ERASMUS+
The EUprogramme for education, training,
youth and sport (2014-2020)
bn
4
3
2
1 1/3 ofbudget: partnerships + reforms ofthe education
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Source: see Erasmus+ 2014 annual report
WHATS NEW?
More opportunities for millions of
Europeans to study, train, volunteer
orgain professional experience abroad
New funding for actions in the field
ofsport
Stronger international dimension with
more opportunities for participants
tostudy worldwide
Language learning support for all
participants
WHATS BETTER?
A 40% increase infunding compared
tothe Lifelong Learning programme
= 14.7 billion ingrants over 7 years
= opportunities for over 4 million people
A stronger focus onimproving young
peoples job prospects to tackle
youthunemployment
A more inclusive programmesupporting
people withfeweropportunities
14.7 BNBUDGET
2/3 ofbudget: learning opportunities abroad for individuals
and youth sectors
2019 2020
MOBILITY
EXCHANGES:
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
Students inhigher education:
Up to 2 million students, including 450 000 trainees,
are expected to benefit from grants to study and
train abroad. This more than doubles the opportu-
nities offered in the past 30 years. More than
135000 students and staff can come to Europe
or go outside Europe. Master students can apply for
an Erasmus-backed loan with more affordable
conditions to complete a full degree (this is already
available in Spain, France, the UK, Turkey and
Luxembourg). Scholarships are available for
students worldwide to take part in the Erasmus
Mundus joint master degrees: study programmes
run by two+ institutions in different countries.
Vocational training students and apprentices:
Up to650000 grants offered for vocational studies
orapprenticeships abroad.
Young people taking part inyouth exchanges
and volunteering:
About 600000 young people can goabroad
aspart ofyouth exchanges and the European
Voluntary Service.
Teachers, youth trainers and other staff:
Opportunities for 800000 teachers, lecturers,
trainers, education staff and youth workers togain
new skills abroad.
Erasmus+
COOPERATION
PROJECTS:
WORKING ACROSS DISCIPLINES
Facilitating the transition
between educationand work:
Funding for more than 25000 partnerships across
125000 education, training and youth organisa-
tions and enterprises. These organisations work
with peers inother countries intheir own sector
and other sectors todevelop, transfer and imple-
ment innovative education, training and youth
practices. For example, they develop new teaching
practices orcurricula, orallow students tostudy
real-life cases in business and industry.
Boosting employment and entrepreneurship:
Support for more than 300 large partnerships
among education institutions and enterprises
totackle skills gaps and foster start-ups.
EMBRACING SPORT:
IMPROVING THE GAME,
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Erasmus+ promotes arange ofsports events
andcollaborative partnerships, with funding for
upto 1200 projects. Erasmus+ supports trans-
national projects involving grassroots sport
organisations, and promotes among other
things good governance, social inclusion, the
fight against racism, dual careers, and physical
activity for all.
EXAMPLES OFERASMUS+ Europe, and created regional innovation alliances
PROJECTS: infive countries: Ireland, the UK, Germany, Spain
and Romania.
eTwinning: connecting European schools
Through eTwinning, classrooms across Europe can European Voluntary Service
work together onprojects byconnecting with each For more than 20 years, the European Voluntary
other through anonline platform. Supported with Service has given young people the opportunity
13 million per year from the Erasmus+ pro tovolunteer abroad. People contribute with their
gramme, eTwinning helps pupils acquire new skills efforts toacause they believe in beit solidarity
and competences, and supports teachers intheir with refugees and migrants, work onenviron-
professional development. Working onprojects like mental issues, activities for children orthe elderly,
the Big Lie which analysed media messages cultural events, oranumber ofother topics.
indifferent countries, school children learn Anyone between 17 and 30 years old can take part
tounderstand different perspectives. Injust and develop valuable skills and promote social
11years, eTwinning has already connected more cohesion inEurope. Every volunteer receives
than half ofthe schools inEurope and involved over support tocover travel and living costs, aswell
2million pupils and more than 400000 teachers. aspocket money and insurance. The European
Voluntary Service isone ofthe main building
Innovation Alliance blocks ofthe new European Solidarity Corps.
The Innovation Alliance project isacross-sectoral
partnership bringing together the higher education Erasmus Mundus EMMNano
sector, SMEs and non-profit, private and public EMMNano isatwo-year Erasmus Mundus Masters
enterprise development agencies. The objective course that builds acomplete range ofskills
isto boost the transfer and implementation innanoscience and technology, preparing gradu-
ofinnovation between higher education institu- ates toenter industry orcontinue aresearch
tions and SMEs. The project launched anonline career. Itis organised byapartnership ofuniversi-
open-access SME innovation training course, devel- ties from Belgium, Sweden, France and Germany.
oped aninnovation toolkit with supporting infor- Each year itoffers EU-funded scholarships
mation onhow toinitiate alliances throughout tostudents worldwide.

DID YOU KNOW THAT? Five years after graduation,

theunemployment rate ofyoung
More and more young people people who studied ortrained
areusing Erasmus+ exchanges abroad is23% lower than that
togain valuable work oftheir non-mobile peers
experienceabroad
... 1 in3 Erasmus+ trainees
are offered aposition
bythe company they trained in
1 in3 youth mobility
participants comes
From the start ofErasmus+ fromadisadvantaged background
(2014) until the end of2016,
about2 million people have
participated inthe programme ... Erasmus+ ishelping toaddress
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