The professional network of the Erasmus Generation

CALL FOR PARTNERSHIP PROPOSALS (OVERVIEW)

A growing and united Europe, an explosion of connections in every direction.

Our Europe is a land of opportunities.

From the Appeal to the Erasmus Generation European Parliament, 5 November 2012

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The Erasmus Programme: the largest student exchange program in the World

•  Over 3 million people have been experiencing Erasmus since 1989

•  They will be 5 million in 2020

•  1.300 Universities and other actors are involved

•  14.7 billion euro to be invested from 2014 to 2020 (40% increase)

•  From 2014, Erasmus is moving mobile people from all over the world to Europe and viceversa

The Erasmus Generation: talents with high potential

The Erasmus Impact Study has demonstrated that graduates who experienced Erasmus have the skills most sought-after in talents by recruiters and employers:

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Source: European Commission, 2014, Erasmus Impact Study

Download the complete study Erasmus Impact study of the European Commission here: http://bit.ly/1BpKj8j

Problem solving, self confidence

Open-mindedness, curiosity and adaptability to different cultures

Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

Languages and international mind-set

We want to bring together and empower over 3 million people of

the Erasmus Generation  to boost talent mobility and the circulation of ideas in Europe.

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How?

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An “international-native” community where mobile talents meet recruiters, partners, and investors

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I’m Greek but I like to live abroad. After

my Erasmus in Stockholm, I dream

of finding a job there!

I have to recruit 30 new consultants for the Swedish office of

my company. 3 people should be able to speak Greek

because of our clients.

I have a business idea. I’m searching for an investor in

Europe to fund my new company!

I’m searching for new start-ups to

fund all over Europe.

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TALENTS •  Publish their CVs visible

for companies •  Participation in

discussion/work groups •  Job applications • Mentoring

EMPLOYERS •  Job posts and

recruitment •  Talents engagement

and employer branding • Candidates profiling

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STARTUPPERS •  Sharing business ideas • Calls to join the team •  Participation in pitches • Crowdsourcing • Mentoring

INVESTORS •  Start-up search •  International networking

among investors and business angels

•  Special events and calls for open innovation

How does it work?

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Digital Events in the Airports

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Check-in Europe at City Y Airport

Check-in Europe

at City Z Airport

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The digital platform’s specific focus

International experience • The profile will highlight the places where the

user used to study (special highlight and automatic recognition of international student exchange programs around the world)

Mobility readiness • The cities/countries

where the person would like to work

Languages • Showcasing language

skills and certificates obtained

Editorial and sharing features • Blogging & company pages • Editorial sections • Project sharing and

collaboration

Advanced search & analytics • Pre-settings e.g.: How many people studied in a given country?

How many people are ready to come to work in a given city? Who studied what or who graduated from a given university?

• Reports for premium clients on community activities (for example: my company page data, group data, etc.)

The users’ experience of the platform will be focused on several specific features to facilitate international matching both for jobs and businesses:

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Assets

THE PROFILES OF ALL ERASMUS STUDENTS (250,000 PER YEAR) •  Thanks to an agreement with the European Commission, the garagErasmus Foundation

will be authorized to invite to Check-in Europe all higher education students in the Erasmus+ Programme

• We estimate to reach 1 million members in our community by 2017

THE STRENGTH OF THE ERASMUS BRAND •  Erasmus is a life-changing experience. There is a very strong sense of belonging among

most Erasmus alumni, which facilitates recognition, networking, and participating in the community

•  The high visibility and good reputation of the programme: 33 active countries, over 3 million people (and their families), over 1000 European Universities and Cities all over Europe, thousands of companies engaged in Erasmus placements, etc.

THE PRIVATE-PUBLIC ALLIANCE •  A quickly growing community of European cities and institutions supporting the

Foundation’s activities •  A large network of European Universities which form partnerships for employer

branding, start-ups and innovation initiatives at international level

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Revenue streams

DIGITAL •  Job posting •  Premium features for clients

(data, page customization, etc.) •  Advertising •  Special initiatives (webinars,

dedicated areas, etc.)

