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This document summarizes information about the Erasmus+ program, which provides funding opportunities for education, training, youth, and sport projects across Europe. The Erasmus+ program runs from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of €14.7 billion. It includes several Key Actions that fund mobility projects, strategic partnerships, and youth activities. The document outlines the application deadlines and eligibility requirements for various areas of the program.
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E+ final
- 1. Digital Learning Conference 14 November 2014 Kevin Robinson
- 2. Welcome Today’s session is about: • Introducing you to Erasmus+ funding opportunities; and • The Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE)
- 3. EU Policy
- 4. EU Policy Context EU Youth Strategy Europe 2020: Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth Developing European Dimensions in Sport ET2020 Rethinking Education Country-specific recommenda tions European Structural and Investment Funds
- 5. Erasmus+
- 6. Erasmus+ is for… Adult education Youth Sport Higher education Vocational education and training Schools
- 7. Benefits Individuals • Personal and professional development • Increased skills and employability • Broaden cultural horizons • Boost confidence • Develop language skills Organisations • Training and career development for staff • Better opportunities for engaging learners • Share and discover good practice • Improve provision
- 8. Erasmus+ 2014 - 2020 The programme is structured around five Actions Key Action 1 Key Action 2 Key Action 3 Jean Monnet Activities Sport There are two methods of management… Centralised Decentralised …and three types of decentralised project Key Action 1: Mobility of learners and staff Key Action 2: Strategic partnerships Key Action 3: Youth structured dialogue
- 9. Erasmus+ budget: €14.7 billion
- 10. Programme management Overall programme management: European Commission Centralised activities European Agency: Education and Culture Executive Agency Decentralised activities UK National Authority: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills UK National Agency: British Council and Ecorys UK
- 11. UK National Agency • Higher education • Schools • Youth Key Action 1 British Council • Vocational education and training • Adult education • Youth Key Actions 2 and 3 Ecorys UK
- 12. Key Actions – decentralised activities Key Action 1: Mobility of learners and staff Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships Key Action 3: Youth Structured Dialogue
- 13. Key Actions – decentralised activities • Activities are aimed at education, training and youth • Specific types of projects are funded, all designed to: – improve the quality of provision – provide training opportunities for those working in education and training, youth and sport – give learners of all kinds opportunities through transnational activities and co-operation
- 14. Who can take part? • Programme is open to organisations active in education, training, youth and sport • Applications from individuals are not allowed • Some youth projects allow informal groups of young people to apply
- 15. Programme countries Member States of the European Union Belgium Greece Lithuania Portugal Bulgaria Spain Luxembourg Romania Czech Republic France Hungary Slovenia Denmark Croatia Malta Slovakia Germany Italy Netherlands Finland Estonia Cyprus Austria Sweden Ireland Latvia Poland United Kingdom Non EU Programme Countries former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Iceland Norway Liechtenstein Turkey
- 16. 2015 application timetable October 2014 European Commission published 2015 Call for Proposal confirming deadlines on 7 October European Commission published 2015 Programme Guide containing detailed application information on 7 October From November 2014 Draft application forms published followed by ‘live’ eForms We will publish detailed guidance and run webinars to support applicants February 2015 onwards Application deadlines – one per year per Key Action except for youth which has multiple deadlines
- 17. 2015 decentralised deadlines Key Action Activity Field Deadline(s) Key Action 1: Mobility of Mobility of learners and staff individuals Higher education, vocational education and training, schools, adult education 4 March 2015 Youth 4 February 2015 30 April 2015 1 October 2015
- 18. 2015 decentralised deadlines Key Action Activity Field Deadline(s) Key Action 2: Strategic Co-operation for Partnerships innovation and the exchange of good practices Higher education, vocational education and training, schools, adult education (including any applications covering more than one field) 31 March 2015 Youth 4 February 2015 30 April 2015 1 October 2015
- 19. 2015 decentralised deadlines Key Action Activity Field Deadline(s) Key Action 3: Structured Support for policy Dialogue reform Youth 4 February 2015 30 April 2015 1 October 2015
- 20. The focus on ICT • Develop, test adapt and adopt / implement innovative practices relating to new curricula, courses or materials • ICT based teaching or the enhancement of digital integration in learning • Learning and teaching methodologies and pedagogical approaches focusing on the use of ICT
- 21. Next steps
- 22. Next steps • Stay informed – sign up to our news services for regular news and important alerts • Learn more – consult our website and join our webinars • Let us help – contact our helplines for more information or to have a chat about your ideas
- 23. “If custom and law define what is educationally allowable within a nation, the educational systems beyond one’s national boundaries suggest what is educationally possible”. Arthur Wellesley Foshay
- 24. Contact us For general enquiries you can contact either the British Council or Ecorys UK : British Council T: 0161 957 7755 erasmusplus.enquiries@britishcouncil.org Ecorys UK T: 0845 199 2929 erasmusplus@uk.ecorys.com
- 25. Find us online www.erasmusplus.org.uk @erasmusplusuk www.facebook.co.uk/ukerasmusplus Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. The Erasmus+ UK National Agency is a partnership between the British Council and Ecorys UK.
