The 2025 EWP Convention in Warsaw marked a key milestone in Erasmus+ digitalisation—celebrating progress, sharing insights, and shaping what comes next.
Erasmus Without Paper
Erasmus Without Paper, also known as EWP, is an initiative by universities and for universities which is digitalising the administration of student mobility, with the goal of decreasing administrative workload by up to 40%. The European Commission is currently funding EWP and the custodians of the EWP digital infrastructure are:
University of Warsaw
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ghent University
Eötvös Loránd University
University of Porto
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EWP Network
The EWP Network is responsible for ensuring interoperability across all IT systems used to support the administration of student mobility in Europe. It is a decentralized network which ensures the highest privacy standards and allows for outstanding scalability, supporting more than 3000 nodes. It connects more than 99% of all universities supporting Erasmus+ student mobility.
EWP Dashboard
The EWP Dashboard acts as the reference implementation for the entire network, meeting the highest standards of robustness and reliability. It is trusted daily by 2700 universities which value its seamless data exchange capabilities. Of the first six countries to reach 95% of Learning Agreements, the Dashboard is used by all universities in four countries and by 97% of universities in the remaining two.
Useful resources
Helpdesk
Competence Centre (for IROs)
EWP Developers Guide (for IT)
EWP Stats Portal
ESCI portal
Essential documents
Erasmus Without Paper Back to the Future – White Paper
Digital Erasmus+ Learning Agreement User Guide
Digital Erasmus+ Inter-institutional Agreement User Guide
EWP Assessment Report 2023
EWP Assessment Report 2022
News
Introducing the ESCI Champions 2025 – 2027!
This round attracted more participation and applicant institutions than ever, highlighting the commitment of higher education institutions to easing student mobility in Europe.
Reflections on ESCI training and consultation days in Brussels and Thessaloniki
The sessions in Belgium and Greece showed the value of community voices in shaping the trajectory of Erasmus+ digitalisation.
A new Erasmus Without Paper user policy is coming into force
We’re introducing a new Acceptable Use Policy as part of a broader effort to ensure consistent, secure, high-quality data exchanges for Erasmus Without Paper users.
Survey: universities, share your experience using Erasmus+ digital tools
As users of Erasmus+ digital tools, you understand their workflows, barriers and features the best. That’s why we need your input.
About the future of Erasmus Without Paper (update)
Following the recent announcement from the European Commission, the article provides an update on the latest developments in Erasmus Without Paper (EWP).
Known Issues in EWP Data Exchanges
The table below outlines common data exchange issues (called interoperability issues) reported by users via the ESCI Service Desk. If you exchange data with clients using the providers below, note these issues may affect data exchanges.
Call for papers: Shaping the future of digital Erasmus
Are you working on the digitalisation of Erasmus+ processes? Share your vision and insights! Policy briefs, technical notes, case studies, research papers are highly welcome.
Spring and summer consultation and training events on navigating Erasmus+ digitalisation
The EWP+ consortium is running a series of national and international events that combine hands-on training with strategic consultations on digitalisation of Erasmus+. Check out the schedule!