Education as a powerful force for sustainable transformation. The Erasmus+ program can play a key role in driving the global green transition by promoting cross-border learning and cultural exchange. The new analysis Erasmus+: Global Links for a Green Future 2021–2027 (European Education and Culture Executive Agency – European Commission), recently published, highlights the Program's contribution to the global ecological transition through education, mobility, and international cooperation. Erasmus+ has proven to be a key tool for equipping students, teachers, and institutions with sustainability skills, ranging from renewable energy to the circular economy, climate resilience, and green innovation.
The report highlights the convergence with the European Green Deal, showcasing the impact of mobility initiatives and capacity-building projects in various regions of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and the Pacific.
Global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion have made sustainability a collective necessity, not just a shared ambition. The European Union recognizes that lasting solutions depend on collaboration, the exchange of knowledge, skills, and innovation between people and institutions. Against this background, the Programme's role is crucial, as a strategic lever for the global dissemination of the skills needed for the transition to a more sustainable economy that involves everyone.