities at last agreed with the SEPIE. The inbound flows have been from all possible countries of origin, except Morocco, while the outbound flows have been basically from Eastern countries, especially as far as students are concerned, since all of them have gone to Russia.As mentioned before, we have carried out 80% of the mobilities we applied for. We believe this is a good result, on the one hand because this Call has been a pilot experience and on the other, because the approval dates of the projects cause, in some way, the loss of the mobility Call for the next academic year. Erasmus mobility is a key tool for internationalization. The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, because mobility is an activity with a lot of visibility and, secondly, through the participation in Erasmus, university structures have been created and facilitated which stimulate student exchanges not only throughout Europe but also with other destinations.With the intention to achieve these objectives in relation to the mobility of participants, the ORE (International Relations Office) proposes that each academic course an average of 350 students participate in an exchange and, of course, Erasmus+ is the way to achieve this for a large percentage of these participants.The KA107 action is a tool that must contribute to this general objective, although it is clear that, due to the characteristics of this action, it will never be to the extent of the KA103 action. On the other hand, the mobility for teaching, both incoming and outgoing, which is a clearly favored action in this type of projects, is also one of the objectives of the UdG as it is another basic element for the internationalization of the institution.