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€4.3 Billion Allocated Under Erasmus+ for Enhancing Mobility and Cooperation in Education, Training, Youth, and Sport in 2024

Editorial Staff — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:34:33 +0000

The European Commission has initiated the call for proposals for the 2024 cycle of Erasmus+, the European Union’s initiative supporting education, training, youth, and sport across Europe.

Open the 2024 Erasmus Plus Call for Proposals.

Overview

With a substantial budget of €4.3 billion for the upcoming year, Erasmus+ will maintain its commitment to facilitating transnational experiences for school pupils, higher education students, and vocational education and training participants. The program will also extend opportunities to adult learners, educators, staff, and young people engaged in non-formal learning programs.

In response to the impact of inflation on those studying abroad and to encourage broad participation, the program will elevate mobility grant levels. In line with the 2023 approach, individual support grant amounts for those undertaking learning experiences abroad will be adjusted by 5.9% in most mobility actions for the 2024 call. Additionally, a 12.27% increase was implemented in 2023.

In 2024, the program will introduce enhanced incentives for sustainable travel, positioning it as the default option. Participants from remote areas, islands, or places lacking sufficient rail networks will receive appropriate compensation for utilizing sustainable modes of travel. Notably, travel contributions will be extended for intra-European higher education mobility, ensuring more consistent funding rules across all sectors.

Cooperation activities under Erasmus+ will persist in bringing individuals and organizations together to address the program’s four overarching key priorities: inclusion, active citizenship and democratic participation, and green and digital transitions.

These activities can range from supporting local-scale projects to transnational initiatives such as European Universities, dedicated to transnational university alliances, Centres for Vocational Excellence, and Erasmus+ Teacher Academies, all playing pivotal roles in the green and digital transitions of education and training systems.

Erasmus+ remains committed to supporting Ukraine through projects that encourage incoming learning mobility, empower individuals with new skills, combat disinformation, and facilitate the integration of refugees into new educational systems.

The program will also maintain its central role in promoting common EU values. All program beneficiaries and their implemented activities will align with and promote values such as human dignity and rights, freedom, democracy, equality, and the rule of law.

Under this Erasmus+ call for project applications, any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth, and sport can seek funding either via Erasmus+ National Agencies or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

Background

The total budget available for Erasmus+ from 2021 to 2027 is €26.2 billion, supplemented by around €2.2 billion from the EU’s external instruments. Since 1987, the Erasmus+ program has benefitted over 14 million people through participation in various education, training, and youth mobility activities, continuously expanding its reach.

Next Steps

The Commission has launched the call for proposals under the Erasmus+ initiative for 2024, following the adoption of the 2024 work program.

The Commission is in the process of preparing the mid-term evaluation of the ongoing program (2021-2027) and the final evaluation of the predecessor program (2014-2020). This will be submitted to the Council, European Parliament, Committee of the Regions, and the European Economic and Social Committee. A public consultation has been initiated in all 24 EU languages to collect opinions on Erasmus+, running until 8 December.

More Information

We talked about the 2024 Annual Work Programme of Erasmus Plus and European Solidarity Corps.

We’ve also underlined the difference and improvements compared to the 2023 Annual Work Programme.

Other Resources

2024 Erasmus+ work programme

2024 Erasmus+ call for proposals

2024 Erasmus+ programme guide

Factsheet on new Erasmus+ 2021-2027 programme

Skills and Talent Mobility

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New Call | Transnational Cooperation Between Universities in Europe

Editorial Staff — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:48:01 +0000

Interested organisations can now apply for a new Erasmus Plus call to pilot a joint European degree label and test institutionalised EU cooperation instruments, such as a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions, in the perspective of facilitating deeper transnational cooperation between universities in Europe.

Topic 1: Pilot a joint European degree label

The label would

recognise the value of innovative transnational learning experiences
increase the visibility, attractiveness and reputation, both in Europe and beyond, of such joint programmes provided by alliances of European higher education institutions
be issued as a complementary certificate to the qualifications obtained by students graduating from joint programmes delivered in the context of transnational cooperation between several higher education institutions

Based on the results of this preparatory work, the Commission will report to the Council of the European Union on the way forward towards a possible joint degree based on co-created European criteria, building on the instruments of the Bologna Process.

Budget: €1,000,000

Purpose: support development and piloting to implement European criteria on awarding a joint European degree label

Topic 2: Pilot institutionalised EU cooperation instruments to explore the feasibility for a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions

These steps would give alliances, on a voluntary basis, the latitude to act together, make common strategic decisions, experiment with joint recruitment, design joint curricula or pool resources and human, technical, data, education, research and innovation capacities.

Budget: €1,000,000

Purpose: support the piloting of existing European instruments to facilitate deeper, long-term flexible transnational cooperation among higher education institutions

Additional Information

This Call is part of the Erasmus Plus programme, and opened back on 15 June 2022. It builds on the European strategy for universities, presented by the European Commission on 18 January 2022.
The deadline to submit your proposal is 6 October 2022, 17.00 CEST.

To apply, see the Funding & Tenders dedicated page.

European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027: First Call for Proposals

Editorial Staff — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:13:31 +0000

The European Commission has today announced the first call for proposals under the new European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027.

This year’s priority will be health and will mobilise volunteers to work on projects addressing health challenges, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recovery. Thanks to the budget approved late in December for the European Solidarity Corps programme, the first year of action will see more than €138 million in funding.

We also know that one of news concerning European Solidarity Corps is the inclusion of the volunteering activities in support of humanitarian aid operations (EU Aid Volunteers scheme). Thus from next year, the programme will also allow young people to volunteer in humanitarian aid activities worldwide.

EU priorities

Among the objectives to pursue, here are the four main ones:

Promoting inclusion and diversity;
Making projects ‘greener’ and encouraging environmentally sustainable and responsible behaviour among participants and participating organisations;
Supporting the digital transition through projects and activities that boost digital skills, foster digital literacy and develop understanding of the risks and opportunities of digital technology;
Promoting the participation of young people in democratic processes and civic engagement.

In addition to them, each year the Commission may add other priorities, such as has happened this year with health.

How to Take Part

In order to submit your projects, your organisation must have received the Quality Label. It certifies the high quality solidarity activities’ standards in compliance with the principles, objectives and requirements of the programme.

You can apply for funding with the help of Nationa Agency of your country.

Deadlines

The application period for the Call for Proposals under the new European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 programme opens on April 15th. And the first deadline is on May 28th 2021. Applications for the quality label for solidarity volunteering can be submitted anytime. The deadline to apply for the quality label for humanitarian aid volunteering is 22 September 2021.

See the ESC 2021-2027 Factsheet.