Erasmus+

What’s in it for education, training, youth and sport?

ABOUT ERASMUS+

Combines 7 EU education, training and youth programmes, and introduces sport for the first time

Total budget of €14.7 billion, representing a 40% budget increase

Budget breakdown

LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

At least 63%

COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF GOOD

PRACTICES

At least 28%

SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM

4.2%

LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

(KA1)

Staff mobility, in particular for teachers, lecturers, school leaders and youth workers

Mobility for highereducation students, vocational educationand training students

COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND

EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES (KA2)

Strategic partnershipsbetweeneducation/training oryouth organisations and other relevant actors

Large scale partnershipsbetween education and training establishmentsand business: Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills alliances

IT-Platforms including e-Twinning

Cooperation with thirdcountries and focus on neighbourhood countries

SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM

(KA3)

Open method of Coordination

Prospective initiatives EU recognition tools Dissemination &

exploitation Policy dialogue with

stakeholders, thirdcountries and internationalorganisations

3 MAIN TYPES OF KEY ACTION

MAIN OBJECTIVES

SCHOOL EDUCATION (SE)

Reducing early schoolleaving

Improving attainmentin basic skills

Reinforcing quality in early childhoodeducation and care

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET)

Increasing theemployability and life skills of VET learners and contributing to thecompetitiveness of theEuropean economy

Support the enhancedEuropean cooperation in VET

Quality assurance

ADULT EDUCATION (AE)

Modernising and improving adulteducation throughcooperation with othersectors

Validation of non-formal / informaleducation

Guidance systems Quality assurance

STAFF MOBILITY

800,000 educators and youth workers will acquire new teaching and learning methods abroad

Key Action 1: Staff Mobility

SCHOOL EDUCATION

Aims Develop school staff

competences (languages, ICT, etc.)

Offer professional development opportunities abroad

Main activities Professional

development Participation in

structured courses / training events abroad

Job shadowing / observation period abroad

Teaching assignments

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

TRAINING

Aims To update / acquire

knowledge of work practicesand/or refresh pedagogicalskills of VET professionals

Main activities Work placement in an

enterprise/training/ teaching institution

Teaching assignment at a partner institution

Job shadowing in a teaching/ training institution

NB!KA1 in VET includes also theVET learners’ traineeshipsabroad

ADULT EDUCATION

Aims To develop and

broaden knowledge, skills and competences of AE staff

Main activities Participation in

structured courses / training events abroad

Job shadowing / observation period in an adult education or other sector relevant to the organisationabroad

Teaching assignments

The organisation defines its needs and aims in terms of staff development (European Development Plan) and applies for a mobility project consisting of various individual mobilities

A consortia (lead by a local or regional school authority or a coordinating body) can also apply

Duration of a mobility: 2 days – 2 months (+ travel time)

Duration of a mobility project: between 12 and 24 months

Funding: pre-defined unit costs (travel, individual support, organizational support, course fees, special needs)

Application deadline: as a rule 1 application round per year (in 2016 application deadline was 2nd Feb), in some counties also second round in the autumn

Erasmus+ Programme Guide p.30->

Key Action 1: Staff Mobility

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Cross-sectoralcooperation in the fields of Higher Education, VET, School Education and Adult Education

25,000 partnerships

125,000 institutions

Depending on the objectives and the composition of the Strategic Partnership, projects may be of two types:

Strategic Partnerships supportinginnovation

Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good practices

Strategic Partnerships must address either:

at least one horizontal priority or At least one specific priority

relevant to the field of education, training and youth that is mostly impacted

Field specific descriptions can be found at the Erasmus+ Programme Guidep. 107 ->

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

SCHOOL EDUCATION

Aims Schools, local/regional

school authorities, teacher training institutions and departments, and other types of organisations in different countries to develop, transfer and implement innovative practices

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

TRAINING

Aims: Strategic Partnerships Transnational

cooperation betweenVET providers and local /regional business communities

Aims: Sector Skills Alliances To enhance the

responsiveness of VET systems to sector-specific labour market needs, contributing to increased economiccompetitiveness of theconcerned sector

