Erasmus conference

Erasmus – the way forward and the Green paper on mobility of young people

Place: Lund
Date: 5-6 October 2009

The conference language was English.

The Erasmus Programme stands out as one of the most concrete and popular examples of the progress achieved during fifty years of European integration. It has been, and continues to be, a driver for change in European higher education. It has helped reshape the face of Higher Education systems in Europe by inspiring the Bologna Process, a major initiative to reform Europe's diverse higher education systems and create a European Higher Education Area, which currently covers 46 countries.

The Swedish National Agency for the Lifelong Learning Programme "Internationella Programkontoret" in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission organised a conference under the Swedish Presidency on the Erasmus programme at the University of Lund on 5th and 6th October 2009. The conference was a plenary session followed by workshops and a closing session. 

Topics was the Green Paper on Mobility of young people, the follow up on the Council conclusions on mobility under French Presidency, improvement of quality, future of Erasmus beyond 2013, under the umbrella of the Swedish presidency theme of "jobs, growth and competitiveness".

Learn more about the conference on the website kongresslund.se/erasmus