After four intensive years of collaborative work, with some stones in the path but with clearly more successful outcomes and activities, the Rec-Mat project officially closed on the 14^th of October 2021.

The final report submitted to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) was approved with a rating of “Good” and the total amount of costs declared under the scope of the project was considered eligible.

The Rec-Mat consortium is to be congratulated!

After four years of collaborative work between Higher Education Institutions and networks in Latin America and Europe, the Erasmus+ project Rec-Mat is successfully achieving its conclusion. On the 22, 23 and 24 September, the final event of the project, the International Conference on Academic Recognition was held online, gathering over 350 participants.

On the first day, the official opening and presentation of Rec-Mat took place, followed by a roundtable with valuable contributions from different stakeholders, including representatives of the EU Delegations to Brazil and Argentina, CONEAU, and the Rec-Mat consortium’s member and associate member institutions. They provided a comprehensive overview of academic recognition in Latin America and the Europe, followed by a great and interactive discussion.

 

The second day represented an opportunity to share the outputs of the Rec-Mat Erasmus+ Project, namely the MOOC, the Guidelines for Academic Recognition of Studies and the pilot mobility cases, the IT Training and the Digital Interactive Compendium. They were presented in a practical way, in order to engage the participants to use them in their own institutions. Additionally, in the first two days, cultural moments were provided through virtual performances of different academic music groups (“tuna”), two from Portugal and one from Colombia.

 

The final day was dedicated to a Roundtable about the impact and results of the Rec-Mat project in the participating Higher Education Institutions, as well as its potential to create institutional, organisational and political change. Afterwards, the “Rec-Mat Conclusions Paper”, a document summarizing the most important findings and results of actions that took place during the project’s life cycle, was presented. After a brief session in which synergies with two related projects were explored, a summary of the event was done through the presentation of the graphic recordings of the event and to conclude, Rec-Mat’s project officer at EACEA, Dr. Eva Valle Casanova performed an official closing speech.

 

The recordings of the event are now available on the project's Youtube page and all Rec-Mat tools and conference resources can be obtained here.

The Rec-Mat consortium expresses its gratitude to all of the people who made this possible. To the speakers and guests, the consortium members, the organising team, the technical support, our live interpreters, and all of the participants who joined us throughout the week and contributed to the success of the event: obrigada, gracias, thank you!

#RecognitionMatters

Last May, the Rec-Mat project organised a virtual training week for IT staff from the Latin American partner universities. IT-solutions can contribute to fairer academic recognition by supporting student mobility management and provide the necessary tools and functionalities needed for fair and transparent academic recognition, which is why IT staff is one of the main target groups of the Rec-Mat project. The training aimed to raise participants' awareness about the importance and potential of IT-solutions to support the recognition process; the identification of features of an IT system to support the recognition process; and the identification of good practices that could be applied in the own context and systems. This activity also included the presentation of the IT system used by each of the partner HEIs in the management and implementation of their mobilities. This activity resulted in a SWOT analysis of each participant's system and a proposal for its improvement.

Following the success of the first edition of our Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Academic Recognition: promoting student exchange between Europe and Latin America, in November 2020, a second edition took place in April 2021 that counted with more than 1000 registered participants. In its four modules, developed within the Erasmus+ project Recognition Matters (Rec-Mat), participants had the chance to learn about student centred learning approaches; student workload; learning outcomes; learning agreement and diploma supplement.

In the second edition, the course content was updated and new case studies were added, as a way to provide a practical and current overview of the recognition process, showing in the different perspectives on how it is organized in Europe and Latin America, with examples from Brazil and Argentina. Additionally, to reach the largest numbers of stakeholders interested in academic recognition in Latin America and Europe, it had three official languages, Portuguese, English and Spanish.

This course had the aim of facilitating and promoting student exchange between Europe and Latin America by reducing the barriers to mobility related to the process of academic recognition; and assisting Latin American Higher Education Institutions to better understand the European models and to develop the aforementioned processes.

The course is available for consultation by all interested parties at: https://academia.up.pt/lms/theme/academiaboost/pages/courseinfo.php?id=282

The launch of the first MOOC of the Rec-Mat project, “Academic Recognition: promoting student exchange between Europe and Latin America”, took place last 16^th November, with 205 participants!

During four weeks, several topics related to academic recognition were covered, in four modules:

• Student-centred learning approaches;
• Students' workload;
• Learning outcomes;
• Learning agreement and diploma supplement.

