About the Erasmus+ Programme

The Commission has adopted the first annual work programme of Erasmus+ 2021-2027. The new programme will fund learning mobility and cross-border cooperation projects for over 10 million Europeans of all ages and social backgrounds. With over €28 billion, the Erasmus+ Programme has a budget which is almost twice that of its predecessor in 2014-2020. The new Programme seeks to be even more inclusive and will try to support the green and digital transitions which are necessary for European competitiveness. Erasmus+ will also support the resilience of European education and support training systems in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as set out in the European Education Area.

Goals of the Programme

The new Erasmus+ programme aims to provide European citizens with opportunities to study abroad, traineeships, apprenticeships, and staff exchanges in all fields of education, training, youth and sport. The Programme is open to school pupils, higher education and training students, adult learners, youth exchanges, youth workers and sport coaches.

Mobility counts for almost 70% of the budget, aside from that the new Erasmus+ Programme also invests in cross-border cooperation projects. These projects can be between higher education institutions, schools, training colleges and so on.

The main objectives of the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 Programme are the following:

• Inclusive Erasmus+: Providing enhanced opportunities to people with fewer opportunities, including people with diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds, and people living in rural and remote areas. The programme will also be more international, to cooperate with third countries, building on the successes of the previous programme with exchanges and cooperation projects around the world, now also expanding to sport and the vocational education and training sectors.
• Digital Erasmus+: Erasmus+ will support the development of digital skills, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan. It will provide high-quality digital training and exchanges via platforms such as eTwinning, School Education Gateway and the European Youth Portal, and it will encourage traineeships in the digital sector. New formats, such as blended intensive programmes, will allow short-term physical mobility abroad to be complemented with online learning and teamwork.
• Green Erasmus+: In line with the European Green Deal, the programme will offer financial incentives to participants using sustainable modes of transport. It will also invest in projects promoting awareness of environmental issues and facilitate exchanges related to mitigating the climate crisis.
• Erasmus+ for young people: DiscoverEU now becomes an integral part of Erasmus+ and gives 18-year-olds the possibility to get a rail pass to travel across Europe, learn from other cultures and meet fellow Europeans. Erasmus+ will also support exchange and cooperation opportunities through new youth participation activities, to help young people engage and learn to participate in democratic life, raising awareness about shared European values and fundamental rights, and bringing young people and decision-makers together at local, national and European level.

Funding opportunities

Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport can apply for European funding. With the help of Erasmus+ National Agencies based in every EU Member State and third countries associated to the programme, all European citizens have access to the programme.

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