Prof. Ransford Gyampo, CES Director and Ambassador William Hanna, Head of European Union
The Centre for European Studies, University of Ghana, in collaboration with the European Union (EU), last week organised an information session to sensitize over 400 students from the College of Humanities of the University of Ghana on the educational opportunities within the European Union (EU), especially the Erasmus Mundus Programme.
Director for the Centre for European Studies, Professor Ransford Gyampo and the Head of the European Union in Ghana, Ambassador William Hanna, as well as other EU officials and Erasmus Mundus alumni, took turns to sensitize the students on the educational programme and opportunities.
The educational and sensitization seminar was targeted at students who want to undertake internships and further education with full scholarships in Europe.
Erasmus+ is the European Union (EU) programme, which supports projects, partnerships, events and mobility in the areas of education, training, youth and sports.
It’s managed by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, the Education, Audio-visual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), a series of National Agencies in Programme countries, and a series of national offices in some partner countries.
The Director of the Centre for European Studies, Professor Gyampo, introduced the programme to the students and stressed the need for students to take advantage and participate in it.
He noted that the programme would enable students gain the needed experience through internships and enjoy the benefits of fully funded graduate and post-graduate educational opportunities in Europe.
He assured students and the university community of other fruitful collaborations with the EU and European countries for the benefit of students.
Ambassador William Hanna, explaining the Erasmus+ programme, observed that it aims at contributing to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion, as well as the aims of ET2020, the EU’s strategic framework for education and training.
“Specifically, it will help tackle issues such as reducing unemployment, especially among young people, the promotion of adult learning, especially for new skills and skills required by the labour market, encouraging young people to take part in European democracy, supporting innovation, cooperation and reform, reducing early school leaving and promoting cooperation and mobility with the EU’s partner countries,” he stated.
Ambassador Hanna noted that more than 20 Ghanaian students participated in the Erasmus+ programme last year.
They include students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana and University of Cape Coast.
They went to Norway, Spain, Italy and France.