Funding programme

Erasmus+ is the EU funding programme for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2021-2027. Read more about ERASMUS+ here.

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Call overview

This call aims to support the implementation of the principles and objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda.

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Call detail

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries. By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.

Proposals submitted under this topic must address one of the following priorities:

• Priority 6: Joining forces to reskill workers

• Priority 7: Supporting the Pact for Skills

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Activities funded

Priority 6: Partnerships should focus on developing ways to increase participation of adults, especially the up- and reskilling of in-transition-workers, unemployed or inactive people, from sectors in decline to sectors that are growing and in need of more workers with skills for the green and digital economy. The output would be to develop standardised practices of partnership models for the cooperation of companies, together with public players, to improve up- and reskilling from declining sectors into the green and digital economy. Specific attention should be paid to the needs of lower skilled and vulnerable individuals, as well as those who are the most reluctant to engage with training activities in adult age.

Priority 7: Projects should implement all the activities listed below:

• Develop and support governance structures or arrangements connecting members within the same regional partnership, including regional and/or local authorities.

• Support the definition, implementation, and monitoring of concrete commitments of a regional partnership, such as:

o gathering skills intelligence,

o upskilling of low-skilled people,

o reskilling people for new tasks in their jobs or reskilling of people from certain sectors with skills transferable to other sectors.

• Develop and support cooperation in the above fields of activity between regional and/or local authorities and other stakeholders that are members of the same regional partnership.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies) active in the fields of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work.
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e. Erasmus+ Programme Countries: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or non-EU countries:− listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme

Under topic 3 ‘Adult Education’ – Priority 7 ‘Supporting the Pact for Skills’, in order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be registered partners of existing Pact for Skills regional partnerships.

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Consortium composition

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities), from a minimum of 3 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.

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Duration

Projects should normally range between 24 and 36 months. Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

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Budget

Project budget (maximum grant amount): 1 000 000 EUR per project.

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