Editor's Notes
- SECTION 1 – CHRIS Introduce self and Sonia Emphasise that it’s an overview session – if further detail is needed then can follow up with staff, send us an email or give us a call or get involved with our other information sources such as the website. We’ll cover all these at the end of the presentation.
- SECTION 2 – SONIA Erasmus+ is the EU’s funding programme for education, training, youth and sport. It brings these different fields together to create a programme focused on increasing the impact of European projects across Europe and beyond. Erasmus+ aims to modernise education, training and youth work across Europe. It is open to education, training, youth and sport organisations across all sectors of lifelong learning, including schools education, further and higher education, adult education and the youth sector. The opportunities offered by the programme, to improve knowledge and skills, to modernise and internationalise our education systems, will better prepare everyone for an increasingly competitive and interdependent world.
- There are a range of benefits to getting involved in Erasmus+. These range from the benefits experienced by the individuals taking part in the programme to organisational benefits. The aim of the programme is to build a critical mass of benefits that will help to improve systems and policies across Europe.
- SECTION 2 – RUTH Erasmus+ runs from 2014 to 2020 and is structured in a particular way to encourage collaboration and synergies across different areas of education, training, youth and sport. As you can see in the diagram the programme is structured around five different Actions: Key Action 1 – Mobility of individuals Key Action 2 – Co-operation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Key Action 3 – Support for policy reform Jean Monnet activities Sport Actions group together different types of project – KA1, 2 and 3 are the main actions concerning mobility, collaboration and policy reform. There is also a Jean Monnet action, for higher education activities around European integration, and a Sport action for activities relating to grassroots sport. Activities within each Action are split between those managed in each participating country and those managed centrally in Brussels: Centralised – you apply to the European Commission and they manage your project Decentralised – apply to UK National Agency and your project is handled in the UK Today’s event is all about decentralised activities which are run by British Council and Ecorys UK for the UK. You can find out more about centralised activities on our website. The structure of three Key Actions is reflected in the projects managed in the UK which are split between Key Actions 1, 2 and 3. These are the activities we are going to talk to you about today.
- This diagram shows the overall budget for the programme which is €14.7 billion over the programme’s lifetime for the development of knowledge and skills. The budget is split between different target groups – education and training, youth, Jean Monnet, and sport with as tranche of funding for administration and high level policy projects. The education and training budget is further split down between different fields, each of which has a protected level of funding with some left unallocated to retain flexibility. Over €1 billion of this overall budget is allocated to the UK over the lifetime of the programme. This equates to just under €120 million each year with an increase expected in the latter half of the programme. In the UK, it is expected that nearly 250,000 people will undertake activities abroad with the programme. More than 30,000 young people from the UK per year – the equivalent of over 70 fully-laden jumbo jets – are expected to gain opportunities to expand their horizons under the programme. It is worth noting at this point that although there is a large amount of funding available for the UK, it is a competitive application process and not every application will be funded. Anyone making an application needs to pay a lot of attention to the quality criteria.
