To join the EWP Network institutions need to have an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education; accordingly organisational units of a given HEI (faculties, departments) are not allowed to connect to the network on their own. You don’t join or register for EWP personally, your institution does.
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
Contact – Erasmus Without Paper
For technical or non-technical questions about Erasmus Without Paper: Reach out to the ESCI Community Service Desk
Joining via in-house mobility software – Erasmus Without Paper
This page explains how a higher education institution that hold an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) can join the Erasmus Without Paper network.
Updating the Inter-institutional agreement EWP API (version 7)
Following discussions in the forums of the EWP Governance structure, the European Commission has decided to proceed with a major release of the IIA-related APIs (version 7) in 2024.
The dawn of a digital Erasmus: a tale of transformation
The Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) initiative has recently undergone a significant transformation aimed at enhancing its digital infrastructure. The Interoperability reinforcement plan, which was in action for six months from September 2022 to February 2023, sought to address critical issues and streamline the digitalisation of the Erasmus+ program.
EWP evolution – how stable processes are rolled-out
With the findings from the Interoperability Reinforcement Plan in our backpack, the EWP+ consortium looks ahead. At the same time, we keep working to make sure no institution is left behind in implementing digital inter-institutional agreements and learning agreements. What’s on the horizon for EWP in 2023 and 2024? Find out more.
Resources – Erasmus Without Paper
On this page you will find presentations, recordings, and more from past events as well as some key EWP-documents.
SAVE THE DATE: Erasmus Goes Digital webinars return on September 14th (Thursday)
In 2022, we welcomed more than 11,500 participants during seven EWP Erasmus Goes Digital webinars and two EWP Town Hall sessions. We have good news, we welcome everyone to new EWP webinars and Town Hall sessions at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year. We will host two sessions on Thursday 14 September, with more to come in the months after.
Erasmus Without Paper – Confluence
This knowledge base complements the official European Student Card Initiative information portal maintained by the European Commission.