YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Education, training and learning mobility  103 To stop this trend, which is dangerous for the economy, the state has also created a reintegration programme. One of the most successful is the so- called reintegration programme – the Aleš Debeljak Programme, imple- mented by the Public Agency for Research (ARRS) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (MESS), which aims to bring back to Slo- venia as many as possible of the young researchers who are working abroad or have recently completed their doctoral studies there. 2.4.2  PROMOTION OF LEARNING MOBILITY Research on (international) learning mobility is a constant feature of the European education landscape. The European Education Area (EEA) re- port and Flash Eurobarometer 466 found that 90% of young Europeans want and consider experiences abroad to be important for them (Euro- pean Commission, 2018: 5). In line with this, the European Union has also launched Erasmus+, a programme largely dedicated to learningmo- bility for young people. Erasmus was originally launched in 1987 as a mobility programme for higher education students. The fact that learn- ing mobility is a permanent feature of the EU is reflected in the estab- lishment of networks of young people fromdifferent parts of Europe, the virtual exchanges in Erasmus+, and the trend towards increased partic- ipation in cross-border learning mobility under Erasmus+ programmes. The mobility of pupils, students, and young people in Slovenia is there- fore mainly facilitated by the European Erasmus+ programme, coordi- nated and implemented by the national Erasmus+ agencies CMEPIUS and MOVIT. The programme framework coordinates pupils and stu- dents in the various activities of the sub-programme, including the Comenius and Leonardo da Vinci initiatives. The European Erasmus+ programme offers financial support for non-formal learning and mobil- ity for young people (13 to 30 years), contributing to the objectives of European cooperation in the youth field. The Erasmus+ programme has recently added the European Solidarity Corps as an important instru- ment, under the supervision of MOVIT.