Press Release: Commissioner Vassiliou launches Erasmus+ in Hungary

On the 11 March 2014, the Erasmus+, the EU's new funding programme for education, training, youth and sport, was announced to be launched in Budapest for the 12 March 2014 by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and the country's Minister of Human Resources, Zoltán Balog.

Erasmus+ will have a total budget of €14.7 billion over the next seven years – 40% more than under previous programmes. It will provide grants for more than four million people to study, train, gain work experience or volunteer abroad. Nearly 100 000 Hungarians are expected to receive Erasmus+ grants between 2014 and 2020.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/196: Erasmus+ - a new partnership between education and the world of work http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-196_en.pdf

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/

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: Commissioner Vassiliou launches Erasmus+ in Bucharest and calls for action to support 'NEETs' http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commissioner-vassiliou-launches-erasmus-in-bucharest-and-calls-for-action-to-support-neets/

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