National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia

The National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia (NEO Armenia) (Էրազմուս+ ազգային գրասենյակ Հայաստանում) is the Armenian national office of the Erasmus+ programme. NEO Armenia was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Yerevan.

History
Erasmus+ is the European Union's programme to support education, training, youth, and sport across Europe. The National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia was founded in 2015 in order to facilitate Erasmus+ projects and activities within the country. The office organizes seminars and events to promote and raise awareness of the Erasmus+ programme and to encourage exchange of experience between universities and individuals implementing Erasmus+. The office also supports students and staff involved with the programme, organizes "information days" at Armenian universities, and coordinates with the EU Delegation to Armenia. The office is funded by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships. Over 5,000 university students and staff from Armenia were able to study or teach across Europe as part of Erasmus+ exchanges between 2015 and 2020.

In October 2020, members of the Erasmus+ alumni wrote to former EU ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin stating, "The European Union has helped us access quality education in different corners of Europe, an experience that has changed us forever. We have bonded with people from various national backgrounds, thus strengthening the European in our hearts. We have learned to cherish democracy and human rights and each of us has embarked on making a change in our homeland; you can find us working in NGOs, governmental and international organizations, personal businesses or startups putting our skills for the prosperity of our country and strengthening the links with democratic Europe and the values that the EU stands for."