This section contains the latest news, events and announcements relevant to the technical community of the EWP Network, like changes in APIs, the sharing of commonly encountered bugs in implementations, security alerts, scheduled service breaks, and information on events, such as Infrastructure Forum meetings, technical workshops, conferences.
The technical community's most important news and announcements are also shared via the EWP providers mailing list.
News
Message from DG EAC
Date: 16/10/2024
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 16/10/2024 and presented plans on evolution of the European Student Card Initiative (ESCI): .
Message from DG EAC
Date: 10/07/2024
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 10/07/2024 and presented vision, tentative release plan and acceptable use policy: .
Message from DG EAC
Date: 12/06/2024
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 12/06/2024 and presented priorities of actions in the EWP network relevant to the technical community: .
Mandatory Business Requirements for Nominations and Transcripts of Records
Consultation workshop on the next steps of the European Student Card Initiative
Date: 28-29/01/2025
This workshop is tailored for technical colleagues leading the work on connecting their student mobility management systems to EWP. The goals of the meeting will be to further build on the discussions that already took place at the Infrastructure Forum and bilaterally with DG EAC to:
establish a better understanding of the upcoming changes in ESCI Phase II;
provide space to ask questions and give feedback about the Phase II plans;
exchange insights on challenges and solutions;
collaborate and shape the future of seamless interconnectivity within the Erasmus+ ecosystem.
Announcements
Scheduled downtime of some central components of the EWP Network: DEV Stats Portal and Monitoring system, DEV Registration Portal, EWP DEMO Testbed.
Planned maintenance for DEV and PROD Registries
Date: 10/01/2025 9-10 a.m. CET (UTC+1)
Due to scheduled technical maintenance, we expect several brief downtimes for two EWP network services, expected to last up 15 minutes combined, on Friday, January 10th, between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). Services affected:
Possible downtimes of DEV, PROD Registries, Stats Portal, Monitoring System
Date: 8/01/2025 7-8 p.m. CET (UTC+1)
Due to scheduled technical maintenance, we expect several brief downtimes, a couple of minutes each, of the EWP network services, on Wednesday, January 8th, between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. CET (UTC+1). You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes. Services affected: