This document summarizes a meeting about promoting social inclusion in the Erasmus+ program. The meeting covered the history of inclusion efforts in previous EU education programs like Socrates and the Lifelong Learning Program. It discussed the commitments to inclusion in the Erasmus+ legal framework and indicators to measure participation. The agenda for the day's meeting was then outlined, including breakout sessions on good practices and partnerships for inclusion.

1. Social Inclusion in
Erasmus+
5 December 2014
Chris Walker, Ecorys
Deputy Director,
UK National Agency

2. • Why we’re here
• Back to the future…
• Plan for the day
Welcome!

3. Purpose & outcomes

4. • Commitment to social inclusion
• Different perspectives
• Continue momentum from YiA / LLP
• Review ‘early signs’ from E+
• Set agenda going forward
Purpose

5. • Sharing and capturing Good Practice
• Agenda and activities for 2015
• Recommendations for E+
– Incremental or step change?
– EC, EACEA & UK Govt?
Outcomes

6. Back to the future

7. Some History…

8. Timeline
• 1995 Socrates evaluation, priority but issue of translation
into practice
• 2002 evaluation of LdV ‘there has been a reduced focus
on social inclusion’
• ET2010 ‘social inclusion not prominent in spite of
increased policy focus’
• 2008 Financial crash
• ET2020 3/5 headline targets
• 2014 YiA Inclusion and Diversity Strategy

9. LLP Inclusion Network
• 2009 – 2011
• 13 countries
• 10 recommendations:
– Strategy
– Definition
– Cooperation
– Policy
– Management
– Budget
– Structure
– Engagement
– Dissemination
– Language

10. "when implementing the Programme… the
Commission and the Member States shall ensure
that particular efforts are made to promote social
inclusion and the participation of people with
special needs or with fewer opportunities"
E+ Legal Base

11. The E+ story so far
• Work Programme indicators:
•
• But, measurement?
• 81% youth applications include people with fewer
opportunities
Encourage participation
of people with special
needs
Higher Education,
Vocational Education
and Training
I.1.3.4.1.A
Number of learners with special needs
participating in learning mobility
– in the field of Higher Education
I.1.3.4.1.B - in the field of Vocational Education and
Training
Encourage participation
of people with fewer
opportunities
Youth
I.1.3.4.2. % share of learners with fewer opportunities
participating in learning mobility

12. The E+ story so far
• Page 1 of Programme Guide 2015 v3:
• Multiple references to; ‘fewer opportunities’,
‘disadvantage’, and ‘special needs’
• Encouraging re: HE (people with disabilities but not from
deprived areas)
• But; issues with welfare payments in UK, cultural
barriers, retaining young people…

13. Agenda for the Day

14. Plan for the rest of the morning…
10.25 am Inclusion in Erasmus+
10.45 am Good practice break out sessions 1
• Targeting Excluded Groups
• Tackling Barriers
• Seeing the Benefits
11.30am Coffee
12.00 pm Good practice break out sessions 2
12.45 – 1.45 pm Lunch

15. Plan for after lunch…
2.00 pm Good practice break out sessions 3
2.45 pm Cross-sectoral partnerships (KA2)
- Nezahat Cihan of Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation
Organisation
3.00 pm Networking, with tea and coffee
3.40 pmInclusion and Diversity in the Erasmus+ programme
- Miro Fernandez, SALTO Cultural Diversity
3.50 pm Conclusions and next steps
4pm Close

16. Opportunities to
promote inclusion
in Erasmus+
Kevin Robinson

17. • Consistency and transparency
• Inclusion within the context of Erasmus+
• Physical and mental disability, learning
difficulties, economic disadvantage, cultural
difference, social obstacles
• Defining your groups
A new integrated approach

18. It’s your project

19. A beginner’s guide
Projects can be about inclusion, within the
context of education, training or youth.
Funding components that facilitate the inclusion
of disadvantaged groups in all projects.
Clearer funding structures and increased levels
of support offering greater incentives.

20. Projects about inclusion
Case studies
Hard to
reach groups
Extending
impact
LLP
Training
methods
Continued
success

21. “Improve the level of key
competences and skills of young
people, including those with fewer
opportunities”.
Meeting the objectives of
Erasmus+

22. … and the additional funding?

