Links

ERASMUS+ links

ERASMUS+ application forms: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-esc/index/

2022 ERASMUS+ Guide for Experts on Quality Assessment: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/nl/document/guide-for-experts-on-quality-assessment-2021

ERASMUS+ open calls https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/app-forms/af-ui-opportunities/#/erasmus-plus

EU Institutions and organisations

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC)
Responsible for EU policy on education, youth, sport and culture. 
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/education-youth-sport-and-culture_en

European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Manages funding for education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Cedefop
EU agency that supports the development of European vocational education and training (VET) policies and contributes to their implementation.
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en

EFVET
EU agency that supports countries surrounding the European Union to reform their education, training and labour market systems.
https://www.etf.europa.eu/en

European Research Council

European funding organisation for excellent frontier research, supporting creative researchers of any nationality and age to explore the innovation potential of their ideas or research results.
https://erc.europa.eu/homepage

Lifelong Learning Platform 
The aim of the platform is to voice citizens’ concerns about lifelong learning. The idea is that no one should be left out and that bridges are built across sectors to increase access to quality education for all. The Platform promotes a holistic vision of lifelong learning, “from cradle to grave”.

LLLP gathers +40 European organisations active in the field of education, training and youth, coming from all over Europe and beyond, representing more than 60 000 educational institutions and associations covering all sectors of formal, non-formal and informal learning.
https://www.lllplatform.eu/

Higher Education and Research

EURASHE –European Association of Institutions in Higher Education, is an international association promoting and emphasising professional higher education (PHE). https://www.eurashe.eu/

YERUN
Young European Research Universities Network brings together like-minded young research universities in Europe, with the primary objective of raising the voice of young universities in Europe via lobbying action and cooperation. https://yerun.eu/

EASSH
European Alliance for Social Science and Humanities is the largest advocacy and science policy organisation for the social sciences and humanities in Europe. https://eassh.eu/

Universities of Applied Sciences 4 Europe: https://uas4europe.eu/

The Guild
Founded in 2016, The Guild comprises twenty-three of Europe’s most distinguished research-intensive universities in seventeen countries, and is dedicated to enhancing the voice of academic institutions, their researchers and their students. https://www.the-guild.eu/

UNICA
Universities from the Capitals of Europe https://www.unica-network.eu/

SPARC
SPARC Europe is one of Europe’s key and long-standing voices advocating for unfettered access to research and education — for the academic and education community; for the whole of society. https://sparceurope.org/

EuroTech
We are six excellent universities of science and technology, joining forces to build a strong, sustainable, sovereign, and resilient Europe. https://eurotech-universities.eu/

European University Association (EUA)
The collective voice of the universities of Europe, institutions that have shaped our world for a millennium. For over two decades, EUA has played a key role in building university communities across the whole of Europe and creating a coherent system for European higher education and research. EUA is a community of over 900 members and affiliates. It represents universities and national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries, as well as affiliated organisations and networks based both in and beyond Europe. https://eua.eu/

ECIU
We are an alliance of 13 universities united by a joint goal to make an impact. Here, learners, teachers, and researchers work with cities, communities, and businesses to solve real-life challenges – and foster change. https://www.eciu.eu/

The Coimbra Group
Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European comprehensive, multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefits of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European education and research policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience. https://eua.eu/

CESAER
Proudly hosted by KU Leuven on its science and technology campus, they bring together over 50 leading specialised and comprehensive universities of science and technology from 25 countries across Europe and beyond. https://www.cesaer.org/

Aurora
A consortium of socially engaged research-intensive universities with a keen interest in science and research collaboration.https://aurora-universities.eu/

Vocational Education and Training

VETNET
The European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET) covers a broad range of research and development activities in vocational education and training (VET). The field of VET-related research covers both initial VET and continuing vocational training, both school-based and workplace-based learning provisions, as well as the development of pedagogic expertise for vocational and professional education. https://vetnetsite.org/about/

Student networks:

Erasmus Student Network, represents more than 1000 Higher Education Institutions from over 40 countries. : https://www.esn.org/

European Students’ Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 45 National Unions of Students (NUS) from 39 countries.: https://esu-online.org/

Danish organisation

Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education http://www.ufm.dk/erasmusplus