Participants were provided with diverse case studies, contributing to a general and practical overview of the recognition process in different regions and countries, and helping Latin American higher education institutions to better understand the European models.

The course was taught in three official languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish, and all videos included subtitles.

Given the success of this first MOOC, we will very soon be sharing news about a second edition, which will take place along the same lines, but with new content and complementary approaches. It targets academics, technical and administrative staff working with academic mobility, mobility coordinators, students and everyone interested in academic recognition. 

Stay tuned!

WP5 leaders recently met to discuss the pilot mobility activities in response to the global consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

At a time when institutions are gradually trying to return to normality, but traveling is still not recommended, the consortium decided that it would make no sense to cease its activity, as this could compromise the project's objectives.

Thus, the working groups will keep monitoring students, in order to guarantee the recognition of their mobilities, even though the classes are now online. In fact, this situation presents itself as a new challenge for academic recognition, and the consortium could not fail to seize this opportunity.

The pilot mobility cases are one of the cores of the Rec-Mat approach, as they intend to constitute the evidence for the course coordinators of the advantages of ensuring a full academic recognition, as well as possible ways to do it. Professors will be deeply involved in the process; they will be in close contact with their peers in the host institution and will be taken to acknowledge the importance and benefits of internationalisation for their students, for themselves and for the university.

Covid-19 appeared without previous notice, when no Higher Education Institution was prepared to receive it. Nevertheless, reactions haven’t taken long, and online resources multiplied to respond to the consequences of the pandemic.

We share with you the strategies of the consortium partners to deal with this crisis, as well as other relevant links about Covid-19 and higher education in Europe and Latin America:

• University of Porto  – https://up.pt/covid-19/
• University of Valladolid – https://comunicacion.uva.es/covid19/
• University of Lille – https://www.univ-lille.fr/actualites/covid-19-foire-aux-questions/
• Ghent University – https://www.ugent.be/en/news-events/coronavirus-updates.htm
• Paulista State University (UNESP) – https://www2.unesp.br/portal#!/covid19 e https://covid19.fct.unesp.br/
• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – https://coronavirus.ufrj.br/
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – https://www.ufrgs.br/sig/tag/covid-19/
• National University of Sud (UNS) – https://www.uns.edu.ar/coronavirus
• National University of Litoral (UNL) – https://www.unl.edu.ar/bienestar/salud/
• Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) – http://faubai.org.br/pt-br/repositorio-covid/
• Grupo Montevideo Association – http://grupomontevideo.org/sitio/noticias-universitarias/
• SGroup European Universities’ Network – http://sgroup.be/news/sgroup-secretariat-attended-eaie-webinar-covid-19

Other resources:

• European Commission
  • https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/impact-covid-19-closure-education-systems-europe_en
  • https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/focus-what-has-covid-19-crisis-taught-us-about-online-teaching_en /
  • https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources-and-tools/coronavirus-online-learning-resources
• Erasmus Student Network:
  
  • https://esn.org/covidimpact-report
• European Association of International Education (EAIE):
  
  • https://www.eaie.org/our-resources/library/publication/Research-and-trends/Coping-with-COVID-19--International-higher-education-in-Europe.html
• Higher Education and Covid-19 in Latin America (Global University Network for Innovation):
  • http://www.guninetwork.org/report/educacion-superior-y-covid-19-en-america-latina

Covid-19 appeared without previous notice, when no Higher Education Institution was prepared to receive it. Nevertheless, reactions haven’t taken long, and online resources multiplied to respond to the consequences of the pandemic.

We share with you the strategies of the consortium partners to deal with this crisis, as well as other relevant links about Covid-19 and higher education in Europe and Latin America:

• University of Porto  – https://up.pt/covid-19/
• University of Valladolid – https://comunicacion.uva.es/covid19/
• University of Lille – https://www.univ-lille.fr/actualites/covid-19-foire-aux-questions/
• Ghent University – https://www.ugent.be/en/news-events/coronavirus-updates.htm
• Paulista State University (UNESP) – https://www2.unesp.br/portal#!/covid19 e https://covid19.fct.unesp.br/
• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – https://coronavirus.ufrj.br/
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – https://www.ufrgs.br/sig/tag/covid-19/
• National University of Sud (UNS) – https://www.uns.edu.ar/coronavirus
• National University of Litoral (UNL) – https://www.unl.edu.ar/bienestar/salud/
• Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) – http://faubai.org.br/pt-br/repositorio-covid/
• Grupo Montevideo Association – http://grupomontevideo.org/sitio/noticias-universitarias/
• SGroup European Universities’ Network – http://sgroup.be/news/sgroup-secretariat-attended-eaie-webinar-covid-19

