Programme Erasmus +

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Élève en collège ou en lycée, personnel enseignant ou administratif… le programme Erasmus + permet à toutes et tous de bénéficier de mobilités internationales dans plus de 30 pays, avec une prise en charge de tout ou partie du voyage ! Tout savoir sur les mobilités Erasmus + dans notre académie.

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Le programme Erasmus+ vise à développer la citoyenneté européenne, le multilinguisme et les compétences et savoir-faire utiles à l’exercice d’un métier. Dans notre académie, il existe plusieurs types de mobilités Erasmus + destinées aux élèves et aux acteurs de l’éducation, avec des durées et des objectifs différents. Le montant des bourses est lui aussi variable en fonction du type de mobilité et de la destination.

Toutes les opportunités de mobilités 

Partir quelques jours ou plusieurs mois, en solo ou en groupe, à des fins d’apprentissage, d’enseignement, d’observation ou de préparation d’une visite pour donner : le programme Erasmus + offre de nombreuses possibilités, selon le profil et le projet.

Infographie des différentes mobilités Erasmus possibles dans l'académie Orléans-Tours

Les opportunités de mobilités Erasmus +

  • Jobshadowing (stage d'observation en situation de travail) de 2 à 60 jours
  • Cours de langue (de 2 à 30 jours)
  • Mobilité collective : minimum 2 jours et 2 élèves
  • Stage en entreprise de 10 à 29 jours
  • Immersion scolaire, de 10 à 29 jours
  • Concours des métiers ( minimum 2 élèves, de 1 à 10 jours)
  • dans l'entreprise, en stage (PFMP)
  • Immersion scolaire

Pour organiser un voyage Erasmus +, consultez la page dédiée sur votre PIA .

Exemple de mobilités

  • Mobilité d'une collégienne

Élisa, 14 ans, élève de troisième dans un collège de la région académique, est partie deux semaines en Espagne, en immersion linguistique. Elle a bénéficié d'une bourse de 793 €*. 

  • Mobilité d'un personnel enseignant - cours & formation

Mickaël, 17 ans, élève en terminale bac professionnel Cuisine dans un lycée des métiers, est parti 29 jours en période de formation en milieu professionnel en République Tchèque, avec une bourse de 1 053 €*.

  • Mobilité d'un élève de la voie professionnelle

Nadia, professeure des écoles, est partie une semaine à Malte durant l’été pour renforcer ses compétences linguistiques en anglais, avec une bourse de 1 417€*.

  • Mobilité d'un personnel dans le cadre d'un jobshadowing

François, enseignant référent pour l'action européenne et internationale, et professeur dans un lycée professionnel, est parti une semaine en Lituanie pour observer les pratiques d’enseignement et d’organisation d’un établissement scolaire, avec une bourse de 919 €*.

*Le montant des bourses est indiqué à titre indicatif. Il est déterminé au cas par cas et peut varier selon le contexte, la durée et le type de mobilité.

Je suis élève dans l'académie, je prépare mon projet Erasmus + en quatre étapes

Tenté(e) par une expérience à l’étranger ? Assurez-nous au préalable que votre établissement scolaire, collège ou lycée, fait partie d'un des consortia académiques et dispose d'un établissement partenaire à l'étranger. Voici les grandes étapes à suivre pour réaliser votre projet :

  • Je prends contact avec mon professeur principal pour formuler et affiner mon projet de mobilité / mon contrat d’étude.
  • Mon établissement valide mon contrat d’étude, en lien avec l’établissement d’accueil.
  • Mon établissement transmet une demande de financement à la Délégation académique aux relations européennes et internationales et à la coopération (DAREIC).
  • Si ma candidature est validée par la DAREIC, je reçois un kit administratif à compléter : je connais alors le montant bourse ERASMUS+ qui est composée d’un forfait journalier et d’un forfait transport, et le cas échéant un soutien d’inclusion.  

Personnels académiques : vous souhaitez organiser une mobilité Erasmus + pour vos élèves et/ou pour vous-même ? Consultez la page Erasmus + du portail intranet académique (PIA)

En 2022, , je me suis rendu deux fois en Espagne dans le cadre du programme Erasmus +. D'abord en avril pour une visite préparatoire où j'ai pu travailler à l’organisation du stage de mes élèves. Puis en juin , j’ai accompagné le retour de deux de nos élèves de Bac professionnel Hôtellerie. Elles sont parties quatre semaines en mobilité dans un restaurant près de Figueras , en Catalogne : l'une en cuisine, l'autre en salle.  Erasmus constitue une expérience qui les fait gagner en maturité et leur apporte une ouverture sur le monde bénéfique dans leur formation. Ce stage à l’étrange apporte un véritable plus pour trouver un emploi. Enfin, pour les professeurs c’est l’occasion de développer ces compétences professionnelles en étant en contact avec des collègues étrangers qui travaillent dans un environnement culturel différent.

