Annexes to COM(2018)50 - Mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme (2014-2020)

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dossier COM(2018)50 - Mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme (2014-2020).
document COM(2018)50 EN
date January 31, 2018
agreement that Erasmus+ has seen major improvements (e.g. simplified grants, digitalisation, the VET Charter and online language support 18 ) but that procedures and IT management tools should be made easier to use to reduce the administrative burden on implementing bodies and beneficiaries in proportion to the grants they receive.

·From 2018, the Commission will make it easier to apply for grants by introducing online web forms. These incremental improvements will continue throughout the programme’s life.

·The future programme should further consolidate current efficiency gains, especially reducing the administrative burden by simplifying application and reporting procedures, making IT tools more interoperable and user-friendly, and increasing budget flexibility, while preserving accountability.

The decentralised implementation mode through national agencies is now well established. A truly performance-based approach to programme management was introduced in 2014. Building on the acknowledged improvement in monitoring outcomes in Erasmus+, some indicators need to be fine-tuned and less data could be collected from participants and better used.

·The communication between the Education, Culture and Audiovisual Executive Agency and national agencies has been improved in order to increase synergies between centralised and decentralised actions.

·The Commission will consider how to perfect Erasmus+ monitoring by extending it to cooperation projects and centralised actions with a view to mining the data collected, in a proportionate way, so that decision making is informed by evidence.


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 Including funding from external action instruments

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50 budget

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Programme countries: the EU Member States, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. Partner countries: other non-EU countries.

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SWD, 5.1.2.1

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SWD, 5.1.2.2

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http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects

(7)

 Strengthening European identity through education and culture — The European Commission's contribution to the leaders’ meeting in Gothenburg, 17 November 2017, COM(2017) 673

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Without prejudice to the next Multi Financial Framework

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SWD, 5.5

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SWD, 5.2

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Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education, Paris, 17 March 2015.

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2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of ET 2020, OJ C 417, 15.12.2015, p. 25; Council Resolution laying down a specific EU work plan for youth (2016-2018), OJ C 417, 15.12.2015, p. 1.

(13)

COM(2016) 381 of 10 June 2016

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SWD, 5.3.2

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SWD, 5.3.1

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SWD, 5.4

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Including management fees for National agencies, supported through the operational budget.

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https://erasmusplusols.eu/