18 Feb 2026
17 higher education organisations propose amendments for future Erasmus+
Following their joint call for ambitious investment in Erasmus+, seventeen associations and organisations representing a diverse range of actors across the higher education sector have presented a joint set of proposed amendments to the draft regulation for the next Erasmus+ programme (2028-2034).
Together, they reaffirm the key role of Erasmus+ in developing the European Education Area alongside the Union of Skills and call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU member states to:
- Reaffirm support for learning mobility and institutional cooperation across all study fields as a core objective of the programme.
- Increase the total budget to at least €60 billion and establish indicative budget allocations across education and training sectors.
- Reintroduce the committee procedure as an appropriate framework for member states and observers to contribute to implementation.
- Ensure that new scholarships in strategic priority areas bring genuine added value to the beneficiaries without diverting resources from other parts of the programme.
- Build more explicit funding synergies between Erasmus+ and other EU programmes (explicitly mentioning Horizon Europe, the ECF and the NRPs).
- Provide a clear and predictable pathway for the UK and Switzerland to renew their association.
- Reinforce international collaboration by offering more opportunities for mobility, cooperation and policy dialogue that serve the mutual interests of Europe and its partners.
- Systematically enhance the resilience of Erasmus+ and its capacity to support higher education institutions, students and staff in crisis situations.
The signatories include CESAER, the Coimbra Group, the Erasmus Student Network, the European Students’ Union, the European University Association (EUA), the European Association for the Applied Sciences in Higher Education (EURASHE), the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, the Academic Cooperation Association, AURORA, the European Association for International Education, the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, the European University Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the League of European Research Universities, the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) and the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN).
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