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Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals

International Credit Mobility

The Actions supported under this Key Action are expected to bring positive and long-lasting effects on the participants and participating organisations involved, as well as on the policy systems in which such activities are framed.

As regards pupils, students, trainees, apprentices, adult learners and young people, the mobility activities supported under this Key Action are meant to produce one or more of the following outcomes: 

• improved learning performance;

• enhanced employability and improved career prospects;

• increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;

• increased self-empowerment and self-esteem;

• improved foreign language and digital competences;

• enhanced intercultural awareness;

• more active participation in society;

• enhanced positive interactions with people from different backgrounds;

• better awareness of the European project and the EU values;

• increased motivation for taking part in future (formal/non-formal) education or training after the mobility period abroad.

As regards staff, youth workers and professionals involved in education, training and youth, the mobility activities are expected to produce one or more of the following outcomes:

• improved competences, linked to their occupational profiles (teaching, training, youth work, etc.);

• broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, training or youth work across countries;

• increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernisation and international opening within their educational organisations;

• greater understanding of interconnections between formal and non-formal education, vocational training and the labour market respectively;  

• better quality of their work and activities in favour of students, trainees, apprentices, pupils, adult learners and young people;

• greater understanding and responsiveness to all kinds of diversity, e.g. social, ethnic, linguistic, gender and cultural diversity, as well as diverse abilities; 

• increased ability to address the needs of people with fewer opportunities;  

• increased support for and promotion of mobility activities for learners;

• increased opportunities for professional and career development;  

• improved foreign language and digital competences;

• increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work.

Activities supported under this Action are also expected to produce one or more of the following outcomes on participating organisations:

• increased capacity to operate at EU/international level: improved management skills and internationalisation strategies; reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries; increased allocation of financial resources (other than EU funds) to organise EU/international projects; increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow up of EU/international projects;

• innovative and improved way of operating towards their target groups, by providing for example: more attractive programmes for students, trainees, apprentices and young people in line with their needs and expectations; improved qualifications of teaching and training staff; improved processes of recognition and validation of competences gained during learning periods abroad; more effective activities for the benefit of local communities, improved youth work methods and practices to actively involve young people and/or to address disadvantaged groups, etc.;

• more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organisation: ready to integrate good practices and new methods into daily activities; open to synergies with organisations active in different social, educational and employment fields; planning strategically the professional development of their staff in relation to individual needs and organisational objectives; maintaining communication, knowledge transfer and outreach of improvements if relevant, capable of attracting excellent students and academic staff from all over the world.

In the long run, the combined effect of the several thousands of projects supported under this Key Action is expected to have an impact on the systems of education, training and youth in the participating countries, thus stimulating policy reforms and attracting new resources for mobility opportunities in Europe and beyond.

More information on https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-1 

 

Key Action 2: Cooperation among organisations and institutions

Capacity Building in Higher Education 

Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters 

Erasmus Mundus Design Measures 

This Key Action supports:

• Partnerships for Cooperation, including Cooperation Partnerships and Small-scale Partnerships;

• Partnerships for Excellence, including Centres for Vocational Excellence, Teachers Academy and Erasmus Mundus Action;

• Partnerships for Innovation, including Alliances and Forward-looking projects;

• Capacity Building projects in the field of youth;

• Not-for-profit European sport events.

The Actions supported under this Key Action are expected to contribute significantly to the priorities of the programme, to bring positive and long-lasting effects on the participating organisations, on the policy systems in which such Actions are framed as well as on the organisations and persons directly or indirectly involved in the organised activities.

This Key Action is expected to result in the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices at organisational, local, regional, national or European levels.

Depending on the field addressed and the type of applicant, these actions are managed either by the National Agencies or by the European Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). All details about who can apply and where to apply are specified in the pages below.

