YEREVAN. – EU Centre and AEGEE-Yerevan / Yerevan European Students’ Forum Association Youth NGO held second “Erasmus+ Info Action Day” youth event on Friday at the EU Centre.

The Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Traian Hristea opened the Info Action Day. In the words of Ambassador Hristea Erasmus+ supports organisations to work in transnational partnership and to share innovative practices in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.

“This programme gives opportunities to students, trainees, staff and volunteers to spend a period abroad to increase their skills and employability at home,” the Ambassador said.

More than 70 students, activists from various regions of Armenia and the representatives of different civil society youth organizations from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Italy Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey had a chance to explore the new educational and training possibilities offered by the European Union.

The aim of these events is to raise awareness among Armenian students and civil society youth organisations about new educational and training possibilities provided by the European Union. Erasmus+ is a new EU programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period of 2014-2020. Erasmus+ brings together seven existing EU programmes in the fields of Education, Training and Youth. For the first time European Union also supports Sport. Erasmus+ offers more opportunities for cooperation across the Education, Training, Youth and Sport sectors and is easier to access than its predecessors with simplified funding rules. Erasmus+ aims at boosting skills and employability of young people and modernising Education, Training and Youth work. The new EU programme has some changes and takes into account the current societal and economic priorities.

One of the cornerstone approaches of the Info Action Day is to give interested young people information, consultancy and guidance. The speakers will answer the questions and participants are encouraged to develop discussions on the ongoing educational programmes in Europe. The main goal of the event is to stimulate civic activism, improve EU related knowledge and raise the level of EU awareness among the young people.

The EU Centre is the main feature of the EU funded project “Support to the EU communication on reforms in Armenia”. Its goal is to raise awareness on EU development cooperation in Armenia and support education on the European Union. The Centre’s website is a gateway to EU cooperation with Armenia. The duration of the project is two years and it is implemented by GOPA-Cartermill S.A in consortium with Altair Asesores and Fainberg LLC.