Other resources:

• European Commission
  • https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/impact-covid-19-closure-education-systems-europe_en
  • https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/focus-what-has-covid-19-crisis-taught-us-about-online-teaching_en /
  • https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources-and-tools/coronavirus-online-learning-resources
• Erasmus Student Network:
  
  • https://esn.org/covidimpact-report
• European Association of International Education (EAIE):
  
  • https://www.eaie.org/our-resources/library/publication/Research-and-trends/Coping-with-COVID-19--International-higher-education-in-Europe.html
• Higher Education and Covid-19 in Latin America (Global University Network for Innovation):
  • http://www.guninetwork.org/report/educacion-superior-y-covid-19-en-america-latina

According to the suggestions and partners’ constructive feedback during the past few months, the University of Porto has developed a new version of the promotional brochure for the Rec-Mat project, which is already available on the internal area of the website in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The new flyer integrates four A5 pages in a book format, highlighting the project's objectives and the countries that compose it, now with a more appealing and iconographic design, while maintaining the original blue, green and white tones.

In addition, a supplementary leaflet was created for each work package, consisting of an A5 page that is easily integrated into the general flyer, and that focuses on the main action points of each WP.

This improvement in the communication materials will positively contribute to the dissemination of the project, diversifying the information addressed to different stakeholders in a more explicit and attractive way.

It is with great sadness that we have received the unfortunate news that, on January 21st, Professor Laura Benedetti has passed away.

Graduated in English-Spanish translation at the Universidad del Salvador, in Buenos Aires, Laura started her career as Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in 1996. In April 2009, she became the Sub-Secretary of International Relations, coordinating 6 Erasmus Mundos projects and being part of the Scientific Committee of UPLEGESS (Union of Higher Education Foreigner Languages Professors, in France). When UNS joined the ELSE Consortium (“Spanish as a second or foreign language”), in 2009, she became a member of the academic commission. With the university’s incorporation in the Montevideo Group Association, she was appointed Consulting Delegate. In May 2017, she assumed the position of General Secretary for Internationalization at UNS.

Her unique character, dedication and professionalism represent an immense loss not only for the Universidad Nacional del Sur, but also for all of us, members of the Rec-Mat project.

We extend our deepest sympathies to her friends and family.

With the project moving towards its end (in 2020), the Rec-Mat Consortium will gather for the fourth time in Santa Fé, Argentina. The Universidad Nacional del Litoral will host the event from the 20th to the 22nd November 2019, succeeding the previous one in April, which took place under the FAUBAI conference, in Brazil. Professor Maria de Lurdes Fernandes, Vice-Rector for Education, Academic Affairs and International Cooperation of the University of Porto, will welcome participants, representing the coordinator institution, together with Professor Enrique José Mammarella, Rector of Universidad del Litoral.

The meeting will be an excellent opportunity to monitor the objectives achieved so far and to set new goals for the future. In the specific context of the Training of Teachers, the final version of the MOOC is expected to be presented. Furthermore, the Digital Interactive Compendium will be analysed, as well as the policy-influence activities, the implementation of pilot mobility cases and the mapping of trainings for the IT staff.

The external evaluator, Pablo Beneitone will contribute with his input on the quality control. In addition, administrative and financial issues will be talked, so that all the requirements imposed by the Erasmus + program are met.

Rec-Mat will be represented at “Camino a Fiesa 2020”, a week of discussions under the context of the Caminos project. Encouraging the interaction with other consortia of the Erasmus+ programme (CBHE), Nicolas Maillard, Professor from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, will present Rec-Mat on the 10th September, at 10:30, during the session “Contributions to the internationalization of universities in Latin America: Erasmus + project panels”.

The CAMINOS project, an Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project involving universities and associations in five Latin American countries and in Europe, has decided to organize its final dissemination event in the framework of the “CAMINO A FIESA 2020” and to extend an invitation to other projects. It is considered a unique opportunity to gather Erasmus+ projects with similar goals in the field of international cooperation and, together, contribute to the agenda of the FIESA 2020.

Involving the university community in Latin America as well as strategic European partners, CAMINO a FIESA 2020 is dedicated to debating and planning the thematic agenda of the FIESA international higher education fair that will take place in Mar del Plata in 2020.

The breath-taking city of Belém, Brazil, hosted the annual conference of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI), from 13 to 17 April 2019, at the “Hangar Convenções & Feiras da Amazônia” venue. This international event gathered partners and key stakeholders from worldwide HEIs and relevant institutions.