For the participating organisations, projects supported under this Key Action are intended to produce the following outcomes:

• innovative approaches for addressing their target groups, by providing for example: more attractive education and training programmes, in line with individual needs and expectations; use of participatory approaches and digital methodologies; new or improved processes of recognition and validation of competences; greater effectiveness of activities for the benefit of local communities; new or improved practices to cater for the needs of targets groups with fewer opportunities and to deal with differences in learning outcomes linked to the geographical and socio-economic disparities; new approaches to address social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity; new approaches to better support competitiveness and employment in particular at regional and local level; recognition of excellence in language learning or teaching through the European Language Label;

• a more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organisation: ready to integrate good practices and new methods including digital capabilities into daily activities; open to synergies with organisations active in different fields or in other socio-economic sectors; strategic planning of professional development for staff in line with individual needs and organisational objectives;

• increased capacity and professionalism to work at EU/international level: improved management competences and internationalisation strategies; reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries, other fields of education, training and youth and/or other socio-economic sectors; increased allocation of financial resources (other than EU funds) to organise EU/international projects in the field of education, training and youth; increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow-up of EU/international projects;

• increased knowledge and awareness regarding sport and physical activity:

• increased awareness of the role of sport in promoting social inclusion, equal opportunities and a healthy lifestyle;

Projects funded under this Key Action are also likely to have a positive impact on the persons directly or indirectly involved in the activities, such as:

• increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;

• increased competence in foreign languages;

• increased level of digital competence;

• greater understanding and responsiveness  to all kinds of diversity, e.g. social, ethnic, linguistic, gender and cultural diversity as well as diverse abilities;  

• improved levels of skills for employability and new business creation (including social entrepreneurship);

• more active participation in society;

• more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values;

• better understanding and recognition of skills and qualifications in Europe and beyond;

• improved competences, linked to occupational profiles (teaching, training, youth work, sport coaching, etc.);

• better understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, training, youth and sport across countries;

• better understanding of interconnections between formal, non-formal education, vocational training, other forms of learning and labour market respectively;

• increased opportunities for professional development;

• increased motivation and satisfaction in daily work;

• increased practice of sport and physical activity.

At systemic level, they are expected to trigger modernisation and reinforce the response of education and training systems and youth policies to the main challenges of today's world: environmental sustainability, digital transformation, employment, economic stability and growth, but also the need to promote social, civic and intercultural competences, intercultural dialogue, democratic values and fundamental rights, social inclusion, mental health and well-being, non-discrimination and active citizenship, critical thinking and media literacy.

Therefore, the impact of this Key Action is intended to be:

• increased quality of education and training, youth work and sport practices in Europe and beyond: combining higher levels of excellence and attractiveness with increased opportunities for all;

• education, training and youth systems that are better aligned to the needs of and opportunities offered by the labour market, and closer links to business and the community;

• improved provision and assessment of basic and transversal skills, particularly: entrepreneurship, social, civic, intercultural and language competences, critical thinking, digital skills and media literacy;

• increased synergies and links and improved transition between the different sectors of education, training and youth at national level, with improved use of European reference tools for recognition, validation and transparency of competences and qualifications;

• increased use of learning outcomes when describing and defining qualifications, parts of qualifications and curricula, in support to teaching and learning and in assessment;

• increased awareness and openness to social diversity and increased inclusiveness and accessibility of education systems and possibilities

• new and increased inter-regional and transnational cooperation of public authorities in the fields of education, training and youth;

• more strategic and integrated use of ICTs and open educational resources (OER) in education, training and youth systems;

• increased motivation for language learning through innovative teaching methods or better links to practical use of language skills required by the labour market;

• reinforced interaction between practice, research and policy.

• increased level of participation in sport and physical activity as a tool for health and well being

• increased knowledge on how to tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination better support of good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes;

• increased recognition of voluntary activities in sport;

• increased mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations;

• increased social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport. 

More information on https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-2 

 

Key Action 3

Jean Monnet Actions

The Jean Monnet actions offer opportunities in the field of higher education and in other fields of education and training. The Jean Monnet actions contribute to spread knowledge about the European Union integration matters. The following actions are supported: 

• Jean Monnet Actions in the field of higher education 

• Jean Monnet Actions in other fields of education and training

• Jean Monnet policy debate (higher education and other fields of education and training)

These actions will be implemented by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

 

More information on https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/jean-monnet-actions/higher-education