Summary: International Online Conference – Inclusive and Accessible Erasmus+ Actions

On 3 July, from 13:00 to 16:00 (GMT+4), the National Erasmus+ Office in Georgia organised an international online conference on inclusion and accessibility within the Erasmus+ Programme.

 

Inclusion and diversity is one of the four horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme.

 

The conference featured three thematic sessions, providing an overview of the context of inclusion within the Erasmus+ programme in Georgia, sharing inclusion, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms implemented by National Agencies in EU Member States, and discussing the perspectives of National Erasmus+ Offices operating in the Eastern Partnership region.

 

During the conference, invited speakers delivered presentations on the following topics (You can access the presentations by clicking on the titles):

Presentation NEO in Georgia – Mariam Sulashvili, Coordinator of NEO in Georiga/ Mariam Butkhuzi, Project Officer NEO in Georgia

How do we understand inclusivity within Erasmus+ programme? – Marta Garcia Rodriguez, Inclusion Officer, SEPIE, Spain

Monitoring and Assessing Inclusivity during Implementation – How inclusivity is tracked and what NAs observe during and after implementation – Inesa Lacuk, Project Manager, SMPF, Lithuania

Implementing Inclusion in Erasmus+, How inclusion standards work across actions, beneficiaries and national contexts – Michaela Lanaro, Programme Coordinator ICM, DAAD, National Agency, Germany

Inclusivity across Cooperation Partnership actions – Katrin Winter, Senior Desk Officer for Analytics and Evaluation, DAAD, National Agency, Germany

 

Inclusivity in the Eastern Partnership (Region 2), National Contexts and Perspectives – Mariana Sargsyan, Coordinator for NEO in Armenia; Claudia Melinte, Coordinator for NEO in Moldova; Svitlana Shytikova, Coordinator for NEO in Ukraine.

 

The conference provided an international platform for dialogue, bringing together representatives from the Eastern Partnership region, EU Member States, and stakeholders interested in the Erasmus+ Programme to discuss issues related to inclusion and exchange perspectives and experiences.