Education and Training

Background

Following the recent launch of the European Universities Initiative under the 2019 Erasmus+ call, the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency are hosting an information session in Brussels for organisations interested in the initiative.

On the 18 of December an information session on European Universities took place in Brussels. Those interested can view the presentations from the event or watch the livestream below.

 

Real insight into the future of universities

Higher education institutions across Europe have begun imagining what the universities of the future will look like. To better shape your ideas and offer some insights, the information session will be the perfect occasion to get first-hand information on the call and to get answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask.

The event will be opened by Commissioner for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Tibor Navracsics. His speech will be followed by interventions by officials from the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. Both the long-term vision of the initiative and more practical elements of applying for the pilot call will be covered. Lunch will be served after the end of the open question and answer forum.

Find out more about the European Universities Initiative or the European Education Area more broadly.

Livestream of the event

The video of the event begins at 10:00

Related Material

Powerpoint slides from the event

Agenda

Day 1 - 18/12/2018

10:0010:30
Arrivals and Coffee
10:3010:45
European Universities: a key pillar of the European Education Area

Tibor Navracsics

Commissioner for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport,

European Commission
10:4511:45
Information session on the European Universities Erasmus+ Call

Chair:
Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot

Director – Youth, Education and Erasmus+

DG Education, Youth, Culture and Sport, European Commission

 

Speakers:
Vanessa Debiais-Sainton

Head of Unit – Higher Education

DG Education, Youth, Culture and Sport, European Commission

 

François Willekens

Head of Unit - Higher Education, Erasmus+

Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
11:4513:00
Open question and answer forum
13:0014:00
Lunch

Practical Information

Getting there and location

  • 13 km to the airport
  • Maelbeek metro station across the street
  • 400 m to Schuman Train Station with direct connection to Brussels Airport

Parking accessibility information

To better shape your ideas and offer some insights, the information session will be the perfect occasion to get first-hand information on the call and to get answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask.