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Fe wnaeth y Gweinidog Tai ac Adfywio Rebecca Evans, sef Gweinidog Arweiniol Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Fforwm Gweinidogol ar drafodaethau’r Undeb Ewropeaidd, gyfarfod â’r Athro Colin Riordan sy’n aelod o Grŵp Cynghorol Llywodraeth Cymru ar Ewrop ac Is\-Ganghellor Prifysgol Caerdydd a Dirprwy Is\-Ganghellor Ymchwil, Arloesi a Mentergarwch, yr Athro Kim Graham.  
  
Dywedodd Rebecca Evans: 

 
> “Rydyn ni wedi clywed gan yr Athro Riordan a’r Athro Graham pa mor bwysig yw cydweithio gyda phrifysgolion sy’n bartneriaid a pha mor hanfodol yw hi bod y Deyrnas Unedig yn parhau i gymryd rhan yn rhaglenni Erasmus\+ a Horizon.   
>   
> “Rydyn ninnau o’r un farn a dyna’r rheswm rydyn ni wedi lobïo Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig yn gyson ynghylch pwysigrwydd parhau i wneud hynny. Ers 2014 mae Cymru wedi derbyn dros €40 miliwn gan Erasmus\+ gan gefnogi dros 200 o brosiectau mewn nifer o sectorau gwahanol. Yn ogystal â hynny, mae Cymru wedi cael mwy na €98 miliwn drwy raglen Horizon 2020\.   
>   
> “Er bod y buddsoddiad yn bwysig o ran dangos gwerth cymryd rhan, mae hyd yn oed yn fwy gwerthfawr o ran codi safon ymchwil ac arloesi ac estyn cyfraniad Cymru ar draws y byd.”

 Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg Kirsty Williams sydd hefyd yn rhan o gyfarfod Brexit:

 
> “Byddai peidio â dod i gytundeb ar ôl Brexit yn hynod o niweidiol i’n sector addysg uwch. Byddai nid yn unig yn amddifadu ein myfyrwyr a’n sefydliadau o’r cyfle i fanteisio ar gyfleoedd hanfodol ond hefyd yn niweidiol i’r cysylltiadau academaidd hynny mae prifysgolion a Chymru wedi gweithio mor galed i’w sefydlu dros y 31 mlynedd diwethaf.   
>   
> “Rydyn ni am i Gymru barhau i fod yn wlad sy’n edrych tuag allan i bedwar ban byd ond allwch chi ddim â gwneud hyn ar eich pen eich hun. Dyna pam mae rhaglen fel Erasmus\+ mor fuddiol am ei bod yn golygu y gall staff, disgyblion a myfyrwyr ddysgu o’r hyn mae eu cyfoedion yn ei wneud ledled Ewrop a dod â’r wybodaeth, yr arbenigedd a’r agweddau rhyngwladol hynny yn ôl gyda nhw pan fyddant yn dychwelyd. Mae’r manteision hyn i’w profi ar draws ein hysgolion, ein sefydliadau Addysg Bellach ac Addysg Uwch, darparwyr hyfforddiant, addysg i oedolion a sefydliadau ieuenctid.   
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> “Rydyn ni hefyd wedi codi dro ar ôl tro, a hynny’n gadarn, yr angen i Lywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig rannu gwybodaeth a chynlluniau gweithredol gyda ni wrth i ni weithio gyda’n sefydliadau ar gynllunio am y dyfodol ar ôl Brexit.”







Translation:


 
Housing and Regeneration Minister Rebecca Evans, who is the lead Minister for the Welsh Government on the Ministerial Forum on EU negotiations, met Professor Colin Riordan, who sits on the Welsh Government’s European Advisory Group and Vice\-Chancellor of Cardiff University and Pro Vice\-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Professor Kim Graham.

 Rebecca Evans said: 

 
> “We heard from Professor Riordan and Professor Graham how much they value collaboration with partner universities and how vital it is that the UK continues to participate in the Erasmus\+ and Horizon programmes. 
> 
>  “We share this view, which is why we have consistently lobbied the UK Government on the continued participation. Since 2014 Wales has received over €40m from Erasmus\+, supporting more than 200 projects across a range of sectors. In addition Wales has secured more than €98m from the Horizon 2020 programme. 
> 
>  “While the investment is important in demonstrating the value of participation, our involvement goes much further by raising the quality of research and innovation and extending Wales’ global reach.”

 Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams, who is also attending the Brexit meeting, said: 

 
> “A no deal Brexit would be extremely damaging for our higher education sector. Not only would it deny our students and institutions access to vital opportunities but would also jeopardise those academic links that universities in Wales have worked so hard to establish over the past 31 years. 
> 
>  “We want Wales to continue to be a global and outward looking nation but you can’t do this in isolation. That’s why a programme like Erasmus\+ is so beneficial because it means that staff, pupils and students can learn from what their peers are doing across Europe and bring that knowledge, expertise and international outlook back with them. These benefits reach across our schools, FE and HE institutions, training providers and adult education and youth organisations. 
> 
>  “We have also repeatedly and strenuously raised the need for the UK Government to share information and operational plans with us as we work with our institutions on planning post\-Brexit.”