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The EU programme for
Education, Training, Youth and Sport
2014-2020
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Erasmus+: Why a new approach?
• Education, training and youth: a changing landscape
oDeep economic crisis and high youth unemployment
oVacancies exist, but skills gaps and low employability of graduates
oGrowing requirement for high skilled jobs
oA global competition for talent: internationalisation of education
oExtraordinary broadening of learning offer and potential of ICT
oComplementarity between formal, informal and non formal learning
oNeed for closer links with world of work
=> New approach necessary
Erasmus+: a new approach
• We need:
Closer links between programme and policy objectives
More synergies and interaction between formal, informal and
non-formal learning
More cross-sectoral partnerships with world of work
A streamlined, simpler architecture
Stronger focus on EU added value
What’s new?
1. A single integrated programme
• Covering all education, training and youth sectors in a holistic manner,
and adding sport
• Bringing 7 existing programmes into a single coherent framework
• Seeking to achieve greater systemic impact
What’s new?
2. Substantial simplifications
• Fewer calls and large reduction in number of actions
• More user friendly programme, easier to navigate round
• Simplified financial management: greater use of unit costs
3. A substantial budget increase
• 40% increase, benefiting all sectors
• Additional funding from external action instruments to support
international dimension of higher education
EXISTING PROGRAMMES
LIFELONG
LEARNING
PROGRAMME
Comenius
Erasmus
Leonardo
Grundtvig
INTERNATIONAL
HIGHER
EDUCATION
PROGRAMMES
Erasmus
mundus,
Tempus,
Alfa,
Edulink,
Bilateral
Programmes
Youth in Action
Programme
ONE INTEGRATED PROGRAMME
ERASMUS FOR ALL
2014-2020
KEY ACTIONS
Learning
Mobility
Co-operation
projects
Specific Activities:
Jean Monnet
Sport
Policy
Support
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES: PROGRAMME COUNTRIES
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES: PARTNER COUNTRIES
3 Key Actions
Learning mobility
of individuals (KA1)
1. Staff mobility, in particular for
teachers, lecturers, school
leaders and youth workers
2. Mobility for higher
education students, vocational
education and training students
3. Student loan guarantee
4. Joint Master degrees
5. Mobility for higher
education for EU and non - EU
beneficiaries
6. Volunteering and youth
exchanges
Cooperation for innovation
and exchange of good
practices (KA2)
1.Strategic partnerships between
education/training or youth
organisations and other relevant
Actors
2. Large scale partnerships
between education and training
establishments and business:
Knowledge Alliances & Sector
Skills Alliances
3. IT-Platforms including
e-Twinning
4. Cooperation with third
countries and focus on
neighbourhood countries
Support for
policy reform
(KA3)
1.Support for policy reform
2.Structured dialogue
Breakdown of Education, Training and Youth
budget by Key Action 2014-2020
KA1(at least 63%)
4.2% 4.8%
KA2(at least 28%)
28.0%
KA3 (at least 4.2%)
Funds to be redistributed
between KA1 and KA2 (4,80%)
63.0%
Budget allocation 2014 - 2020
Education and training
(77.5%)
3.4%
1.9%
3.5%
1.9% 1.8%
Youth (10%)
10.0%
Student loan facility
(3.5%)
National agencies
(3.4%)
Administrative costs
(1.9%)
77.5%
Breakdown of Education and Training
budget by sectors
Minimum allocation by sector
Higher Education (43%)
15%
VET (22%)
5%
43%
Schools (15%)
15%
Adult Education (5%)
Remaining Funds for
Allocation (15%)
22%
3 KEY ACTIONS
Key Action 1
Key Action 2
Key Action 3
Learning Mobility
Cooperation for
innovation and
good practices
Support to policy
reforms
MOBILITY OF LEARNERS AND STAFF:
Opportunities for students, trainees, young people and
volunteers, professors, teachers, youth workers, staff of
education institutions and CSOs to undertake a learning and/or
professional experience in another country
KEY ACTION 1
MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS
JOINT MASTER DEGREE:
High-level integrated international
study programme
MASTER STUDENT LOAN
GUARANTEE:
Higher eduation students can get a
loan backed up by the Programme
to go abroad for a full Master
Degree
STAFF MOBILITY:
Pre-school and School Teachers and Professors
Secondary School Staff
Trainers, educators, youth workers
Staff Mobility
MOBILITY OF LEARNERS:
Higher Education Students
VET
Mobility for Students
KEY ACTION 1
Learning Mobility
of individuals
Mobility during
University (Erasmus)
MOBILITY during UNIVERSITY:
Higher Education Students
VET
Youth Mobility
YOUTH MOBILITY:
Volunteers
Young people
Youth Exchanges/
Work for youth
Organizations and young leaders
Higher Education in KA1
New aspect: Erasmus+ opens to the whole world in
both directions for studying, traineerships, staff teaching
and training
Students are eligible for a grant during:
-BA
-Master
-Phd
Placement for recent higher education
graduates
(within one year of their graduation)
Credit learning mobility of students
Grants for Joint Master Courses
Master Student Loan Guarantee
3,5% of the budget
330 000 students (tbc)
KEY ACTION 1 - Mobility of individuals
Mobility for young people and youth workers
ELIGIBLE ACTIVITES:
Mobility of young people
- Youth Exchanges, allowing groups of young people from different countries to meet and
live together for up to 21 days carrying out a work programme designed and prepared by
them before the Exchange (a mix of workshops, excercises, debates, role-plays,
simulations, outdoor activities, etc.);
- European Voluntary Service, offering young people aged 17-30 the opportunity to
express their personal commitment through an unpaid and full-time voluntary service for
up to 12 months in another country within or outside EU.
