The new programme for
Education, Training, Youth and Sport
Eevi Laukkanen
University of Warwick, 9 January 2014
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Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport
Europe 2020 and other Policy
Drivers
Seven flagship initiatives:
Innovation Union
Youth on the
move
A digital agenda
for Europe
Resource
efficient Europe
An industrial
policy for the
globalisation era
An agenda for
new skills and
jobs
European
platform against
poverty
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Number of high-skilled jobs is growing while number of lowskilled jobs is decreasing
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By 2020 nearly 35% of jobs will require high skills, innovation
capacity and the ability to adapt
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One of headline Europe 2020 targets = to reduce early school
leavers from 14% to less than 10%
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To contribute to this goal, Erasmus+ will:
“support modernisation at all levels of education
and training, including school education, from
early childhood to secondary level and initial
vocational training”
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Funding period: 2014 – 2020
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Aim: “to improve people’s skills and ultimately their employability as
well as to support the modernisation of education and training systems”
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Overall budget = ~ EUR 14.7 billion (40% increase on previous
funding programme)
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Solely for actions with transnational characteristics
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Two completely new elements:
• Student loan guarantee facility to help Master’s degree students finance
study abroad
• Creation of 300 ‘knowledge alliances’ and ‘sector skills alliances’
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To help young people acquire additional skills through study / training
abroad
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Enhance teaching quality in EU and beyond
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Support Member States in modernising their education and vocational
training schemes
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Promote youth participation in society
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Support teaching and research on European integration
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Support European grass roots sport
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Programme will be open to:
• Member States
 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria , Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, UK
• Acceding, candidate and potential candidate countries
• EFTA states – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
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Other countries can participate through “co-operation with partners
from third countries”. Particularly neighbourhood countries:
 Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Occupied Palestine Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine
(Russia for youth activities)
Key Action 1 - Learning mobility of individuals
•Mobility of staff
•Mobility of learners (Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo, Grundtvig)
•Joint Masters Degrees (Erasmus Mundus)
Key Action 2 – Co-operation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
• Strategic Partnerships
• Knowledge alliances
• Sector skills alliances
• IT support platforms
• International partnerships
Key Action 3 – Support for policy reform
Jean Monet initiative
Sport
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Two types of activities
• Learning Mobility of Individuals
 Mobility of staff in all sectors of lifelong learning – Comenius, Erasmus,
Erasmus Mundus, Leonardo da Vinci, Gruntvig, Youth in Actions
 Mobility of learners (study, work-based learning, traineeships)
 Student loan guarantee facility (mobility for Masters’ students)
 Youth exchanges and youth volunteering
• Learning Mobility International (Joint Degrees)
 Joint Masters’ degrees
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Researcher mobility and joint PhDs will be dealt with under Horizon 2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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The individual mobility of adult learners will no longer be supported, other
than as part of a strategic partnership
Aims:
 Provide more and better opportunities to increase skills and competences
of HE students, attract the best talents from abroad
Main activities:
 Credit mobility, including traineeships abroad: mobility for studies opened
to partner countries in both directions (NEW)
 Degree mobility: excellent Joint Master courses offered by universities
from Europe and in some cases partner countries, attracting the very best
students worldwide
 Student loan guarantee (NEW): to boost Master's degree
 mobility within Europe
Aims:
 Provide more and better opportunities for an increased quality in teaching
and learning
Main activities:
 Teaching assignment: to develop innovative teaching methods, mobility
opened to partner countries in both directions (NEW)
 Professional development: to improve skills and competences of both
academic and non-academic staff, opened to partner countries in both
directions (NEW)
 Invited staff from enterprise: to increase the relevance of curricula
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Eligibility of applicants for Erasmus (staff and learners):
