Do you want to take your chance to win €3000? 

Below you can find a step to step guide of the Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation 2023.

1. Click on the form on the top of this page.

2. Complete all the fields concerning yourself and your mobility experience.

3. Briefly explain your project.

4. (Optional) Provide a link to a video showcasing your project. The link can be to an online cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, Wetransfer etc) or to a social media account if already published (Youtube, Instagram, etc)

5. What you will show on the video is up to you! It can be yourself talking about it, interviews, footage showing the problem with a voiceover, visuals. Surprise us! Be careful to follow the parameters indicated in the form or on this page. 

6. Give your authorisation to data usage and newsletter (if you’d like to keep updated with the Foundation)

7. Deadline is on 5 November, 23:59 pm (CET)

An internal committee of garagErasmus Foundation will select the 10 best projects and publish the videos on its Instagram (@garagerasmus_foundation) and TikTok (@garagerasmus) accounts.

If the selected participants haven’t already sent the video, they will be asked to email communication@garagerasmus.org to share the link.

Before publishing, the selected candidates will be asked to provide additional information about the project.

From 5 November to 14 November, people will have the chance to vote for the projects on social media by liking them. Remember that: 

1. You can like more than one video.

2. Votes on both Instagram and Tik Tok count and will be added together for the final score.

3. This phase does not determine the winner quite yet but is crucial to pass to the next step.

The candidates of the 3 most voted videos on social media will be invited to present their project in front of a panel of Higher Education Institutions representatives that will select the winner. Please note that all expenses will be covered. In case participants can’t attend the event in person, they’ll be invited to join online.

Subsequently to the final decision, garagErasmus Foundation will contact the Winner who, in order to get the prize, will have to provide all the financial documents of the project. The grant will cover proven expenses related to the project; no direct money transfer will be done to the winner before the project takes place.

5Rules

Candidates are required to read the rules carefully before submitting projects.

1. The Laissez-Passer of the Erasmus Generation project is carried out by garagErasmus Foundation.
2. The projects submitted must pertain to the theme of social innovation and must be in line with garagErasmus Foundation’s Ethical Guidelines and Principles.
3. garagErasmus will not accept projects that are offensive, against public values or against garagErasmus Foundation’s values;
4. All those who have completed a mobility period of at least two months, for study or work purposes, are entitled to present their candidacy for the Laissez-Passer.  Candidates that have completed, or are about to complete, according to the terms of this article, a mobility period, but not within the Erasmus+ programme, will also be accepted.
5. garagErasmus Foundation will award a prize of €3.000,00 to the winner, who will be able to invest it in a project of social innovation as agreed with the Foundation. Please note that there are no additional prizes.
6. Submissions for the Laissez-Passer can be sent from October 9th to November 5, 2023, 23:59 pm CET.
7. Submissions will have to respect the parameters required by the form. 
8. An internal committee of garagErasmus Foundation will select the best 10 submissions that then will pass to phase 2. Under no circumstances appeals against this decision will be admitted. 
9. Submissions selected for phase 2 will be published by garagErasmus Foundation on its social media accounts on Instagram (@garagerasmus_foundation) and Tik Tok (@garagerasmus).
10. Phase 2 consists of an online voting system taking place on garagErasmus’ social media accounts on November 10-11. In order for a vote to matter, an account will have to put a like on projects they prefer.
11. Each account can like more than one project.
12. The likes on Instagram and Tik Tok will be combined together for the final score. 
13. Please know that the votes on social media do not establish the winner but are crucial to pass to the next phase. 
14. At 11.59 am (CET) on November 14th, garagErasmus Foundation will stop counting the votes.
15. The 5 candidates with more likes on social media will have the chance to pass to phase 3 and final phase, which will consist of presenting their projects to a Jury formed by HEIs representatives, during garagErasmus’s annual Higher Education European Networking Summit (HEENS) in Milan on 16-17 November 2023. Under no circumstances appeals against the final decision will be admitted.
16. All expenses for the trip to the HEENS for the candidates will be covered, until the amount communicated by the Foundation to the finalists
17. In order to be allowed access to the final stage of the competition, the candidate has to confirm its availability to attend the HEENS. The presence of candidates can be replaced by a live presentation via Zoom. Candidates currently resident in extra-EU Countries will present through Zoom as well.
18. On phase 3 of the competition, every finalist will be given a certain amount of time to explain to the audience how they would invest the prize of €3.000,00, in a project of social innovation, according to the criteria explained above.
19. The winner will be selected by a qualified panel made up of HEIs representatives that will be present at the HEENS. 
20. Under no circumstances appeals against the final decision will be admitted.
21. Subsequently to the final decision, garagErasmus Foundation will contact the Winner who, in order to get the prize, will have to provide all the financial documents of the project.
22. The grant will cover proven expenses related to the project; no direct money transfer will be done to the winner before the project takes place.