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Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”(MTA), a polytechnic university for national defense system, has very good international relations with more than 40 universities from EU countries in the Erasmus+ Program. The EEA financial support will ensure the framework of bilateral cooperation between MTA and universities from Norway and Iceland. Through the mobilities for teaching and training of academic staff international cooperation between the MTA and universities from Norway and Iceland institutions will be enhanced, and further opportunities for future cooperation will be created, including students mobilities and scientific research projects. The main achievements of the project will be: to increase the number of staff mobilities between MTA and universities from Norway and Iceland; to create the new opportunities to develop bilateral student mobilities and scientific research projects; to encourage a higher number of staff and students from MTA and from the partner universities from Norway and Iceland to take part in international activities; by undertaking the international mobility, students and academic staff will improve their professional and transverse skills and competences by experiencing a new teaching and learning environment. The project target groups are: staff and students from MTA and Norway and Iceland partner universities. The main donor partners in the project will be Reykjavik University of Iceland and University College of Southeast Norway. Within the project will be developed staff mobilities in the both flows: from MTA to Iceland and Norway and also from Iceland and Norway to MTA. The staff from Reykjavik University and from University College of Southeast Norway will develop teaching mobilities in MTA. The staff from MTA will develop staff training mobilities in Reykjavik University and in University College of Southeast Norway.
Summary of project results
Military Technical Academy (MTA Bucharest), a polytechnic university for national defense system, had very good international relations with more than 40 universities from EU countries (France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Bulgaria, Portugal, Germany, etc) in the Erasmus+ Program framework. The full potential of international relations of MTA Bucharest was yet to be achieved and that is why many other students and staff from MTA Bucharest were interested in developing educational and scientific research projects with international partners from Norway and Iceland. The main challenges of the international cooperation with partners from Norway and Iceland were: develop and strengthen the bilateral cooperation between MTA Bucharest and universities from Norway and Iceland; the financial support obtained in Erasmus+ program or in other international financial mechanisms available in MTA Bucharest was not enough to ensure the coverage of mobility expenses for the mobilities between MTA Bucharest and universities from Norway or Iceland; there were areas of research and of education existing in MTA Bucharest and in universities from Norway and Iceland which weren''t yet fully covered by the existing international partnerships (civil engineering, computer science, etc).
During the project implementation period (01 June 2018 - 30 September 2019) were realized 6 mobilities in the frame of the project: 3 incoming and 3 outgoing. The incoming mobilities (Staff Teaching, STA), were from University College of Southeast Norway (2 mobilities, one in August 2018 and one in July 2019) and from University of Iceland (one mobility in September 2019). The outgoing mobilities (staff training, STT) were realized in partnership with the University College of Southeast Norway. There were some difficulties to organize the mobilities with the initial partner from Iceland (University of Reykjavik) but Military Technical Academy managed to sign other agreement with a new partner (University of Iceland) and at the end the initial objectives assumed through the project were achieved. There were discussion between the representatives of the Military Technical Academy and the representatives of the partner universities from Island and Norway and the project helped the institutions from Romania, Norway and Iceland to think about news projects in the frame of mobilities but also in the frame of scientific research.
Summary of bilateral results
The main donor partners in the project were University of Iceland and University College of Southeast Norway. Within the project were developed staff mobilities in the both flows: from Military Technical Academy of Bucharest (MTA Bucharest) to Norway and from Iceland and Norway to MTA Bucharest. The staff from University of Iceland and from University College of Southeast Norway developed teaching mobilities in MTA Bucharest. The staff from MTA Bucharest developed staff training mobilities in University College of Southeast Norway.The main achievements of the project were: increased the number of staff mobilities between Military Technical Academy of Bucharest and universities from Norway and Iceland; created the new opportunities to develop bilateral student mobilities and scientific research projects; encouraged a higher number of staff and students from MTA Bucharest and from the partner universities from Norway and Iceland to take part in international activities; by undertaking the international mobility, academic staff improved their professional and transverse skills and competences by experiencing a new teaching and learning environment.Between teachers from MTA Bucharest and teachers from Iceland and Norway partners there are discussion in order to apply for scientific research project in the field of robotics and management.