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Call for 2-year framework partnership agreements to support Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Education and Training (2026-2027)
Funding Program
Erasmus+
Call number
ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CSC-OG-FPA
deadlines
Opening
18.03.2025
Deadline
27.05.2025 17:00
Estimated EU contribution per project
max. € 1,000,000.00
Link to the call
Link to the submission
Call content
short description
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.
Call objectives
This call aims to set up 2-years’ Framework Partnership Agreements with European Civil Society Organisations. Cooperation with high quality civil society organisations is relevant due to their broad contact with end users through their extensive networks at both European and national level. They have a dual role given their top-down multiplier effect and their bottom-up contribution to policy development.
The cooperation will also promote policy transfer, learning and support on EU objectives and priorities (including equity, inclusion and diversity in line with the objectives of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps Inclusion and Diversity Strategy) among the relevant stakeholders in the participating countries. Such cooperation contributes to create a broad sense of ownership in relation to EU actions and policies relevant to people and to take into consideration ideas and concerns of civil society at all levels.
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/objectives:
- Raise awareness of European policy agendas in education and training, in particular for the European Education Area and for the Union of Skills.
- Increase stakeholder commitment and cooperation with public authorities for the implementation of policies and reforms in the field 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 field of education and training, including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation.
- Boost involvement of stakeholders and civil society in the dissemination of policy and programme actions, including results and good practice among their membership and beyond.
- Promote active engagement in civic society and raise awareness of the European Union's common principles and values.
The call also embraces the general priorities of the 2024-2029 Von der Leyen Commission. Addressing these priorities will impact and mobilise education and training policies, with a particular focus on the new ambition of building the Union of Skills, relying on the comprehensive approach to education and training under the European Education Area strategic framework. These general objectives draw on the assets of ENGOs and EU-wide networks, and on their capacity to reach out to large numbers of interested parties and to support EU policy priorities. They should therefore be clearly embedded in the work plans, activities and deliverables of the applicant organisations
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Expected effects and impacts
The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 focuses on three core areas of action:
- ENGAGE which aims towards a meaningful civic, democratic, economic, social, cultural and political participation of young people;
- CONNECT which is to foster different and inclusive forms of learning mobility for young people across the European Union and beyond, to make new connections, relations and exchange of experience, as well as engagement in solidarity and volunteering activities;
- EMPOWER which aims to encourage young people to take charge of their own lives. In line with the EU Youth Strategy, the Topic will promote activities aiming at engaging, connecting and empowering young people
Eligible activities must be directly linked to the objectives and priorities of the present call and must be coherent, consistent and cost-effective. Activities may be performed at European, cross-border, national, regional or local level. The activities described should cover the two years of the framework partnership agreement.
Every year, an operating grant,through a Specific Grant Agreement-SGA, may be awarded to the Framework Partners in order to finance their activities, insofar as they are in line with the objectives of the programme in the area concerned and the policy priorities that may be established by the Commission. The costs of general administrative expenditure necessary for the running of these organisations may also be covered within the yearly SGA.
EU-wide networks are expected to actively contribute to reflections on the implementation of the European Education Area, the Union of Skills and other relevant policy initiatives, by engaging their members in preparing, participating and implementing activities that can feed into such reflections. This includes implementing events and conferences where EU work towards the above-mentioned priorities will be the focus.
The organisations active in the field of Education and Training that will be supported under this call are expected to carry out activities such as indicatively:
- Activities facilitating access and participation of stakeholders in the implementation of EU policy priorities in the field of education and training;
- Exchanges of experience and good practice; networking and partnerships with other stakeholders;
- Capacity-building for the member organisations, including peer learning, training, advisory, guidance and coaching activities to improve the effectiveness of policy actions;
- Initiatives and events for developing the membership of the ENGOs/EU-wide network;
- Communication activities on EU values, EU policy priorities in the field of education and training and on related EU funding instruments supporting these priorities (European programmes, in particular Erasmus+, Cohesion Policy funds, Citizenship Equality Rights and Values Programme16). Activities establishing synergies between Erasmus+ and other EU or national/regional funding sources are encouraged;
- Cooperation activities to increase policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems;
- Activities designed to bring to life the founding principles of the EU, enabling citizens to meaningfully engage in civil society and strengthening their knowledge of and connection with European values.
