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Horizontal priorities (across all sectors)
See Programme Guide p.7-10

Inclusion and Diversity

The Erasmus + Programme seeks to promote equal opportunities and access, inclusion, diversity and fairness across all its actions. The Inclusion and Diversity Strategy aims to help address the barriers different target groups may face in accessing such opportunities within Europe and beyond.

This list of such potential barriers is not exhaustive and is meant to provide a reference in taking action with a view to increasing accessibility and outreach to people with fewer opportunities:

+ Disabilities, Health problems, Barriers linked to education and training systems, Cultural differences, Social barriers, Economic barriers, Barriers linked to discrimination, Geographical barriers.

Digital Transformation

The Erasmus + Programme aims to support this endeavour to engage learners, educators, youth workers, young people and organisations in the path to digital transformation.

The programme will also support actions aiming at enhancing digital skills and competence development at all levels of society and for everyone (including young people with fewer opportunities, students, job seekers and workers). The focus will be on fostering both basic and advanced digital skills as well as digital literacy.

Environment and fight against climate change

Environment and climate action are key priorities for the EU now and in the future. The Programme supports the use of innovative practices to make learners, staff and youth workers true actors of change.

Priority will also be given to projects that – through education, training, youth and sport activities - enable behavioural changes for individual preferences, cultural values, awareness, and more generally support active engagement for sustainable development.

Participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement

The Erasmus+ Programme addresses the citizens’ limited participation in its democratic processes and their lack of knowledge about the European Union, and tries to help them overcome the difficulties in actively engaging and participating in their communities or in the Union's political and social life.

The focus is put on raising awareness of and understanding the European Union context, notably as regards the common EU values, the principles of unity and diversity, as well as their social, cultural and historical heritage.

Sector specific priorities in the field of
Programme Guide p.230-237

School education

  • Tackling learning disadvantage, early school leaving and low proficiency in basic skills
  • Supporting teachers, school leaders and other teaching professions
  • Development of key competences
  • Promoting a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning
  • Promoting interest and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the STEAM approach, and foster girls’ interest in STEM
  • Developing high quality early childhood education and care systems
  • Recognition of learning outcomes for participants in cross-border learning mobility
  • Supporting innovators at school
  • Supporting response of European education and training systems to war in Ukraine  

Vocational education and training (initial and continuing)

  • Adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs
  • Increasing the flexibility of opportunities in vocational education and training
  • Contributing to innovation in vocational education and training
  • Increasing attractiveness of VET
  • Improving quality assurance in vocational education and training:
    * Creation and implementation of internationalisation strategies for VET providers
    * Supporting response of European education and training systems to the war in Ukraine
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Adult education

  • Increasing take-up and improving inclusiveness and accessibility of adult education
  • Promoting local learning centres and innovative learning spaces
  • Improving the availability of high quality, flexible and recognised learning for adults
  • Creating upskilling and reskilling pathways
  • Improving the competences of educators and other adult learning staff
  • Creating and promoting learning opportunities among all citizens and generations  
  • Enhancing quality assurance in adult learning opportunities  
  • Supporting response of European education and training systems to war in Ukraine

Youth

  • Promoting active citizenship, young people’s sense of initiative and youth entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship
  • Increasing quality, innovation and recognition of youth work
  • Strengthening the employability of young people
  • Reinforcing links between policy, research and practice
  • Supporting response of the Youth field in Europe to war in Ukraine