EU: Council of Ministers gives initial backing to expansion of Erasmus Mundus programme
November 1st, 2007
By Keith Nuthall in Brussels
Initial support from ministers representing the European Union's (EU) 27 member states has been secured for the expansion of the EU's global Erasmus Mundus exchange programme. Assuming formal approval comes from the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, the scheme will spend ?493.69 million from 2009 to 2013 on exchange programmes for students and academics from the EU and other countries. Erasmus Mundus was devised and launched in 2004 following the success of the EU's Erasmus scheme which promotes and funds such ...
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