23. • Costs for disabled people
• Safety assessments, signers or guiders,
adapted transport
• Accompanying people / travel and subsistence
• 100% of costs with evidence
Support for those with
special needs

24. • Personal difficulties / other obstacles
• Specialist carers, additional training,
accompanying people
• What you need to promote inclusion
• 100% of costs with evidence
Support for learners with
fewer opportunities

25. Planning ahead

26. “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

27. 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.
‘Professionals and Youth In
Partnership’ learning points
Nezahat Cihan
Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights
Organisation

28. • Is a registered charity set up in 2002
• Provides holistic advice & intensive case work for Middle Eastern (Iranian,
Kurdish,Turkish,Arab andAfghan) women and girls at risks of Domestic
Violence, Forced & Child Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation and
“Honour” basedViolence
• Provides counselling in Farsi/Dari, Kurdish, Arabic and English
• Provides training for professionals, women-only groups and ME
communities, to raise awareness of the above issues
• IKWRO campaigns to change laws and policies and for women’s rights &
equality
Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation

29. • Aim to bring together professionals and youth
• Each has unique position to have major impact on vulnerable
young people
• Development of complementary training and existing and new
material
Professionals and Youth In Partnership

30. • RefugeeWomen’s Association (UK) – vocational training and is registered
centre for ESOL and mentoring
• Orient Express (Austria) – German and Literacy courses, registered
examination centre
• PAPATYA (Germany) – Identified as best practice for their shelter for
young girls and online counselling for young people fleeing from HBV and
forced marriage
• KAMER (Turkey) – Excellent community engagement through home
visits and entrepreneurship
Partners

31. • Partnership is an agreement where the parties come together to advance
a mutual interest
• Our mutual interest is to protect and promote the rights of women and
girls from Middle East and Afghanistan.
• HBV, Forced marriage, FGM issues are EU-wide issues
• A strategic cooperation and learning between members states needed
to address these issues
Why partnership work?

32. • A desktop research finding right partners
• share similar values and principles
• have similar aims and objectives
• have financial capacity and skills set
Next Steps

33. • Initial project development discussions
• Feasibility of work
• A common goal to reach as partnership:
“Developing training methodologies and material that can ultimately
lead to establishment of an EU-recognised qualification for
professionals”.
Next Steps contd.

34. • Planning phase to identify activities
• Partnership meetings at key progress points
• Ownership
• Communication tools such as teleconferencing, emails and
website
• Identify and intervene timely of any issues that may arise
• Partnership protocol
Next Steps Contd.

35. • Equality
• Transparency and openness
• Trust and reliability
• Shared values and principles
• Shared goals
Overarching principles and values

36. Iranian &KurdishWomen’s Rights Organisation
(IKWRO)
www.ikwro.org.uk
Nezahat.Cihan@ikwro.org.uk
Tel: 0044 – 0207 9206460

37. 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.
Erasmus+ Youth in Action
Inclusion & Diversity
Strategy

38. • Based on the previous Inclusion Strategy underYouth in Action (2007-
2013)
• Inclusion – an important element of youth projects
• Social Inclusion – one of the key strategic objectives of Erasmus+
• a common framework to support the participation and inclusion of
young people with fewer opportunities
Why an Inclusion and Diversity Strategy?

39. • SALTO Inclusion and SALTO Cultural Diversity
• EuropeanCommission
• NA inclusion officers
• Youth workers and youth organisations
• To achieve even greater impact in targeting young people with fewer
opportunities
Key Stakeholders

40. • To develop a more strategic approach to encouraging and facilitating the
involvement of young people with fewer opportunities
• Ensuring that support and training is available to give better access to
disadvantaged young people
• To provide channels for feedback from practitioners and young people
• To develop better guidance and support
• To highlight the benefits of Erasmus+ to young people with fewer
opportunities and those that work with them
Aims of the Inclusion and Diversity Strategy

41. • Establishment of steering group
• Training courses (SALTO Training Calendar) https://www.salto-
youth.net/
• Inclusion manuals for youth work www.SALTO-
YOUTH.net/inclusionForAll/
• SALTO Tool box resources www.SALTO-
YOUTH.net/publicationsCulturalDiversity/
• Good practice database www.SALTO-
YOUTH.net/goodpractices/ and www.SALTO-
YOUTH.net/Otlas/
Support for Inclusion and Diversity

42. • miro.fernandez@britishcouncil.org
• Marija.Kljajic@jint.be
• Tony Geudens (Tony.Geudens@jint.be)
• salto@salto-youth.net
Contact details

43. 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.
Find us online
www.erasmusplus.org.uk
@erasmusplusuk
www.facebook.co.uk/ukerasmusplus