Evaluations
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):
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):
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
- Study on Cost-Effectiveness of Education and Culture Spending Programmes (2013)
- Interim Evaluation of Erasmus Mundus II 2009-2013 (2012)
- Executive Summary (in English, French and German)
- Annexes
- Quality assessment
- Interim Evaluation of the Lifelong Learning Programme (2011)
- Executive Summary (in English and French)
- Annexes
- Quality assessment
- External ex-post evaluation of the Erasmus Mundus Programe 2004-2008 (2009)
- Executive Summary (in English, French, and German)
- Case studies
- Quality assessment
- Ex-post Evaluation of the TEMPUS III Programme (2009)
- Executive Summary (in English, French and German)
- Annexes
- Quality assessment
- Ex-post evaluation of Socrates II, Leonardo da Vinci II, and eLearning (2008)
- External Interim Evaluation of the Leonardo da Vinci II programme (2003 - French)
- Final Evaluation of Leonardo da Vinci 1 (2004)