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<p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not
changed. The Political Declaration includes an agreement to establish terms and conditions
for UK participation in EU programmes in areas of shared interest, including culture
and, youth and education. It also contains a reference to wider dialogues and exchanges
in culture and education, to allow us to share best practice and act together. The
Government recently updated its technical notice that provides guidance to organisations
and participants on the UK’s anticipated participation in the current Erasmus+ programme
(2014 to 2020). The notice can also be found at: <a href="https://bit.ly/2GaP28y"
target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2GaP28y</a>.</p><p>This states that, to prepare for
the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK Government has been seeking
to engage with the European Commission with the aim of securing the UK’s continued
full participation in Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) until the end
of 2020 and minimising the impact on projects in a no deal scenario. We are considering
carefully the draft regulation the European Commission published on contingency for
Erasmus+ on 30 January and are seeking to speak with them to seek clarification, and
discuss further what they are proposing.</p><p>In addition, in the event that the
UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Government’s underwrite guarantee will cover
the payment of awards to UK applicants for all successful Erasmus+ bids submitted
before the end of 2020. Successful bids are those that are approved directly by the
European Commission or by the UK National Agency and ratified by the European Commission.
The Government will need to reach agreement with the EU for UK organisations to continue
participating in Erasmus+ and ESC projects and, as mentioned above, has been seeking
to hold these discussions.</p>
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