Erasmus+ Youth
and the key competences
A competence boost for young people
Erasmus+ Youth is the European Union’s learning mobility programme for young people and youth work organisations, networks and institutions. The programme seeks to strengthen European identity and citizenship through intercultural dialogue and non-formal learning. One specific objective is to strengthen the key competences of young people. Our research shows that Erasmus+ Youth is successful in achieving this objective and contributes to “empowering young people to contribute to the development of inclusive, sustainable, democratic, plural and peaceful societies”, one of the aims of the European Youth Work Agenda.
34 Countries
The RAY Network is the open research network of National Agencies of the European youth programmes and their research partners.
More than 80% of 4.749 participants in youth projects say that through their participation in an Erasmus+ Youth project they improved at least three of the key competences for life-long learning:
Literacy competence
… developing arguments
Multilingual competence
… using different languages for communication
Mathematical & scientific competence
… applying logical thinking
Digital competence
… using digital technologies
Personal, social & learning to learn competence
… dealing with complexity
Citizenship competence
… cooperating with others
Entrepreneurship competence
… acting upon opportunities
Cultural awareness & expression competence
… expressing ideas creatively
… expressing myself with empathy