• Any HEI holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
• Can apply as an individual HEI or as part of a Mobility Consortium
(three organisations located from the same programme country)
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Award criteria for mobility grants
• For HE mobility grants, award criteria based on past performance in
terms of efficient use of the budget to implement agreed number of
mobilities during the previous report period
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Maximum EU co-financing rate is 80%
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Transnational co-operation projects to encourage
transparency, innovation and exchange of best practice
Four activities
• Strategic partnerships and capacity building (small-scale partnerships
and large-scale transnational partnerships) including youth initiative
projects and youth sector cooperation
• Partnerships between the world of work and education and training
institutions (Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances)
• IT support platforms
• Development, capacity building, regional integration, knowledge
exchanges and modernisation processes (HE projects with third
countries)
Aims:
 To enhance stronger cooperation between HEI and with key
stakeholders (enterprises, research organisations, social partners,
local/regional authorities, other E&T or youth sectors) to foster
quality and innovation in HE
Main activities:
 Develop, test, implement new joint curricula, joint study
programmes, common modules, intensive programmes
 Develop project-based cooperation with enterprises to study reallife cases
 Exploit the potential of Open Educational Resources, collaborative
and personalised learning
 Integrate various study modes (distance, part-time, modular)
Aims:
 To enhance structured and long-term cooperation between HEI and
enterprises to develop innovative ways of producing and sharing
knowledge in result-driven projects, particularly in emerging fields
Main activities:
 Delivery of new multidisciplinary curricula responding to business
needs
 Stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial mind-set of
students, academic and enterprise staff
 Facilitate the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge
between the HEIs and enterprises
Main activities: 2 types of projects with Neighbouring and
Enlargement countries, Russia, Asia, Latin America, Africa,
Caribbean, Pacific (APC)
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Joint projects: New curricula & degrees, learning and teaching
methodologies, staff development, quality assurance, governance,
Bologna tools
Structural projects: Reforms at national level with support of
authorities in Partner Countries (policy modernisation, Bologna
policies, governance and management of higher education
systems…)
+ Additional mobility component for ENP and Enlargement
countries (without National Agency): students and staff, to and from
EU, same rules as for credit mobility (max. 12 months)
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Eligibility of applicants for education topics:
• Any HEI holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
• Strategic Partnerships – consist of at least 3 organisations from 3
programme countries (local/regional authorities, recognition centres,
chambers of commerce, trade organisations, cultural organisations)
• Knowledge Alliances – consist of at least 6 organisations from at least
3 different programme countries (with at least 2 HEIs and 2 enterprises)
• Sector Skills Alliances – consist of at least 9 organisations from at
least 3 different programme countries (in texiles/clothing/leather,
commerce, advanced manufacturing, ICT, eco-innovation,
cultural/creative industries)
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Maximum EU co-financing rate is 80%
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Support for activities that help steer EU agenda for education
and training
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Five activities:
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Knowledge in the fields of education, training and youth
Prospective initiatives
Support to European policy tools
Co-operation with international organisations
Stakeholder dialogue, policy and programme promotion
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Each key action is open to organisations active in education,
training, and youth work and will provide opportunities for
staff, learners and beneficiaries to get involved. Each action
will support both formal and non-formal learning experiences
and activities
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Each action will have a call for proposals, with the first calls
published on 12 December 2013 & first deadlines for Key
Action 1 and Key Action 2 in March/April 2014
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Maximum rates of co-financing vary from 50% to 100%
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Continues as a separate activity
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Aims to stimulate teaching and research on the EU in MS and
worldwide, notably in enlargement and neighbourhood countries
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Will continue to
• Promote teaching and research on European integration worldwide
• Support the activities of academic institutions/associations active in the
field of European integration studies
• Promote policy debate
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Will create a “Jean Monnet label of excellence” for institutions
recognising quality of European integration studies programmes.