The Rec-Mat consortium took part on this this global meeting, by holding a session named “Academic Recognition Matters: Why to Recognize?” on Monday, 15 April.

The focus will be on the importance of full academic recognition of mobility in Higher Education between Europe and Latin America. The session will be led by Bárbara Costa, Director of the International Office of the University of Porto and Coordinator of the Rec-Mat Project.

The 2nd Public Forum of Rec-Mat took place on the 13th of April at the FAUBAI 2019 Conference Venue - Hangar Convenções & Feiras da Amazônia - in Belém, Brazil.

Through the involvement of authorities and expert speakers, the Forum aimed at fostering discussion and sharing the project’s methodology and good practices in the field of academic recognition of mobility in Higher Education, between Latin America and Europe. Institutions, policy-makers as well as other relevant stakeholders participated in this event.

Thus, the Event targeted HE institutions and other relevant organisations representatives with interest in debating and understanding academic recognition related issues to promote closer collaboration between LA and EU.

The consortium of the Rec-Mat project gathered, for the third time, on the 11 and 12 April 2019 in Belém, Brazil. The State University of Pará received representatives from all partner institutions to review and analyse the activities carried out during the first phase of project implementation, and to discuss the main objectives to be achieved in the upcoming months.

After the second gathering, in Buenos Aires, the beautiful city of Belém was chosen for a very special reason: the consortium meeting preceded the Second Forum on Academic Recognition, held in the venue of FAUBAI conference on the 13 April, and the session on “Academic Recognition – Why to Recognize?” on the 15.

The Rec-Mat consortium was represented, through the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, at the kick-off meeting of the Mimir Andino (Modernization of the institutional management of Innovation and Research in the Andean region and Latin America) project in Bogotá, Colombia.

The event was held in Bogota on the 22 and 23 January 2019, with the presence of the Directing Council of the Colombian Association of Universities, ASCUN (coordinator of the Mimir Andino project), the EU Ambassador in Colombia, and more than 140 national and international guests.

Dr. Nicolás Mailard, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, represented the Rec-Mat project on a panel denominated “Mimir Andino to strengthen synergies between Erasmus+ projects in Latin America”.

The Mimir Andino project brings together initiatives from Colombia, Chile, Peru, Sweden, Italy and Spain, with the support of the European Union-Latin America Observatory, OBREAL. It aims to have a structural impact on the research and innovation system of partner countries in South America with different levels of development, addressing national, regional and institutional priorities.

From the 10^th to the 14^th December 2018, teachers from partner Higher Education Institutions met at the University of Valladolid to share their experiences and knowledge about academic recognition.

The Rec-Mat staff training week at the University of Valladolid, which happened from the 10^th to the 14^th December 2018, focused on the impact of mobility and recognition in students, teachers and institutions in Europe and Latin America.

Fifty participants were chosen to integrate the programme. Institutions from Argentina (Universidad Nacional del Litoral and Universidad Nacional del Sur) and Brazil (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Estadual Paulista) represented Latin American partners.

From Europe, experts from Belgium (Universiteit Gent), France (Université de Lille), Portugal (Universidade do Porto) and Spain (Universidad de Valladolid) also participated.

After the training week, an evaluation survey was sent to participants, gathering a positive feedback from different institutions.

The first Public Forum on Academic Recognition took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the 14^th November 2018. An engaging discussion about the Rec-Mat project and an active participation of policy makers in Latin America were the main achievements of the meeting.

The historic “Pizzurno Palace”, in Buenos Aires, was the stage of the first Public Forum of the Rec-Mat project, held on the 14^th November. The meeting gathered more than 100 participants from European and Latin America Higher Education Institutions, focusing on academic recognition and cooperation between both regions. The University of Porto, as the project coordinator, was the main organizer partner.

Maria de Lurdes Fernandes, Vice-Rector for Education, Academic Affairs and International Cooperation of the University of Porto, led the sessions and encouraged the discussion among participants. The Portuguese Ambassador to Argentina, João de Almeida, and Mónica Marquina, representative of the Argentinian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology, contributed to the official opening.

Topics such as the impact of academic recognition, the key goals and relevance of the Rec-Mat project and the experience of Latin American higher education institutions on internationalization were addressed.

In the same week, Rec-Mat partners gathered for an internal consortium meeting, presenting the latest developments of each work package. In addition to the forum's impact analysis, the last details about the training week in Valladolid (10-14 December) were finalized.

