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INDEX

garagErasmus

Partnership Opportunities

Foundation Members & gE4Cities

Erasmus+ & ESAA projects

Erasmus Vote Power

Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation

Talents Match

States General of the Erasmus Generation

garagErasmus City

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Let’s build the garage of the ERASMUS generation!

The best ideas in the world were all born in a garage.

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Based in Milan and Brussels, garagErasmus Foundation (gE) was founded in 2012 as the creative hub for the Erasmus Generation

aiming to support the shaping of a new Europe.

gE is a foundation as well as an ambitious project of social innovations. Its goal is to bring together internationally minded people, who

have had a professional or study experience abroad.

gE pursues its mission through the connection of demand and offer of international jobs by fostering social initiatives and

helping the creation of new start-ups.

gE is supported by the main institutions in Europe.

universities companies cities associationstalents

an online platform to collect mobile talents & connect them with garagErasmus membersJoin our platform: http://app.wetipp.com/garagerasmus

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ONLINE OFFLINE

Brings students together on its digital platform and promotes

University Courses and Masters

Matches the demand and supply of international jobs

Local events, workshops, debates organised by local garagErasmus associations

(gE4)

Enables those who have signed up to garagerasmus.org to

network, share projects,promote and join events

Partnerships with companies and universities locally and

worldwide

States General of the Erasmus Generation

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garagErasmus (gE) is the professional network of the Erasmus Generation that aims to support the

shaping of better-integrated Europe.

Our mission is to improve the livesof people who had international study or

work experiences by enabling them to acess opportunities that can make their careers more

impactful for the European community.

gE online platform is the place where former Erasmus students, companies, universities cities,

local authorities and associations can meet and cooperate.

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garagErasmus Foundation is establishing an alliance of:

We are present online through our platform, which currently has over 17,100 members.

It enables the Erasmus Generation to continue to build its network, share projects, promote and join events and encounter companies and recruiters interested in

their international profiles. This is also the place to be for Universities to promote courses and masters. Finally, gE online platform represents a powerful tool for

private entities to share their vacancies.

garagErasmus is also active offline through our local chapters, the gE4Cities:

Local sections of the Erasmus Generation are the bridge between the local level and the international activities of the Foundation. The local sections build

the gE network by organizing job matching events for international companies and profiles or acting as agents for internationalisation in their areas.

universities companies cities associations

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ESAA PROJECTS

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THE ERASMUS+ STUDENTAND ALUMNI ALLIANCE…

ESAA supports projects that allign with one of the clusters listed below:

• Strengthening Higher Education Quality

• Spreading Erasmus+ and widening participation

• Increasing social inclusion, empowerment and participation

• Capacity building

Volunteer members of ESAA’s partner organisations are eligible to apply for projects.

• Brings together European Union funded exchange students and alumni.

• Offers a dynamic platform for networking and professional development.

• Promotes European Higher Education and worldwide cooperation.

• Offers a number of activities, events and services for members of its partner organisations

• Encourages and enables volunteers all over the world to join forces and implement projects on the ground, which are in line with ESAA’s aims and promote the Erasmus+ programme.

garagErasmus Foundation is a founding member of ESAA, which empowers cooperation among Erasmus+ students and alumni.

MEMBER ORGANISATIONS• Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni

Association (EMA)

• Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

• OCEANS Network

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PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

WHY TO PARTNERUP WITH US?

You can reach out more than 200K young talents that will be involved

into the project

We have already partnered with ESN Italy, ESN Spain, ESN Belgium,

ESN Poland, AEGEE, EUGEN, ScambiEuropei, +30 Universities in EU, 4 municipalities and many

companies. In the past we used to work with other private groups such

as CREDEN, EVIVA, UBI Banca and E&Y

It is the opportunity to support a project on a European scale,

making a real impact supporting the Erasmus Generation

CHOOSE AMONG3 DIFFERENT

SPONSORSHIPS:

Main sponsor with full visibilityand naming of the project

Sponsorship of a specific phase

Customised sponsorship

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partnered universities* as of end 2019

Foundationmembers

Universita di PisaUniversità degli Studi di FerraraUniversità degli Studi di Roma - Tor VergataUniversità Stranieri Siena Università di SienaUniversità di BergamoUniversity “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-PescaraUniversità per stranieri di PerugiaUniversità degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Università IULMIstituto Europeo di DesignUniversità degli Studi di MilanoPolitecnico MilanoUniversità degli Studi di Pavia

Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio CalabriaUniversidad de DeustoUniversidad de SalamancaUniversidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko UnibertsitateaUniversitat de ValènciaUniversidad de MalagaUniversitas Vilnensis / Vilnius UniversityMaastricht UniversityUniversity of Limerick

RUDN University PWSTE JaroslawLatvijas Universitate / University of Latvia

gE4Ancona gE4AthensgE4Baku gE4BolognagE4BrusselsgE4Bucharest

gE4MoscowgE4NitragE4PraguegE4SilesiagE4Torino

cities

gE4IstanbulgE4KaunasgE4LisbongE4MalagagE4MaltagE4Medellin

gE4TuscanygE4ToursgE4ValenciagE4VarnagE4Yerevan

gE4Milano

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new

gE4Medellin(Colombia)

gE4Cities in America joined us in March 2020!

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gE4Ancona g4EAthensgE4Baku gE4BolognagE4BrusselsgE4Bucharest

gE4MoscowgE4NitragE4PraguegE4SilesiagE4Torino

citiesour local groups

gE4IstanbulgE4KaunasgE4LisbongE4MalagagE4MaltagE4Medellin

gE4TuscanygE4ToursgE4ValenciagE4VarnagE4Yerevan

gE4MilanoLorem ipsum

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Partnered universities

Foundationmembers

Universita di PisaUniversità degli Studi di FerraraUniversità degli Studi di Roma - Tor VergataUniversità Stranieri Siena Università di SienaUniversità di BergamoUniversity “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-PescaraUniversità per stranieri di PerugiaUniversità degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Università IULMIstituto Europeo di DesignUniversità degli Studi di MilanoPolitecnico MilanoUniversità degli Studi di PaviaUniversità degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio CalabriaUniversidad de Deusto

Universitas Vilnensis / Vilnius UniversityMaastricht UniversityUniversity of Limerick

RUDN University PWSTE JaroslawLatvijas Universitate / University of LatviaUniversidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko UnibertsitateaUniversitat de ValènciaUniversidad de Malaga

Participation in Erasmus+ & ESAA projects

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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DIGI-SPORTINGA new step towards digital

transformation through sports science Digital transformation is deeply affecting all areas of society and economy, and the worlds of education and sports are not apart of this reality. Currently there is a wide range of technologies and equipments aimed at improving and optimizing the development of sports activities and training, both in high competition at a professional level and in grassroots sports. However, the way in which sport academies and clubs apply these advances at European level is ometimes varied and erratic.

Digi-Sporting project is a strategic partnership, with a marked educational character, designed to support sports organizations which want to give further steps towards digital transformation, by providing them with a new specialized and cross-cutting professional profile that currently does not exist at a European level, as well as giving them keys and guidelines to implement a change in the management model through the use of new technologies.

PARTICIPATION IN ERASMUS+ PROJECTS

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EYVOLEmpowering Youth Volunteers through Sport EYVOL is a 2-year project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme aimed at developing a common framework on “Sport Volunteerism”. The programme -announced from the UN Headquarters in November 2018- will develop and implement innovative educational methods to train youth volunteers on how to use sport to promote inter-cultural dialogue, peace building and socio-economic development, mostly in the context of social inclusion through sport and major events. EYVOL, whose initial results will be tested in the enlarged Mediterranean Region, will provide young multipliers with concrete and action-oriented educational and training tools while assessing the normative and practical conditions to promote sport volunteerism providing a set of political recommendations, guidelines and best practices.

PARTICIPATION IN ERASMUS+ PROJECTS

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SENDUniversities for EU projects

Managed by the SEND Mobility Consortium, this project intends to promote a strategic alliance between higher education and the labour market in Europe, offering opportunities for mobility, traineeship and training for students, recent graduates and staff of higher education institutes (HEI) in the field of social innovation.

These opportunities aim to strengthen the competences in line with their learning objectives and professional growth, to increase the employability of young university students and to support the personal and professional development of the HEI staff, teachers and non-HEIs.

The project foresees the implementation of 165 traineeships for students and 14 training periods for HEI staff.

