Mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ Programme

How has Erasmus+ proven to be such a success? And what have we learnt to improve on? 

Based on over a million responses to this type of questions, brought together as the most comprehensive and recent source of evidence, here are the highlights from the Mid-term evaluation:

- "Erasmus+, the EU's flagship programme for education, training, youth and sport (2014-2020), has proved to be highly beneficial to the participants, not only in terms of supporting the transition to employment but also by creating a feeling of being an EU citizen."

- "Erasmus+ will boost the learning mobility of 4 million learners, teachers and trainers by 2020 and internationalise the work of education, training, youth and sport organisations, within and beyond the EU."

- "Evidence shows that Erasmus+ is more coherent, relevant and partly more efficient and simpler than its predecessors."

- "As regards the future of Erasmus+, the evaluation makes a clear case for a stronger investment in education and training with a new emphasis on the younger generations and the most vulnerable groups."

These are some headlines of the report of the European Commission on the mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme. If you want to find out more, including recommendations, follow the links below.

Report of the Commission:  as adopted on 31 January 2018, is available below and is accompanied by a detailed staff working document (evidence-basis in English only):

• Report of the Commission (in 23 languages)
• Staff Working Document

This evaluation builds particularly on:

• Programme Country Reports on the implementation and the impact of Erasmus+:

• Evaluation Quality Control
• Opinion of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB)

• Evaluation reports of an external independent contractor (ICF):
  • Executive Summary (DE, EN, FR)
  • Reports:
    • Main evaluation report
    • Synopsis report of the results of the Open Public Consultation
    • Synthesis of the National Authorities' Reports
    • Student Loan Guarantee Facility evaluation
    • Jean Monnet Programme evaluation
    • eTwinning Plus evaluation
  • Annexes
  • Erasmus+ mid term Evaluation Factsheet (DE, EN, FR)

For the detailed results of the Open Public Consultation, please visit the dedicated webpage. 

Contact

European Commission
Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport
Unit B.4 –Erasmus+ Coordination
Email: EAC-UNITE-B4@ec.europa.eu