EMBER: Erasmus Mundus Broadening Educational Experiences
Start Date: September, 2013
Duration: 48 months
Brief information and main objectives:
The project Erasmus Mundus Broadening Educational Experiences (EMBER) is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2) consortium that comprises
twenty partner higher education institutions and four associated
partners from Western/Central/Eastern Europe all the way to the South Caucasus. The consortium includes institutions from all five of the
Lot 5 countries targeted by the Eastern
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI).
EMBER concerns itself specifically with the Thematic Fields of Economics, Business, Languages, and Sociology. The project envisages a total of 173 mobilities
to be completed over three cohorts,
148 mobilities are to 3rd Country Partners, and 25 mobilities to its European Partners.
Project Management:
Coordinator: The Project Coordinator manages the administrative, legal and financial matters of the Partnership and is responsible
for all contacts with the EACEA.
The Coordinator shall report to the Partners in such a way that these have full insight into the administrative, legal and financial matters.
Co-Coordinator: The role and contribution of the co-coordinator is joint coordination and management tasks of the partnership relating to
academic, administrative and financial aspects.
The co-coordinator will put forward best practices and experience, its institutional capacity and knowledge to fulfill the specific tasks to
ensure outreach, visibility, and performance of the project.
Partners: All Project Partners commit to plan and organize their respective activities within the programme and specifically the promotion
of individual mobility from their university
according to the general principles decided by the Project Management Board.
Associate Partners: The Associate Partners were selected in order to maximize the impact of the expected results of the project.
In addition to that the associated partners
will support the promotion of the project in terms of dissemination information material and to communicate the objectives to interested persons.
Project Management Board:
Coordinator (University of Seville),
Responsibilities :
Project Oversight
Selection Board :
Permanent Members: Coordinator + Co-Coordinator
Responsibilities :
Responsible for the selection process.
Quality Assurance Board :
Permanent Members: Coordinator + Co-Coordinator
Responsibilities :
Collect and compile an executive summary of internal quality assurance materials.