Dear partners,
Please find below further information about Erasmus for all, the future of Life-Long Learning programme from 2014
to 2020. M.E.P. Europrojects Granada would
be delighted to collaborate with you also within Erasmus for all programme, but now, we still have the possibility
of working together within Leonardo da
Vinci Mobility (IVT, PLM and VETPro) and Erasmus placements until 2014. Let’s
take this opportunity!
Please contact us (mepegranada@yahoo.es) for your new projects as deadlines are
approaching: 3rd February 2012 for Leonardo da Vinci Mobility and 9th March 2012 for Erasmus placements.
We are looking forward to collaborating with you,
Kind regards,
Mari Carmen Espartero
M.E.P. EUROPROJECTS GRANADA
(Mobility European Projects Granada)
M.E.P. EUROPROJECTS GRANADA
(Mobility European Projects Granada)
Plaza Trinidad, 2-1º 5, 18001 GRANADA (SPAIN)
Tel.:
(+34)958 25 02 84 / Mob: (+34) 634762143/649727115
Erasmus for All: 5 million in line for EU funding
Brussels, 23 November 2011 - Up to 5 million people,
almost twice as many as now, could get the chance to study or train abroad with
a grant from Erasmus for All, the new EU programme for education, training,
youth and sport proposed by the European Commission today. Among them would be
nearly 3 million higher education and vocational students. Master's degree
students would also benefit from a new loan guarantee scheme set up with the
European Investment Bank Group. The seven-year Erasmus for All programme, which
would have a total budget of €19 billion, is due to start in 2014.
"Investing
in education and training is the best investment we can make for Europe's
future. Studying abroad boosts people's skills, personal development and
adaptability, and makes them more employable. We want to ensure that many more
people benefit from EU support for these opportunities. We also need to invest
more to improve the quality of education and training at all levels so we are a
match for the best in the world and so that we can deliver more jobs and higher
growth," said Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for
Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
The Commission's Erasmus for All proposal would allow:
·
2.2 million higher
education students to receive grants to spend part of their education and
training abroad (compared to 1.5 million under current programmes);
·
This figure
includes 135 000 students getting support to study in a non-EU country, as well
as non-EU students coming to study in the Union;
·
735 000 vocational
students would be able to spend part of their education and training abroad
(compared to 350 000 under the current programme);
·
1 million
teachers, trainers and youth workers would receive funding to teach or train
abroad (compared to 600 000 under current programmes);
·
700 000 young
people would go on traineeships in companies abroad (compared to 600 000 under
the current programme);
·
330 000 Master's
degree students would benefit from loan guarantees to help finance studies
abroad under a brand-new scheme;
·
540 000 young
people would be able to volunteer abroad or participate in youth exchanges
(compared to 374 000 under the current programme);
·
34 000 students
would receive grants for a 'joint degree', which involves studying in at least
two higher education institutions abroad (this compares to 17 600 supported
under the current programme);
·
115 000
institutions/organisations involved in education, training and/or youth
activities or other bodies would get funding to set up more than 20 000
'strategic partnerships' to implement joint initiatives and promote exchange of
experience and know-how;
·
4 000 education
institutions and enterprises would form 400 'knowledge alliances' and 'sector
skills alliances' to boost employability, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Background
Erasmus for All would bring together all the current
EU and international schemes for education, training, youth and sport,
replacing seven existing programmes 1with one. This will increase efficiency, make it
easier to apply for grants, as well as reducing duplication and fragmentation.
The Commission is proposing an increase of
approximately 70% compared to the current seven-year budget, which would
allocate €19 billion to the new programme in 2014-2020. The figure takes
account of future estimates for inflation and includes expenditure foreseen
for international cooperation.
The new programme will focus on EU added value and
systemic impact, with support for three types of action: learning opportunities
for individuals, both within the EU and beyond; institutional cooperation
between educational institutions, youth organisations, businesses, local and regional
authorities and NGOs; and support for reforms in Member States to modernise
education and training systems and promote innovation, entrepreneurship and
employability.
Two-thirds of the funding would be spent on mobility
grants to enhance knowledge and skills.
The streamlined structure of the new programme –
together with its significantly increased investment – means the EU will be
able to deliver many more opportunities for students, trainees, young people,
teachers, youth workers and others to improve their skills, personal
development and job prospects. Erasmus for All will also promote research and
teaching on European integration, and support grassroots sport.
