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  1. An institution, body, office or agency established by or based on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

    All education and training facilities for people of different age groups.

    An intergovernmental organization having legal personality under public international law or a specialized agency established by such an international organization. An international organization, the majority of whose members are Member States or Associated Countries and whose main objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe, is an International Organization of European Interest.

    A person with legal rights and obligations. Unlike a legal entity, a natural person does not have a legal act (e.g. association, limited liability company, etc.).

    An NPO is an institution or organization which, by virtue of its legal form, is not profit-oriented or which is required by law not to distribute profits to its shareholders or individual members. An NGO is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that does not represent business interests. Pursues a common purpose for the benefit of society.

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    Any government or other public administration, including public advisory bodies, at the national, regional or local level.

    A research institution is a legal entity established as a non-profit organization whose main objective is to conduct research or technological development. A college/university is a legal entity recognized by its national education system as a university or college or secondary school. It may be a public or private institution.

    A microenterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (business) as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361. To qualify as an SME for EU funding, an enterprise must meet certain conditions, including (a) fewer than 250 employees and (b) an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. These ceilings apply only to the figures for individual companies.

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  1. Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation 

    This topic focuses on strengthening governance, fostering institutional capacity, and enhancing cross-border cooperation. It includes promoting multilevel, transnational, and cross-border governance by designing and testing effective structures and mechanisms, as well as encouraging collaboration between public institutions on various themes. 

    Innovation capacity and awareness are also key, with actions aimed at increasing the ability of individuals and organizations to adopt and apply innovative practices. This involves empowering innovation networks and stimulating innovation across different sectors. 

    Institutional cooperation and network-building play a crucial role, supporting long-term partnerships to improve administrative processes, share regional knowledge, and promote intercultural understanding. This also includes cooperation between universities, healthcare facilities, schools, sports organizations, and efforts in management and capacity building. 

    This topic focuses on strengthening the agricultural, forestry, and fisheries sectors while ensuring sustainable development and environmental protection. It covers agricultural products (e.g., fruits, meat, olives), organic farming, horticulture, and innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture. It also addresses forest management, wood products, and the promotion of biodiversity and climate resilience in forestry practices.

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    Soil and air quality initiatives play a crucial role in environmental protection and public health. This includes projects aimed at combating soil and air pollution, implementing pollution management systems, and preventing soil erosion. Additionally, innovative approaches to improving air quality—both outdoors and indoors—are supported, alongside advancing knowledge and best practices in soil and air management.

    This topic focuses on protecting the environment, promoting biodiversity, and addressing the challenges of climate change and resource management. It includes efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, develop low-carbon technologies, and reduce GHG emissions. Biodiversity promotion and natural protection are key aspects. 

    It also covers improving soil and air quality by reducing pollution, managing contamination, preventing soil erosion, and enhancing air quality both outdoors and indoors. Water management plays an essential role, including sustainable water distribution, monitoring systems, innovative wastewater treatment technologies, and water reuse policies. Additionally, it addresses the protection and development of waterways, lakes, and rivers, as well as sustainable wetland management. 

    This topic focuses on preserving, promoting, and enhancing cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable way. It includes efforts to increase the attractiveness of cultural and natural sites through preservation, valorisation, and the development of heritage objects, services, and products. Cultural heritage management, arts, and culture play a key role, including maritime heritage routes, access to cultural sites, and cultural services like festivals, concerts, and art workshops. 

    Tourism development is also central, with actions aimed at promoting natural assets, protecting and developing natural heritage, and increasing touristic appeal through the better use of cultural, natural, and historical heritage. It also covers the improvement of tourist services and products, the creation of ecotourism models, and the development of sustainable tourism strategies. 

    This topic focuses on the sustainable management, protection, and valorisation of natural resources and areas, such as habitats, geo parks, and protected zones. It also includes preserving and enhancing cultural and natural heritage, landscapes, and protecting marine environments. 

    Circular economy initiatives play a key role, with actions aimed at innovative waste management, ecological treatment techniques, and advanced recycling systems. Projects may focus on improving recycling technologies, organic waste recovery, and establishing repair and re-use networks. Additionally, pollution prevention and control efforts address ecological economy practices, marine litter reduction, and sustainable resource use. 

    This topic covers labour market development and employment, focusing on creating job opportunities, optimizing existing jobs, and addressing academic (un)employment and job mobility. It also includes attracting a skilled workforce and improving working conditions for various groups. 

    Strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and boosting entrepreneurship are key priorities. This includes enhancing SME capacities, supporting social entrepreneurship, and promoting innovative business models. Activities may focus on creating advisory systems for start-ups, spin-offs, and incubators, fostering business networks, and improving the competitiveness of SMEs through knowledge and technology transfer, digital transformation, and sustainable business practices. 

    This topic focuses on fostering community integration and strengthening a common identity by promoting social cohesion, positive relations, and the development of shared spaces and services. It supports initiatives that enhance intercultural understanding and cooperation between different societal groups. 

    Demographic change and migration address key societal challenges, such as an aging population, active aging, and silver economy strategies. It also includes adapting public services and infrastructure to demographic shifts, tackling social and spatial segregation, and addressing brain drain. Migration-related actions cover policy development, strategic planning, and the integration of migrants to create inclusive and resilient communities. 

    All projects where ICT has a significant role, including tailor-made ICT solutions in different fields, as well as digital innovation hubs, open data, Internet of Things; ICT access and connecting (remote) areas with digital infrastructure and services; services and applications for citizens (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.); services and applications for companies (e-commerce, networking, digital transformation, etc.).

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    This topic emphasizes the role of culture and media in education and social development. It supports initiatives that foster creativity, cultural awareness, and artistic expression among children and youth. Activities include promoting cross-border cooperation in the audiovisual sector, enhancing digital content creation skills, and boosting the distribution of educational and cultural media products. Furthermore, it encourages the development of media literacy initiatives, helping young audiences critically engage with digital and media content. By connecting education, creativity, and media, this topic strengthens cultural identity and supports inclusive, knowledge-based societies. 

    This topic covers actions aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energy sources. It includes energy management, energy-saving methods, and evaluating energy efficiency measures. Projects may focus on the energy rehabilitation and efficiency of buildings and public infrastructure, as well as promoting energy efficiency through cooperation among experienced firms, institutions, and local administrations. 

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Call key data

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

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
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. 
  • 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

Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media

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).

Contact

National Erasmus+ Offices (NEOs)
Website

Erasmus+ National Agencies
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