PARTICIPATION IN ERASMUS+ PROJECTS

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IYE-LABSImproving young people’s skills for civic participation and volunteering IYE-LABs is a transnational cooperation partnership that allows a group of stakeholders from youth, volunteering and social inclusion backgrounds to collaborate in a project aimed to foster inclusive youth environments by implementing innovative and participative practices. The main aim of IYE-LABS is to develop the role of volunteering engaging young people in social inclusion projects to contribute to increase social, civic and critical thinking.

The direct beneficiaries of IYE-LABS are young people (18-30 years old) seeking to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake volunteering projects. The project is especially trying to involve “harder to reach” groups: young people with disadvantaged backgrounds, migrants, NEETs… in order to apply social inclusion principles from the project roots.

PARTICIPATION IN ERASMUS+ PROJECTS

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A new bridge between Latin America and Europe

garagErasmus Foundation created a new bridge between Latin America and Europe for students, professionals and HEI staff members thanks to the support of ESAA.

In October 2019 representatives from our Foundation could interact with hundreds of Colombian students during the “AULA ITALIA” events organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Italy in Colombia, where many representatives from Italian universities had the opportunity to present their high level courses open to foreign students.

With years of experience and implantation in the cities of Milan and Turin, where our partners hosted thousands of international students, our local sections (gE4Milano & gE4Torino) help Colombian students in all the stages of their moving process to Italy.

PARTICIPATION IN ESAA PROJECTS

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gE ACADEMY+ 2020Our first Academy for university

students and recent graduates On 25-29 May 2020, garagErasmus Foundation organised -in collaboration with GY Academy and thanks to the support of the Erasmus Student and Alumni Alliance (ESAA)- an innovative academy open to bachelor and master students and also to recent graduates to improve their job hunting & professional skills. Due to COVID-19 lockdown we eventually had to carry out this project online.

CEOs, entrepreneurs, HR experts and specialists of the job market held online lectures, giving important tips to the participants. Training sessions were followed by our Erasmus Alumni talks: former Erasmus students now holding a relevant professional position shared their success stories inspiring the Academy+ 2020 participants and current labour trends of their sector.

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THE ACCELERATORyour Italian Weekend

garagErasmus organised, together with Scuola di Italiano Dante Alighieri & garagErasmus4Ancona, a new project supported by ESAA: ‘The Accelerator: your Italian weekend’. Due to COVID-19 lockdown this event had to be done online, on Zoom platform.

During the last weekend of May 2020 (30-31 May) we trained 170 people from all around the world -from Russia to Uruguay- in Italian language, customs, traditions and even cuisine: participants had the opportunity to know how to cook two of the most known Italian dishes: Spaghetti alla Carbonara and Tiramisù.

At the end of the event we awarded one of our participants, Pamela Vernazza, from Paraguay, with an Italian language course at Scuola di Italiano Dante Alighieri in Recanati.

PARTICIPATION IN ESAA PROJECTS

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ESAA PROJECTS CARRIED OUT by our local gE4Cities chapters

EduVanHubby gE4Yerevan

gE4 Yerevan’s primary mission is to empower youths to achieve new professional and educational heights. They support young people by providing the necessary information about professional, cultural and educational development opportunities on both local and international scales.

During the pilot phase of the project, up to 20 media workshops were conducted across 10 villages in rural Armenia. These workshops allow gE4Yerevan to raise awareness of the mobility opportunities available and teach new skills.

Katowice Internationals World Cup

by gE4Silesia

gE4 Silesia’s main project of the last two years has been the Katowice Internationals World Cup. The project idea grew naturally from the healthy international football community in Silesia.

The Katowice Internationals World Cup has proved to be an excellent opportunity for members of the Silesian community to build relationships, strengthen their knowledge of different cultures, and celebrate the values of sport and multicultural integration.

Erasmus Vote Power

Campaigning for EU Elections

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Our campaign allowed them to get information on how to vote from abroad during their mobility or stay and to get a basic knowledge of EU policies and priorities. We also supported those ones who were not able to find all the information on the voting procedure.

The final objective of the project was to push the newly elected European Parliament to adopt a harmonised legislation on European Elections, valid in all Member States.

Erasmus Vote Power Campaign

This project was co-funded by the European Union in the frame of the European Parliament’s grant

programme in the field of communication.

