Agreement on the Participation in Erasmus+ was Signed

Agreement on the Participation in Erasmus+ Programme, dedicated to provide 70.000 mobility each year, was signed.

Agreement, enabling Türkiye to participate in Erasmus+ Programme was signed. The Agreement provides that Türkiye will participate in the Programme on the same terms with the member states, as it was the case between  2007-2013. Türkiye will receive 125 million Euros for the first year and at the end of the Programme, Türkiye’s financial share will reach 900 million Euros.

The agreement was signed by Ahmet Yücel, Undersecretary of Ministry for EU Affairs and Jan Truszczynski, Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission.

Message By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator on the Occasion of the signature of Agreement on the Participation Of Türkiye in Erasmus+

Education and Youth Programmes devoted to the different groups, conducted by the Turkish National Agency between 2007-2013, will be conducted under Erasmus+ Programme within whole Europe between 2014-2020. Under the framework of this Programme, dedicated to provide 70.000 mobility each year, we witnessed an enormous interest of our education and sports circles and youth in the first term of the application in 2014. Türkiye had the highest number of applications in the Programme.

Türkiye participated in the Programme with the agreement signed today. I wish the agreement will have beneficial and fruitful result for Türkiye.