ADULT EDUCATION

Aims To provide quality

teaching and learningopportunities for adults and to strengthen thelearning offer of AE providers (focus on basic skills, activecitizenship and keycompetences for employability)

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

SCHOOL EDUCATION

Main activities Cross-sector cooperation

between schools and otherorganisations leading to i.e. curriculum development, reinforcing basic skills, combating violence in schools

Local consortia between local/ regional authorities and schools to i.e. improve theeducational offer

Exchanges of groups of pupils within a projectaiming at reinforcing i.e. linguistic skills and intercultural awareness

eTwinning for online exchanges for teachers / online workshops / professional development, etc.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Main activities: Strategic Partnerships Exchanging good practices and

innovation in VET provisions, guidance, counselling

Developing and delivering of newVET teaching/training materialsand methods

To foster structured and long termcooperation among VET institutions with stakeholders

Cross-sector cooperation to buildbridges and share knowledgebetween different formal and informal E&T and youth sectors

Main activities: Sector Skills Alliances Designing and delivering curricula

responding to the needs of labour market and of the learners in economic sectors

Projects promoting work basedlearning

Projects facilitating recognition of qualifications at EU level

ADULT EDUCATION

Main activities Cross-sector cooperation

for exchangingexperiences and bestpractices betweenorganisations

Developing, testing and validating of newcurricula, teachingmethods or innovativepedagogical approaches

Projects addressing theacquisition of basic skills(literacy, numeracy and ICT) and the provision of second chanceopportunities/learning in later life

Improving the accessibilityof learning opportunitiesfor adults

Developing strategiccooperation between AE providers and local / regional authorities

Different kinds of partnerships: projects may vary widely in terms of size, complexity, experience, expected results, grant amount,…

Multilateral: at least 3 organisations from 3 different programme countries (exceptions: school-to-school partnerships (SE) and regional cooperation led by at least two local/regional authorities from two different countries may also be bilateral)

Duration of a partnership: 12-36 months

Various types of mobilities: Transnational project meetings, Short term exchanges of groups of pupils, Long term study mobility of pupils, Short term joint staff training events, Long term teaching or training assignments

Application deadline: 1 application round per year (in 2016 application deadline was 31st March)

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Any organisation established in a Programme country can be the applicant=coordinator (on behalf of all other partners participating in the project), e.g.: a university, a teacher training institution, a

school, a non-profit organisation, an enterprise, a public body, a cultural organisation, an NGO, a library, … (Exception school-to-school projects: only schools can be applicants + partners)

Under certain restricted conditions (substantial added value to the project as a whole), an organisation from a Partner Country can participate in the project (Exception: not possible in school-to-school projects)

The application is written in cooperation with all project partners – language of the project

Multibeneficiary contracts: the coordinating organisation receives the EU grant for the whole project and is responsible for the overall project management, reporting to the NA, and transferring their share of the budget to the partners (Exception School Education school-to-

school-partnerships (KA219): monobeneficiarycontracts => each school has a contract with its own

NA and is responsible for its own budget)

Erasmus+ Programme Guide p. 107 ->

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Project management and implementation

Transnational project meetings

Training, teaching and learning activities (= mobilities)

Special needs suppport (participants with disabilities)

Exceptional costs

Intellectual outputs

(only for partnerships supporting innovation)

Multiplier events

(only for partnerships supporting innovation)

KA2: Costs that can be funded

Menu of cost items depending on the type and scope of partnership Most cost items: unit costs (instead of real costs) Maximum grant amount: 450,000 € for a partnership of 36 months =

Maximum 12,500 € per month for a project

ERASMUS+ BRINGS…

An integrated, more accessible programme

A renewed focus on skills for employment

New opportunities for modernising teaching and learning

New partnerships between education and world of work

Links:

Erasmus+ National Agencies

Erasmus+ by the European Commission

Erasmus+ Programme Guide

Erasmus+ Eligible Countries

Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 Project Results

SchoolEducationGateway for School Education

EPALE for Adult Education

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