ERASMUS Mundus Program Guide - EACEA - Europa

7 ACTION 3 : ERASMUS MUNDUS PROMOTION PROJECTS
7.1 INTRODUCTION
Action 3 provides support to transnational initiatives, studies, projects, events and other activities that aim to
enhance the attractiveness, accessibility, profile, image and visibility of, and accessibility to European higher
education in the world. Action 3 projects should contribute to 69 :
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the promotion and awareness raising of the European higher education sector as well as the relevant
cooperation programmes and funding schemes;
the dissemination of the programme's results and examples of good practice;
the exploitation and mainstreaming of these results at institutional and individual level.
Under the first phase of the Programme this action (ex-Action 4) supported activities of particular interest for
the reform process currently ongoing in the European Higher Education Area. More than 50 small to
medium-sized projects were selected under annual calls for proposals covering fields such as quality
assurance, recognition of credits and qualifications, promotion of academic disciplines or geographical areas,
support for international mobility, etc. Funding has also been provided for the extension of Erasmus
Thematic Networks to third-country institutions. Information on all supported projects under ex-Action 4
and current Action 3 is available at:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_promote_ehe_en.php
In addition, other projects were supported via Calls for Tender in order to respond to specific needs related
to the general objective of making the European Higher Education Area more attractive, visible and
transparent worldwide, e.g.:
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Perceptions of European Higher Education in third countries
(http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/doc/acareport.pdf)
Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association (EMA)
(http://www.em-a.eu)
Erasmus Mundus Global Promotion Project (GPP) / “Study in Europe”
- Web portal (see http://ec.europa.eu/education/study-in-europe)
- Communication Tool-Kit for European higher education institutions
(http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/doc/toolkit_en.pdf)
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