garagErasmus foundation
Acronym: garagErasmus
General Information
Identification Code: 437391933651-03
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Entity Form: Foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/14/2019
Last Update: 9/8/2023
EP Accredited Number: 1
Mission & Interests
Goals: garagErasmus Foundation (gE) was established in 2012. It is the first professional network of the Erasmus Generation developed in coordination with the European Commission with 54 Foundation members, including universities, cities and private companies (the network includes Erasmus+ and other kinds of international exchange programmes). gE has also an extensive network of 30 local organisations in Europe and beyond, the gE4Cities local groups. You can check out our brochure and our Annual Report 2021 for more information.
Since its foundation, gE established an on-line and off-line format, acting as an ecosystem of international talents, co-creating a stronger Europe through and with the Erasmus Generation, with a special focus on youth employment, valorisation of soft skills and non-formal education, inter-generational capacity building among alumni.
In 2015 we founded the Erasmus+ Students and Alumni Alliance (ESAA) together OCEANS Network ESN EMA
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Culture
- Culture and media
- Digital economy and society
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Environment
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Single market
- Trans-European Networks
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Erasmus+ programme
- Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
- European Universities initiative
- Legislative files related to the European labour market
- Legislative files related to students and workers' mobility
- #FutureOfEurope files (reform of the EU institutional design)
- European projects on sport
- COFOE and its follow up
- European Year of Skills
MEPs are regularly attending our events
Communication Activities: General mission: building the Erasmus alumni professional network by setting up a European network of universities, companies and municipalities interested in engaging in European mobility and citizenship.
Main current projects: international TalentsMatches around Europe, Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus generation and The Plus of Erasmus.
Main recurrent events: statutory meetings project-linked events, capacity building and meetings with HEIs and Policy makers
Policy implementation: Erasmus+, mobility, European labour market, alumni engagement, life-long learning, pro-Europeanism, EU citizens' rights.
Public relations: networking at events, participation in partners' and HEis events, including EAIE
ESAA network
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Via Ungaretti
Post Code: 20098
City: San Giuliano Milanese
Country: ITALY
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EU Office
Address: Via Ungaretti
Post Code: 20098
City: San Giuliano Milanese
Country: ITALY
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: Operating Grant
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Digital Life Learning
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 4
Info Members: gE rielies also on a wide network of volunteers across the EU
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The garagErasmus Foundation
The garagErasmus Foundation (gEF hereafter to differentiate it from the entire network) is the European hub of the network. It was founded in 2012 in Italy with the aim of giving flesh to the Appeal to the Erasmus Generation (https://garagerasmus.org/appeal-to-the-erasmus-generation/) by supporting the bottom-up creation of a pan-European network of Erasmus students and alumni, universities, companies and associations committed to the principles enshrined in the EU Treaties.
Members - Local chapters: garagErasmus4Cities
Since 2012, the gE network has grown at a very rapid pace (specially in 2022), with the establishment of 30 local chapters, called garagErasmus4Cities (gE4Cities or gE4). gE4Cities are present in 17 EU countries and 6 non-EU countries.
gE4Brussels
Belgium (BE)
gE4Kaunas
Lithuania (LT)
gE4Varna
Bulgaria (BG)
gE4Malta
Malta (MT)
gE4Prague
Czech Republic (CZ)
gE4Amsterdam
Netherlands (NL)
gE4Paris
France (FR)
gE4Silesia
Poland (PL)
gE4Tours
France (FR)
gE4Lisbon
Portugal (PT)
gE4Mainz
Germany (DE)
gE4Bucharest
Romania (RO)
gE4Athens
Greece (GR)
gE4Nitra
Slovakia (SK)
gE4Budapest
Hungary (HU)
gE4Malaga
Spain (ES)
gE4 Ancona
Italy (IT)
gE4Ourense
Spain (ES)
gE4Bologna
Italy (IT)
gE4Valencia
Spain (ES)
gE4Milano&Lombardia
Italy (IT)
gE4Yerevan
Armenia (AM)
gE4Torino
Italy (IT)
gE4Baku
Azerbaijan (AZ)
gE4Tuscany
Italy (IT)
gE4Medellin
Colombia (CO)
gE4Verona
Italy (IT)
gE4Tbilisi
Georgia (GE)
gE4Istanbul
Turkey (TR)
gE4Moscow
Russian Federation (RU)
gE4Cities are constituted as non-for-profit associations under national law. These groups are the local anchors of the Foundation and the Erasmus Generation professional network. They organize independent events as well as large meet-ups, engaging former Erasmus around Europe and enabling face-to-face contact with local business, recruitment companies, mentors and other interested subjects. Yet, they co-create with garagErasmus Foundation its strategy, initiatives and events, jointly with the other members of the foundation during the Annual Meeting, joining the Working Groups with HEIs and companies and supporting the secretariat and board in the pan-European initiatives and campaign, facilitating contacts with local stakeholders.
gE4Cities support gEF in pursuing the goals and objectives set out in its Statutes and in particular the intensification of networks among former Erasmus students, with a specific view to increasing work/talent mobility and enhance the chances to obtain a professional position or realize a business idea in any place of the world.