MEET-UPS •  Event tickets •  Event sponsorship packages •  Public funding

The points of difference from the main market players are:

•  A potential integrated proposition (online recruiting ! offline events ! online follow-up)

•  An international positioning and the strength of the assets: Erasmus brand, large user database, institutional partnerships

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Target groups

Companies and recruiters: • HR"managers"of"private"companies"

• Recrui@ng"and"employer"branding"consultancy"firms"

Innovation and start-up players • Incubators"and"innova@on"hubs"• Business"angels"and"investorHrelated"associa@ons"

International business players • Companies"ac@ve"in"tourism,"import/export,"etc."

• Enterprise"associa@ons"for"interna@onalisa@on"

City authorities • Offices"and"agencies"for"investment"aQrac@on"

• Offices"for"Innova@on"and"jobs"

Universities • Interna@onal"offices"

• Alumni"and"career"services"

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Targets by 2017

1"million"online"members"

200"MeetHups"in"50"European"ci@es"

40,000"par@cipants"at"recruitment"and"startHup"events"

1"million"euro"revenue"through"online"ac@vi@es"

Who we are and who we are searching for

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Purposes

The garagErasmus Foundation is searching for a strategic partner with whom to co-develop the Check-in Europe online platform.

We are searching for innovative start-ups, focused on developing talent sourcing or professional social networks, which want to share a roadmap to growth together.

The partnership aims at:

•  Developing a common business plan, to make the Check-in Europe project sustainable for the partner and the Foundation, both as a standalone digital platform and integrated with the garagErasmus events (Meet-ups).

•  Sharing the goals of the project, in terms of values and approaches. We promote entrepreneurship and innovation and like to work with innovators and new companies that accept to take shared risks with us.

•  Designing and implementing the digital platform, to build a great user experience online on a high standard in line with current market standards (design, features, technology, etc) .

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The partnership proposal

garagErasmus

1 million Erasmus profiles in 4 years

Institutional endorsement Strong private-public European ecosystem

The “love brand” Erasmus

Partner

Expertise on designing and implementing the digital

platform

An existing start-up project to leverage on for developing

Check-in Europe

Availability to joint venture for the Check-in Europe platform

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General timeline to the beta release

Partner identification • Discovery • Negotiations • Agreement

Prototype design • Product design • Development

Database acquisition • DB Acquisition

from EC • Data entry

Beta launch • Launch event

with EC • User invitation • Recruiters

engagement January June 2015

garagErasmus Foundation

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Identity Card

PARTNERS

An advisory board of prominent personalities form business, education

The Erasmus Generation (over 3 million people)

European Commission, National Erasmus Agencies, ESN

European Foundation under Italian law

Pisa, International Airport & Brussels, Rond-Point Schuman

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BIRTH DATE

OFFICES

STATUS

BOARD MEMBERS

ADVISORY COUNCIL

ASSET

4 October 2012

gE4Athens, gE4Lisbon, gE4Prague, gE4Warsaw, gE4Tours LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS

and innovation field

A private-public Alliance to mobilise talents and business ideas in Europe FOUNDATION MEMBERS

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Foundation Members (Alliance)

UNIVERSITIES

CITIES

COMPANIES

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The Advisory Council

Hywel Ceri Jones Founder of the Erasmus Programme at the European Commission

Laura Howard, president of the European Association for International Education (EAIE)

Richard Hudson, CEO & Editor Science|Business (former Mannagin Editor of the Wall Journal Europe)

Chantal Gaemperle Group EVP Human Resources & Synergies, LVMH

Jan Muehlfeit Ret. Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation

Alf Rehn Chair of Management and Organization at Åbo Akademi University (Finland)

Joseph H.H. Weiler president of the European University Institute (EUI)

The local footprint: the gE4Cities Programme

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In 2014, garagErasmus launched gE4Cities, a programme to establish local chapters in many European cities, promoting the Foundation's activities and organizing networking opportunities and Meet-ups for former Erasmus. Watch the presentation video here

50 gE4s to be started by 2017!

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Contact persons

Headquarters

o/o Pisa Airport G. Galilei

Piazzale D'Ascanio, 1 - Edificio A

56121 Pisa (Italy)

Phone: + 39 050 500194

Brussels Office

c/o Regione Toscana

14, Rond-Point Shuman

B-1040 (Brussels)

Phone: +32 2 8082717

www.garagErasmus.org

•  Marco Mazzini Deputy Chairman, garagErasmus Foundation marco.mazzini@garagerasmus.org

•  Nicola Filizola VP European Affairs, garagErasmus Foundation nicola.filizola@garagerasmus.org