This project was aimed at motivating the Erasmus Generation to go to vote for the EU Elections 2019 by explaining -country by country- the procedure they needed to follow. GaragErasmus was an official partner of the campaign European Parliament’s campaign “This Time I’m Voting”.

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garagErasmus selected one Erasmus Ambassador from each EU Member State and, after a training held at the European Parliament in Brussels, we assisted him/her to organise one event in the country where he/she was for mobility, with the assistance of our Partner Universities, local associations and Foundations Members.

Furthermore, garagErasmus also released the Erasmus Vote Power hand-out containing all the information about the EU Elections used for their important mission.

Download EVP hand-out:http://bit.ly/EVP_Handout

How did it work?

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garagErasmus was proud to be official partner of the European Parliament in the institutional campaign for the 2019 EU Elections.

By encouraging the Erasmus Generation to go to vote we contributed to raise the turnout by 8% for the first time in 40 years.

Campaigning for the European Elections

On 26 May 2019, garagErasmus was one of the organisations holding a stand at the Esplanade Solidarność 1980, in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, to follow the results of the European Elections live.

During the evening we also hosted the debate “Erasmus and European Universities: the future of Europe?”

Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus

generation

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The Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation is the virtual passport of European talents.

This innovative project was launched by garagErasmus Foundation in May 2017 in connection with the 30th Anniversary of the Erasmus programme. It counts with the full support of the European Commission and the main student organisations all across Europe.

What is the Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation

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The 4 Goals of the Laissez-Passer

1. Increasing the budget for the Erasmus+ Programme

Although more than 250K students and professionals benefit from this programme

every year, there are still many students who cannot afford taking part due to living

costs. garagErasmus wants to increase the number of available scholarships and

the number of people who are able to participate in the programme.

2. Linking International recruiters to mobile talents

After their mobility experience, young talents are often not able to showcase the skills they gained during their exchange.

This is mainly due to a lack of connection between companies and

mobile talents. The Laissez-Passer is trying to fill this gap by giving the chance

to enterprises to support the Erasmus+ programme and to receive every month the

profiles of the 10 best talents.

4. Promoting European citizenship

The Laissez-Passer gives an overall message in favour of European and supporting international mobility.

Laissez-Passer is what the Erasmus Generation reckons regarding barriers and

borders in Europe. No obstacles should stop the Erasmus Generation from developing

themselves through mobility and workexperiences around the continent!

3. Assign the Gold Laissez-Passer

Once a year, the best Erasmus Talent is elected during the Laissez-Passer Gala and awarded with a prize that can be invested

in a professional initiative, another mobility experience or an academic course. This

edition, the prize was 3,000€.

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The Laissez-Passer 2019 Edition

The 3 phases of the project:

1. The Kick-Off Phase

The promotion of the first edition of the Laissez-Passer project involved all the communication channels of the garagErasmus Foundation as well asthose of its partners.

garagErasmus organised a press-conference in Milan involving local and national media, local companies and universities.

The partners for the 2019 edition were: Erasmus Mundus Association, Erasmus Student Network, Erasmus+ Students and Alumni Association. A preliminary agreement was also made with AEGEE (Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’Europe).

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The Laissez-Passer 2019 Edition

2. Laissez-Passer Promotion

1,500 people took part in the events that were held in the framework of the Laissez-Passer tour in 12 universities all around Europe (Turin, Milan, Brussels, Rome, Belgrade, Vienna, Poznan, Madrid, Thessaloniki, Moscow, Targu-Mures and Bordeaux).

During two-months and a half we could reach 70,000 online users. Around 1,700 new users got registered on the website.

All in all, we received over 600 candidates from all around the world. Six of them were selected for the Finals of the Golden Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation.

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3. The Golden Laissez-Passer

The award ceremony of the Golden Laissez-Passer was held in Malaga, Spain, during the evening of 7 June 2019.

Orsolya Réka Süli was proclaimed the winner of the Golden Laissez Passer 2019. Her project, seeking to address the climate impact of our daily purchases, will develop a database gathering information on the environmental impact of a wide range of food products. Orsolya received €3,000 to develop her idea.

We would also like to congratulate Iannis Ladeas, Mahsa Samadi, Carolle Audrey Madiesse Lafo, Roberto Luca Saldi and Federica La Mastra for their outstanding projects that went on to the final round.

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The Laissez-Passer 2019 Edition - Award ceremony

Talents Match - 10 minutes to

convinceyour recruiter

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The Concept

The « International Talents Match» is a project launched in 2018 by the garagErasmus Foundation.

