The 2018 annual report on Erasmus+, published recently, shows that over the last three decades, more than 10 million people have participated in what turned out to be a life-changing experience for many of them. At the opening of a stakeholder event on the new Erasmus+ programme in Brussels, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education […]
Erasmus +. Social inclusion and common values: the contribution in the field of education and training
This call regarding inclusion and common values, contributing in the field of education and training is framed in the Erasmus + programme. Aim The call aims at scaling-up good practices on inclusive learning and on promoting common values initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good […]
VET mobility scheme selects three projects for funding
The results of the pilot Vocational Education and Training mobility (VET) mobility scheme for the Enlargement Countries and Africa have now been published. The European Commission has made available €8.5 million for two pilot projects with Africa and one with the Western Balkans in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, confirming its commitment to invest in young […]
H2020. Enhancing access and uptake of education to reverse inequalities
Growing inequality is a threat to economic growth, democracy and equal opportunities for future generations. Objective The aim of the call is to address the challenges linked to the compounded socioeconomic and cultural origins and effects in Europe in a context of globalisation and digitisation and to provide alternative policy options. R&I activities will provide […]
Erasmus+: Jean Monnet Projects
Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. These field can make a major contribution to help tackle socio-economic changes, the key challenges that Europe will be facing until the end of the decade and to support the implementation of the European policy agenda for growth, […]
Spain approves a strategic plan for vocational training
The transformation of Vocational Training is a priority in Education. It is the key to personal growth, equality of opportunities, the acquisition of skills for employment and promotion of democratic coexistence. Strategic Plan The 1st Strategic Plan for Vocational Training in the Educational System 2019-2022 was approved in December by the Council of Ministers of Spain. The Plan […]
Slovenia: A new reading literacy strategy for the new decade
The Government of Slovenia adopted in December 2019 the National Strategy for the Development of Reading Literacy for the period of 2019-2030. Strategy The strategy includes a framework for literacy development, quantitative targets for the next decade of literacy development, and foresees the foundation of a national Literacy Council. The newly adopted strategy emphasizes that reading literacy […]
Call open to study at the College of Europe
The registration period of the College of Europe has already been opened for the 2020-2021 academic year! Ambassadors, professors and politicians who now lead states and institutions throughout the European Union have graduated from this institution. Institution The College of Europe is an institution of European postgraduate studies that can be accessed, through very competitive […]
Key issues for quality education
Motivation, one of the key issues for quality education. This is the motto of Daniel Blanco, professor and researcher at the Dutch public University Radboud (Nijmegen), who has just been awarded the title to the best university professor of Chemistry in the Netherlands, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Daniel emphasizes that it is […]