Inclusion & Diversity Steering Group

Achievements

• Contributed to the development of the Implementation guidelines - Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps Inclusion and Diversity Strategy 2021-2027
• ‘Inclusion & Diversity Now’ leaflet (pdf) and promotional video to explain the ID Strategy 2014-2020.
• Clearer inclusion wording in both the Erasmus+ programme guide and application form.
• Highlight inclusion & equity principlesin the guide & grids for E+ project assessors.
• Inclusion analysis of the RAY impact assessment of Erasmus+ youth. Research results here.
• Inventory of NA approaches to ‘reinforced mentorship’ and ‘exceptional costs’ to create more coherence.
• Collecting arguments to have a seperate tailor-made training cycle for short-term ESC (young people with fewer opportunities).
• Reaching out to new trustworthy organisations who can host volunteers with fewer opportunities/special needs.
• Volunteers get access to their evaluation form 1 week before end of their ESC service, so they can work on it together with mentor.
• All NAs have a dedicated inclusion & diversity officer (and they are online in the NA extranet).
• Training for NAs to set up national ID Strategies, inventory of the ID strategies.
• Overview of the different initiatives for/with young refugees across Europe (Erasmus+ and others).  

Composition of the ID Steering Group 

• European Commission
• National Agencies of AT, CZ, DE, FI, FR, HR, IT, IE, IS, LV, MK, PL, RO
• SALTO Inclusion & Diversity Resource Centre
• Inclusion & diversity experts