News, Events & Announcements

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

Date: 15/04/2024

Both documents have been written by the Erasmus Without Paper+ consortium and approved by DG EAC: Resources | Mandatory business requirements


Events

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 restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service

Date: 17/12/2024 10 a.m. CEST (UTC+1)

We expect a brief downtime of a few minutes of the EWP DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu)  for upgrades, on Wednesday, Dec.17, 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). DEV
Registry is a part of the development infrastructure so the maintenance will have no impact on the operations of the EWP Network.

Planned restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service

Date: 13/12/2024 10 a.m. CEST (UTC+1)

We expect a brief downtime of a few minutes of the EWP DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu)  for upgrades, on Friday, Dec.13, 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). DEV
Registry is a part of the development infrastructure so the maintenance will have no impact on the operations of the EWP Network.