The second Consortium Meeting of the Rec-Mat project took place on the 13, 15 and 16 November at the Pizzurno Palace, Buenos Aires. All partners were represented, and the discussion focused on the project’s implementation and management, as well as the organization of future activities.

As an opportunity to prepare and analyse the results of the First Public Forum on Academic Recognition, the partners of the Rec-Mat project gathered in Buenos Aires, on the 13, 15 and 16 November. This was the second physical meeting of the consortium, following the kick off in Porto.

The event took place at the Pizzurno Palace and counted on the participation of Maria de Lurdes Fernandes, Vice-Rector for Education, Academic Affairs and International Cooperation at the University of Porto.

During this three-day meeting, partners had the opportunity to focus on specific working areas for the project, namely the execution of activities, policy-influences, training of teachers and the digital interactive compendium. Furthermore, issues related with management and administration were addresses, as well as the implementation of pilot mobility cases, dissemination strategies and quality assurance.

From the 6^th to the 8^th March, the University of Porto welcomed around 20 participants from European, Brazilian and Argentinian institutions to launch the "Rec-Mat: Recognition Matters" project.

The kick-of meeting of the Rec-Mat project took place at the Rectory building of the University of Porto, just in the city centre, from the 6^th to the 8^th March.

Partners discussed various topics related to academic recognition, with the aim of contributing to facilitate the mobility of students between Latin America and Europe and reducing procedural barriers. A concrete work plan was approved and established, while each work package leader presented the main objectives and responsibilities regarding different areas:

• WP1: setting-up conditions for the implementation of the activities (lead by UNESP);
• WP2: training of teacher (lead by UVa and UPorto);
• WP3: digital interactive compendium (lead by UGent and UFRGS);
• WP4: policy-influence activities (lead by UNESP and UNL);
• WP5: implementation of pilot mobility cases by Working Groups (lead by UFRJ and UNS);
• WP6: training of IT staff (lead by UGent);
• WP7: quality assurance (lead by ULille);
• WP8: dissemination & exploitation (lead by SGroup);
• WP9: management (lead by UPorto).

The social programme included a visit to the typical wine cellars from the northern region and a Port wine tasting.

After the event, an evaluation survey was sent to the participants, gathering a positive feedback from different institutions.

Rec-Mat will certainly represent the beginning of a fruitful collaboration, breaking barriers and stimulating cooperation between Europe and Latin America.

On October 31^st of 2017, a Cluster meeting of all the Capacity Building projects attended by the Higher Education Institutions of Argentina took place at the headquarters ISALUD University in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The purpose of this meeting, organized by the EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) was to create conditions so that Argentinian HEIs that are involved in Projects had the opportunity to meet.

This was an event for the institutions’ representatives to get acquaintance to the work done by their peers. It aimed at enabling synergies to be generated, sharing knowledge and experience as well as the results obtained so far, both locally and nationally.

Representatives of the Ministry of Education of Argentina and authorities related to the Erasmus + Program attended this meeting. The introduction by Eva Del Valle Casanova, EACEA Project Officer in Brussels, emphasized the role of consortia as a set of actors with shared responsibility and the importance of partners in project implementation; the relevance of the institutional commitments assumed and the role of local authorities as a basic condition for achieving positive results; the interest of students and their participation in these projects; the dissemination of the activities that must be done in the most transversal way possible.

The presentations of all the participants demonstrated the impact of the Erasmus+ programme in Latin America, and also particularly in Argentina, especially in areas such as the internationalization of Higher Education Institutions and their link with the business sector. The discussions not only highlighted shared difficulties in terms of bureaucracy, capitalization of efforts from previous programs and recruitment of qualified human resources, but also demonstrated needs shared by all participants, such as a constant communication with the European Commission.

Rec-Mat was represented by Sandra de la Calle, an officer from the International Office of the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Argentina. In the brief presentation of the project, the participants had the opportunity to get to know the Consortium and associated partners, as well as the project's objectives and expected results at the institution national (Argentina) level.

