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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2025)0549 – C100170/2025 – 2025/0222(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888

CULT-PR-787958

Committee on Culture and Education · Rapporteur: Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

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This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for the Erasmus+ programme for 2028-2034, which merges the European Solidarity Corps into Erasmus+ and repeals Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888. The draft proposes amendments to the Commission proposal, including new recitals on European added value, solidarity and volunteering, and a new Article 3a requiring that only actions with European added value be supported. It restructures the programme into separate articles for learning mobility in education and training, youth and volunteering, and sport, and adds minimum earmarking percentages for each field. It requires the Commission to adopt work programmes and indicator amendments through delegated acts, and sets rules on third-country association, IT systems, inclusion measures and synergies with other Union instruments.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to amend the Commission proposal to introduce minimum earmarking for policy priorities, restructure learning mobility articles, add European added value requirements, strengthen inclusion and simplification, and require delegated acts for work programmes and indicators.

Key points

  1. The draft supports merging the European Solidarity Corps into Erasmus+ to create a single entry point for young people and organisations, while preserving the Corps' legacy of solidarity, volunteering and civic engagement.
  2. It adds a new Article 3a requiring the Programme to support only actions with European added value, demonstrated through transnational character, synergies with other programmes, or use of Union transparency and recognition tools.
  3. It restructures learning mobility into separate articles: education and training, youth and volunteering (including DiscoverEU, youth exchanges and the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps), and sport (athletes, grassroots participants and sport staff).
  4. It introduces minimum earmarking percentages for the programme budget: 73.4% for education and training, 14.2% for youth and volunteering, 4.1% for sport, 2.3% for national agencies, 1% for programme support, and flexibility margins.
  5. It requires the Commission to adopt work programmes and amendments to performance indicators through delegated acts, with scrutiny by Parliament and Council.
  6. It sets conditions for third-country association: full association is the aim, partial association is allowed only as a transitional step or where no prospect of full association exists, and countries with predecessor programme national agencies cannot be partially associated.
  7. It requires Programme IT systems to be operational and documented before calls open, accessible without specialised digital skills, and designed with regard to existing digital environment.
  8. It strengthens inclusion measures for people with fewer opportunities, including targeted financial support, accessible formats, housing support, preparatory activities and priority in grant awarding.
  9. It calls for synergies with other Union instruments such as the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, National and Regional Partnership Plans, the European Social Fund and the Youth Guarantee.
  10. It adds new definitions for athlete, sport staff, virtual cooperation, vocational education and training, youth organisation, youth participation activity, and clarifies volunteering as unpaid activity for those aged 18-30.
  11. It requires Member States and associated third countries to remove legal and administrative obstacles to participation, including visa and residence permit difficulties.

Who is affected

  • Young people, learners, volunteers and sport participants, who gain expanded mobility, volunteering and inclusion opportunities.
  • Education and training institutions, youth organisations and sport organisations, which face simplified procedures and new partnership opportunities.
  • National agencies and Member States, which must ensure synergies, remove obstacles and manage funds under new earmarking rules.
  • Third countries, which may associate fully or partially under new conditions, with partial association restricted for certain countries.
  • The Commission, which must adopt delegated acts for work programmes and indicators, and ensure IT systems are accessible and operational.

Figures and deadlines

  • 73.4% of the amount set out in Article 9(1) for education and training actions.
  • 34.6% of the education and training amount for higher education actions.
  • 21.5% of the education and training amount for vocational education and training actions.
  • 15.5% of the education and training amount for school education actions.
  • 5.2% of the education and training amount for adult learning actions.
  • 1.2% of the education and training amount for Jean Monnet actions.
  • 14.1% of the education and training amount for directly managed and horizontal actions.
  • 7.9% of the education and training amount for a flexibility margin.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Articles 165(4), 166(4) and 214(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.