Following their joint call for ambitious investment in Erasmus+, seventeen associations and organisations representing a diverse range of actors across the higher education sector have presented a joint set of proposed amendments to the draft regulation for the next Erasmus+ programme (2028-2034).
Together, they reaffirm the key role of Erasmus+ in developing the European Education Area alongside the Union of Skills and call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU member states to:
- Reaffirm support for learning mobility and institutional cooperation across all study fields as a core objective of the programme.
- Increase the total budget to at least €60 billion and establish indicative budget allocations across education and training sectors.
- Reintroduce the committee procedure as an appropriate framework for member states and observers to contribute to implementation.
- Ensure that new scholarships in strategic priority areas bring genuine added value to the beneficiaries without diverting resources from other parts of the programme.
- Build more explicit funding synergies between Erasmus+ and other EU programmes (explicitly mentioning Horizon Europe, the ECF and the NRPs).
- Provide a clear and predictable pathway for the UK and Switzerland to renew their association.
- Reinforce international collaboration by offering more opportunities for mobility, cooperation and policy dialogue that serve the mutual interests of Europe and its partners.
- Systematically enhance the resilience of Erasmus+ and its capacity to support higher education institutions, students and staff in crisis situations.