ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate

What is a consortium

• A placement consortium can be defined as a group of higher education institutions holders of an Extended ERASMUS University Charter and possibly other organisations (enterprises, associations, chambers of commerce, foundations, etc.) working together to facilitate placements for higher education students.
• A placement consists of at least 1 coordinating institution / organisation and 1 partner higher education institution.
• Most consortia do not have a separate legal entity but rely on the legal entities of their members.
• The consortium Coordinator is the organisation at the head of the consortium.

Who can benefit?

• Higher education institutions holding an extended ERASMUS University Charter and which are part of the consortium;
• enterprises, training centres, research centres and other organisations;
• students enrolled in institutions which are part of the consortium.
• The ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate does not imply any funding by itself.

Who can apply?

• The coordinating organisation, on behalf of the placement consortia (a group of higher education institutions holders of an Extended ERASMUS University Charter and possibly other organisations such as enterprises, associations, chambers of commerce, foundations, etc.)
• Each of the participating members of the placement consortium must be a legal entity of the same country as the applicant.

How to apply

• Applications must be filed with the relevant National Agency.
• The ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate is awarded by the National Agencies to experienced consortia for a renewable 3-year period with 2013 as maximum date of validity. For newly constituted consortia without any previous experience or achievements, the Certificate is awarded for the next academic year only.
• The Certificate is awarded to a consortium that has agreed to make every effort to ensure high quality in organising ERASMUS student placement.
• Within a consortium, each of the higher education institution sending students on placement remains responsible for the quality, the content and the recognition of the placement as agreed in the Training Agreement endorsed by the student, his / her home institution and the host enterprise including the Quality Commitment. Compliance with the ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate is monitored. Violation by the consortium of its commitments may lead to the withdrawal of the ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate by the National Agency.
• The consortium coordinator shall notify the National Agency concerned without delay of any change in the composition, situation or status of the consortium which might necessitate changes to or withdrawal of the ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate.