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FRENCH NATIONAL AGENCY LOCATED IN BORDEAUX

Created in August 2000, under the legal status of a GIP (public interest group)

► Reports to 3 Ministries: - The Ministry for National Education- The Ministry for Higher Education and Research - The Ministry for Labour, Employment and Vocational training

► A team of 90 employees

► 2012 budget (operating and funding): € 115,000,000- Funds dedicated to projects: 108,000,000€- Operating budget: 7,000,000€

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THE PROGRAMMES RUN BY THE AGENCY

The LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME (Erasmus, Leonardo, Comenius, Grundtvig)

The ERASMUS MUNDUS programme – international attractiveness of European higher education

The TEMPUS programme – university co-operation with the neighbouring countries of the EU

The EUROPASS portfolio - transferability of skills and qualifications

The EUROGUIDANCE network – practitioners of lifelong learning guidance

The team of BOLOGNA EXPERTS – implementation of the Bologna Process

The team of ECVET EXPERTS – implementation of ECVET

ADULT EDUCATION PLAN coordinator

The EUROPEAN LANGUAGE LABEL – innovative projects in language learning

2014-2020: the new ‘ERASMUS FOR ALL’ programme

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Mobility and Youth employment: the context

EU youth population ≈100 million (1/5 of total population)

•An unacceptably high rate of unemployment: over 22 %

•Globalization: need to strengthen EU’s competitiveness

•CEDEFOP projections by 2020: anticipated skills shortage

•How to boost the sense of entrepeneurship, creativity and innovation?

•How to mix formal, informal and non-formal learning?

International learning mobility as a key element of response

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Strong political support in favour of youth mobility

• UE level :  

• Europe 2020 strategy (http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020)

• « Youth on the Move »: mobility, employability, access to education for all, skills development

• Future ‘Erasmus for All’ programme

• National levels: in the wake of French Presidency of EU (2008)

• Regional levels: strong mobilisation of regional authorities

• Worldwide: 2011 UN declaration

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Measuring the impact of mobility: why measure?

• At institutionnal level: efficiciency of public policy and investment

• Many « one-shot » impact studies

• Towards a widespread and standardized approach (common indicators, regularity of measure)?

• Individual level: a different perspective (« adding value to the added value »)

• Recognizing mobility (Europass, credits, etc.)

• Supporting the individual in identifying competences acquired

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Measuring the impact of mobility: what and what for?

• Boosting creativity, entrepreneurship, openmindness..

• 2e2f Impact study in the framework of 2009 European year of innovation and creativity

• 2009 INSEAD study: demonstrates the link between living abroad and the development of creativity

• 2008 Bettina HANSEL studies on former AFS exchange students and intercultural learning

• Link with employment:

• Existing studies in particular in the field of higher education or vocational training

• 2e2f: 2 ongoing contrafactual studies on apprentices and unemployed

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An example: measuring the impact of mobility on unemployed people

• Survey based on a robust scientific methodology

• 3 hypothesis to demonstrate: international mobility..1. ..shortens the time in finding a job2. ..opens opportunity to higher profile jobs3. ..costs less overall than traditional arrangements for

jobseekers

• 2 samples surveyed (≈ 500 each):• Jobseekers having experienced a period of mobility abroad• Jobseekers having wanted to experience a period of mobility

abroad but could not

• 2 year survey started summer 2011

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‘Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality’

• Efforts are still necessary in developing promotion of, and access to, mobility, especially for those with less opportunities

• Raising awareness towards a larger public• Making information on all mobility opportunities more

transparent• Developing high quality standards in individual accompaniment

processes (before, during, after)• Focusing on the issues of recognition

• Making a leap forward on the question of impact measurement

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Agence Europe-Education-Formation France

25 Quai des Chartrons33000 BORDEAUX

www.2e2f.fr

THANK YOU

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