1. Role of ICT instruments in the management of the decentralised Erasmus activities Dorota Rytwińska LLP-Erasmus National Agency

2. Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) It was established in 1993 to implement a range of initiatives to support educational reform and development in Poland. This key priority is attained by coordinating two European Union programmes – Lifelong Learning Programme and the Youth in Action. Other programmes: Erasmus Mundus Tempus E-Learning programme Eurydice Eurodesk portal SALTO-YOUTH

3. Erasmus NA European Programmes for Higher Education in FRSE Erasmus Mundus Contact Point Tempus Contact Point Bologna Experts

4. Erasmus student flows in Europe

5. Erasmus in PL Number of HEIs

6. Erasmus in PL (2) 34 222

7. Erasmus in PL (3)

8. Erasmus in PL (4)

9. Erasmus in PL - trends 1. Continuous growing interest in the programme; 2. Internationalisation as a part of HEIs mission; 3. Tools supporting moblility (ECTS, DS) have been introducted; 4. Rotation of Erasmus staff.

10. Problems 1) Lack of co-funding from other (non-LLP budget) sources and limited possibilities to co-finance activities form university sources 2) Lack of sufficient offer in foreign languages (low number of incoming students) 3) Recognition problems (although use of ECTS is compulsory) 4) Insufficient use of opportunities offered by multilateral projects and networks

11. Plans for the future LLPLink will be the common information system to handle the needs of submission, evaluation, selection, contractualisation, management, and reporting for projects under all decentralised actions of the Lifelong Learning Programme It will run on "local" databases (installed at all 42 NAs) and they will exchange data with a central database located in the Data Centre of the European Commission in Luxembourg. It will run on "local" databases (installed at all 42 NAs) and they will exchange data with a central database located in the Data Centre of the European Commission in Luxembourg. A specific part of this project is the availability of electronic forms (for applications and reporting) that can be submitted on-line and from which the data is transferred to each National Agency database; A specific part of this project is the availability of electronic forms (for applications and reporting) that can be submitted on-line and from which the data is transferred to each National Agency database; A matching tool for the selection of partnership proposals. A matching tool for the selection of partnership proposals.

12. What do we do on-line? For external use: For external use: –For HEIs: application and reporting tools application and reporting tools registration for events registration for events –For students: questionnarie for students questionnarie for students GISE GISE For internal use: For internal use: –financial management data base

13. www.erasmus.org.pl Thank you for your attention