refugees as a priority in the erasmus+ programme
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Refugees as a priority in the Erasmus+ Programme Wilhelm Vukovich Copenhagen, 8 December 2016
Education and migrants portal http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/migration
Erasmus+ for refugees https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node_en
Erasmus+ and refugees Key Action 1 Mobility projects
Education and Training: for E&T staff to gain competences in eg. training refugee children, intercultural classrooms, teaching youngsters in their second language, classroom tolerance and diversity
Youth: support youth mobility projects involving or focussing on the refugees/asylum seekers and migrants.
Erasmus+ and refugees Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships
Priority on Inclusive education, training and youth;
Projects involving refugees, asylum seekers and migrants and/or focussing on the topic of the refugees' crisis in Europe
Erasmus+ and refugees Realised projects
Specific Call for proposals under Key Action 3 - Support for policy reform: published in April 2016
• Fostering the inclusion of disadvantaged learners, including persons with a migrant background while preventing and combating discriminatory practices.
Recommendations
Contact your National Agency
Attend info days
Diversify your partnerships
• Contact-making seminars
• Use partner finding tools in the School Education
Gateway and EPALE
Build on previous projects
Respect deadlines
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The Erasmus+ website, with the Programme Guide:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-
plus/programme-guide/
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Erasmus+ platform for dissemination and exploitation of
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EPALE for refugees http://ec.europa.eu/epale
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