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Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the EU’s funding programme for education, training, youth and sport.

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Aims & Objectives

It aims to:

Provide support for lifelong learning
Contribute to building a European Education Area
Promote learning mobility in education, training, youth, and sport
Improve the quality of education and training systems
Strengthen European identity and active citizenship

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What does it support?

Projects addressing sector-specific priorities in the programme’s strands:

Adult Education
Higher Education
School Education
Sport
Vocational Education and Training
Youth

Projects that address one (or more) of the programme’s four key horizontal priorities:

Inclusion and diversity
Digital transformation
Environment and the fight against climate change
Participation in democratic life

Projects take the form of the following Key Actions:

Key Action 1: Learning Mobility for Individuals
Key Action 2: Cooperation Among Organisations and Institutions
Key Action 3: Support to Policy Development and Cooperation

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Who can apply?

In general, any public or private organisation in a Erasmus+ Programme country can apply if they are a legal entity. Sole traders cannot apply for Erasmus funding.

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‍Higher Education

Students
Staff
Higher Education Institutions

‍Adult Education

Organisations providing formal, informal and non-formal adult education
Local and regional public authorities, coordination bodies and other organisations with a role in the field of adult education
Organisations whose aim is to educate the general public on a specific topic or issue

‍School Education

All schools - pre-primary, primary and post-primary
Teachers
Learners – individuals or groups/classes
School Education staff

‍Vocational Education and Training

Organisations providing initial or continuing vocational education and training
Local and regional public authorities, coordination bodies and other organisations with a role in the field of vocational education and training
Companies and other public or private organisations hosting, training or otherwise working with learners and apprentices in vocational education and training
Organisations creating training and/or educational materials for staff, volunteers or other professionals

‍Youth

Young people
Youth workers
Organisations that work directly with and/or advocate for youth

‍Sport

a public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level;
a sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level;
a National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation;
an organisation representing the 'sport for all' movement;
an organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion;
an organisation representing the active leisure sector;
an organisation active in the field of education, training or youth.

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Why the EU funds education, training, youth and sport

Read more about EU policy on the topic of Education, training, youth and sport.
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Budget

€26.2 billion over 7 years.
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Project Examples

The SCOPE project is aimed at third sector staff and volunteers in need of capacity building, skills development and recognition of non-formal learning, particularly those who are socially excluded in such a way that it is difficult for them to access training opportunities.

The Ethics4Sport project investigates and promotes ethics and perceptions of fairness in grassroots sport.

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National Contact Point in Ireland

‍Higher Education Authority for Higher Education strand
Léargas for Adult Education, School Education, Vocational Education and Training, and Youth strands as well as Erasmus+ Sport Mobility funding.
All other Erasmus+ Sport funding actions are managed centrally in Brussels by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. They can be contacted at EACEA-SPORT@ec.europa.eu