Katarzyna ALEKSY

Director of Department for Higher Education Programmes, Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Erasmus+ National Agency | Poland

Director of Higher Education Programs Department at the Foundation for the Development of the Education System and
the primary contact person and leading sectoral director in relations with European Commission and National Agencies.
Since 2007 at the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, she worked in the Erasmus program, and in
subsequent years as Director of Scholarship Programs she was responsible for launching and managing the Scholarship
and Training Fund under the Norwegian and EEA Grants and the SCIEX Scholarship Fund under the Swiss-Polish
Cooperation Program. Since March 2017, she worked at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education on the concept for
the establishment and operation of NAWA Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. From 2017 to 2024, as
Director of the Department of Programs for Researchers and Institutions at NAWA, she supervised the launch of calls for
programs and the implementation of projects, including those funded by the European Social Fund. She was the
Agency’s representative to the Academic Cooperation Association and served on the Board of Administrators as
Treasurer from 2021 to 2024. In 2020 she received IRO’s Forum award for her contribution to the internationalization of
higher education in Polish universities. Speaker at international conferences, including APAIE, NAFSA and EAIE.
Member of the Advisory Board at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the European Universities Initiative.

Paper title

Joint and double programmes: models, benefits, and challenges

Session name

Poster discussion 2
Stream: Programs

Key Dates

Registration

Early bird open: 25 September 2025
Early bird close: 20 November 2025
Standard open: 21 November 2025

Standard close: 22 February 2026
Late open: 23 February 2026

Abstract submission close: 24 June 2025
Abstract notifications: 14 July 2025

Full paper submission close: 25 August 2025
Full paper notifications: 13 October 2025

Revised full paper submission close: 24 November 2025
Revised full paper notifications: 19 December 2025

Submission open: 27 May 2025
Submission close: 24 June 2025
Notifications: Late September 2025