Erasmus+ is the European Union
programme for education, training, youth and sport and it runs for seven years,
from 2014 to 2020. Erasmus+ replaces seven programmes with one, so it is easier
to access. Erasmus+ aims to modernize education, training and youth work across
Europe. It is open to education, training, youth and sport organizations across
all sectors of lifelong learning, including school education, further and
higher education, adult education and the youth sector. It offers exciting
opportunities for young people to then study, work, volunteer, teach and train
abroad in Europe.
Erasmus + offers:
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Opportunities to study,
train, gain work experience and volunteer abroad;
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Education, training and
youth sector staff to teach or learn abroad;
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The development of
digital education and the use of ICTs;
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Language learning;
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Recognition of skills,
including those learned outside the formal educational system;
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Strategic Partnerships
among educational institutions and youth organizations with peers in other
countries in both their own sector and other sectors, in order to foster
quality improvements and innovation;
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Knowledge Alliances and
Sector Skills Alliances, to address skills gaps and foster entrepreneurship by
improving curricula and qualifications through cooperation between the worlds
of work and education;
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A loan guarantee
facility for master’s degree students to finance their studies in another
country;
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Teaching and research
on European integration;
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Exchanges, cooperation
and capacity building in higher education and the youth sector worldwide;
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Initiatives to foster
innovation in pedagogy and progressive policy reform at national level through
Prospective Initiatives;
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Good Governance in
sport an initiative against match-fixing, doping, violence, racism and
intolerance, particularly in grassroots sports.
Who
will benefit:
More than 4 million young people, students and
adults will gain experience and skills by studying, training or volunteering
abroad through Erasmus +.
The program will also support over 125.000
institutions and organizations to work with peers in other countries to
innovate and modernize teaching practice and youth work. Together they will
help ensure that young people and adults get the skills they need to succeed in
today’s world.
Mobility Projects for
Young People and Youth Workers that can comprise of Youth Exchanges, European
Voluntary Service and/or Youth Workers activities:
About
600.000 young people can go abroad as part of youth exchanges and the European
Voluntary Service.
Mobility of young people:
Youth Exchanges:
Youth Exchanges
allow groups of young people from at least two different countries to meet and
live together for up to 21 days. During a Youth Exchange, participants,
supported by group leaders, jointly carry out a work programme (a mix of
workshops, exercises, debates, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities, etc.)
designed and prepared by them before the Exchange. Youth Exchanges allow young
people to: develop competences; become aware of socially relevant
topics/thematic areas; discover new cultures, habits and life-styles, mainly
through peer-learning; strengthen values like solidarity, democracy,
friendship, etc. The learning process in Youth Exchanges is triggered by
methods of non-formal education. The rather short duration makes the
involvement of young people with fewer opportunities appropriate; as such a
Youth Exchange offers an international mobility experience in the safety of a
group with the possibility of having an adequate number of group leaders to
take care of the participants. A Youth Exchange can also be a good setting for
discussing and learning about inclusion and diversity issues. Youth Exchanges
are based on a transnational cooperation between two or more participating
organizations from different countries within and outside the European Union.
European Voluntary Service:
This activity
allows young people aged 17-30 to express their personal commitment through
unpaid and full-time voluntary service for up to 12 months in another country
within or outside the European Union. Young volunteers are given the
opportunity to contribute to the daily work of organizations dealing with youth
information and policies, young people's personal and socio-educational
development, civic engagement, social care, inclusion of disadvantaged,
environment, non-formal education programmes, ICTs and media literacy, culture
and creativity, development cooperation, etc. Young people with fewer
opportunities can receive additional support to enable their participation and
would also be allowed to go on EVS for a shorter duration of time (from 2 weeks
and up).
Youth workers' training and
networking:
This activity supports the professional development of
youth workers, through the implementation of activities such as
transnational/international seminars, training courses, contact-making events,
study visits, etc. or job shadowing/observation periods abroad in an
organization active in the youth field. All these activities are arranged by
the organizations participating in the project. The participation of youth
workers in such activities contributes to capacity building of their
organization and should have a clear impact on youth workers' daily work with
young people. The learning outcomes should be further disseminated in the youth
field.
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