Date: in 12 pts

Successes Challenges Future improvements

2014

call

Date: in 12 pts Education

and Culture

WHY?

HOW?

WHAT?

WHEN?

KA1

Learners and staff mobility

2014

call

Date: in 12 pts

Why is student mobility important?

HE student mobility target by 2020 20%

http://ec.europa.eu/education

/library/study/2014/erasmus-

impact_en.pdf

Date: in 12 pts

Why is student mobility important?

Erasmus students

increase

their advantage over

non-mobile students by

42%

Date: in 12 pts

Why is student mobility important?

2015: country analysis

Date: in 12 pts

ERASMUS+

2014-2020

Total budget:

€14.7 billion

40% budget

increase

0

400000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Student mobility

Date: in 12 pts

Demand for student and staff mobility

Main HEI solutions for increased demand:

Limitation of E+ funded duration, combined with a zero grant period – 10 out of 15 NAs

Set specific selection criteria and priorities – 3 out of 15 NAs

Recruited additional HR in International Office – 3 out of 15 NAs

54%

43%

3%

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Increased Stable Decreased

Increased Stable Decreased

HEIs can use up to 50% of OS grant

Date: in 12 pts

National co-financing

Usage:

Increase number of mobilities:

10 out of 12 NAs

Increase grant levels:

6 out of 12 NAs

Support for disadvantaged

groups:

4 out of 12 NAs

Increase duration:

1 out of 12 NAs

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Yes No

Are HE E+ activities co-financed by national or regional budget?

Yes No

43%

Date: in 12 pts

Better transparency

333

200 200

280

400

450

200

250

375 400

250

300

250

400

300

350 335 300

500 460 450

500 500

750 750 750

500

390

500 500

450

500 500 500 500

333

450

300 280

400

450 450

250

375 400

250

300

500 500

300

350 335 300

500 460 450

500 500

750 750 750

500 500 500 500

450

500 500 500 500

AT DK FR IT NO LI FI IE SE UK NL ES DE SI PT BE DE

BE NL

BE FR

TR HR GR LU CZ CY IS MT BG EE LV LT SK HU PL RO MK

Student Grant level to Group 1

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

2014 call: Flexibility given to HEIs in DK, FR, FI, DE, SI, EE

Date: in 12 pts

Better flexibility

Student mobility: up to 12 months/cycle

Consortia extended to SMS, ST: 132 in 17 countries

Staff mobility: minimum 2 days

Date: in 12 pts

Better accessibility

Top-ups for disadvantaged background, specific support for special needs

Stronger linguistic support

Blended mobility via strategic partnerships

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Better quality

Eurydice 2014 – Towards a mobility scoreboard

EU

Member

State

Information

and

Guidance

Foreign

language

preparation

Portability

of student

support

Recognition

of learning

outcomes

Support to

disadvantaged

students

Germany Excellent Weak Very

strong

Strong Very strong

France Very

strong

Strong Strong

Very weak Strong

Spain Very

Strong

Weak

Fair Strong

Very weak

Date: in 12 pts

Better quality

2015: clarifications, FAQs

IIA template too long?

Make best use of weblinks

LA too long?

Do not ask for more than

what is required at EU level

Date: in 12 pts

Better quality

ECHE compliance self-assessment tool WG with NAs, ECTS experts, HEIs

2015 Forward Looking Project Student data portability, easy transfer of information

No more papers

Date: in 12 pts

Stronger support

through

EC IT tools

WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK Send your feedback to NAs,

E+ Eurobarometer (ERACON)

Continuous improvement through various

releases during the year (E+Link, MT+)

Date: in 12 pts

erasmusplusols.eu

Launched on

1/10/2014

6 languages

Date: in 12 pts

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

OLS licence usage as of 28/01/2015 by Country

Assessments taken Language courses taken

48.000 assessments

9.000 courses

Date: in 12 pts

Social Media Campaign

To start this week

MOOCs, forum, tutoring

Started 19 January

Communication with MT+

WG with NAs and HEIs

Date: in 12 pts Education

and Culture

WHY?

HOW?

WHAT?

WHEN?

KA2

Strategic Partnerships

Knowledge Alliances

2014

call

Date: in 12 pts

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

Foster student mobility with mobility windows

Date: in 12 pts Education

and Culture

HE Strategic

Partnerships

joint study programmes, joint curricula,

common modules ensuring relevance

towards needs of the labor market;

project-based transnational

collaboration between enterprises and

students/staff at HEIs to study real life

cases; pedagogical approaches and

methodologies delivering transversal

competences,, introducing multi-, trans-

and interdisciplinary approaches,

building 'embedded mobility') and

through a better exploitation of ICT;

Develop, test, adapt and implement innovative practices relating to:

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 the engagement of HEIs with

local/regional authorities

support services, such as guidance counselling, coaching

methods and tools

Date: in 12 pts

2014 call – HE Strategic Partnerships:

About 1400 submitted

About 150 selected

Date: in 12 pts

2015 call – Strategic Partnerships:

Clarification of rules in FAQs and Guidelines

NA WG: 1st meeting next week

Dissemination of funded projects

Date: in 12 pts Education

and Culture

Strategic partnerships Knowledge Alliances

Composition Minimum 3 organisations from 3 programme countries + partner

countries if added value

Minimum 6 organisations from 3 programme countries + partner

countries if added value

Minimum 2 HEIs + 2 enterprises

Duration 2 or 3 years 2 or 3 years

Budget 2 years: up to 300.000 € 3 years: up to 450.000 €

2 years: up to 700.000€ 3 years: up to 1.000.000€

Management decentralised to National Agencies Centralised to EACEA

Date: in 12 pts

230 submitted applications

Countries of the Applicant organisations

Knowledge Alliances

Date: in 12 pts

10 Selected projects

Applicant countries

Austria Cyprus France

Finland

Ireland

Italy Lithuania

2 1 1 1 1 3 1

• Most represented topic:

Support to the development of entrepreneurial skills

• Partnership composition:

3 projects involve between 7 and 9 partner organisations;

7 projects involve between 11 and 16 partner organisations.

These projects involve entreprises, professional associations, from the

food sector, textile sector, SMEs

Date: in 12 pts Education

and Culture

WHY?

HOW?

WHAT?

WHEN?

So… Summing up…

Date: in 12 pts

2015 Call deadlines

Education

and Culture

4 March

• Key Action 1: mobility of individuals

26 February

• Key Action 2: Knowledge Alliances

31 March

• Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Date: in 12 pts

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