A guide to discover the new European Programme with explanatory charts and details about objectives and targets. Other links: - Official Web Site: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.html - Only for italian speaking people Link al sito LLP per ogni informazione in lingua italiana: http://www.programmallp.it/box_contenuto.php?id_cnt=3358&id_from=66&style=llp&pag=1

1. Erasmus +
The new EU programme for education,
training, youth and sport
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2. The Programme
Topics: education, training, youth and sport
Main Objectives: boosting skills, employability and supporting the modernisation of
education, training and youth systems,
Budget: the seven-year programme will have a budget of €14.7 billion1 - 40% higher
than current levels
People involved: more than 4 million people will receive support to study, train, work
or volunteer abroad, including 2 million higher education students, 650 000 vocational
training students and apprentices, as well as more than 500 000 going on youth
exchanges or
Partnerships: between universities, colleges, schools, enterprises, and not-for-profit
organisations
Budget: €14.7 billion
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3. Targets and Budget
Budget and Distribution Areas
Main targets
1) Learning opportunities abroad for
individuals, within the EU and beyond
(about 67%)
2) Support partnerships between
educational institutions, youth
organisations, businesses, local and
regional authorities and NGOs, as well as
reforms to modernise education and
training and to promote innovation,
entrepreneurship and employability (about
33%)
Partnership
33%
67%
Learning
opportunities
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4. Who benefits, a visual summery
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5. Who benefits? Details
• 2 million higher education students will be able to study or train abroad, including 450,000
traineeships;
• 650 000 vocational students and apprentices will receive grants to study, train or work
abroad;
• 800 000 school teachers, lecturers, trainers, education staff and youth workers to teach or
train abroad;
• 200 000 Master's degree students doing a full course in another country will benefit from loan
guarantees;
• More than 500 000 young people will be able to volunteer abroad or participate in youth
exchanges;
• More than 25 000 students will receive grants for joint master's degrees, which involve
studying in at least two higher education institutions abroad;
• 125 000 schools, vocational education and training institutions, higher and adult education
institutions, youth organisations and enterprises will receive funding to set up 25 000
'strategic partnerships' to promote the exchange of experience and links with the world of
work;
• 3 500 education institutions and enterprises will get support to create more than 300
'Knowledge Alliances' and 'Sector Skills Alliances' to boost employability, innovation and
entrepreneurship;
• 600 partnerships in sport, including European non-profit events, will also receive funding.
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6. Erasmus + will support
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Opportunities to study, train, gain work experience or volunteer abroad.
Education, training and youth sector staff to teach or learn abroad.
The development of digital education and the use of ICTs.
Language learning.
Recognition of skills, including those learned outside the formal education system.
Strategic Partnerships among educational institutions and youth organisations with peers in other
countries in both their own sector and other sectors, in order to foster quality improvements and
innovation.
Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances, to address skills gaps and foster entrepreneurship by
improving curricula and qualifications through cooperation between the worlds of work and education.
A loan guarantee facility for master’s degree students to finance their studies in another country.
Teaching and research on European integration.
Exchanges, cooperation and capacity building in higher education and the youth sector worldwide.
Initiatives to foster innovation in pedagogy, and progressive policy reform at national level through
Prospective Initiatives.
Good governance in sport and initiatives against match-fixing, doping, violence, racism and
intolerance, particularly in grassroots sport.
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