The new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport 14.7 billion
WHY? HOW? WHAT? Is Erasmus+ WHAT? WHEN? Education and Culture
ERASMUS+ AN INTEGRATED PROGRAMME 2007-2013 2014-2020 Leonardo Erasmus Grundtvig Learning Mobility Youth in Action Comenius Erasmus Mundus Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Cooperation Edulink Tempus Alfa Sport Policy support PCICFHE
WHY? HOW? WHY? A new program WHAT? WHEN? Education and Culture
WHY ERASMUS+? 5.7 million unemployed young people 20% of 15 year olds lack basic literacy skills Constant rapid change: technology, global competition for talent 2 million job vacancies in Europe PROBLEM: SKILLS GAPS and MISMATCHES 1/3 of employers struggle to find staff
GREATER IMPACT Making education, training and youth WHY? systems more relevant Impact on 3 levels: HOW? Skills of individuals WHAT? Institutions & organisations WHEN? Education, training & youth systems Education and Culture
WHY? HOW? HOW? Is it going to work WHAT? WHEN? Education and Culture
ERASMUS+ 2014-2020 Total budget: 14.7 billion 40% budget increase Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Sport 1 Learning Mobility 3 Policy support At least 63% 2 Cooperation Al least 28% 2 million higher education students 800,000 staff of all fields 135,000 student & staff exchanges with partner countries 25,000 scholarships for Joint Master degree 200,000 Erasmus+ Masters loans 25,000 Strategic Partnerships with 125,000 institutions to cooperate in all fields 150 Knowledge Alliances with 1500 HEIs and enterprises
Why is student mobility important? HE student mobility target by 2020 20% Reduces by half the risk of long term unemployment 20% more chances to get a managerial position after 10 years
ERASMUS+ : more strategic Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2014/15 4308 HEIs awarded New call on 3 April Deadline: 22 May2014 Fundamental principles Before During After Mobility Best practices Monitoring
ERASMUS+ : more recognition Reinforced inter-institutional agreements to set mobility flows & preconditions Reinforced learning & mobility agreements to ensure recognition
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ERASMUS+ : closer link to the labour market
ERASMUS+ : more staff mobility
ERASMUS+ : more support to universities
ERASMUS+ : more Joint Master Degree
Key Action 2 - cooperation The tool to implement Agenda for the modernisation of Europe s higher education Systems COM(2011) 567 final September 2011 European Higher Education in the World COM(2013) 499 final July 2013 Opening Up Education COM(2013) 654 final 25 September 2013 Education and Culture
ERASMUS+ : more cooperation for more innovation Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships Towards new practices for higher quality in teaching and learning Better use of new technologies Stronger cooperation between fields and with the labour market
HE Strategic Partnerships Composition: Minimum 3 organisations from 3 programme countries + partner countries if added value Duration: 2 or 3 years Budget: 2 years: up to 300.000 3 years: up to 450.000 Management: decentralised to National Agencies Education and Culture
HE Strategic Partnerships Develop, test, adapt and implement innovative practices relating to: joint study programmes, joint curricula, common modules ensuring relevance towards needs of the labor market; pedagogical approaches and methodologies delivering transversal competences,, introducing multi-, transand interdisciplinary approaches, building 'embedded mobility') and through a better exploitation of ICT; the engagement of HEIs with local/regional authorities Education and Culture project-based transnational collaboration between enterprises and students/staff at HEIs to study real life cases; a greater variety of study modes (distance, part-time, modular learning), notably through new forms of personalised learning, strategic use of OER facilitate permeability between education fields support services, such as guidance counselling, coaching methods and tools
Strategic in other words Partnerships Cross-sectorality encouraged in all activities Possibility to organise complementary types of mobility if it can support the objectives of the partnership More cooperation for more innovation Education and Culture
Knowledge alliances Objectives Develop innovative ways of teaching, learning and governance Stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competence of students, academics and company staff Strengthen the flow and exchange of information and knowledge Stimulate the co-creation of knowledge Stimulate the cooperation between higher education institutions and companies Education and Culture
HE Strategic Partnerships Education and Culture
Capacity Building 2 types of projects with Neighbouring and Enlargement countries, Russia, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) 1. Joint projects: New curricula & degrees, learning and teaching methodologies, staff development, quality assurance, governance, Bologna tools 2. 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 Education and Culture
Strategic Partnerships Policy support in Higher Education Key Action 3 Education and Culture
ERASMUS+ Key Action 3 Monitoring of national reforms Prospective initiatives Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Sport 1 Mobility 3 Policy support 2 Cooperation Transparency tools for a better recognition of qualifications and skills Networks: SALTO, Eurodesk, ELPGN, NARIC EQF NCP, ECVET/EQAVET, EHEA, HERE Cooperation with international organisations Policy dialogue, promotion of Erasmus+
WHY? HOW? So Summing up WHAT? WHEN? Education and Culture
Call deadlines Education and Culture
Changing lives, opening minds ESTIMATES 4 million people
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