The European Commission launched new calls for proposals under the Erasmus+ programme.
Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It offered a life changing experience to more than 10 million participants over the last 30 years, and will continue offering opportunities for a wide variety of individuals and organisations for the next seven-year lifecycle (2021-2027).
The new calls for proposals are:
1. Virtual Exchanges with other specific regions in the world (ERASMUS-EDU-2021-VIRT-EXCH)
The specific objectives of this call are the following:
- encouraging intercultural dialogue with third countries not associated to the programme and increasing tolerance through online people-to-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly technologies;
- promoting various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus+ physical mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and international experience;
- Enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of internet and social media, such as to counter discrimination indoctrination, polarization and violent radicalisation;
- fostering the digital and soft skills development of students, young people and youth workers, including the practice of foreign languages and teamwork, notably to enhance employability;
- promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education;
- strengthening the youth dimension in the relations of the EU with third countries.
The total budget for the call for proposal is 30 000 euros. The deadline for applications is the 22nd of February 2021.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
2. Virtual Exchanges with the Western Balkans (ERASMUS-EDU-2021-VIRT-EXCH)
The specific objectives of this call are the following:
- encouraging intercultural dialogue with third countries not associated to the programme and increasing tolerance through online people-to-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly technologies;
- promoting various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus+ physical mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and international experience;
- enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of internet and social media, such as to counter discrimination indoctrination, polarization and violent radicalisation;
- fostering the digital and soft skills development of students, young people and youth workers, including the practice of foreign languages and teamwork, notably to enhance employability
- promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education;
- strengthening the youth dimension in the relations of the EU with third countries.
The total budget for the call for proposal is 4 000 000 euros. The deadline for applications is the 22nd of February 2021.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
3. Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Youth (ERASMUS-YOUTH-2022-CSC-OG)
The call also embraces the four general priorities of the Von der Leyen Commission as embedded in the Erasmus+ programme namely – inclusion and diversity, – digital transformation, – environment and fight against climate change as well as participation in democratic life. The objective is to provide structural support, referred to as operating grants, to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field youth pursuing the following general aims:
- Raise awareness of European policy agendas in youth, in particular, the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 including the European Youth Goals;
- Increase stakeholder commitment and cooperation with public authorities for the implementation of policies and reforms in the field of youth, in particular for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for young people and the country-specific recommendations issued in the framework of the European Semester;
- Boost stakeholder participation in the field of youth including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation;
- Boost stakeholder involvement in the dissemination of policy and Programme actions and results and of good practice among their membership and beyond;
- Develop, promote and support actions to engage, connect and empower youth in the spirit of the EU Youth Strategy;
- Increase awareness and youth participation in EU actions for young people, including Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and DiscoverEU;
- Boost civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.
The total budget for the call for proposal is 4 000 000 euros. The deadline for applications is the 15th of December 2021.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
4. Civil Society Cooperation: Education and Training (ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CSC-OG)
The objective of the present call is to provide structural support, referred to as operating grants, to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field of education and training pursuing the following general aims:
- Raise awareness of European policy agendas in education and training, in particular for the European Education Area;
- Increase stakeholder commitment and cooperation with public authorities for the implementation of policies and reforms in the fields of education and training, in particular for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for the country-specific recommendations issued in the framework of the European Semester;
- Boost stakeholder participation in the fields of education and training, – including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation;
- Boost stakeholder involvement in the dissemination of policy and Programme actions and results and of good practice among their membership and beyond;
- Boost civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.
The total budget for the call for proposal is 2 800 000 euros. The deadline for applications is the 15th of December 2021.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
To learn more about current calls for proposals or Eurodiaconia’s funding events, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our Policy, Projects & Research Officer Vera Nygard at vera.nygard@eurodiaconia.org and our Projects Assistant Giorgia Signoretto at giorgia.signoretto@eurodiaconia.org.