A part of the Erasmus+ programme is managed directly by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), an executive body of the European Commission based in Brussels. Some activities in all three Erasmus+ Key Actions fall under EACEA. These are referred to as ‘centralised’ activities.
The Jean Monnet programme promotes teaching and research on European integration among specialised academics, students, and citizens all over the world, mainly through establishing Jean Monnet Chairs. It also supports the work of academic institutions that operate in the field of European integration studies. Also, it promotes a political debate and exchanges between the academic sector and policy-makers, in line with the political priorities of the European Union.
Jean Monnet Actions aim to promote – at a global scale – high standards in teaching and research in the field of European integration studies. They also help to foster dialogue between academia and policy makers to achieve the continuous improvement of policies.
The first three activities are aimed at applicants from higher education institutions around the world, the other two activities are intended for applicants from schools and vocational education and training providers from Erasmus+ programme countries.
These are short teaching programmes or courses in the field of European Union studies at a higher education institution. Each Module has a minimum duration of 40 teaching hours per academic year. Modules may focus on one particular discipline in European studies, or they may adopt a multidisciplinary approach which, in turn, requires the academic input of several professors and experts. They may also take the form of short specialised or summer programmes or schools.
Higher education institutions from all over the world may apply for a three-year project. The maximum grant is EUR 30 000, and financing is provided in the form of one-off contributions covering wages and salaries, travel and subsistence costs, equipment, subcontract, and other costs such as dissemination of information, publications, and translations. Applicants must apply for a pre-determined lump sum as stated in the tables in the Guide. The tables state the total lump sum for each country, which corresponds to the total number of teaching hours.
These are teaching posts with a specialisation in European Union studies for university professors for three years. The Jean Monnet Chair is held by only one professor who must teach a minimum of 90 teaching hours per academic year. The Chair may have a team to support and expand the Chair’s activities, including the teaching of additional teaching hours.
Higher education institutions from all over the world may apply for a three-year project. The maximum grant is EUR 50 000, and financing is provided in the form of one-off contributions covering wages and salaries, travel and subsistence costs, equipment, subcontract, and other costs such as dissemination of information, publications, and translations. Applicants must apply for a pre-determined lump sum as stated in the tables in the Guide. The tables state the total lump sum for each country, which corresponds to the total number of teaching hours.
These are focal points of competence and knowledge on EU topics. They bring together the knowledge and competence of high-level experts to create links between disciplines in European studies and to form joint transnational activities and structural links with academic institutions in other counties. Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence play a key role in establishing contacts with students from faculties that do not usually deal with EU issues, as well as policy makers, civil servants, organised civil society, and the general public at large.
Higher education institutions from all over the world may apply for a three-year project. The maximum grant is EUR 100 000, and financing is provided in the form of one-off contributions. Ideally, applicants should describe the budget in detail and arrange it into the various work packages (e.g. itemised as “project management”, “training”, “event organisation”, “preparation and implementation of mobility”, “communication and dissemination of information”, “quality assurance”, etc.).
The training enables higher education institutions offering teacher training and teacher training agencies, teachers in schools and vocational education and training providers to develop new skills, teach and engage with EU issues, thus empowering them through a better understanding of the EU and how it works.
A higher education institution or a teacher training agency from an Erasmus+ programme country may apply for a three-year project. The maximum grant is EUR 300 000, and financing is provided in the form of one-off contributions. Ideally, applicants should describe the budget in detail and arrange it into the various work packages (e.g. itemised as “project management”, “training”, “event organisation”, “preparation and implementation of mobility”, “communication and dissemination of information”, “quality assurance”, etc.).
Applications must be submitted to the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA) in Brussels by 2 June 2021 at 17:00. For additional information please see the Erasmus+ Programme Guide or the webinar presentation.
The application submission process takes place via the Funding and Tenders portal (F&T Portal). This is where all calls and deadlines will be announced, and also where all documents, links and other necessary items are available.
The action aims to promote excellence and global internationalisation of higher education institutions through degree programmes (at Master’s level) that will be jointly delivered and recognised by higher education institutions based in Europe and that will be open to institutions in other countries of the world.
