During this week, Moldova and the whole world celebrated Erasmus Day 2023, to highlight Europe’s cultural diversity and the many learning opportunities the Erasmus+ programme offers.
In this context, the National Erasmus+ Office in Moldova, in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union and the Ministry of Education and Research in the Republic of Moldova, have organized the Reunion of the Newly Selected Erasmus+ Projects in 2023. The event took place on October 5, 10 and 12, consecutively bringing together new Jean Monnet projects, as well as the capacity building in vocational education and training (CBVET) and capacity building in higher education projects (CBHE).
These meetings constituted a networking platform for experts, academic and administrative staff, but also representatives of civil society, the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research and the Ministry of Education and Research, in order to share their experiences and perspectives, and emphasizing the openness of our system towards international collaboration within Erasmus+ projects.
The year 2023 brought to educational institutions from the Republic of Moldova a record number of Erasmus+ projects. Thus, within these selection, we have six capacity building in higher education projects, three capacity building in the field of vocational education and training projects and four Jean Monnet projects.
Erasmus+ capacity building projects have a budget from 200 thousand to one million euros, and support international cooperation actions, based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of education. They support the relevance, quality, modernisation and adaptability of education in third countries not associated with the Erasmus+ programme, as the Republic of Moldova, for socioeconomic recovery, growth and prosperity. Jean Monnet projects, on the other hand, have a budget of 30 to 100 thousand euros, and aim to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies worldwide. Through this action, the European Commission aims to promote the dialogue between academia and decision-makers, in particular, with the aim of strengthening the governance of EU policies.
It has to be noted that the Republic of Moldova Erasmus+ projects are implemented since 1994 on the dimension of higher education and youth. Starting from 2021, capacity building in the field of vocational education and training projects have become a novelty for the Republic of Moldova within the Erasmus+ programme. Until now, thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ programme in the Republic of Moldova, the following results have been achieved: 83 Tempus projects, 30 capacity building in higher education projects, 5 capacity building in the field of vocational education and training projects and 31 Jean Monnet projects.