Erasmus + en chiffres, dans l'académie Orléans-Tours

  • 33 pays participants au programme
  • 169 pays partenaires (uniquement pour l’enseignement et la formation professionnels)
  • +1200 mobilités dans l’académie en 2023, dans plus de 20 pays

Quels pays sont éligibles au programme Erasmus + ? Découvrir la liste des pays participants

Erasmus + et le gip ftlv-ip.

Dans le cadre du programme Erasmus +, le Groupement d’intérêt public Formation tout au long de la vie – insertion professionnelle (GIP FTLV-IP) est porteur et/ou partenaire de divers projets en lien avec la mobilité européenne. Parmi eux, le Corps européen de solidarité (CES), visant à accueillir neuf volontaires étrangers pour effectuer un service civique dans un établissement scolaire de l’académie sur une année scolaire. Le GIP-FTLV-IP assure par ailleurs la gestion administrative et financière de tous les dossiers Erasmus+ de l’académie, en lien avec la DAREIC, soit plus de 1000 mobilités en 2022.

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Why should you do the Erasmus in Orleans? It is an alternative French town for students who prefer a smaller and quieter destination than bigger cities like Paris or Lyon. You will be able to enjoy its old town that includes traditional houses and magnificent buildings, as well as being famous for having been the city where the heroine Joan of Arc lived. In this article, we tell you everything you need to know to make your Erasmus in Orléans a perfect experience.

  • Cost of living in Orléans, France

If you want to go on Erasmus to Orléans, you should know that it is an expensive city to live in as a student, although it depends a lot on the location and type of accommodation and your lifestyle. Normally, the average cost is €800-900 per month.

The most chosen alternative by young people is a room in a shared apartment , whose prices are usually between €300-500 per month. This option allows you to save on rent and have more independence, by not having to follow the rules of a residence. However, many of the students are also looking for a residence, whose rent depends on the services you request, or complete accommodation for you, such as a studio , whose prices start at €500 per month.

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  • Student life, Erasmus parties and leisure in Orléans

Orléans is a city that has numerous bars and restaurants in the centre, as in the Burgundy Street , one of the streets most frequented by young people. On campus, the most common thing to do is to hang out in the student flats, since there isn't much nightlife there. On the other hand, you will also be able to enjoy the leisure offer of Paris , a city that is one or two hours away by public transport, depending on whether you go by bus or train.

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  • The Hôtel Groslot, a 16th-century mansion
  • Le Maison de Jeanne d’arcThe House of Joan of Arc)
  • Martroi Square (Place du Martroi)

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  • Advantages of doing Erasmus in Orleans

In this French city you will be able to learn and improve the French language while enjoying a wide variety of plans , such as visits to museums, endless walks along the banks of the Loire River, nights out, trips to places nearby... Memories for a lifetime that will make your experience of Erasmus in Orléans unforgettable!

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15 Best Things to Do in Orléans (France)

In 1429 Joan of Arc liberated Orléans from a siege by the English, and the city has never forgotten this event. There are statues in her honour, whole wings in museums about the liberation and an annual festival in May to celebrate it with full ceremony and splendour.

Many tourists rushing to the Loire Valley’s châteaux bypass Orléans, but there’s much to uncover in the old centre, which is bursting with timber houses and renaissance mansions where royalty lived and died. Each monument bears witness to the city’s bloody but enthralling history. If it wasn’t the English it was the Huguenots wreaking havoc!

Lets explore the best things to do in Orleans :

1. Parc Floral de la Source

Parc Floral de la Source

Welcoming more visitors than any other attraction in the  department, the Parc Floral de la Source is a semi-wild park next to the university, where Orléans meets the countryside.

Indeed, you can see how the terrain changes here: The flat river plain and the source of the Loiret host the park’s beautiful flower gardens (dahlias, irises, roses and alpine flowers), kitchen garden, butterfly house and aviaries.

And then you can trundle off up the hill to step onto the Sologne Plateau where there’s deep oak and birch forest, and more animal enclosures with Breton sheep and alpacas.

2. Orléans Cathedral

Orléans Cathedral

Taking in the solemn cathedral on Place Sainte-Croix it can be difficult to picture the destruction that this massive landmark suffered in the past.

The Huguenots did a good job of razing it to the ground during the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century.

The building, where Joan of Arc had come for mass during the siege of Orléans in 1429, was almost completely rebuilt from the 1700s to 1829. During this time marvellous stained glass windows were installed, conveying the life of one of France’s national heroines.

3. Musée des Beaux-Arts

Musée des Beaux-Arts

If you’re the kind of person who likes to go slow and meditate over art a whole morning or afternoon may not be enough to see all of this capacious art museum.

