The Erasmus+ initiative: Fostering learning, mobility, and transparency across Europe

Erasmus+ is the European Union’s programme to support education, training, youth, and sport in Europe. The programme has had more than 15 million participants since 1987 and creates opportunities for people to study, train, or volunteer abroad. These opportunities are specifically aimed at students, learners, trainees, and volunteers from all over the world who want to develop themselves on a professional and personal level.  

By promoting cross-border cooperation and cultural exchange, Erasmus+ also plays an important role in broadening the European Education Area, allowing research, learning, and studying to be carried out across borders seamlessly. In the current 2021-2027 programme, the focus is placed on social inclusions, the green and digital transitions, and promoting participation in democratic life. Erasmus+ also focused on incorporating activities which are set out by the Digital Education Action Plan and European Skills Agenda. 

In order to promote data sharing, the Erasmus+ platform launched a data storytelling initiative. There, various data visualisations indicate the impact of the programme and insights into grant allocation, number of projects, etc. There is also the Erasmus+ Public Dashboard for more specific figures regarding the programme and its participants.  

Want to read more about the Erasmus+ mobility and cooperation projects? Data.europa.eu provides insights from participating countries such as participant demographics, mobility flows, and funding distribution.   

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