EKA’s clarification on the suspension of the ERASMUS+ bilateral agreement with Israel

Since Monday, December 16th news has spead about EKA’s decision to suspend its bilateral agreement with an Israeli university. In the light of difficult international and in-house sentiments, the latest ERASMUS+ agreement with Israel has been suspended. EKA has no functioning partnership with neither Israel and Palestine at the moment. With more than 200 ERASMUS partners, the Estonian Academy of Arts has cooperated with universities in both Israel and Palestine, and sympathises with all those who are suffering in the current war. EKA wants to provide a safe study, work and creative environment for its members, students and staff, regardless of generation, religion or worldview. One of the EKA’s missions is to be a platform for making sense of what is happening in the world, which is why all views that value humanity are worthy of debate and we need to educate ourselves about the world’s differences. EKA values the active sensitivity of its diverse student body to the world at large. EKA will consider convening a broad-based working group involving the Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the challenges of international relations with countries in conflict.

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