There are many thousands of works, only 700 of which are permanently hanging, including France’s second-largest collection of pastels behind the Louvre.

If you’d prefer more of a condensed visit then seek out the paintings by Vélazquez, Corregio, van Dyck, Breughel the Elder and Younger, Delacroix, Courbet, Picasso and Gauguin.

Also make time for the rare prints by Albrecht Dürer and a sculpture by Rodin.

4. Place du Martroi

Place du Martroi

Apart from the “Ligne A” tramline that still crosses the square, Place du Martroi has been completely pedestrianised in the last few years.

What hits your gaze right away is the imposing statue of Joan of Arc on horseback, created in 1855 by Dennis Foyatier, atop a large marble pedestal with reliefs from the siege in 1429. On the east side is a fun fountain with jets coming straight through the paving, and there’s also a old-fashioned carousel for kids here in summer.

And if you’ve been on the tourist trail al day you could take a break at one of the cafe tables to take in the Belle Époque and neoclassical architecture with a café au lait.

5. Hôtel Groslot

Hôtel Groslot

Orléans’ former city hall started out as a mansion built in the mid-1500s for the city’s bailiff Jacques Groslot.

Over the next few decades it hosted some of the period’s most important people, not least the young king François II, who died in what is now the wedding hall in 1560. Other personalities to have stayed at Hôtel Groslot are Mary Queen of Scots, François’ young wife, Catherine de Medici, his mother, and the later kings Henri III and Henri IV. Go in for a free tour to learn about this royal connection, and savour period furniture, Aubisson tapestries and extra insights about Joan of Arc’s time in Orléans.

6. Historic Centre

Rue de Bourgogne

Orléans’ old town is unexpectedly large, and ranges far outside the pedestrianised zone in the middle.

Not all of the buildings are historic, but that only makes you value the beautiful half-timbered houses and renaissance palaces even more.

To get to grips with the size of the old quarter you could enter Orléans as Joan of Arc did in 1429, along Rue de Bourgogne, a convivial street of restaurants and bars running east to west, starting several hundred metres from the centre.

There are rustic colombages, many with their timber frames painted, side-by-side with 19th-century mansions.

Soon the street becomes car-free and you can scuttle off down the adjoining streets to make discoveries, Then there is rue de la Bretonnerie, which begins north of the cathedral and is almost overflowing with mansions from the 1400s to the 1900s.

7. Musée Historique et Archéologique

Hôtel Cabu

In the 15th-century Hôtel Cabu, one of Orléans’ many beautiful old mansions, there’s a small but interesting array of artefacts from around Loiret.

The Gallo-Roman Treasure of Neuvy-en-Sullias is possibly the most intriguing thing here.

It’s a cache of 30 2,000-year-old bronze statuettes recovered from a sand quarry in the 19th century.

They represent animals like boars, deer and horses, as well as mythological figures such as Hercules and Mars.

You can also see vestiges of the region’s medieval buildings carefully transferred here, like the romanesque capitals from the abbey of Benoît-sur-Loire, or, even earlier, ornate stucco from the oratory at Germigny-des-Prés, dating to the 800s.

8. Île Charlemagne

Île Charlemagne

There’s nature, sport and relaxation just a few moments from the centre of Orléans at a 70-hectare park and lake complex on a large river island in the Loire.

For respite from the heat in summer you can laze on the two beaches, and you’re free to go for swim in the massive 28-hectare lake to cool off.

You could also hire a canoe or kayak and test your skills on the canoe trail with overhanging gates, or let the little ones scramble over the massive adventure playground.

On dry land there are ping pong tables, mountain biking circuits, pétanque courts, and even a pony centre.

9. Collégiale Saint-Aignan

Collégiale Saint-Aignan

Forever in a state of half-completion, the fragmented Church of Saint-Aignan tells you more about  Orléans’ fraught history than a finished monument.

Being close to the Loire and in a suburb of the city, it was pulled down twice during the 100 Years’ War to prevent the English forces turning it into a bastion.

But that wasn’t the last of its troubles, as a century later the nave was wrecked by the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

So only the choir and transept now remain.

But against all, the crypt, dating to the 1000s, has survived, and you can head down to see the barrel vault ceiling and sculpted capitals.

10. Loire à Vélo

Loire à Vélo

The Loire in this region of France is one long cycle trail and every measure has been taken to ensure that your ride is as hassle-free as possible . Orléans is near the eastern limit of the Loire Valley, and if you were so inclined you could ride all 314 kilometres to Saint-Nazaire on the coast, and never lack for stations to service your bike and cycle-friendly places to stay overnight (Accueil Vélo). These establishments even devise special breakfasts for riders.

