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Erasmus for All Creative Europe
The Commission’s proposals for 2014-2020Directorate-General for Education, Culture,
Multilingualism and Youth
Highlights to date
400,000 young people a year on average receive
EU grants to spend part of their education or training
abroad; fastest growth is in work placements
Over 2 million have taken part in Erasmus
EU-funded films won 5 Oscars in 2011 and
12 Palme d’Or out of 20 awarded since 1991
20 000 artists participate in cross-border projects every
year
Meeting new challenges
Europe 2020 – investing in education, knowledge and innovation and creativity for jobs and growth
Need for more strategic approach to target our investment where we expect the greatest impact
Erasmus for All
Two key objectives: individual mobility Modernising the education sector
Budget increase of approximately 70%. Total spend over 7 years: €19 billions.
Two thirds of budget will target learning mobility
5 million people could study or work abroad; big increases will be in work placements and in mobility of academics, teachers, trainers
Beyond Europe: Erasmus Mundus to be fully integrated
Individual opportunity
Students: nearly 3 million higher education and vocational students will get support
Master’s students: a new loan guarantee scheme
Youth: 500 000 to benefit from international volunteering opportunities and youth exchanges
Staff: 1 million teachers, trainers, school leaders and youth workers to teach and learn abroad
Modernsing the education sector
Aim: Support Member States and non-EU partners in modernising their education
and training systems
How? Strategic partnerships between education institutions, youth organisations,
training institutions and business
E-Twinning extended.
Capacity building in third countries, focus on neighbourhood countries
Support for policy reform
Funding opportunities will increase in all educational sectors and for links between them
Youth in Erasmus for All
• The primary focus will be on non-formal learning for young people to enhance competences.
• Learning mobility includes non-formal learning.
• The focus on civic participation remains.
• Scope to boost youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service. Big boost for learning exchanges of youth workers.
Sport in Erasmus for All
Aims:• Good governance; knowledge base (statistics); sport for
health, social inclusion and against racism, match fixing, doping, violence.
• Dual careers.What will it fund?• Transnational collaboration.• Some major events.• Gathering evidence.• Dialogue.Who can benefit?• Public bodies or civil society organisations active in
“grassroots sport”.
A budget increase of 37% €1.8 billions will provide:
more opportunities for cultural and audiovisual professionals to develop skills abroad
more opportunities for international distribution of works
more opportunities for international policy cooperation
New focus on the creative economy
Creative Europe
Three strands: Culture, MEDIA and a new cross-sectoral loan fund
will provide support for
Artists, cultural and audiovisual professionals
Literary translations
Capacity building and networking
Audience building
Development of films, TV production and video games
A new financial instrument giving access to bank loans, open to all operators
Priorities and Actions
Irish Participation:Education
Erasmus• participation is somewhat static, but growth in
placements.• High interest as a destination (especially for
placements).Leonardo• Flat?Comenius• Fast growing.Grundtvig• Irish partners are quite prominent.
Irish participation: Youth, Sport
Youth• |Quite strong in exchanges; less so in EVS.
Sport (small-scale preparatory actions)• Surprisingly strong.
Irish participation: Culture, Media
Culture Programme• Applications are “lowest per head in EU” (but
success rate is high).
Media• Very strong participation.
For more informationhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-for-all/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/index_en.htm