58 new VET projects selected under first-ever capacity building call

The projects from the call “Capacity Building in Vocational Education and Training” involve VET bodies from 75 countries around the world. Erasmus+ is about much more than student exchanges. It stimulates cooperation between educational organisations from the EU and other associated European countries, and from other countries or regions of the world. Vocational Education and …

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Seamless data exchanges for Erasmus Without Paper for 2022

Full interoperability means that all computer systems used by higher education institutions can seamlessly exchange machine-readable data among themselves to manage Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreements and learning agreements. This is one of the top priorities for the Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) Network by the end of 2022. In summer 2022, the European Commission and the Erasmus …

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Building the European Education Area: Progress report published

The European Commission adopted on 18 November the report on progress to achieve the European Education Area by 2025 – an area where barriers to learning are gone and everyone has better access to quality education. The report looks at the ongoing work and progress towards EU-level targets. The report looks at actions such as: …

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European Digital Education Hub: grow your digital expertise with “microlearning”

The European Digital Education Hub, a lively community with over 1,100 members from 90 countries, is offering a series of “microlearning” activities in more than 15 Teams channels, ranging from “Sharing is caring” to “Knowledge building”. Knowledge building Microlearning focuses on relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities. As a member of the community, you …

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New Interoperable Europe Act to deliver more efficient public services through improved cooperation between national administrations on data exchanges and IT solutions

The Commission has adopted the Interoperable Europe Act proposal and its accompanying Communication to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU. The Act will support the creation of a network of sovereign and interconnected digital public administrations and will accelerate the digital transformation of Europe’s public sector. It will help …

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India and EU sign Intent for Cooperation agreement in high performance computing and quantum technologies

India and EU sign an agreement for Cooperation on High Performance Computing, Weather Extremes and Climate Modelling, and Quantum Technologies. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) of the Government of India and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission signed an “Intent of Cooperation on High Performance …

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EIT Digital successfully participates in eight European Digital Innovation Hubs

The European Commission recently announced the selection of European Digital Innovation Hubs across the EU. And EIT Digital has successfully participated in or led eight of the winning consortia. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) are one-stop shops supporting companies to respond to digital challenges and become more competitive. They provide access to technical expertise and testing, …

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie turns 155 – time to celebrate science with pupils and researchers across Europe!

This autumn, the European Commission is offering pupils, teachers and researchers across Europe a unique opportunity to connect, engage and develop science projects together. To celebrate Marie Skłodowska-Curie’s 155th birthday, the European Commission is organising several initiatives to strengthen the bonds between the worlds of science and education. Thanks to Science is Wonderful! and Researchers at Schools, funded …

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2022 AGRIP call for proposals for simple programmes: EU to fund 55 projects

116 proposals were submitted to the 2022 call for proposals for simple programmes. 55 programmes will be supported with a budget of EUR 85 million. Following the 2022 AGRIP call for proposals for simple programmes, which closed on 21 April, the European Commision has adopted a decision on the programmes that will be funded. The EU’s co-financing will amount to …

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