Erasmus+ programme for 2021-2027 launched in Moldova

Chisinau, 13 May /MOLDPRES/ - The Erasmus+ Programme for 2021-2027 was launched in Moldova today, the Education, Culture and Research Ministry has reported.    

„We appreciate the openness of the programme for new and quite important dimensions for Moldova, as well as the learning during the entire life, digital transformation, inclusion and diversity; environment and combating the climate changes with participation in the democratic life. As the COVID-19 pandemic has showed us, the access to education proves to be, more than ever, essential for ensuring a quick improvement, promoting, at the same time, the equality of chances for everybody, so that nobody is left behind. In this respect, the Erasmus+ Programme is a novel opportunity,’’ competent minister Lilia Pogolsa said.   

For his part, Head of the European Union Delegation in Chisinau, Peter Michalko, said that the Erasmus+ Programme fully backed the education and research systems from Moldova, in order to integrate in the European space of the higher education and research.

The Erasmus+ Programme for 2021-2027 will have a budget of 26.2 billion euros, supplemented by 2.2 billion euros on behalf of the European Union’s additional instruments and will support the study mobility and cooperation projects.  

Within the Erasmus+ projects, implemented in Moldova on the period 2014-2020, 25 universities from Moldova cooperated with about 200 European universities, in projects of international mobility of loans and with over 160 higher education institutions from the partner countries – within projects on strengthening capacities.   

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