Како # ЦОВИД-19 утиче на #Ерасмус и #ЕУСолидибилитиЦорпс

Education has been hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Travel restrictions and the closing of universities mean participants in cross-border mobility programmes, such as the Eрасмус + student exchange and the Европски корпус солидарности, are facing challenges.

Currently, 165,000 young people across Europe are on an Erasmus exchange and 5,000 more are involved in volunteering projects.

How the EU is helping

To help young people who are volunteering or taking part in Erasmus+, as much as possible, the European Commission has said it will make the programmes as flexible as legally possible.

It has recommended that the national agencies, responsible for the management of study exchanges, invoke “force majeure”, which would allow them to assess the possibility of approving additional costs up to a maximum grant amount and to postpone planned activities for 12 months.

Парламент одбор за културу и образовање has called on the Commission to do everything possible to provide support, clear information and reassurance for participants.

У letter to Mariya Gabriel, the commissioner responsible for youth and education on 15 April, MEPs ask the Commission to ensure that:

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• Максимална флексибилност is applied, in particular to help those who have had to return to their home countries for safety reasons
• All exceptional costs in connection with Covid-19 are надокнађени
• Exchange students and participants of the Solidarity Corps programme retain their status
• Размјена ученика do not lose the academic year and can obtain the ECTS credits through remote study arrangements.

MEPs also asked the Commission to keep the culture and education committee updated about the number of participants currently on an exchange, their situation and the measures taken to support them. On 4 May, the committee again debated the issue with Commissioners Thierry Breton and Mariya Gabriel.

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