ERASMUS Mundus Program Guide - EACEA - Europa

"European Countries"
in accordance with Article 9 of the Programme Decision
at the time of drafting the present version of the Guide
Countries Action 1 and 3 Action 2
27 EU Member States Yes Yes
EFTA countries
Iceland Yes No
Liechtenstein Yes No
Norway Yes No
Switzerland No No
Western Balkan countries
[Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),
Kosovo - under UNSC 1244/1999,
Montenegro, Serbia]
European individual – a person who is a national or a resident of a European country as specified
above.
European institution – an institution which is located in any of the European countries as specified
above.
Evaluation Committee – the committee in charge of drafting the selection proposal that will be subject
of the formal grant award decision; the composition of the evaluation committee may vary from one
action to another but it must be composed of at least three persons representing two different
organisational entities with no hierarchical link between them. For Erasmus Mundus it is composed of
representatives from the Agency and from the services concerned in the European Commission; for
Action 1, this evaluation committee is assisted by a Selection Board composed of leading figures from
European academia proposed by the Member States of the EU and appointed by the Commission.
Exploitation of results consists of “mainstreaming” and “multiplication”. Mainstreaming is the planned
process of transferring the successful results of programmes and initiatives to appropriate decisionmakers
in regulated local, regional, national and European systems. Multiplication is the planned process
of convincing individual end-users to adopt and/or apply the results of programmes and initiatives.
Full Partner – any organisation fulfilling the Action-specific eligibility criteria, which acts as a full
member of a consortium, partnership or project network. In contrast with "associated partners" (see
definition above), full partners can benefit from the EU grant and – in close cooperation with the
beneficiary – play a decisive role in the management and implementation of the project cooperation
activities.
Higher education – all types of courses of study, or sets of courses of study, training or training for research
at the post-secondary level which are recognized by the relevant national authorities of a participating country
as belonging to its higher education system.
Higher Education Institution (HEI) – an establishment providing higher education and recognized by
the competent national authority of a participating country as belonging to its system of higher
education; for the purposes of Action 1 B - Joint Doctoral programmes, the concept of HEI includes also
doctoral/graduate/research schools and research organisations on the condition that they provide doctoral
training and research activities, and deliver doctorate degrees recognised as such by the relevant
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