Press Release: Commission launches Erasmus+ in Austria

Erasmus+, the EU's new funding programme for education, training, youth and sport, was launched in Vienna on 22 January 2014 by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. The new programme will provide grants for more than four million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience or volunteer abroad over the next seven years. Erasmus+ will have a total budget of €14.7 billion – 40% more than under the previous programmes. Around 100 000 Austrians are expected to benefit from the programme.

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ESO: Background information: Green light for Erasmus+: More than 4 million to get EU grants for skills and employability http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-green-light-for-erasmus-more-than-4-million-to-get-eu-grants-for-skills-and-employability/

ESO: Background information: The new ERASMUS+ programme fully operational in 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-the-new-erasmus-programme-fully-operational-in-2014/

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