WP Leader: UNESP

Participants: U.Porto, UGent, ULille, Uva, SGroup, UNESP, UFRJ, UFRGS, UNS, UNL

MAIN GOAL: Setting-up of conditions for implementation of the activities

Tasks:

• Organise First Consortium Meeting
• Elaborate Guidelines for internal preparatory meetings at each LA partner HEI
• Organise internal preparatory meetings at each LA partner HEI
• Elaborate and distribute survey among LA teaching staff
• Select teaching staff at each LA partner HEI to participate in the training

WP Leaders: UVa, U.Porto

Participants: UGent, ULille, UNESP, UFRJ, UFRGS, UNS, UNL

MAIN GOAL: Training of Teachers through two components a)Online (MOOC) and b)Physical training programme

Tasks:

• Define complete programme of training based on the results of the distributed survey
• Define trainers at each EU partner HEI
• Prepare contents for blended training
• Organise physical study visit
• Record videos and other formats for MOOC
• Produce MOOC
• Deliver MOOC

WP Leaders: UGent, UFRGS

Participants: U.Porto, SGroup

MAIN GOAL: Production of a Digital Interactive Compendium to compile and disseminate the results of the project

Tasks:

• map existing IT tools for supporting academic recognition process
• plan digital interactive compendium
• produce digital interactive compendium

WP Leaders: UNESP, UNL

Participants: U.Porto, SGroup, UFRJ, UFRGS, UNS

MAIN GOAL: Organize activities, such as 2 Debate Fora and a final conference susceptible to Influence policy development in LA and elaborate a Conclusions Paper

Tasks:

• Map and analyse LA partner HEIs’ internal regulations framing academic recognition
• Map and analyse existing instruments towards the formal recognition of the value of internationalisation for teaching staff
• Elaborate tailored proposal per partner HEI to improve current regulations
• Elaborate tailored proposal per partner HEI to implement a formal recognition of the value of internationalisation for teaching staff at institutional level
• Prepare and organise public forums (Brazil and Argentina)
• Elaborate Rec-Mat Conclusions’ Paper

WP Leaders: UFRJ, UNS

Participants: U.Porto, UGent, ULille, UVa, UNESP, UFRGS, UNS

MAIN GOAL: Implementation pilot student mobility real cases: to test academic recognition practices in working groups composed by EU and LA Professors)

Tasks:

• Allocate possible scholarships to Rec-Mat mobility flows
• Check the list of applications of students at each LA partner HEI to undertake a mobility period in a Rec-Mat partner HEI
• Select pilot mobility cases
• Organise meetings with all course coordinators of pilot mobility students
• Elaborate Guidelines for the Working Groups
• Organise Working Groups meetings to a) define Learning Agreements, b) monitor the mobility periods and c) trigger the academic recognition process

WP Leader: UGent

Participants: U.Porto, UNESP, UFRJ, UFRGS, UNS, UNL

MAIN GOAL: Promote discussion on digital tools and systems that facilitate academic recognition after international mobility

Tasks:

• Select LA IT staff to participate in the training
• Map and prepare information on existing information systems at each LA partner HEI
• Define trainers
• Define contents for training
• Prepare contents for training
• Organise training
• Guide LA IT officers in the development of the proposal for creation/improvement of information system

WP Leader: ULille

Participants: U.Porto, SGroup, UFRGS, UNS

MAIN GOAL: Ensure transversal quality control and monitoring of activities

Tasks:

• Quality Plan
• Monitoring implementation of activities and their quality
• Manage QA System
• Ensure feedback from beneficiaries of the activities
• Convey information on quality matters to other members of the consortium through internal reports
• Build and announce call for proposals for external evaluator
• Analyse received proposals and select external evaluator
• Liaison with external evaluator

WP Leader: SGroup

MAIN GOAL: Ensure active dissemination of the project and its activities, as well as the exploitation of results and its sustainability after the project lifetime

Participants: All Partners

Tasks:

• Project’s logo
• Project’s website https://rec-mat.up.pt/
• Prepare contents for project’s website
• Dissemination Plan
• Exploitation Plan
• Prepare contents for presentation flyer, poster and other promotional materials
• Graphically develop presentation flyer, poster and other promotional materials
• Social Media Campaigns (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn profiles etc.);
• Disseminate project, activities and outcomes at institutional level
• Disseminate project, activities and outcomes at local and national level
• Prepare and deliver sessions in annual FAUBAI conference
• Prepare and deliver session in AUGM meeting
• Prepare and deliver session in annual EAIE conference
• Prepare and organise Final Conference

WP Leader: UPorto

MAIN GOAL: Ensure smooth daily management and swift communication between partners, as well as sound financial management throughout the project activities.

Tasks:

• Elaborate Consortium Agreement
• Organise Consortium Meetings
• Internal communication among partners and associates
• Ensure coordination of activities and actions
• Administrative and financial management
• Communication with EACEA
• Technical and financial reporting
• Equipment (LA partner HEIs)

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