International Relations Coordinators (IRC) Working Group
The International Relations Coordinators (IRC) Working Group is in charge of the organization of the AEC Annual meeting for International Relations Coordinators. This meeting is meant for administrative or teaching staff members in Conservatoires who deal with international relations and European programmes (such as ERASMUS), as well as for institutions not familiar with these programmes, but with an interest in becoming involved.
This meeting is important for networking, exchanging useful information and for developing partnerships. With this annual meeting, the AEC is bringing together a growing community of International Relations Coordinators. The programme of the meeting, as well as other important documents and policies on the field of international relations of conservatoires, are the result of the collaboration between the AEC office and the Working Group.
The group is also in charge of the monitoring of the online tools supporting mobility among HMEIs: the AEC website database, the AEC Job Vacancy Platform and the European Online Application System for Mobility EASY.
Outcomes
Publications:
Reflection on the AEC Annual Meeting for International Coordinators 2018 – looking back at the past while imagining the future of internationalization of Higher Music Education
The IRCs Manifesto 2020
Articles on Internationalisation and Transnational Mobility on the SMS website
Call for Flexibility related to the consequences of the Pandemic on the new academic year
How Institutions Reacted to the pandemic
Erasmus 500 Campaign
Contribution to the Erasmus University Charter - available upon request
Events:
The AEC Annual Meeting of International Relations Coordinators 2018 in Birmingham
Tha AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators 2019 in Prague
The AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators 2020 Online
Easy Webinar (Manuals available in the Documents Section)
AEC Vacancy Platform
The outcomes of this Working Group are also available on the SMS website.
>>> Please click here to see the IRC Working Group terms of reference.
IRCs Working Group members



EASY Task Force
Chiara Pellegrino - CNSMD Lyon
Do you want to get involved, contribute or learn more about the IRC Working group?
Please contact Sara Primiterra from the AEC Office.