Since 2007, an
average of 400 000 people per year have received EU grants for study, training
and volunteering abroad. Under the Commission's proposal, this figure would
nearly double to almost 800 000. (In 2010, 560 000 received grants in the 27
Member States, see Annex 1).
Next steps
This proposal is now under discussion by the Council
(27 Member States) and the European Parliament who will take the final decision
on the budgetary framework for 2014-2020.
For more information:
Commissioner Vassiliou's website
Annex 1:
Table shows the
number of recipients of EU grants for study, training and volunteering under
the Lifelong Learning Programme and Youth in Action in 2010. (Erasmus for All
will encompass both programmes and aims to nearly double the number of
beneficiaries across the EU).
|
Country
|
|
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Austria
|
11000
|
2500
|
13500
|
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|
Belgium
|
12000
|
4500
|
16500
|
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|
Bulgaria
|
6000
|
5000
|
11000
|
||||||
|
Cyprus
|
1500
|
1000
|
2500
|
||||||
|
Czech Republic
|
14000
|
3000
|
17000
|
||||||
|
Denmark
|
6000
|
2000
|
8000
|
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|
Estonia
|
3000
|
5000
|
8000
|
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|
Finland
|
23500
|
2000
|
25500
|
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|
France
|
52000
|
11000
|
63000
|
||||||
|
Germany
|
63000
|
15000
|
78000
|
||||||
|
Greece
|
8000
|
2500
|
10500
|
||||||
|
Hungary
|
8000
|
4500
|
12500
|
||||||
|
Ireland
|
4000
|
2000
|
6000
|
||||||
|
Italy
|
43500
|
6000
|
49500
|
||||||
|
Latvia
|
4500
|
3000
|
7500
|
||||||
|
Lithuania
|
7000
|
4500
|
11500
|
||||||
|
Luxembourg
|
1000
|
900
|
1900
|
||||||
|
Malta
|
250
|
100
|
350
|
||||||
|
The Netherlands
|
19500
|
3000
|
22500
|
||||||
|
Poland
|
23000
|
10500
|
33500
|
||||||
|
Portugal
|
21000
|
2500
|
23500
|
||||||
|
Romania
|
12500
|
7500
|
20000
|
||||||
|
Slovakia
|
6000
|
3500
|
9500
|
||||||
|
Slovenia
|
3500
|
2000
|
5500
|
||||||
|
Spain
|
52000
|
10500
|
62500
|
||||||
|
Sweden
|
8500
|
3500
|
12000
|
||||||
|
United Kingdom
|
20750
|
7500
|
28250
|
||||||
|
Total
|
435000
|
125000
|
560000
|
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* All figures are
rounded to the nearest hundred. The figures include participants in
mobility projects who did not travel to study, learn or work abroad, such as
school classes.
Annex 2:
Proposed funding levels by sector 2014-2020, compared
to the 2007-2013 programmes (€ Million, EU-27)
|
Erasmus
for All
|
2007-2013
programmes*
|
Average year
2014-2020 |
% Increase
|
Concentration
|
|
Erasmus Higher Education (including tertiary
VET 1 )
|
585
|
1100
– 1150
|
85 %-95 %
|
Students, staff, joint programmes, masters,
strategic partnerships, knowledge alliances
|
|
Erasmus Higher Education -international dimension
(heading 4 funding)
|
220
|
259
|
17%
|
Students, staff and capacity building in particular
in neighbourhood countries
|
|
Erasmus Training (VET 1and adult learning)
|
330 of which 60 for adult learning
|
500 – 540 of which around 110 for adult learning
|
50 %-60 % overall,
around 80 % for adult learning
|
Students, staff, strategic partnerships, sector
skills alliances, IT platforms
|
|
Erasmus Schools
|
180
|
250
– 275
|
40 %-55 %
|
Staff, strategic partnerships, web platforms
|
|
Erasmus Youth
Participation
|
150
|
190
– 210
|
25 %-40 %
|
Young people, staff, strategic partnerships, IT
platforms
|
|
Operating
grant (National Agencies)
|
55
|
63
|
15 %
|
|
|
Policy support
|
75
|
92
|
20 %
|
|
|
Jean Monnet
(teaching and research on European integration)
|
30
|
45
|
50 %
|
|
|
Sport
|
NA
|
34
|
NA
|
|
1 Vocational education and training
|
Contacts :
|
Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Leonardo da
Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig),Youth in Action, Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa,
Edulink and the bilateral cooperation programme with industrialised countries
