Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS+)

Education, Training, Youth and Sport

Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2021-2027.

The general objective of the Programme is to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond, thereby contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, to driving innovation, and to strengthening European identity and active citizenship.

The Programme has the following specific objectives:

1. to promote learning mobility of individuals and groups, as well as cooperation, quality, inclusion and equity, excellence, creativity and innovation at the level of organisations and policies in the field of education and training;
    
2. to promote non-formal and informal learning mobility and active participation among young people, as well as cooperation, quality, inclusion, creativity and innovation at the level of organisations and policies in the field of youth; 
    
3. to promote learning mobility of sport staff, as well as cooperation, quality, inclusion, creativity and innovation at the level of sport organisations and sport policies.

In order to achieve its objectives, the Erasmus+ Programme foresees the implementation of the following Actions in the 2021-2027 period:

• Key Action 1: Mobility of Individuals;
   
• Key Action 2: Cooperation among Organisations and Individuals;
   
• Key Action 3: Support to Policy Development and Cooperation;
   
• Jean Monnet Actions. 

The financing mechanism applied under the Erasmus+ Programme in most cases provides grants based on the reimbursement on the basis of unit costs or lump sums. These types of grant help applicants to easily calculate the requested grant amount and facilitate a realistic financial planning of the project.

The Erasmus+ Programme is open to many individuals and organisations, including schools, non-governmental organisations and public entities, although eligibility varies from one action to another and from one country to another.