The Erasmus Program is a sub-program of Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) which aims to support the creation of an European Higher Education Area and to reinforce the contribution to the higher education and advanced vocational training in the process of innovation across Europe.
OTHER OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM ARE:
- To contribute to the development of a high quality lifelong learning and its possibilities;
- To strengthen personal motivation, social cohesion, active citizenship and European citizenship;
- To promote creativity, competitiveness and employability;
- To increase the participation in lifelong learning;
- To promote learning and diversity of languages;
- To explore innovative results, products and processes.
The Erasmus Program supports the mobility of students and both academic and non-academic staff in Europe. It also promotes the relationships among Higher Education Institutions through Intensive Programmes, Academic and Structural Networks and Multilateral Projects.
ACTIONS
- Mobility for Students
- Student mobility Studies (SMS)
- Student mobility Placements (SMP)
- Mobility for Staff Teaching Assignment (STA)
- Teaching staff of a National Higher Education Institution (HEI) - teach at a foreign HEI
- Staff of a foreign company, invited by a National HEI - teach at a National HEI
- Mobility for Staff Training (STT)
- Teaching staff and non-teaching staff of a National Higher Education Institution (HEI) - for training in a foreign HEI;
- Teaching staff and non-teaching staff of a National HEI - for training in a foreign company
- Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (EILC)
- Intensive Programmes (IP)
USEFUL WEBSITES
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc80_en.htm
http://pt-europa.proalv.pt/public/PortalRender.aspx?PageID={f4e1b936-c518-4e48-bf2b-d7704aa1a42b}
PROALV
Portuguese National Agency for the Management of Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
Praça de Alvalade, 12
1749-070 Lisboa
Tlf.: (+351) 213 944 760
Fax.: (+351) 213 944 737
Email: agencianacional@proalv.pt