The Erasmus Mundus programme offers two types of activities:
Similar to the previous Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme, the action supports highly integrated international degree programmes at master’s level that are delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions from different countries around the world and possibly other partners operating in the field of education and beyond.
An EMJM application includes at least three higher education institutions as full partners, from three different countries, at least two of which must be programme countries. The project envisages the individual mobility of all students participating in EMJM. The best students may be funded by EU resources – these EMJM scholarships are open to students from all over the world.
The amount of the EMJM grant is calculated based on the following three components:
The consortium will receive a grant agreement for a duration of 6 academic years to finance at least four sections of a Master’s programme, each lasting 1 to 2 academic years (60, 90, or 120 ECTS credits).
The main objective of Erasmus Mundus Design Measures is to support the development of new, innovative, and highly integrated transnational degree programmes at Master’s level. These support measures should involve Erasmus+ programme countries, institutions or thematic areas that are under-represented in the Erasmus Mundus programme.
The project duration is 15 months, a grant of EUR 55 000 for the preparation of one joint master’s degree programme is available to applicants from a higher education institution established in a programme or partner country.
Applications must be submitted to the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA) in Brussels by 17 June 2021 at 17:00. For additional information please see the Erasmus+ Programme Guide or the webinar presentation.
The application submission process takes place through the Funding and Tenders portal (F&T Portal). This is where all calls and deadlines will be announced, and also where all documents, links and other necessary items are available.
Sport is an important part of the Erasmus+ programme. Through Erasmus+ Sport, participation in the programme is open to both sport-only organisations and those where sport is merely one of a number of activities. Thematically, projects in the field of sport must focus either on one of the programme’s horizontal priorities (sustainability, inclusion, digitalisation, promotion of active citizenship) or one of the priorities specific to Erasmus+ Sport. These are:
Projects focus on several objectives, whether in the field of addressing societal needs and priorities, improving the quality of participating organisations’ work and methods, or capacity building.
However, thematically, projects must focus either on one of the Erasmus+ horizontal priorities or one of its sport-specific priorities. Collaborative partnership projects involve at least 3 participating organisations from 3 different countries and project duration is between 12 and 36 months.
These are international projects involving at least 2 organisations from 2 different countries.
The projects are less administratively demanding, and they aim to bring “newcomers” or smaller entities into the programme. Again, the partnership must focus on one of the Erasmus+ horizontal priorities or one of its sport-specific priorities. The duration of small partnership projects is between 6 and 24 months.
The events aim to support the organisation of sports events that have a European dimension, promote healthy activities, and address topics such as volunteering in sport, promoting social inclusion through sport, or sport as a means to combat discrimination.
The intention is to support both traditional large-scale events and local events. The duration of these projects is between 12 and 18 months.
For this reason, non-profit sports events are further divided into two categories:
Any public entity or organisation whose activities are sports-related may apply for a grant. Examples of specific organisations may include:
Grant contributions for projects under Erasmus+ Sport are provided in the form of one-off lump sum amounts. There is a “lump-sum menu” from which applicants choose the amount based on the number of partners, the planned activities, or the expected results.
Projects are arranged in “work packages” (e.g. project management, dissemination of results), and a budget estimate needs to be provided for each such package.
A major innovation in the funding and inspection mechanism is the shift in emphasis from administrative aspects to project results and outputs.
The application submission process takes place through the Funding and Tenders portal (F&T Portal). This is where all calls and deadlines will be announced, and also where all documents, links and other necessary items are available. The specific steps of the application process are described in the “How to participate” section.
Erasmus+ Sport is one of the ‘centralised’ activities. This means that it is managed by the Brussels-based European Education and Culture Executive Agency, whose website provides more detailed information.
In addition to projects under the Erasmus+ Sport centralised activity, sports-themed project applications may also be submitted under KA1 and KA2 within the formal and non-formal education sectors. Applications are to be submitted to the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research, which administers the projects. Depending on the nature of your organisation and your target group, you can submit a project within one of the education sectors (school education, vocational education, higher education, adult, or youth education).
