1. Erasmus+ Overview Slide 8
Erasmus+ the basics –background, purpose and main features.
These are all the different collaborative learning programmes currently
supported by the European Union – that’s nine sets of procedures for
application, project management, monitoring and evaluation.
Erasmus a single, integrated programme, covering education, training, youth and sport.
€14.8 billion (over seven years), 40% bigger budget than current programmes combined.
background to this extra investment?
Erasmus+ created in the context of economic and social difficulty, Europe-wide.
Agreed way forward – to a situation of increasing prosperity that is,
Smart (based on world-class innovation and skills)
Sustainable (supporting the growth of a low carbon-economy)
Inclusive (emphasising employment and equity)
is Europe 2020.
Brings with it a range of priorities and targets

2. What sort of projects will be funded under the new programme?
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What sort of projects will be funded under the new programme?
Key Action 1:
Learning mobility of individuals
Key Action 2:
Co-operation for innovation and good practices
Key Action 3:
Support for policy reform
Three main building blocks for the new programme:-
Learning mobility: support for periods of planned learning by individuals in another country (such as, a training or volunteering
placement, degree-level study or staff attachment)
Organisational co-operation: organisations involved in supporting formal or non-formal learning linking with counterparts elsewhere in
Europe – to exchange good practice, develop their staff capacity and offer improved opportunities to learners
Policy development: opportunities to scale up the learning from individual projects; this action will bring together ministries and other
bodies involved in formulating/implementing policy.
Organisations from across the spectrum of education, training, youth and sport will be able to apply for support under each of these actions.

3. Erasmus+: Why a new approach?
Education, training and youth: a changing landscape
Deep economic crisis and high youth unemployment
Vacancies exist, but skills gaps and low employability of graduates
Growing requirement for high skilled jobs
A global competition for talent: internationalisation of education
Extraordinary broadening of learning offer and potential of ICT
Complementarity between formal, informal and non formal learning
Need for closer links with world of work
=> New approach necessary

4. Substantial simplifications
What's new?
Substantial simplifications
Fewer calls and large reduction in number of actions
More user friendly programme, easier to navigate round
Simplified financial management: greater use of unit costs
A substantial budget increase
40% increase, benefiting all sectors

5. Objectives for education and training
improve the level of key competences and skills
foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of education and training institutions
promote European lifelong learning;
enhance the international dimension of education and training
improve the teaching and learning of languages

6. The activities will focus on common priorities related to Europe 2020
Reducing early school leaving
Improving attainment in basic skills
Reinforcing quality in early childhood education and care

7. Mix of centralised and de-centralised activities
What do we know?
Mix of centralised and de-centralised activities
Simplified funding approach
Focus on European added-value
Linking policy and practice

8. Opportunities for individuals
2 million higher education students will study and train abroad
vocational students will spend part of their education and training abroad
Master’s students will benefit from a new loan guarantee scheme and more than scholarships for Joint Master Degrees
young people to volunteer abroad and take part in youth exchanges
lecturers, teachers, trainers, education staff and youth workers to teach or train abroad

9. Key Action 1 – Learning mobility of school staff
Aims:
Develop school staff competences (languages, ICT, etc.)
Offer professional development opportunities abroad
Main activities:
Professional development
Participation in structured courses/training events abroad
Job shadowing/observation period abroad in a partner school/other relevant organisation in the field of school education
Teaching assignments
Aims:
• Develop school staff competences (languages, ICT, etc.)
• Offer professional development opportunities abroad
Main activities:
• Professional development
 Participation in structured courses/training events abroad
 Job shadowing/observation period abroad in a partner
school/other relevant organisation in the field of school
education
• Teaching assignments

10. Work placement in an enterprise/training/teaching institution
VET staff mobilities
Aims:
To update / acquire knowledge of work practices and/or refresh pedagogical skills of VET professionals (teachers, in-company trainers, also non-teaching staff, e.g. institution leaders, training managers, guidance counsellors)
Main activities:
Work placement in an enterprise/training/teaching institution
Teaching assignment at a partner institution
Job shadowing in a teaching/training institution

11. VET individual mobilities
Aims:
To increase training opportunities abroad of VET learners and to provide them with skills needed for the transition from education and training to work
Main activities:
Traineeships abroad in a company, other workplace (public organisation, NGO, etc.) or in a VET school with periods of workbased learning in a company

