Erasmus+ Program

WHAT IS ERASMUS+?

erasmusErasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. This Programme builds on the achievements of more than 25 years of European programmes in the fields of education, training and youth, covering both an  intra-European as well as an international cooperation dimension.

Erasmus+ aims at going beyond these programmes, by promoting synergies and cross-fertilisation throughout the different fields of education, training and youth, removing artificial  boundaries between the various  Actions and project formats, fostering new ideas, attracting new actors from the world of work and civil society and stimulating new forms of cooperation. Erasmus+ aims at becoming a more effective instrument to address the real needs in terms of human and social capital development in Europe and beyond.

For this reason, all the Actions and activities supported under the Programme will have to be communicated first and foremost by using the “Erasmus+”  brand name. However, to help participants and beneficiaries of former programmes to find their way into Erasmus+, for the purpose of communication and dissemination, the following names may be used for those  Actions targeting a specific sector, in addition to the common “Erasmus+” brand name, as follows:

  • “Erasmus+: Comenius”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of school education;
  • “Erasmus+: Erasmus”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of higher education and targeting Programme Countries;
  • “Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus”, in relation to the Joint Masters Degrees;
  • “Erasmus+: Leonardo da Vinci”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of vocational education and training;
  • “Erasmus+: Grundtvig”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of adult learning;
  • “Erasmus+: Youth in Action”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of youth non-formal and informal learning;
  • “Erasmus+: Jean Monnet”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively associated with the field of European Union studies;
  • “Erasmus+: Sports”, in relation to the activities of the Programme exclusively related to the field of sport.

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME

  • Recognition and validation of skills and qualifications
  • Dissemination and exploitation of project results
  • Open access for educational materials, documents and media produced by Erasmus+
  • International dimension
  • Multilingualism
  • Equity and inclusion
  • Protection and safety of participants

WHAT IS THE BUDGET?

The Programme has an overall indicative financial envelope of 14.774 billion EUR for the seven years (2014-2020) under Heading 1 of the EU Budget. The annual budget is adopted by the Budgetary Authority . The different steps for the adoption of the EU budget can be followed at:

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/documents/budget_current_year_en.htm