It needs to be taken into account that, in these projects, sport must only be a means, not the end of the activities. There are many ways to approach the theme of sport in international cooperation. These may be projects with themes such as sport and healthy lifestyles, sport as a means to acquire new skills, or sport as a path to inclusion.
Key Action 3 provides support to policy cooperation at European Union level, thereby contributing to the development of new policies, which can trigger modernisation and reforms, at European Union and systems’ level, in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.
The actions implemented under this Key Action aim to:
For additional information on the supported actions please see the websites of the European Commission and the Executive Agency.
These projects aim to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity through cooperation and knowledge flows between higher education institutions (HE) or vocational education and training (VET) organisations and the wider socio-economic environment, the labour market and research institutions. The projects are intended to stimulate creativity, initiative, employability, and entrepreneurship within the EU. These are activities within a given sector of education (curricula in HE or VET), but they can also focus on multiple sectors, sectoral and cross-sectoral activities, digital competencies, and sustainable development.
The objectives of the Alliances for Innovation can be achieved using one or both of the following lots (an organisation may be involved in multiple proposals):
The Alliances for Education and Enterprises bring together enterprises and both higher education and vocational training providers to work together in partnership.
Operating within one economic sector or several different economic sectors, they create reliable and sustainable relations and demonstrate their innovative and transnational character in all aspects. Each partnership must include at least 4 programme countries and at least 8 full partners, including at least 3 labour market actors (enterprises or companies or representative intermediary organisations such as chambers, trade unions or business associations) and at least 3 education and training providers (VET institutions or higher education institutions). Each project needs to include, as a full partner, at least one higher education institution and one VET provider.
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills aim to create new strategic approaches and cooperation for concrete skills development solutions – both in the short and the medium term – in given economic sectors, or in areas implementing a major action of the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience, the Pact for Skills. The main objective of the Pact is to mobilise and incentivise all relevant stakeholders to take concrete actions for the upskilling and reskilling of the workforce, by pooling efforts and setting up partnerships, including at EU level, in addressing the needs of the labour market, supporting green and digital transitions as well as national, regional, and local skills and growth strategies. Therefore, the deliverables of Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills, i.e. sectoral skills intelligence, skills strategies, occupational profiles, training programmes, and long-term planning, will be an important contribution to the work of the sectoral partnerships that have joined the Pact for Skills.
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills seek to tackle skills gaps on the labour market that hamper growth, innovation and competitiveness in specific sectors or areas, aiming both at short term interventions and long-term strategies. These Alliances will be implemented in the 14 industrial ecosystems identified in the New Industrial Strategy for Europe (tourism, transport, aerospace & defence, construction, agri-food, low carbon industries, textiles, culture, digital, renewable energy, electronics, retail, local & social economy and health).
Each project must cover at least 8 programme countries and involve at least 12 full partners. The partnership must include, as full partners, at least 5 labour market actors (enterprises or companies or representative intermediary organisations such as chambers, trade unions or trade associations) and at least 5 education and training providers (VET institutions or higher education institutions). Each project needs to include, as a full partner, at least one higher education institution and one VET provider.
Funding is determined according to the lot targeted by the project and the duration of the project:
These are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of youth in the programme and partner countries. They aim to support the international cooperation and policy dialogue in the field of youth and non-formal learning, as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development and well-being of youth organisations and young people.
The action will aim to:
The following organisations can be involved as co-ordinator:
The organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project and must be legally established and located in an Erasmus+ programme country.
Capacity-building projects are transnational and involve a minimum of 2 organisations from 2 different programme countries and 2 organisations from at least 1 eligible partner country (i.e. at least 4 organisations from a minimum of 3 countries).
The number of organisations from programme countries must not be greater than the number of organisations from partner countries.
The activity must take place in the countries of the organisations participating in the activity, except in duly justified cases relating to the objectives of the action. In addition, if duly justified in relation to the objectives or implementation of the project:
• Activities can also take place at the seat of an Institution of the European Union, even if in the project there are no participating organisations from the country that hosts the Institution.
