Welcome Statement and Introduction

byMónika Holik

Head of Unit A1 - EACEA

1. EACEA's role, mission and programmes

2. Erasmus+ and the Forward-LookingCooperation Projects action

EACEA's main features• A new generation of institutional public bodies

• Operational since January 2006

• International staff with project management, technical andfinancial expertise

• Duty to ensure financial transparency, efficiency and high qualityservices to beneficiaries

• Currently one of the largest Executive Agencies, with around 460staff in 2016

COMPLEMENTARY ROLES

The Commission

• Policy-making

• Political and budgetary priority-setting

• Annual work programmes

• Chairing programme committees

• Programme evaluation and information

• Supervision of the Agency

The Executive Agency

• Management aspects

• Evaluating applications, selecting projects and signing project agreements

• Financial management

• Contact with beneficiaries

• Monitoring of projects and on-site project visits

• Provide feedback to DGs

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OUR MISSION is to support European projects that connect people and

cultures, reach out to the world and make a difference.

Working together in education, culture, audio-visual, sport, youth, citizenship and humanitarian aid, we foster innovation through the exchange of knowledge, ideas and skills in a spirit of cross-border cooperation and mutual respect.

We strive to provide excellent programme management and high quality service through transparent and objective procedures, showing Europe at its best.

OUR MISSION …..

We will provide to you:

Client-oriented service Knowledge and expertise

OUR MISSION …..

We will do so by:

Being efficient Impartial, transparent and independent

We will support ……

sharing results to promote European addedvalue

feeding policy based on the project results

Key Action 3 - Support for Policy Reform

KA3

Support for Policy Reform

Cooperation & Dialogue:

Civil Society Cooperation

Data & analysistools

Initiatives for Policy Innovation:

• European Policy Experimentations

• Forward-LookingCooperation Projects

Policy Networks

Focus on:

Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects

EU Policy development

INNOVATION COOPERATION

IMPACT