12. Youth Mobility projects (young people and youth workers)
Youth mobilities
Youth Mobility projects (young people and youth workers)
– Youth Exchanges
– European Voluntary Service
– Structured courses: training courses, contact-making events, study visits abroad
– Job shadowing or observation period in a youth organisation abroad (at youth organisations, education and training institutions,companies, etc.)
Mobility projects submitted by national/regional public bodies and by organisations active in Corporate Social Responsibility
Large scale European Voluntary Service Events

13. A strategic, institutional approach: European development plan
KA1
A strategic, institutional approach:
European development plan
“Mobility project" of 1 or 2 years
What's in it for schools? Learning mobility of staff (KA1)
A strategic, institutional approach:
•No more individual applications
•Schools apply with reference to their strategy and learning needs as described in a brief European Development Plan
•Applications are for a "mobility project" of 1 or 2 years, which may comprise several individual mobilities
NB Individual participants or course details do not need to be specified at the time of application

14. Opportunities for innovation projects and exchange of good practices
Strategic Partnerships, involving institutions/organisations, to implement joint initiatives and promote exchange of experience and know-how and links with the world of work
Nearly 300 Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances, involving 3500 education institutions and enterprises working together
More than teachers collaborating on line and involving more than 100,000 schools through eTwinning

15. Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships
Aims:
Develop and implement innovative practices and tools
Exchange experience and good practice
Aims:
• Schools, local/regional school authorities, teacher training institutions and departments, and other types of organisations in
different countries to develop, transfer and implement innovative practices
Main activities:
• Cross-sectoral cooperation between schools and other organisations leading to i.e. curriculum development, reinforcing
basic skills, combating violence in schools
• Local consortia between local/regional authorities and schools to i.e. improve the educational offer for young people
Exchanges of groups of pupils on study/training periods within a project aiming at reinforcing i.e. linguistic skills and intercultural
awareness
• eTwinning for online exchanges for teachers/online workshops/professional development of teachers, student teachers, teacher educators, involving pupils

16. Joint research and analyses Transnational mobility activities:
project meetings, workshops/seminars
visits/exchanges of teachers and pupils
long-term teaching assignments in a partner organisation
Cross-sectoral cooperation between schools and other organisations leading to i.e. curriculum development, reinforcing basic skills, combating violence in schools
Local consortia between local/regional authorities and schools to improve the educational offer for young people ( REGIO )
Exchanges of groups of pupils on study/training periods within a project aiming at reinforcing i.e. linguistic skills and intercultural awareness
eTwinning for online exchanges for teachers/online

17. VET projects and opportunities for youth
Cooperation between regional authorities to promote the
development of education, training and youth systems and their integration in actions of local and regional development
Transnational initiatives fostering entrepreneurial mind-sets and skills, to encourage active citizenship and new social enterprise creation

18. Improving the accessibility of learning opportunities for adults
Adult education
Projects addressing the acquisition of basic skills (literacy, numeracy and ICT) and the provision of second chance opportunities/learning in later life
Improving the accessibility of learning opportunities for adults
Developing strategic cooperation between AE providers and local/regional authorities

19. More flexibility in size and scope of projects
What's new in KA2 ?
More flexibility in size and scope of projects
Increased opportunities to cooperate with other education sectors
Increased opportunities to cooperate with different types of organisations (including business, local authorities etc.)
For partnerships with only schools:
One common application to be sent by coordinator
Whole partnerships are selected
For partnerships with only schools:
One common application to be sent by coordinator, but grant agreement for each partner if selected
Whole partnerships are selected – no more losing partners in selection

20. eTwinning - The online community for schools in Europe
Aims
Promote collaborative learning, project-based pedagogy and European cooperation among schools
Support the use of digital technology in learning
Support teachers’ professional development and peer learning
Target Groups
Teachers, school leaders and other school staff
Pupils (through their teachers)
Programme Countries
Eastern Partnership countries, Tunisia (eTwinning Plus)

21. eTwinning – what will be new
A stronger platform for cooperation between schools, supporting all kinds of school cooperation and mobility

22. Key Action 3 – Support for Policy Reform
Aims:
Peer learning between high level policy makers, practitioners,
participating organisations, researchers and stakeholder groups.
Development of national policies and European dialogue
Main activities:
Transnational experimentation with innovative policy measures
and transfer to other systems

23. Finer programme detail Funding levels Deadlines
Slide 15
What we don’t know yet
Finer programme detail
Funding levels
Deadlines
Projects run by the European Commission
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24. Go to www.erasmusplus.org.uk/ Go to Twitter and use #erasmusplusuk
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What next?
The expected timeline
FAQs / Factsheets
Go to
Go to Twitter and use #erasmusplusuk
The expected timeline
Call mid Dec / beginning January????
Applications ‘Spring 2014’?????