Impact on individuals

• Author: European Education and Culture Executive Agency (European Commission)
• Pages: 32-40

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

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4. IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS

The Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme has generated a tremendous positive impact on individual

and country levels. The beneciaries have been able to bolster and diversify their skillsets as well as

increase their career prospects. At the same time, the home countries have experienced high return

rates of scholarship holders with improved qualications resulting in brain gain. For more information

on the regional trends, please see Annex VI.

4.1 General impact on scholarship holders

The respondents were asked to assess the impact that the Programme has had on the development

of their skills and competences. The results of the survey undoubtedly indicate that an overwhelming

number of the grant-holders have experienced a variety of positive eects thanks to the Intra-ACP

Academic Mobility Scheme.

“Being a part of the mobility program has helped me further my skills and competences.

It also enabled me to improve my ability to live and work in a multicultural environment,

while at the same time allowing me to discover new perspectives and horizons.”

In general, scholarship holders strongly agree that the Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme has had

a substantial impact on their specialised knowledge (92%), personal development (96%), skills and

expertise (95), and their career (88). Moreover, most respondents note that the Programme has

changed their attitude towards their country and continent (91%), the European Union (90%), and

their private life (90%).

In regard to skills and competences, the Intra-ACP mobility has remarkably boosted the respondents’

intercultural competences (97%), their social skills (96%), and their communication skills (96%).

The scholarship holders also concur that the Programme has had a substantial impact on their personal

development with respect to problem-solving skills (94) as well their self-management skills (96).

Thanks to the opportunity to participate in the academic exchange, the survey participants have

bolstered their self-condence (96), exibility (94), and prociency in foreign languages (82).

In addition, 77 of the scholarship holders are condent that their participation in Intra-ACP Mobility

Scheme allowed them to access education or training beyond their reach because of their socio-

economic background and limited access opportunities in their home countries.

However, the majority of respondents (65) disagree that the mobility allowed them to access

education or training beyond their reach because of their gender. This is also particularly true for

the female scholarship holders since almost two thirds of them disagree (39%) or strongly disagree

(19) that the mobility oered them access to education opportunities that would otherwise be

challenging to access due to their gender.

Positive results are also evident when it comes to raising awareness on the development needs of

respondents' countries and on the possibilities to address them (92%), as well as on the skills and

knowledge gained through the mobility in order to contribute to this development (94).

4. IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS