If you’ve ever tried to put together an Erasmus+ project, you know the partner search is often the hardest part. You have a strong idea, you know which Key Action fits, but finding the right organisations abroad — ones that are actually active, reliable, and looking for the same kind of collaboration — can take […]
The Erasmus+ Results Platform — commonly referred to as the EPRP — is the European Commission’s public database of all Erasmus+ funded projects and their outputs. It is directly accessible to anyone — practitioners, policymakers, researchers and organisations looking for potential partners — and it is where your project’s results must be published as a
EPALE — the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe — is one of the most visited professional communities in European education and training. It hosts tens of thousands of practitioners, policymakers and educators from across all 33 Erasmus+ programme countries. For Erasmus+ projects in the fields of adult education, vocational training and school education,
Dissemination is not optional in Erasmus+. It is a contractual obligation — one that appears in your grant agreement from the moment you sign it, and one whose non-compliance can lead to your grant being reduced. Yet most funded organisations approach dissemination as an afterthought — something to think about in the final months of
The Erasmus+ final report is the last significant deliverable of your project — and one of the most important. Get it right and you secure your balance payment, close your grant agreement cleanly and build credibility for future applications. Get it wrong — or submit it late — and your grant can be reduced, you
Passing the minimum threshold is not the same as being funded. Most Erasmus+ applications that are rejected were not below the minimum — they scored in the 60–72 range, passed every threshold, and still did not make the funded band because competing applications scored higher. The difference between a 65-point application and an 82-point application
Receiving an Erasmus+ rejection is disappointing. But the rejection comes with something valuable — a Quality Assessment report that tells you exactly how your application was scored, criterion by criterion, and why each section received the score it did. Most organisations file the rejection email and do not look at the Quality Assessment report again.
The Erasmus Accreditation is one of the most valuable things an Erasmus+ organisation can hold. Once accredited, you receive annual funding for mobility activities without reapplying each year — no full application, no competitive evaluation, no uncertainty. You submit a simplified annual funding request and the grant follows. The gateway to that annual funding is
Between 60% and 75% of Erasmus+ KA2 applications do not receive funding in any given call. Most of the organisations behind those applications had a genuine project idea that could have made a real difference. The idea was not the problem. Erasmus+ applications fail at three distinct points — before evaluation begins, at the minimum
The 2026 Erasmus+ deadline is approaching. You have written your application. Before you submit, there is a final set of checks that every experienced Erasmus+ coordinator runs through — and that every first-time applicant should know about. Applications are rejected for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the project idea: a
KA210 Small-Scale Partnerships are designed for first-time applicants and smaller organisations — but that does not mean the application is easy to write well. A weak KA210 project description is rejected just as decisively as a weak KA220 application. The lower grant amount does not lower the evaluation bar. This guide walks through every component
Romania has one of the largest and fastest-growing Erasmus+ participant communities in Central and Eastern Europe. Romanian schools, NGOs, VET providers, universities, youth organisations and public bodies have access to the full range of Erasmus+ actions — and the 2026 call offers significant opportunities across all sectors, from first-time applicants exploring KA210 to experienced organisations
Portugal has one of the most established Erasmus+ traditions in Europe. From Lisbon to the Azores, Portuguese schools, universities, VET providers, NGOs, youth organisations and public bodies have been active in the programme since its earliest years — and the 2026 call continues to offer significant opportunities across all sectors and all regions, including the
The Western Balkans has one of the most active and connected youth sectors in the Erasmus+ programme. Youth organisations in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo and Greece have been participating in European youth exchanges, youth worker training and cooperation projects for years — and the 2026 call continues to offer significant, accessible
Vocational education and training is one of the most active sectors in the Erasmus+ programme. Greek VET providers — στρατηγικές σχολές, IEK, vocational lyceums (EPAL), centres of continuing vocational training and other organisations delivering initial and continuing vocational training — have access to a strong set of Erasmus+ actions designed specifically for the VET field.
Serbia is one of the most active Erasmus+ participant countries in the Western Balkans. As an EU candidate country associated to the Erasmus+ programme, Serbian organisations — NGOs, schools, universities, VET providers, youth organisations and public bodies — have access to the same actions and funding opportunities as organisations in EU Member States. Yet many
Spain has one of the strongest Erasmus+ traditions in Europe. Spanish schools, universities, NGOs, youth organisations, VET providers and adult education centres have been active in the programme since its earliest years — and the 2026 call continues to offer significant opportunities for organisations across all sectors and all regions of Spain. This guide covers
Italy has one of the largest and most active civil society sectors in Europe — tens of thousands of associations, NGOs, social cooperatives and non-profit organisations working across education, youth, culture, social services, environmental protection and community development. Erasmus+ is one of the most accessible European funding programmes for Italian NGOs, yet many organisations either
Greece has one of the most active civil society sectors in Southern Europe — NGOs, youth organisations, cultural associations and non-profit bodies working across education, youth, social inclusion, environment and community development. Many of these organisations are eligible for Erasmus+ funding but do not know where to start, which actions are open to them, or
The lump sum grant model is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the Erasmus+ programme — both by first-time applicants who assume it means they will receive a fixed amount with no strings attached, and by more experienced organisations who do not fully understand how the lump sum interacts with project delivery, evidence requirements
One of the most common causes of queries, delayed balance payments and partial grant recoveries in Erasmus+ projects is not poor project management — it is a misunderstanding of what the programme will and will not fund. Erasmus+ has specific, clearly defined budget rules that vary by Key Action. Knowing these rules before you build
Erasmus+ priorities are not optional extras to mention at the end of your application. They are a core part of the Relevance criterion — the highest-weighted evaluation criterion at 30 points — and evaluators are explicitly instructed to assess whether projects genuinely integrate the programme’s priorities or merely reference them in passing. In 2026, the
Erasmus+ is one of the most inclusive funding programmes in Europe — open to schools, universities, NGOs, youth organisations, VET providers, adult education centres, local authorities and social enterprises across 33 countries. But “open to many” does not mean “open to all,” and the programme’s structure — five distinct sectors, multiple Key Actions and specific
Erasmus+ eligibility is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the programme. Many organisations assume they qualify — because they are a registered non-profit, because they work in education, or because a colleague told them Erasmus+ is “open to everyone” — without ever checking the specific requirements for the Key Action they want to apply
Every funded Erasmus+ project started with a first application. And every first-time applicant faces the same challenge: a programme that is genuinely accessible but not immediately intuitive, with multiple Key Actions, sector-specific rules, platform requirements and evaluation criteria that can make the whole process feel more complicated than it needs to be. The good news
One of the most common questions organisations ask before their first Erasmus+ application is whether they qualify at all. For NGOs specifically — non-governmental organisations, associations, foundations and civil society bodies of all sizes — the answer is clearly yes. NGOs are among the most active and most successful applicant types in the Erasmus+ programme,
Receiving a rejection from your National Agency is disappointing — but the quality assessment feedback report that accompanies it is one of the most valuable documents an Erasmus+ applicant can receive. It tells you exactly where your application fell short, how evaluators scored each criterion and — if you read it correctly — precisely what
The Erasmus+ Beneficiary Module is the online platform through which all KA1 and KA2 applications are submitted, all grant agreements are signed, and all progress and final reports are filed. It is the single most important technical tool in the Erasmus+ application process — and one of the most common sources of last-minute problems for
Erasmus+ reporting is where well-managed projects prove their quality — and where poorly managed ones fall apart. The National Agency’s final report form asks detailed questions about every activity, every output, every participant and every euro spent. Coordinators who have been collecting and organising evidence throughout implementation answer these questions in hours. Those who have
Erasmus+ KA210 — Small-Scale Partnerships — is the most accessible cooperation action in the Erasmus+ programme. It was introduced in the 2021–2027 programme generation specifically to open European cooperation to organisations that had previously found KA220 too complex, too demanding or too large for their needs. Smaller NGOs, community organisations, schools with limited administrative capacity