All the above-listed activities ( being indicative, and non-exhaustive) should contribute to widening the outreach using a variety of traditional and digital channels, to ensure a diversity of voices, and reach people within and beyond education and training organisations.
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Expected results
The expected impact should be described at three levels:
- The expected quantitative and qualitative impacts of the activities and deliverables on the target group(s), on policy or strategies concerned, in the short and long term and at European, national, regional or local level.
- The impact of involving target groups in the proposed activities and in the production of the proposed deliverables.
- The impact of the work programme on awareness and active commitment, and how it will facilitate exchanges and debates between actors from different sectors, levels and countries on key policy issues.
Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
Iceland (Ísland), Liechtenstein, North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Türkiye
eligible entities
Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
Mandatory partnership
No
Project Partnership
Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries).
other eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- In addition, in accordance with article 19 of the Erasmus+ Regulation, the following third countries are associated to the programme:
- members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA): Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein;
- acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates: Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Türkiye, and Republic of Serbia.
- Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
- be non-governmental (a voluntary, independent from government, non-profit organisation, which is not a political party or a trade union);
- be a non-profit organisation.
Erasmus+ National Agencies (sole activity of their legal entity) or National Agencies departments of legal entities dealing with activities outside the remit of National Agencies cannot apply or participate in this Action.
This Call is open to two categories of bodies:
Category 1: European Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGO) in education and training
For the purpose of this programme, these are NGOs that operate through a formally recognised structure composed of a European body/secretariat legally established for at least two years (before the submission deadline) in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme and of national organisations/branches, in at least nine EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme. The European body/secretariat of the European NGO applies on behalf of the European NGO.
These national organisations/branches must:
- have a proven statutory link7 with the European body/secretariat;
- be active in the field of youth.
Therefore, a European NGO must be composed of at least nine entities (the European body/secretariat and at least eight national organisations/branches) established in nine different EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.
Category 2: EU-wide networks in education and training
An EU-wide network is an umbrella organisation of European Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGOs as defined in category 1). The specificity of such an EU-wide network is that its members are themselves NGOs at European level. Thus, a European umbrella organisation represents a very large number of European stakeholders and covers a wide range of policy domains.
An EU-wide network must:
- Be formally established, i.e. have legal personality and have been legally registered for at least two years in an eligible country on the date of submission of the application;
- Be composed of legally autonomous ENGOs as defined in category 1 and be active in the implementation of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European
- Education Area and beyond (2021-2030);
An EU-wide network must fulfil the three following requirements cumulatively:
a) represent more than one major stakeholder group – such as: learners (at all levels of education and training), the teaching profession (including teachers, trainers and school leaders), parents, etc;
and
b) be active in all the following sectors:
- early childhood education and care
- school education
- higher education
- vocational education and training
- adult learning
and
c) be active in more than one major cross-sector area (such as citizenship education, ICT and digital education, language learning, entrepreneurship education, etc.) involving one or more representative stakeholder groups as described above;
d) Have a minimum of 20 member organisations (ENGOs as defined in category 1)
e) Be independent of public authorities, of political parties and commercial organisations;
f) Have at least 7 staff members (understood as full-time equivalent18).
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
24 Months
Additional Information
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (template to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded)
- mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
- list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)
- CSC EDU - Other Annex.
Proposals are limited to maximum 40 pages (Part B).
Call documents
ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CSC-OG-FPA- Call DocumentERASMUS-EDU-2025-CSC-OG-FPA- Call Document(860kB)
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