Digitalisation

in the future Erasmus+

Harpa Sif ARNARSDOTTIR

European Commission

Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

Objective: Make

mobility a reality for all!

So what is the European

Student Card Initiative?

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A bottom up initiative supported by the European Commission through

Erasmus+ funded

projects to digitise and streamline

procedures and services

Connecting Europe

Facility (CEF) projects to develop a unique student

identifier for authentication

online

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The projects work together to achieve the objectives

of the European Student Card Initiative

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The objectives For students: Make is as easy as possible to be

mobile by

Creating a single online entry point for them (via

Erasmus+ Mobile App) to:

Find information and access student services

Manage all steps of mobility, before, during and after

Access online linguistic support

Receive reminders and notifications

Authenticate themselves online

For universities: Simplify mobility management

and reduce administrative burden by

Creating a single online entry point for them (via

Erasmus Without Paper(EWP)) to:

Exchange student data

Manage student mobility

Report to the Mobility Tool+

Set up inter-institutional agreements

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Erasmus+ Mobile App

Online learning

agreement

Inter-institutiona

l agreement manager

Single entry point for institutions

Single entry point for students

Transcript of records

Erasmus

Without Paper

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The EWP standards will become gradually mandatory from 2021

2021: Inter-institutional agreements and Online learning agreements

2022: Nominations

2023: Transcripts of records Roadmap to be maintained provided testing confirms they are fit for purpose!

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The system addresses the diversity of needs of every institution

If you use an in-house developed tool

you can connect it to the EWP network

If you use a tool developed by a

commercial provider they can connect to the network

If you are currently not using any tool to

exchange student data you can use the EWP dashboard

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It is vital that all higher education institutions start testing to ensure

The tools are fit for purpose

Institutions are ready for paperless procedures

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So how are we

progressing?

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Number of universities testing vs total number of ECHE holders

Total ECHE holders ECHE holders in the Dashboard

1,325 1,697

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Total OLAs created until April 2019

40,565

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Erasmus+ App downloads

Android downloads

iOS downloads

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Support and resources

• Erasmus Without Paper Competence Centre

• European Student Card initiative Toolkit

• “Erasmus going digital” conferences and EAIE

• Policy priority for Strategic Partnerships

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May 29, 2019 Slide 16

The time to prepare to be ready by 2021 is NOW!

Start an internal

dialogue in your

institution

Connect to EWP and

start testing

Attend workshops and provide

your feedback

Seek commitment to paperless

mobility from

institutional leaders

Thank you for your

attention!