UK National Agency update HEURO

Huw Davies 4 May 2017

•  Erasmus 30th Anniversary celebrations •  Overview of UK National Agency •  Update from NA

–  Update on Brexit –  Overview of the February and March application

deadlines –  Documents –  Grant rates –  Upcoming NA Events (start up workshops etc.)

•  Thoughts and comments…

Agenda

Erasmus+ 30th Anniversary

•  EC website: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/anniversary_en

•  Stats and infographics (can be used in promo materials) •  Monthly themes: e.g. international cooperation, youth

employability, enhancing language skills •  Monthly enews – sign up via their website •  Branded toolkits •  Videos of inspirational people, including Tania Habimana •  Collating info on all events around the EU •  June celebration event in Strasbourg •  Creation of app to facilitate online learning agreements - tbc

30th anniversary: EC activity

•  UK webpages: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/30-years-of-erasmus

•  Compiling stories of inspirational people •  and stories on the organisational perspective on the

long term influence of Erasmus(+) •  Linking the stories to the EC themes •  Launching UK promo pack for beneficiaries •  Photo and caption competition (deadline 30 June) •  Rebranding our suite of NA promo materials •  E+30 annual conference: 11 October 2017

30th anniversary: UK plans

•  Use the promo toolkit to promote involvement in E+ •  Run your own E+30 events, yourselves or with others

•  Tell the press and others about them •  Register your event on the EC’s portal:

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/anniversary/event-registration-form

•  Let us know about your event – on social media and through the helpdesk

•  Feed us stories of inspirational participants or your own organisation’s perspective

•  Encourage entries to our photo and caption competition

•  Come to our Learning Networks and Annual Conference

E+30: how HEIs can get involved

Overview of UK National Agency

Grant management

Veronica Burt Delivery

Consultant

Emma Sullivan Grant Manager

Higher Education Focus (103)

Lorna Williams Grant Officer

Alex Evans Grant Officer

Alison Francis Grant Officer

Sarah Norris Grant Manager

Higher Education Focus (107)

Harvinder Swartz Grant Officer

Georgina Elson Grant Officer

Bill Burson Delivery

Consultant

Jemma Heard CSE Officer

Huw Davies Customer Service &

Events Manager

Kimberley Gilling CSE Officer

Customer Service & Events

Responsibility split Grants management team: •  Manage the project life

cycle •  Grant agreements •  Reporting •  Allocation funds

Customer service and events team: •  First point of contact •  Create application

guidance and operational handbook

•  Organise and deliver events

Project life cycle

NA Staff update – new faces

•  Jemma Heard – Customer Service and Events Officer

•  Harvinder Swartz – Grants Officer

•  Naquita Lewis - Programme Lead, Higher Education and Wales

Update from the UK National Agency

•  The UK Government has confirmed that it will underwrite grant agreements for Erasmus+ signed while the UK is still a Member State, even if payments continue beyond the point of the UK’s EU exit date. This means that UK organisations can prepare for participation as usual in the 2018 application deadlines which are due to be announced later this year.

•  We cannot speculate on any possible future scenarios following the UK’s exit from the EU, but we note the Government position is that UK participation in some EU programmes may continue subject to the negotiation.

Erasmus+ and the UK’s exit from the EU

KA1 Application Deadline – 2 February 2017

Headlines •  Highest KA103 application numbers ever received for

this call year

•  More funding requested for KA107 in one round than from the two rounds in 2016

•  National Evaluation Committee for both KA103 and KA107 was 12 April – outcome in May

KA2 Application Deadline – 29 March 2017

Headlines •  NEC to be confirmed •  Higher budget than last year

2017 Participant documents •  Available on website •  16/17 + 15/16 still available

Reminders – KA103 Reporting Final •  2015, 24 month projects need to complete final report

31 May is the deadline – please let us know when you have done so.

•  Please report as accurately as you can •  Please don’t forget the Organisational Support

box. It’s a unit cost so only report what you are permitted to

Interim Interim reporting reminder. Any changes, let us know asap so we can double check our reallocation.

Reminders – KA103 (cont.) Mailing lists (Erasmus Tempus Talk/Erasmus Info) •  We needed to do this because of a new British Council

privacy policy statement that everyone needed to agree to

•  If you didn’t re-register please get in touch

Reminders – KA107 Interim reporting •  Interim reporting for 2016 KA107 projects is 31 May

2017. •  You don’t need to click a ‘submit’ button but please

make sure that the Mobility Tool+ is up to date •  Report for whole duration of the project – include past,

present and future mobilities •  Kindly let us now when you’ve finished

Update – OLS

-  Allocation of licenses and assessments tbc -  The HEI will get a bulk allocation and then allocates to

the students -  Please let us know if you need any more -  Available languages:

German English Spanish French Italian Dutch Portuguese

Bulgarian Czech Danish Greek Croatian Polish Hungarian

Romanian Finnish Slovak Swedish

Project handbook •  KA 103 + KA107 •  Finished in May •  Ready for start up workshops •  Will let you know through usual channels

Upcoming events •  Learning Networks - 24 May in Glasgow

•  Start Up workshops -  London – 6 June (British Council Office) -  Edinburgh– 21 June (Edinburgh University) -  Manchester– 5 July (Manchester University)

•  Contact Seminar – 18 &19 October, Rome (European and Southern European Universities)

•  E+30 Annual Conference – 11 October in London

Upcoming events •  Start Up workshops – proposed agenda Morning -  Early session for New Coordinators -  Grants/contracting update -  IT Tools update -  Compliance session Afternoon Workshops (led by coordinators and NA Staff) -  Maximising OS funding -  How to write a good final report -  ICM case study (hopefully)

Study Periods (SMS) !  Student Study Mobility Grants

Country Student study mobility Student study mobility

Monthly grant Monthly supplement for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Group 1 countries (high cost of living)

Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway €330

€ 120 Group 2 countries (medium cost of living) Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Iceland, Turkey

€280 Group 3 Countries (low cost of living)

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Traineeships (SMP) Country Student traineeship

Monthly grant

Group 1 countries (high cost of living) Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway €430

(€330 + €100 traineeship monthly top up)

Group 2 countries (medium cost of living) Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Iceland, Turkey

€380 (€280 + €100 traineeship monthly top

up) Group 3 Countries (low cost of living) Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Staff Mobility Grants • 

Country Daily grant 3 Weeks

Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands,

Sweden, United Kingdom €160 €3,024

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Romania, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey

€140 €2,646

Germany, Spain, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

€120 €2,268

Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia

€100 €1,890

Staff Travel Grants For travel distances between 100 and 499 KM: 180 EUR per participant

For travel distances between 500 and 1999 KM: 275 EUR per participant

For travel distances between 2000 and 2999 KM: 360 EUR per participant

For travel distances between 3000 and 3999 KM: 530 EUR per participant

For travel distances between 4000 and 7999 KM: 820 EUR per participant

For travel distances of 8000 KM or more: 1100 EUR per participant.

Note: additional funding for in-country travel available

Headlines KA107 •  Traineeships will be introduced in the 2018 Call. •  No additional budget for this activity type. •  Available in all ICM envelopes.

Online Application Forms Link

On the horizon…

Does anyone have plans for holding an E+ 30 event?

Is there anything I can take back to the National Agency with me?

Would anyone like materials?

Thoughts, questions…