Welcome Erasmus+ KA1 School Education
Project Management Day 16 September 2015
Erasmus+
An Overview of the New Programme
ABOUT ERASMUS+ Combines 7 EU education, training and youth programmes, and introduces sport for the first time Total budget of €14.7 billion, representing a 40% budget increase
A single programme: a simplified architecture
Erasmus+ Why a new approach?
• Growing requirement for high skill jobs
• High youth unemployment
The world is changing fast new challenges
Stronger impact and Enhanced Policy Links
Institutional approach
Strong focus on quality and recognition of
mobility
Strong support to
staff mobility in all fields
Cross-sectoral
cooperation between all education,
training and youth fields
Systematic linguistic
assessment and support
School Education Main
Priorities • Reducing Early School Leaving
• Improving attainment of Literacy and
Numeracy skills
• Increasing participation in Third Level
Education
• Improving and Modernising Educational
Systems
• Improving Social inclusion and cohesion
School Education Main
Activities • Learning Mobilities – training courses, job
–shadowing , work placements
• Strategic partnerships – cooperation
between schools, local/regional authorities
and other sectors
• eTwinning- online community connecting
teachers, pupils and school leaders
Breakdown of Education and Youth
budget by Key Action
Breakdown of Education and
Training budget by field
KA1 – School Education Stats 2014 2015
Applications received 87 29
Duplicate entries 18 3
Technically ineligible 6 0
Withdrawn 1 1
Quality assessed 62 25
Projects approved 21 18
KA1 School Education Stats
• 2014 2015
• Projects approved 21 18
• Highest Grant €120, 830 €81,122
• Lowest Grant € 3,380 € 2,165
• Average Grant € 21,000 €24,451
• Total allocated €420,860 €440,122
KA1 School Education 2015
• Duration
• 9 projects are for 12 months
• 9 projects are for 24 months
• It is not possible to amend the project
dates for 24 month projects
Leargas Staff
School Education :
• Eva Creely : [email protected]
• Noreen Moloney : [email protected]
Finance and Operations:
• Weronika Gasior : [email protected]
• Brigid Kelly: [email protected]