Translation of "programme d'envoi d'étudiants à l'étranger " (French → English) :

Since, in the context of the Erasmus programme, there are more foreign students studying in the Netherlands than Netherlands students, who have opted to pursue their complete course of study abroad, and since, instead of a student public transport pass, a monthly ‘portable funding for studies’ of EUR 89,13 (2013 rate) is granted to the latter group of students, it is only ultimately foreign students in Netherlands who receive no form of financial benefit or no advantage in the form of the student public transport pass.

The Commission is seeking to give all young people in Europe the chance to spend part of their education in another Member State through the “Youth on the Move” initiative, by providing guidance on the rights of mobile students under EU rules and by working with Member States to achieve the target of at least 20% of those graduating from higher education having studied or trained for a period abroad by 2020. The Commission is facilitating study abroad also by promoting the comparability of academic diplomas through the European Qualifications Framework.

Learning periods abroad featured in both the Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci programmes: 943 000 university students were involved in study mobility, 135 000 university teachers went to teach abroad and around 2 500 institutions were involved in Erasmus.

In order to cover more adequately the real additional costs borne by students studying abroad, the standard student mobility grant should be maintained at an average of EUR 200 per month in real terms for the duration of the programme.

In order to cover more adequately the real additional costs borne by students studying abroad, the standard student mobility grant should be maintained at an average of EUR 200 per month in real terms for the duration of the programme.

The participation of 3 million university students in mobility programmes by 2010 (the figure of 1 million was achieved in 2002) implying that some 10% of university students are offered the possibility to get exposure to and benefit from studying abroad;