The Erasmus + Program has brought to NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA) great visibility. The impact is clear and it is very important for NOVA's internationalization strategy.Since few years already, the key-action 107 has exceeded the limits of mobility designed just inside the European territory, providing to the participants opportunities for study, teaching and training in the partner countries. The development of the cooperation relations between NOVA and the Partner Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allowed the creation of this project, based on the priorities defined by the European Union (EU) regarding the lots of the different countries involved. The ICM NOVA 2017-2019 has enabled the mobility of participants from Portugal to other parts of the world and vice-versa, supporting student mobility and the mobility of academic and administrative staff from and to 22 Partner countries outside Europe.The key tools for a successful cooperation with the partner HEIs were: maximizing the knowledge about the student or staff profiles; valuing the recognition of the qualifications obtained by the scholarship holders at the host HEI, as in the case of students (SMS), staff for training (STT) and staff for teaching (STA); promoting the cooperation and the mobility actors involved, both at NOVA and at the partner HEIs; contributing to the development of human resources by increasing the capacitive sensitivity of international cooperation and cultural syncretism; fostering innovation, creativity, employability and competitiveness; encouraging a better use of innovative results, products and processes, allowing the increment of the project support, which is essential for the growth of new collaborations and the strengthening of old ones; promoting the results and encouraging the exchange of good practice regarding the teaching methods and academic recognition, based on the principles of equality and non-discrimination; promoting the enrichment of societies through the sharing of values and cultural diversity, which have contributed to the exchange, openness of minds and the development of a society of the future based on cultural plurality.The purposes of the project aligned with the EU guidelines and they were achieved through mobilization and qualitative communication between the parties involved and through the commitment of the HEIs to strictly follow the ECHE principles, as well as the indications contained in the inter-institutional agreements.The number of the approved flows in the financial contract has slightly changed due to the difficulties encountered at the time of implementation, justified on one hand by the weak participation of the Partner HEIs in the beginning of the project and, on the other hand, explained by the little interest of the OUT students towards some destinations: in the latter case, the scholarships were reused to allow more IN mobilities or to approve requests for mobility's extension. With the average mobility period being just under 5 months, the balances were reused to finance more staff IN or OUT. In total, 182 mobility grants were executed of which 50 for SMS and 132 for Staff.The interest expressed by the incoming students and the excellence achieved during the entire mobility period showed the impact that this program had on them, making the students more independent and contributing to the development of their social and linguistic skills. Regarding the type and profile of the participants, the SMS IN/OUT were mostly from the 1st and 2nd cycle of studies and in the following major thematic areas: Social Sciences; Languages and Literatures; Law; Economics and Management; Communication and Information Science; Engineering; Chemistry; Information technology. The staff mobility had a strong adherence of STT OUT mobilities from NOVA's international relations offices, focusing both on monitoring project implementation activities and observing/sharing best practices abroad. The feedback received from the mobilities was essential to take actions in project implementation.The importance of STA IN / OUT staff mobilities is based on the mutual sharing of methodologies and the dissemination of the European teaching model; the mobilities had an average duration of 5 working days plus 2 travelling days.Overall, this project promoted the internationalization of the various HEIs involved and it has contributed to the consolidation of the European model of higher education.