Foreword

• Author: Roberto Carlini
• Profession: Director. Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
• Pages: 5-5

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INTRAACP ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHEME  SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS’ IMPACT SURVEY RESULTS

FOREWORD

FOREWORD

Dear reader,

Given the importance of higher education as a driver for societal

development, it has also become a key component of international

cooperation strategies.

The Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme began in 2011 in the

framework of the Intra-ACP Strategy for the period 2008-2013,

which foresaw the support to student mobility within the African,

Caribbean and Pacic countries.

The general objective of the programme was to promote

sustainable development and poverty alleviation by increasing

the availability of trained and qualied high-level professionals

in the ACP countries. During the lifetime of the Programme, three

selections of projects were organised providing an opportunity for

more than 1700 students and sta to benet from international

exchange.

This publication is a collection of more than 900 completed

questionnaires providing a glimpse into the experience of the

scholarship holders who participated in the Mobility Scheme.

The analysis of the survey results clearly demonstrates that the

Programme has had a wide-ranging impact at individual, as well as

at institutional levels. The overwhelming majority of respondents

agree that the Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme has had a

favourable eect on their personal development, skillset and

professional growth.

This report highlights the positive outcomes that the Intra-ACP

Academic Mobility Scheme has generated and identies potential

challenges that require further reection. The direct experience

of those who beneted from such programme so far will now

feed the reection and provide useful insights for all the relevant

stakeholders, policy makers, and the European Commission alike.

Roberto CARLINI

Director

Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

Photo : Roberto C, EACEA Director

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