This highly innovative projectwas possible thanks to the great synergy between the Foundation and its members, namely universities andcompanies.

Each of the selected young international talents has 10 minutes to convince therecruiter to call him/her back for an interview.

garagErasmus International Talents Match!

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Why?

The aim of the Talents Match is to enhance the skills gained and developed during an international experience and to give to this

young people the chance to showcase their abilities in order to be hired.

How does it work?

1. garagErasmus and national agencies identify a city to

organise a Talents Match.

5. garagErasmus

checks the correspondence

between candidacies and

vacancies.

2. Universities and

garagErasmus find some companies willing to recruit

international talents.

6.A selection of

young people will be invited to a short

meeting with the recruiters, who will be unaware of

the CVs and profiles of the candidates.

3.Companies send their vacancies to

garagErasmus.

7.Candidates have ten minutes to

convince recruiters to call them back

for a full interview.

4.gE prepares

communication materials & a

registration form for the event, asking

candidates to apply for a suitable vacancy.

8.After the event, gE

will share CVs from selected

talents with the companies.

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Pilot edition: first Talent Match in Milan

The first edition of the Talents Match was organized in Milan on 25 January 2018.

Recruiters from Kering, Coca-Cola, Medispa, HP Italia, Experis ManPowerGroup and WipJobs commited to the project and thus decided to try this new recruiting method.

60 young people came from various Italian Universities such as Politecnico di Milano, University of Pavia and University of Bergamo. Besides Italians, there were also Brazilian, Czech, Iranian, Spanish and Greek candidates.

See more of the event in video here: www.bit.do/talentmatch

First edition of Talents Match in Milan

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Outcome

The feedback garagErasmus received after the event from both recruiters and participants was very positive.

It was the opportunity for graduates to be introduced to recruiters from top companies. At the same time, during a three-hours meeting, recruiters could interview international graduates from 14 different countries.

After the success of the first edition, we decided to organise its second edition in Vitoria-Gasteiz, possible thanks to the cooperation of Universidad del País Vasco, Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz and EmpleoGune. Second edition of

Talents Match in Vitoria-Gasteiz

On 29 October 2019 we held its third edition in Porto in collaboration with the University of Porto and ESN Porto.

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After the success of its first three editions in Milan and Vitoria-Gasteiz, garagErasmus aims to expand the project all around Europe.

New horizons for the project

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As for the rest of 2020, we are planning to organise new editions in Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy) and Bordeaux (France), making the project gradually global.

Let’s cooperate for the #ErasmusDays!

We need your help to find a suitable city where

universities are active!

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European States Generalof the Erasmus Generation

On 9 May 2018, garagErasmus took part into the European States General of the Erasmus Generation, organised together with the Italian Erasmus+ National Agency, the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Erasmus Student Network Italy and Erasmus Mundus Association in Rome, Italy. The event was preceded by an online discussion, hosted by WeTipp Platform, where 200 students from all over Europe had the occasion to elaborate proposals on different topics on the future of the Erasmus+ Programme.

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During the event participants had the opportunity to vote for the most innovative proposals. Here are the results:

• Creating a stronger match between the traineeships offered by companies and trainees’ demand (stronger development of erasmusintern.org as the unique European portal) (43% votes)

• More and better communication on the Programme, reaching out to the civil society and showcasing achievements, successes and the impact of Erasmus+ (41% votes)

• Improvement of student support services: accommodation, physical and online peer-to-peer support, additional financial support to those who need it the most (40% votes)

• Creating new forms of mobility through distance learning tools: shared university pathways allowing mobile students to follow modules taught at other universities (38% votes)

• Harmonisation of higher education systems in Programme and Partner countries, further strengthening the Bologna Process (34% votes)

• Simplifying Bureaucracy also thanks to fast and efficient online systems (33% votes)

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garagErasmus City

Based in the Milanese district of Ponte Lambro, garagErasmus CITY will be the first city in Europe hosting international and out-of-region students at affordable housing properties that have been specifically designed for them.

garagErasmus City is aimed at becoming a point of reference for all international students in Milan. The project will also offer an opportunity for the redevelopment of the area and more opportunities for its neighbours as well as attracting new talents.

So far the project counts with the support of 33 universities.

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