The Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes was established in October 2003 and continues the work of the previous EU Programmes Agency. It performs two main tasks: co-ordinating the SOCRATES and LEONARDO da VINCI European Community Programmes, and supporting development in education and training. In addition to these two tasks, CMEPIUS pursues national programmes of mobility (bilateral and multilateral scholarships of the Republic of Slovenia and scholarships for Slovenes living abroad) and activities of some other European programmes in the area of education and training, including Erasmus Mundus, the e-Learning/e-Twinning National Support Centre, the Netd@ys initiative and the European Language Label initiative. Within the activities of the European Research Area (ERA) the Centre also acts as a Bridgehead Organisation of the ERA - MORE Mobility Centre.