The Erasmus+ Programme supports the objectives of the European education agendas, promotes the modernisation, internationalisation and quality improvement of higher education in Europe, enhances the attractiveness of the EU as a place to study and research, and contributes to the sustainable development of higher education in third countries. It also strengthens, in particular, the international competences, personal development and employability of students.
A new 7-year programme generation will start in 2021. Among other things, the focus will be increasingly on digitalisation, sustainability and inclusion.
The implementation of the Erasmus+ programme is to be strongly digitalised and considerably simplified for participants. This is to be implemented primarily through an initiative for a European student ID card and a revised IT architecture.
As part of this, new funding opportunities such as "Blended Mobility" and "Blended Intensive Programmes" are also to be introduced to enable previously under- and unrepresented target groups to gain experience abroad.
The Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) initiative aims to make university administration digital. In the future, the exchange of documents and data between universities will no longer take place on paper, but digitally via interfaces. This includes, for example, the digital exchange of learning agreements.
Other projects and initiatives:
The Erasmus+ Programme aims to become greener and more sustainable, contributing to the EU's climate goals under the Green Deal. This includes the following:
Sustainability in the Erasmus+ Programme is based on two dimensions:
These dimensions will be addressed in the 2021-2027 programme generation through the following focal points:
You can find further information on the DAAD's Erasmus pages.
By promoting social participation and equal opportunities in the Erasmus+ programme, participation should become attractive for those who have so far refrained from it for social reasons. Erasmus+ aims to enable people of different ages and cultural, social and economic backgrounds to undertake learning stays across Europe, in order to promote the confirmed, positive effects of stays abroad.
The intended target groups, currently underrepresented, include:
On a financial level, special funding will be extended from persons with a degree of disability (GdB 20 and above) to persons with chronic illnesses from the start of the project 2021.
Further information can be found on the Erasmus pages of the DAAD.
You can find further information on the website of the International Office of the University of Passau.
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