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The Univerisity of Verona identified learning mobility for individuals (both staff and students) as one the key points of its internationalization strategy and fostered several iniatiatives that led to very positive outcomes and performances, such as:- increase of the total number of inbound and outbound mobilities (both staff and students);- increase of the numer of cooperation and exchange agreements with international partners;- enhancement of the internationalisation rate of the teaching staff and teaching activities.Along with the already consolidated mobility activities in the framework of KA103, the University of Verona took the chance offered by International Credit Mobility to strenghten the relationships with some of its international partners, submitting small projects, but focused and very attentive to the specific needs of teaching activities.The mobility project between the Universities of Verona and Kragujevac, financed within the KA107 2017 call, is part of the context just described. The partner institution, along with the city of Kragujevac, were a promising match towards a fruitful cooperation: previous academic engagement, comparable dimensions, established cultural and economic connections with Italy. The opportunity to submit the proposal came from the teachers of Linguistics of the Department of Cultures and Civililitazions (Univer. of Verona): they were already in contact with some Linguistics teachers of the University of Kragujevac (Faculty of Philology and Arts) and they shared common interests in research and teaching topics. Hence, the mobility project focused on the study of Linguistics and Foreign Languages (especially Italian, Serbian and English) and included student mobilities for studies and staff mobilities for teaching. The objectives, according to the internationalization strategies of both institutions, were the increase of international mobility, the growth of the capacity of international cooperation and the enhancement of the internationalization level of both Department/Faculty involved.All the expected activies were carried out successfully as follows:- 1 student mobility for study from Italia to Serbia (2nd cycle, 5 months, extended for five additional months financed with funds of the University of Verona);- 2 student mobility for study from Serbia to Italy (1st and 2nd cycles, 5 months each);- 1 staff mobility for teaching from Italy to Serbia (5 days, 8 teaching hours);- 1 staff mobility for teaching from Serbia to Italy (5 days, 8 teaching hours).The student mobilities for study focused on the courses offered ny both institutions in the field of Linguistics and Humanities/Foreign Languages, attending classes in Italian and English (for incoming mobilities) and English and Serbian (for the outgoing mobility). All the mobilities had positives outcomes and led to the academic recognition - in one case total and in two partial - of the learning outcomes. As for the staff mobilities, the teaching activities focused on the fields of Semantics and Lexical Morphology for Bachelor students (outgoing mobility), and on Lexical Pragmatics and Morphology for Master and PhD students (incoming mobility).The expected objectives were fulfilled and, limited to its small proportions, the project had a positive impact on different levels: in the relationships between the two HEIs involved, in the integration and participation of the University of Kragujevac in the Erasmus+ programme, in the reciprocal understanding and knowledge of the two territores involved and - hopefully - also it might encourage the adhesion process of Serbia towards the European Union. Now the Universities of Verona and Kragujevac are stable partners and are open to develop new forms of cooperation, thanks to the entry of Serbia in the group of the Programme Countries. We hope that this important step will play a decisive role in the entry of this young republic in the European Union and that it will contribute to develop a peaceful and prosperous future for Europe and the whole Balkans region.
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