Following the principle of subsidiarity, each gE4Cities adopts and implements its own programme of activities at the local level and contributes, according to their respective capabilities, to the implementation of the European initiatives of the network.
gE4Cities benefit from gEF’s guidance, know-how, technical knowledge, contacts with partners, expertise and the necessary political support (visits, coordination, contacts, presentation and guarantees). They participate in the governance of the network and in the definition of its work programme through their representation in the Annual Meeting of garagErasmus and different working groups, in particular in the framework of the Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association.
Members - Higher Education Institutions
The gE network has 22 member universities in 7 EU countries and Russia.
University of Bergamo
Italy (IT)
Università di Pavia
Italy (IT)
University of Deusto
Spain (ES)
University for Foreigners of Perugia
Italy (IT)
Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara
Italy (IT)
University of Pisa
Italy (IT)
University of Ferrara
Italy (IT)
Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
Italy (IT)
Bronislaw Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics
Poland (PL)
University of Latvia
Latvia (LV)
University of Malaga
Spain (ES)
Roma 2 Tor Vergata
Italy (IT)
IULM University Milan (Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione)
Italy (IT)
University of Siena
Italy (IT)
Politecnico di Milano
Italy (IT)
Vilnius University
Lithuania (LT)
Università Statale di Milano
Italy (IT)
Universidad Del País Vasco
Spain (ES)
University of Milan-Bicocca
Italy (IT)
University of Craiova
Romania (RO)
Istituto Europeo di Design
Italy (IT)
People's Friendship University of Russia - RUDN
Russian Federation (RU)
Member universities adheres to gE with a Membership Agreements and contribute to the mission of gE by:
contributing to the growth of an active community of Erasmus students and alumni;
promoting activities among their students and staff, specially EU-funded opportunities;
participating in initiatives aimed at matching offer and demand in the European job market;
supporting the cross-border recognition of formal and informal qualifications and skills, specially thanks to gE efforts in the recognition of micro-credentials;
exploiting gE networking opportunities in order to improve quality, equity and inclusion for everyone
establishing cross-border cooperation frameworks with other member universities, reinforcing the European Higher Education Area
having a spillover effect for gE-EU wide campaigns, while disseminating with students, staff and other networks
contributing to involve students, staff and other stakeholders in the definition of new EU key priorities and policies.
They benefit from:
increased opportunities to forge new partnerships with other higher education institutions, regional authorities and businesses;
the possibility for their students to participate in gE activities and facilitate their mobility, with initiatives such as garagErasmus CITY (housing project, for Universities document: https://garagerasmus.org/garagerasmus-documents);
reinforced cooperation with their Erasmus alumni across the continent;
gEF’s support in the design and implementation of European projects, including fundraising.
Since October 2022, an annual Higher Education European Networking Summit has taken place, following the need and request popping up by our members during the Annual Meeting of May 2022 held in Florence. The event has been co-organised with our members and saw the presence of representatives from the EC and the EP, establishing a direct dialogue with our members on key EU priorities and policies.
The aim of the Summit is to discuss the new developments of the Erasmus+ program, its new digital mobility tools, issues and possibilities in using them, and to collect feedback from higher education institutions and organizations, including policy-makers in order to have a non-topic based networking opportunity, completely dedicated to showcase and best-practice share.
Most importantly, the summit is dedicated to creating new relations, synergies and partnerships among universities and higher education institutions (EQF 5-8). This first edition was attended by more than 20 universities (members and non-member, also to foster membership), but it is in gE's goals to make it a yearly repeat event and it’s already planned for M10 of 2023.
Members - Corporate members
UBI Banca and the confederation of private companies Assolombarda are also members of the network. They bring their expertise about the job market and the needs of private companies to the network and play a key role in the development and implementation of training initiatives and stakeholder engagement activities.
Other companies participating in the activities of the network are Ernst & Young, Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz, Continental, HP, Experis, WipJobs, Siemens. Especially in the case of the International Talents Match, international companies are more than active in Foundation activities, offering their working vacancies to new graduates selected by garagErasmus and interviewing international talents who applied to the open positions.
Organisation Members: Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Alliance:
https://www.esaa-eu.org/about/
Fondation Hippocrène
LLP
Erasmusx10 by LLP
House of Sport