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Jean Monnet actions
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Jean Monnet Modules, Chairs and Centres of Excellence
Policy debate with academic world
Jean Monnet support to Institutions and Associations
Jean Monnet label for excellence
Studies and conferences
Eligibility of applicants:
• Any HEI holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
• Individuals cannot apply directly for a grant
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Maximum EU co-financing rate is 80%
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To encourage EU level co-operation in the field of sport
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Will support:
• Support for collaborative partnerships
• Support for not-for-profit European sport events, involving several
programme countries
• Support for strengthening the evidence base for policy
• Dialogue with relevant European stakeholders
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Eligibility of applicants
• Public institutions or not-for-profit organisations active in the field of sport
and physical activity
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Reimbursement based on actual costs incurred. Applicant’s
contribution must be at least 20% of total eligible costs
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Combatting doping at grassroots levels, notably in recreational
environments such as amateur sport and fitness
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Supporting prevention and awareness-raising among stakeholders
involved in the fight against match-fixing
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Promoting volunteer activities in sport and supporting innovative
approaches to contain violence and tackle racism, discrimination and
intolerance in sport
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Supporting the implementation of EU principles/guidelines in:
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Good governance in sport
Dual careers of athletes
Social inclusion, gender equality and disability
Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity
Education and Training
77.5%
• Higher Education
43%
• Vocational education and training
22%
• School education
15%
• Adult learning
5%
Youth
10%
Student loan guarantee facility
3.5%
Jean Monnet
1.9%
Sport
1.8%
Operational grants to National Agencies
3.4%
Administration
1.9%
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More opportunities for:
• HE and VET students to study and train abroad to improve skills and job
prospects
• Teachers, trainers and youth workers to study and train in another
country
• Young people to learn through youth exchanges, volunteering and
participation in democratic life
• Education and training institutions to exchange good practice
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Increased co-operation between education institutions,
businesses or regional authorities and other bodies such as
youth organisations
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Launch of new “Knowledge Alliances” between HE institutions
and businesses
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Expanding the eTwinning initiative connecting schools via the
internet
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Better co-operation in education policy, with an emphasis on
practical outcomes such as Europass CV (used by over 10
million Europeans)
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More support for HE in other parts of the world – particularly
in neighbouring countries
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Commission to set overarching scheme requirements /
minimum standards
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Each country to have one or more National Agency
responsible for all actions implemented at national level:
• All programme actions within Key Action 1 (except mobility organised on
basis of joint/double/multiple degrees, large-scale volunteering projects
and the student loan guarantee facility)
• The programme action ‘Strategic Partnerships’ within Key Action 2
• The management of small-scale activities in the youth field of Key
Action 3
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Single IT system to be used by all National Agencies
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HEIs must have an HCHE to be eligible for funding under
Erasmus+
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Provides the general quality framework for European and
international cooperation activities an (HEI) can carry out
within the Programme
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Deadline for application in early 2013
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Applicant institutions were notified of results in December ‘13
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188 UK institutions applied (4577 Europe wide)
Overall budget
€14.7 billion
Overall mobility opportunities
4 million people
Higher education
2 million students
Staff mobility
800,000 teachers, trainers, youth workers and
other staff
Vocational education and training
650,000 students
Volunteer and youth exchange schemes
500,000 young people
Master's degree loan guarantee scheme
200,000 students
International students
135,000 students
Joint degree grants
25,000 students
Cooperation targets:
Strategic Partnerships
More than 25,000 linking together
125,000 institutions
Knowledge Alliances
150 set up by 1,500 higher education
institutions and businesses
Sector Skills Alliances
150 set up by 2,000 education and training
providers and businesses
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European Commission’s Erasmus+ website:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm
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Erasmus+ UK website:
http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/
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Europe 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm
European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus (2007-2013) website
(for examples of previous Masters programmes)
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/sele
cted_projects_en.php
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Questions?
Contact
University of Warwick’s European Advisor at UKRO:
Email: Blazej.Thomas@bbsrc.ac.uk
Phone: +32 2 286 9057
Email: Eevi.Laukkanen@bbsrc.ac.uk
Phone: +32 2 286 9055