Will partners recognise digital signatures?
The Erasmus+ programme guidelines encourage the usage of digital and scanned signatures, and in most HEIs/countries this is an accepted practice. Some HEIs might still hesitate with regards to the usage of such systems, although this is part of a broader cultural change that will inevitably happen. From a legal viewpoint the OLA was designed to ensure no compliance issues would arise, notably with regards to audits, and after over 90,000 LAs signed online no problems have been reported.
The EWP Dashboard has replaced in fact the signatures with Timestamps when the signature is from an EWP Dashboard represented HEI and the mark EWP when the signature is from a HEI using a third party or in house developed solution. You can read more here.