On this easy-going stretch of the river you’re never more than a few minutes from a château or vineyard, and the river also weaves past orchards, forest and even the odd saffron farm.

11. Fêtes Johanniques d’Orléans

Fêtes Johanniques d'Orléans

In spring 1429, Joan of Arc arrived in Orléans and defeated the English, who had threatened to take the city for more than six months.

These 10 days, from the April 29 to May 8, have been celebrated by Orléans ever since.

Every year the city re-enacts Joan’s arrival in the city in full medieval livery, parading her through the streets, which is something that happened in  the last days of the siege to boost morale.

There are also pop and rock concerts for young people, and the city’s historical attractions put on special exhibitions to retrace the heroine’s steps through Orléans.

12. Maison des Étangs

Maison des Étangs

The Sologne plateau, which begins just south of Orléans differs greatly from the wine-growing regions to the east and west.

This is a land of marshes and ponds that for much of its history was only semi-habitable.

As you’d expect the people from the Sologne had their own ways of life and traditional customs.

The Maison des Étangs is an ecomuseum in old timber houses in the commune of Saint Viâtre, which alone has 135 individual ponds.

Step into the workshop to see how flat-bottomed boats were made for the local fishing industry and how hemp was cultivated for nets and lines.

A traditional fisher’s home has been decorated with period furniture, and you can also find about the freshwater fish and bird species supported by this unique environment.

13. Château de Chambord

Château de Chambord

At the turn of the 16th century a new kind of stately home for the nobility and royalty started popping up on the banks of the Loire.

Borrowing from the Italian renaissance these châteaux differed from the castles that had come before because they were built for luxury and aesthetics ahead of any defensive purpose.

The largest, and arguably most essential, of the Loire Valley’s plenitude of world-renowned châteaux is Chambord, constructed by François I as a hunting lodge, which makes it sound more modest than it is.

Because Château de Chambord is colossal, and instantly recognised by its forest of chimneys and cupolas on the roof.

There’s a day’s-worth of historical trivia, gardens and architecture, like the central double-helix staircase, to keep you engrossed and amazed.

14. Château de Chamerolles

Château de Chamerolles

Slightly closer than Chambord is a palace that looks a bit more like a medieval fortress, as it was built right at the start of the renaissance.

Château de Chamerolles was in ruins until just a few decades ago, but has been fully restored and is the home of an unusual museum.

The Promenade des Parfums is on the first and second floors and gives you insights about regional perfume production from the 1500s to the 1900s.

There’s a historic distillery, interactive exhibits that let you sample fragrances and big cache of perfume bottles throughout the ages.

The renaissance gardens are sublime, and if you haven’t seen a formal French garden before you’re sure to be impressed by the diligent symmetry of the vegetable plots in particular.

15. Local Delicacies

Martin Pouret

There’s an AOC around Orléans producing very drinkable and straightforward white chardonnays and reds with pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes.

In the earliest days, when the wine being shipped down the Loire went bad it was no big deal, as it could be salvaged as vinegar.

By the middle ages vinegar-makers even shared a guild with the city’s apothecaries, and master “vinaigriers” branched out into cornichons (pickles) and mustard-making.

Stop by at Martin Pouret, which is one such master vinaigrier, and pick up a gift or souvenir.

Other local specialities include quince jam, pear spirits, Chavignol goats’ cheese and honey from the Sologne.

15 Best Things to Do in Orléans (France):

  • Parc Floral de la Source
  • Orléans Cathedral
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts
  • Place du Martroi
  • Hôtel Groslot
  • Historic Centre
  • Musée Historique et Archéologique
  • Île Charlemagne
  • Collégiale Saint-Aignan
  • Loire à Vélo
  • Fêtes Johanniques d'Orléans
  • Maison des Étangs
  • Château de Chambord
  • Château de Chamerolles
  • Local Delicacies

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Urban Enslavement Tour at Hermann Grima House

820 Saint Louis St, , New Orleans, Louisiana

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This restored French Quarter home built in 1831, includes a Federalist architectural façade, original operating open-hearth kitchen, urban slave quarters, and expansive courtyard. The Urban Enslavement Tour at Hermann-Grima House, looks at the experiences of those who were enslaved in an urban setting, how that differed from those enslaved in rural settings, and how the contributions of people of African descent have shaped New Orleans. Condé Nast Traveler voted it one of the best tours in New Orleans and the only tour listed from a museum. We believe that nothing tells a story like a home. In addition, the property’s 19th-century carriage house is home to the The Exchange Shop, originally founded in the 1881 by The Woman’s Exchange and one of the oldest women-led non-profits in the South.

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Tour Ticket: $14

Meeting Point

Hermann-Grima House

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Ticket Information

  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
  • One per booking

What's Included

  • Professional Guide

Cancellation Policy

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Additional Info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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