Deadline: 11-May-21
The European Commission is calling proposals from Individuals and Organizations to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond, thereby contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, to driving innovation, and to strengthening European identity and active citizenship.
As such, the Programme shall be a key instrument for building a European Education Area, supporting the implementation of the European strategic cooperation in the field of education and training, with its underlying sectoral agendas, advancing youth policy cooperation under the Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and developing the European dimension in sport.
- This call for proposals is subject to:
- the adoption without significant modifications by the legislative authority of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the legal framework of Erasmus+ and establishing the Erasmus+ programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013,
- the positive opinion by the Committee established in the basic act on the annual work programme for the implementation of Erasmus+ in 2021,
- the adoption by the Commission of the 2021 annual work programme, after referral of the committee of the programme,
- the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget for 2021 after the adoption of the budget for 2021 by the budgetary authority or if the budget is not adopted as provided for in the system of provisional twelfths,
- the designation of the National Agency by the National Authority and the acceptance by the Commission, and the signature of the Contribution Agreements
Actions
This call for proposals covers the following actions of the Erasmus+ Programme:
- Key Action 1 (KA1): Learning mobility of individuals:
- Mobility of individuals in the fields of education, training and youth,
- Youth participation Activities
- Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organizations and institutions
- Partnerships for Cooperation:
- Cooperation Partnerships,
- Small-scale Partnerships.
- Partnerships for Excellence:
- Centres for Vocational Excellence,
- Erasmus+ Teacher Academies,
- Erasmus Mundus Action.
- Partnerships for Innovation:
- Alliances for innovation.
- Not-for-profit Sport Events
- Partnerships for Cooperation:
- Key Action 3 (KA3) – Support to policy development and cooperation
- European youth together.
- Jean Monnet actions:
- Jean Monnet in the field of higher education,
- Jean Monnet in other fields of education and training.
Funding Information
The total budget earmarked for this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 2 453, 5 million:
- Education and Training: EUR 2 153,1 million
- Youth: EUR 244,7 million
- Sport: EUR 41,7 million
- Jean Monnet: EUR 14 million
Eligibility criteria
- Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding within the Erasmus+ Programme. In addition, groups of young people who are active in youth work, but not necessarily in the context of a youth organization, may apply for funding for learning mobility of young people and youth workers as well as for Strategic partnerships in the field of youth.
- The following countries can fully take part in all Erasmus+ Programme actions:
- the 27 Member States of the European Union and overseas countries and territories,
- third countries associated to the Programme:
- the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway,
- EU candidate countries: the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia ( 3 ).
For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/documents/erasmus-programme-guide-2021_en