• Activities involving the sharing and promotion of results can also take place at relevant thematic transnational events/conferences in programme or partner countries.
Where to apply?
Capacity building projects can last one, two or three years. The duration must be chosen at application stage, based on the project objective and the type of activities foreseen.
Go to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Call ID: ERASMUS-YOUTH-2021-CB
Applicants have to submit their grant application by 1 July at 17:00:00 (CET).
Each applicant may submit only one proposal per deadline. If more than one proposal is submitted by the same applicant, only the one submitted first will be taken into account while the other(s) will be automatically rejected.
Together with Erasmus Mundus actions and Erasmus+ Teacher Academies actions, the Centres of Vocational Excellence fall under the Partnerships for Excellence.
This action defines a bottom-up approach to excellence. Within this framework, vocational education and training institutions are able to flexibly provide skills adapted to changing economic and social needs. Emphasis is placed on the ability to work closely with other education and training sectors, the scientific community, and the private sector. As a result, learners acquire key competencies through high-quality teaching. At the same time, high-quality teaching builds innovative forms of partnerships with the private sector and supports by the continuous professional development of teaching and training staff – especially through innovative and inclusive pedagogies, mobility, and internationalisation strategies.
The Centres of Vocational Excellence aim for a certain “upward convergence” of VET excellence. In practice, this means that these platforms are intended for organisations providing vocational education and training, at any EQF levels from 3 to 8, including the upper-secondary level, the post-secondary non-tertiary level as well as the tertiary level (e.g. universities of applied sciences, polytechnic institutes, etc.). However, applications cannot include only activities that target learners at tertiary level; applications that focus on tertiary level (EQF levels 6 to 8) must include at least one other VET qualification level between EQF levels 3 to 5, as well as a significant ‘work-based learning’ component.
The centres will operate at two levels:
1. At the national level in a given local context, by closely integrating the centres into local innovation ecosystems, and interconnecting them at the European level.
2. At the transnational level through platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence to establish world-class reference points for vocational training by bringing together centres that share:
Any organisation in a programme country may submit an application. This organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project.
Any public or private organisation that is active in the field of vocational education and training, or in the world of work, and is established in a programme country or any eligible partner country may participate as a full partner, affiliated entity, or associated partner. Example:
The partnership must include at least 8 full partners from a minimum of 4 Erasmus+ programme countries (including at least 2 EU member states), including:
Maximum grant amount: EUR 4 million
Project duration: 4 years
Where and how to apply for a grant?
This activity is managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), and applications for support are submitted directly via the Funding and Tenders portal.
The deadline for receipt of applications under the currently open call is 7 September 2021 at 17:00 (CET).
For additional information, please see the Programme Guide (pp. 200–207).
The development of the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies aims to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession and to ensure high-quality initial education and continuous professional development for teachers, educators, and school leaders.
The academies are expected to enhance the European dimension and internationalisation of teacher education by creating partnerships of teacher education and training providers at both national and European level. They also aim to ensure closer collaboration and sustained partnerships between providers of initial teacher education and continuing professional development.
Collaboration between actors across Europe envisages an innovative approach, sharing of good practice, and significant development of policies and practices in the field of teacher education. Also, it is expected to pave the way to make mobility an integral part of both initial and further teacher education.
The academies will embrace multilingualism and cultural diversity, develop teacher education in line with the EU’s priorities in education policy and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the European Education Area.
The activity is open to organisations from Erasmus+ programme countries. For example:
The preparation of an academy must involve at least 3 full partners from a minimum of 3 programme countries (including at least 2 EU member states), including:
Furthermore, the partnerships must also include, as a full partner or an associated partner, at least one school that provides practical training for future teachers.
Maximum grant amount: EUR 1.5 million
Project duration: 3 years
Where and how to apply for a grant?
This activity is managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), and applications for support are thus submitted directly via the Funding and Tenders portal. The deadline for receipt of applications under the currently open call is 7 September 2021 at 17:00 (CET).
For additional information, please see the Programme Guide (p. 198).
