The Erasmus Consortium has two types of partners:
- Higher Education Institutions holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education
(CEES/ECHE): institutions of origin for students, recent graduates, and staff (teaching and
non-teaching personnel). Each HEI is responsible for the quality, content, and academic recognition of the
Erasmus professional internships for its students and recent graduates;
- Companies: public or private entities that engage in economic activity
within the European Union, regardless of their size, legal status, or economic sector, including the social
economy.
All Erasmus Consortium partners must be nationals of the same country as the Erasmus
Consortium Coordinator or be legally established in the same country. Partners from other countries are not
permitted.
Each partner institution must sign an agreement with the Consortium Coordinator, specifying
their functions and responsibilities, as well as their role in the administrative and financial management of
the project.
For a description of the objectives to be achieved based on the partnership between higher
education institutions and companies, click here.
Since the Erasmus Consortium may have partners with distinct legal and economic statuses,
the role of each partner in the Consortium should align with both the objectives of the Consortium and the
objectives of the partner. This dynamic and strategic cooperation aims to implement the following objectives:
- Implementation dynamics and requirement for completion: Within the
company’s scope, contribute to the execution of the overall strategy of the Erasmus Consortium by advising
the coordination and creating conditions that ensure quality and the necessary alignment between the
knowledge to be applied and the skills to be acquired by the beneficiaries of the various grant schemes;
- Promotion, visibility, and impact at local, regional, national, and European
levels: Make every effort to promote the Erasmus Consortium in the region where the company is
based and disseminate the culture of the region and the company throughout Europe; provide visibility to the
Erasmus Consortium and the company in the educational and economic sectors they operate in through the
opportunities they offer Erasmus students; contribute to ensuring that the Erasmus Program has a positive
impact on civil society and can be considered a valuable asset of European citizenship;
- Strengthen the connection between higher education and the labor
market: Demonstrate, through participation in the Erasmus Consortium, the necessary link that
should exist between the quality of Higher Education and the demands of the labor market.
