“European Initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus – military erasmus”

In November 2008 the European Union Ministers of Defence decided in their Council of the European Union Conclusions on the ESDP (2903rd External Relations Council Meeting) to establish an Implementation Group (IG) for the so-called “European Initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus”, or with other names “Military Erasmus” or “EMILYO” (Exchange of MILitary Young Officers).

The overall goal of this MILITARY ERASMUS INITIATIVE is to harmonize the European Union Basic Officer Education and to increase interoperability, thus to increase Europe’s security. With all its activities the IG shall promote a European Security and Defence Culture, in terms of spreading the idea among the Officer Cadets and Students participating in the Basic Officer Education, that current and future challenges can be better managed together. 

 An Implementation Group was created in February 2009 in the frame of the European Security and Defence College’s Executive Academic Board.

Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I” has supported since the beginning the idea of the Military Erasmus initiative and since 2018 has actively participated in all the meetings of Military Erasmus initiative  Implementation Group. 

More information about the Military Erasmus initiative can be found on the webpage:  WWW.EMILYO.EU.