Erasmus+

EU programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.

LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

(KA1)

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

Mobility for higher education students, vocational education and training students

Student loan guarantee

Joint Master degrees Mobility for higher

education for EU and non-EU beneficiaries

Volunteering and youth exchange

COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND

EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES (KA2)

Strategic partnerships between education/training or youth organisations and other relevant actors

Large scale partnerships between education and training establishments and business: Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills alliances

IT-Platforms including e- Twinning

Cooperation with third countries and focus on neighbourhood countries

SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM

(KA3)

Policy dialogue with stakeholders, third countries and international organizations

Open method of Coordination

Prospective initiatives EU recognition tools Dissemination &

exploitation

3 MAIN TYPES OF KEY ACTION

SCHOOL

EDUCATION

YOUTH

ADULT

EDUCATION

5 SECTORS

VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

HIGHER

EDUCATION

The priorities

SCHOOL EDUCATION (SE)

Strengthening the profile of the teaching professions

Improving skills and key competences e.g. math, science, literacy

Support the schools to tackle early school leaving

Reinforcing quality in early childhood education and care

HORIZONTAL PRIORITIES

Improve achievement in competences

Inclusive education, training and youth

Open education in the digital era

Strenghtening the recruitment, selection and inductions of educators

Sustainable investment, performance and efficiency in education and training

Recognition of skills and qualifications -> learning, employability and labor mobility

Social and educational value of European cultural heritage

Specific descriptions can be found at the Erasmus+

Programme Guide

PRIORITIES

The project must address at least one of the priorities either

horizontal or school education.

Max 3 priorities out of 7 horizontal and 4 school education sector

priorities.

If the project addresses a horizontal priority, it must clearly prove

the impact in the field of school education.

If the proposal does not provide convincing evidence that is relevant

to at least one priority, the proposal must be scored as "Weak" (score

between 0 -9 points) for the award criterion "Relevance of the

project" as a whole, and rejected as a consequence.

TYPES OF PROJECTS

• Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation (KA201)

Projects are expected to develop innovative outputs and engage into

intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing and newly

produced products or innovative ideas. Applicants have the possibility to

request a dedicated budget for Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Events.

• Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good

practices (KA201)

school mobility partnerships (KA229)

The primary goal is to allow organisations to develop and reinforce

networks, increase their capacity to operate at transna­tional level, share

and confront ideas, practices and methods. Projects also produce tangible

outputs and are expected to disseminate the results of their activities.

ERASMUS+

SCHOOL EDUCATION SECTOR

SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS

ACTION KA229

KEY ACTION 2: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS (general rules)

Duration: 12-24 months (to be decided by applicants), if project contains long-term pupil mobility can last up to 36 months

• Project start: between 1.9.2019 – 31.12.2019 • Project end: at the latest 31.8.2022

At least 2 schools from 2 different programme countries maximum 6 schools

Monobeneficiary contracts - each school/kindergarten has a contract with its own NA and is responsible for its own budget

Application deadline: 1 application round per year March 2019

KEY ACTION 2: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS (general rules)

Who can apply? only schools established in a programme country can be

applicants: coordinators and partners. Eligible schools are defined by every National Agency.

the application is written in cooperation with all project partners

electronic application procedure

the coordinating organization submits the application on behalf of all

partners

if the project is approved for funding, all partners get funding

automatically

KEY ACTION 2: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Where to find examples of realized projects?

ERASMUS+ Project Results Platform

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/

DEFINITION OF A PROJECT

A process consisting of a set of coordinated actions having precise start and end dates.

A project is aimed at achieving defined goal taking into account specific restrictions :

• time

• cost

• and resources;

Definition of a project defined in ISO 10 006

PROJECT

priorities

cooperation and communication

partners

management

evaluation

dissemination

sustainability

NEEDS OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESULTS

learning, teaching and training activities LTT

- 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

MOBILITIES

eTwinning

Project management and implementation

Transnational project meetings (=mobilities)

Training, teaching and learning activities (= mobilities)

Special needs support (participants with disabilities)

Exceptional costs

Expensive domestic travel costs

(only when justified) Linguistic support

(only for participants of long-term mobilities)

Budget

KA2: COSTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED

Each partnership chooses the „cost items“ depending on the type and scope of partnership Most cost items: unit costs (instead of real costs) Maximum grant amount per school - 16 500 € per year, excluding Special

Needs Support and Exceptional costs for expensive travel

CRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT AND SCORING

In order to be considered for funding an application score at least 60 points in total and score at least half of the maximum points for each award criterion.

Relevance of the proposal

Max 30 points

Quality of the project design and implementation

Max 20 points

Quality of the project team and cooperation arrangements

Max 20 points

Impact and dissemination of the projects

Max 30 points

100 points

MORE INFORMATION

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-

plus/node_en

http://www.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/pub/

tools.htm

https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECTS