Erasmus+ EU programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 5 SECTORS SCHOOL EDUCATION YOUTH ADULT EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING HIGHER EDUCATION

3 MAIN TYPES OF KEY ACTION LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS (KA1) COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES (KA2) SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM (KA3) Staff mobility, in particular for teachers, lecturers, school leaders and youth workers Mobility for higher education students, vocational education and training students Student loan guarantee Joint Master degrees Mobility for higher education for EU and non-EU beneficiaries Volunteering and Strategic partnerships between education/training or youth organisations and other relevant actors Large scale partnerships between education and training establishments and business: Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills alliances IT-Platforms including e- Twinning Cooperation with third countries and focus on neighbourhood countries Policy dialogue with stakeholders, third countries and international organizations Open method of Coordination Prospective initiatives EU recognition tools Dissemination & exploitation youth exchange

Eligible countries

Erasmus+ SCHOOL Education Sector action 1 mobility of schoolstaff

ACTION 1 MoBILITY OF SCHOOL EDUCTION STAFF Types of Educational mobility Duration of the foreign mobility from 2 to 60 days (excluding travel time) The duration of the project from 12 to 24 months (eg. 13,18,20 months) Project start date: from 1 June to 31 December Application deadline: 5 February 2019 12.00 Brussel time

Co-financing of the project For the mobility participant ACTION 1 MOBILITY OF SCHOOL EDUCTION STAFF Co-financing of the project For the mobility participant for the school Travel costs Individual support (maintenance costs) Course fee Special needs support Organisational support (eg. project administration, participants’ linguistic preparation , dissmination of results) Exceptional costs (only up to the bank guarantee)

Erasmus+ SCHOOL Education Sector action 2 strategic partnerships

The priorities Specific descriptions can be found at the Erasmus+ HORIZONTAL PRIORITIES SCHOOL EDUCATION (SE) Strengthening the profile of the teaching professions Comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning Support the schools to tackle early school leaving Reinforcing quality in early childhood education and care Recognition of learning periods abroad Improve achievement in key competences Inclusive education Open education in the digital era Strenghtening the recruitment, selection and inductions of educators Sustainable investment, performance and efficiency in education and training Recognition of skills and qualifications -> learning, emplyability and labour mobility Social and educational value of European cultural heritage Specific descriptions can be found at the Erasmus+ Programme Guide

Priorities The project must address at least one of the priorities either horizontal or school education. Max 3 priorities out of 7 horizontal and 5 school education sector priorities. If the project addresses a horizontal priority, it must clearly prove the impact in the field of school education. If the proposal does not provide convincing evidence that is relevant to at least one priority, the proposal must be scored as "Weak" (score between 0 -9 points) for the award criterion "Relevance of the project" as a whole, and rejected as a consequence.

school exchange partnerships (KA229) Types of projects Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation (KA201) Projects are expected to develop innovative outputs and engage into intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing and newly produced products or innovative ideas. Applicants have the possibility to request a dedicated budget for Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Events. Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good practices (KA201) school exchange partnerships (KA229) The primary goal is to allow organisations to develop and reinforce networks, increase their capacity to operate at transna­tional level, share and confront ideas, practices and methods. Projects also produce tangible outputs and are expected to disseminate the results of their activities.

Erasmus+ SCHOOL Education Sector School Exchange partnerships action KA2 229

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS (general rules) Duration: 12-24 months (to be decided by applicants), if project contains long-term pupil mobility can last up to 36 months At least 2 schools from 2 different programme countries maximum 6 schools eTwinnig school label – schools with this label will help partners use eTwinning as part of the Erasmus + project, the Erasmus + project can build on eTwinning projects Monobeneficiary contracts - each school/kindergarten has a contract with its own NA and is responsible for its own budget

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS (general rules) only schools established in a programme coutry can be applicants: coordinators and partners. Eligible schools are defined by every National Agency. the application is written in cooperation with all project partners electronic application procedure the coordinating organization submits the application on behalf of all partners if the project is approved for funding, all partners get funding automatically Application deadline: 1 application round per year 21 March 2019 at 12.00 Brussel time Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships Where to find examples of realized projects? ERASMUS+ Project Results Platform http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/

PROJECT priorities cooperation and communication partners management evaluation dissemination sustainability eTwinning NEEDS OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESULTS What is crucial during work on the project proposal to start working on this concept: needs – objectives – activities – results. We shouldn’t start working on a project be filling in application form.

learning, teaching and training activities LTT MOBILITIES learning, teaching and training activities LTT - Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils - Long-term study mobility of pupils - Short-term joint staff training events - Long-term teaching or training assignments eTwinning

KA2: Costs that can be funded Budget Each partnership chooses the „cost items“ depending on the type and scope of partnership Most cost items: unit costs (instead of real costs) Maximum grant amount per school - 16 500 € per year, excluding Special Needs Support and Exceptional costs for expensive travel KA2: Costs that can be funded Project management and implementation Transnational project meetings (=mobilities) Training, teaching and learning activities (= mobilities) Special needs suppport (participants with disabilities) Exceptional costs Expensive domestic travel costs (only when jusyfied) Linguistic support (only for participants of long-term mobilities)

More Information http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node_en http://www.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/pub/tools.htm https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm

and good luck with the projects