Funding

erasmus-plus

Funding in Europe

What is Erasmus+?
Erasmus+ is an EU programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. The programme allows students to study at schools or do work placements in EU member states for a set period of time. Staff in educational settings can also access Erasmus+.

The Erasmus+ programme has an estimated budget of 26€ billion.

The current programme 2021-2027 places a strong focus on social inclusion, green and digital transitions, and promoting you people’s participation in democratic life. The current programme also allows students to study in schools or do work placements outside of EU member states.

Participants in Erasmus+ can go for 2 days to a year, depending on the type of project you are on.

Erasmus+ is open to many people including:

Pupils in school
Students in higher education
Students in vocational education and training
Young people in youth organizations
Adult learners

You cannot apply directly to Erasmus+. You must apply through a participating organization such as your school, college or place of work. If the application is successful, you could get funding that usually covers travel costs and cost of living abroad.

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Funding in Canada

Global Skills Opportunity provides thousands of Canadian post-secondary students with invaluable international study and work experiences, strengthening their global skills and competencies. Global Skills Opportunity is funded by Employment and Social Development Canada, and jointly administered by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).

For information about how to apply for funding, NSCC students can contact international@nscc.ca and NBCC students can contact outbound@nbcc.ca.

Bridge the Ocean project

Bridge the Ocean is a partnership project of the Erasmus+ program, which creates a model of global mobility and cooperation between European and Canadian Colleges.

The partners are four vocational education and training (VET) colleges from Finland, two from Canada and one from the Netherlands and Denmark. In the project, two European and one Canadian study units are planned, which will be piloted with a multinational group during the project.

The project is the first European Erasmus+ VET project that involves partners from outside Europe. The main goals of the Bridge the Ocean partnership project are to increase the number of global mobility of students and experts, teachers, and at the same time promote the development of both professional and international competence and key skills.

The project seeks visibility and interest in the internationalization of VET.

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BIDS

Bridging Inclusion Digitalization & Sustainability
The BIDS project has three main objectives.

Building and strengthening partnerships to support the implementation and development of internationalization strategies.
Supporting the quality of staff and student mobility between two continents
Combining the previous two goals in such a way that we create a model of how the priorities of the Erasmus+ program, inclusion, digitalization, and sustainability, can be realized in the strategies of the VET providers.

The partners are four vocational education and training colleges from Finland, two from Canada, and one from Portugal, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The project will consist of three different modules: a Sustainability module in Nova Scotia Canada, a Digitalization module in the Netherlands, and an Inclusion module in Finland. These modules will be attended by students and staff from participating partner schools, representing a mix of different educational sectors. We believe that this diverse group will not only enhance students’ soft skills but also foster their international competences.

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