- The programme is managed at European level by the European Commission. They set the rules for the programme including types of project, funding amounts and eligibility rules. They also decide on deadlines and manage the electronic application system As noted in the previous diagram, part of the programme is managed directly by the European Commission in Brussels. The organisation is the Education and Culture Executive Agency. They manage all activities relating to the sport and Jean Monnet actions and large scale projects under Key Actions 1 – 3. In the UK the department for Business, Innovation and Skills is responsible for overseeing the operation of the programme. The UK National Agency is the body contracted to manage the delivery of the programme. This includes: promotion receiving and assessing applications selecting projects contracting with and managing projects throughout their lifetime to closure disseminating programme outcomes
- The two organisations work in partnership to deliver the programme in the UK and are responsible for the following activities: British Council Higher education Schools Key Action 1 youth projects Ecorys UK VET Adult education Key Action 2 and 3 In practical terms this affects who you consult for advice and guidance and who will be managing your project and giving you your funding. Contact details are on the materials from today.
- The projects managed in the UK are divided between three Key Actions. The specific decentralised Key actions are: Key Action 1: Mobility of learners and staff Erasmus+ provides funding for organisations to offer opportunities to young people and students, teachers and trainers, apprentices, volunteers, and youth leaders. This activity is known as mobility and is Key Action 1 of the programme. Key Action 2: Strategic partnerships The programme will also support organisations from across the fields of education, training, youth and sport to develop partnerships, share best practice and work collaboratively to help boost growth and create jobs. This strategic partnership activity is Key Action 2 of the programme. Key Action 3: Youth structured dialogue Under Key Action 3 of the programme, organisations can get involved in policy development, including bringing young people and decision-makers together to improve youth policy.
- Erasmus+ is aimed at schools, further and higher education institutions, vocational education, adult education and youth organisations actively involved in delivering formal and non-formal education, training and youth work, including sport. Organisations could include: Schools and colleges Youth groups Voluntary organisations Public or private organisations including businesses, SMEs, training companies, social enterprises, not-for-profit organisations, associations, NGOs Higher education institutions Adult education organisations Sports organisations Your organisation has to be a legally constituted organisation with a legal identity separate from that of you as an individual. It’s quite a complex area and we are hoping to obtain more concrete guidance from BIS regarding the legal constitution of different types of UK organisations. The exception is for youth which allows informal groups of young people to apply to the programme. More detail on how this can work will be in the published application guidance.
- There are 33 programme countries.
- SECTION 2 – RUTH The full 2015 timetable was published in October the European Commission’s annual Call for Proposals. The Call for Proposals sets out the deadlines for the next year. And these are common across all the participating countries. The majority of deadlines for 2015 are between February and April, with additional youth deadlines in the spring and autumn. There is also a new Programme Guide. This is the key document for the programme and sets out in great details its priorities, what projects you can apply for, how to apply, who can apply, what funding is available, eligible activities and so on. Again this is written entirely by the European Commission. Our job is to interpret the Guide and turn it into more user-friendly guidance for UK applicants, and that process will take place once it’s published. Applications for the programme are made online via what are called eForms which are again created and managed by the European Commission. Eforms will be available from the UK website and again we will produce guidance to help people complete the forms. This will include application support webinars for each different project type. There is one funding deadline remaining for 2014, for Key Action 1 VET Mobility. This is a second Round and has just been announced, with a deadline of 10 November 2014. It is open to all VET organisations but we expect that organisations that have previously applied will be applying and that organisations who are new to Erasmus+ will be focusing on the 2015 deadlines.
- NA is here to provide support and advice on making an application. You can sign up to our newsletter via the website to make sure you receive the latest programme information.
- NA is here to provide support and advice on making an application. You can sign up to our newsletter via the website to make sure you receive the latest programme information.
- SECTION 5 – ECORYS – IEVA