New figures show record number of participants in Erasmus+

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Series Details IP/17/82 (26.01.17)
Publication Date 26/01/2017
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On 26 January 2017 the European Commission published new figures showing that the EU's education and training programme Erasmus+, which coincided with Erasmus+'s 30th anniversary.

The figures showed that in 2015, Erasmus+ enabled 678,000 Europeans to study, train, work and volunteer abroad, more than ever before. In the same year, the EU invested €2.1 billion in over 19,600 projects involving 69,000 organisations. These are the main findings of the Erasmus+ Annual Report for 2015 published by the European Commission today. Results also show that the programme on track to meet its target of supporting 4 million people between 2014 and 2020.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-82_en.htm
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ESO: Key source: ERASMUS+ Programme http://www.europeansources.info/record/erasmus-programme/

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