Date: in 12 pts Bernard Naudts DG Education and Culture

2015: Building for growth UK Annual Conference Edinburgh 22 September 2015

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WHY Erasmus+ ?

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• 7 programmes 1

• 3 Key Actions Mobility

Cooperation projects

Support for policy reform

A simpler, integrated programme

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WHY?

HOW?

WHAT?

WHEN?

• Fewer, more strategic actions

• Emphasis on what you do, not who you are

• Strong link with EU policy aims in Education, Training & Youth

• Dissemination & exploitation of results

• Online Linguistic Support

Changes: Greater impact

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• 80% of funds managed through National

Agencies

• 20% through EACEA

• Simplifications unit costs

Management

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Budget 2014 - 2020

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Budget 2014 - 2020

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• +40% over period • Budget doubles by

2020 • Shortage of

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Output targets

• ± 2 million higher-education students • ± 650,000 VET students • ± 800,000 staff members (all sectors) • ± 500,000 young people in

volunteering and youth schemes • ± 200,000 receive guarantee in

Master loan scheme • ± 25,000 students in Joint Master

degrees • ± 25,000 strategic partnerships,

linking together ± 125,000 institutions

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2014-2015 Start-up phase

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• New National Agencies after ex ante check

• New integrated rules (Programme Guide…)

• New integrated implementation software

(for NAs, beneficiaries, participants)

• Meanwhile: continue implementation of

LLP, YiA…

Startup… Integration

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• Slower implementation in first

year

• Inflation of average project size

(KA2 Strategic Partnerships)

• Start Heading 4 and student

loans guarantee postponed to

2015

Teething problems …

… but full implementation

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Not enough budget

(yet) to meet high

expectations

low selection rates

First results 2014 Selection

rate Key Action 1

• Schools • VET • Higher education • Adult education • Youth • Joint Master

Degrees

27% 44% 96% 14% 28% 18%

Key Action 2

• Schools • VET • Higher education • Adult education • Youth • Knowledge

Alliances • Sector Skills

Alliances

10% 18% 13% 11% 6% 4% 13%

Sport

• Support for events 8%

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• Initially Strong focus on Europe 2020: growth and jobs

• Now New priorities being added because of security risk and refugee crisis

• Promote citizenship

• Inclusive society

• Common European values

Adjusting to evolving needs

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2016-2020: from plan… to reality… to next plan

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• Challenge: sufficient demand for increased budget

• Generate results for participants, beneficiaries and policy areas

• Disseminate and exploit results

From plan to reality…

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• Collect evidence on results and impact

• End 2016: Commission proposes mid-term review MFF 2014-2020

• End 2017: Erasmus+ mid-term evaluation arguments for future growth

… to next plan

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