Mobility of youth workers
- Youth workers training and networking, for the professional development of yuoth
workers, through the implementation of activities such as transnational/international
seminars, training courses, contact-making events, study visits. etc. or job
shadowing/observation periods abroad in an organisation active in the field of youth.
TRANSATIONAL STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP
Institutions and Organisations
Education, Training Youth,
other sectors
KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCES
Between Higher
Education institutions
and enterprises
KEY ACTION 2 – COOPERATION FOR
INNOVATION AND THE EXCHANGE
OF GOOD PRACTICE
SECTOR SKILLS ALLIANCES
Joint vocational training curricula
IT SUPPORT PLATFORMS, such as
Twinning, the EU platform for Adult
Learning and The EU Youth Portal
CAPACITY BUILDING
Cooperation with partner
Countries in the sector of
Higher Education and Youth
KEY ACTION 2 – COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND
THE EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICE
Objectives:
Encourage the development of innovative practices to improve
cooperation among countries in the field of higher education,
VET and youth, especially when related to the work’s needs
Key Action 2 – Cooperation for innovation and exchange of
good practice
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
•Strategic partnership in the field of youth
•Strategic partnership in the field of Higher Education, VET, School and Adult
Education
What? Transnational Strategic Partnerships aim at developing joint initiatives
and promoting exchange of experience and know-how between organisations
involved in education, training and youth or in other relevant fields.
Key Action 2 – Cooperation for innovation and exchange of
good practice
KNOWLEDGE AND SECTOR SKILLS ALLIANCES
What? Knowledge and Sector Skills Alliances between Higher Education
institutions or VET institutions from the one side, and enterprises from the other
side, aim at promoting creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship as well as skillsmatching between educational offer and labour market demand.
Key Action 2 – Cooperation for innovation and exchange of
good practice
KNOWLEDGE AND SECTOR SKILLS ALLIANCES
Activities supported under Knowledge skills alliances:
1) Boosting innovation in higher education, business and in the broader socioeconomic environment
2) Developing entrepreneurship mind-set and skills
3) Stimulating the flow and exchange of knowledge between higher education
and enterprises
Activities supported under the Sector skills Alliances:
1) Defining skills and training provision needs in a given specific economic sector
2) Designing and delivering joint curricula
KEY ACTION 2 – COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE
EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICE
CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH AND IN THE FIELD OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
What? Capacity-Building projects support the cooperation (with third countries
neighbouring the EU and other third countries) in the fields of Higher Education
and Youth.
KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELDS
OF EDUCATION, TRAINING,
AND YOUTH
PROSPECTIVE
INITIATIVES
KEY ACTION 3 – SUPPORT FOR
POLICY REFORMS
SUPPORT TO EU POLICY
TOOLS
COOPERATION WITH
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
SHAKEHOLDER
DIALOGUE, POLICY
AND PROGRAMME
PROMOTION
Key Action 3 – Support for Policy Reforms
•Knowledge in the fields of education, training and youth recognising the
need for strong evidence-based policy making in the framework of Europe
2020, country and thematic analysis, including through cooperation with
academic networks
•Initiatives for policy innovation aimed to develop new policies or
prepare their implementation
•Cooperation with international organisations with highly recognised expertise
and analytical capacity, to strengthen the impact and added value of evidence
based policies in the fields of education, training and youth
SPORT
For the first time EU is offering specific funding opportunities for sport!
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/sport
SPORT
Erasmus+ contribution to Sport
Aims:
• To tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport (doping,
match-fixing, violence, intolerance, discrimination)
• To promote and support good governance in sport and dual
career of athletes
• To promote voluntary activities, social inclusion and equal
opportunities, together with the awareness of the importance of
health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA), and equal access to
sport for all
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Erasmus + Programme
http://ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus
National Agency Details
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes /erasmus-plus/tools/nationalagencies/index_en.htm
Aldo Xhani, Coordinator Citizenship programme
aldo.xhani@aldaintranet.org- www.alda-europe.eu
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