Calls within Erasmus+ for projects within education

Erasmus+ supports international collaboration and exchange within education, training, youth and sport.

Applications within the Erasmus+ calls listed below must be sent to the International Relations Office at KI (kristina.jesinkey@ki.se) for review at least 3 weeks before application deadline. The application/mandate letter must be sent to the same address at least 2 weeks before application deadline, and will thereafter be signed by Grants Office. It must also be accompanied by an application assurance form signed by the Department/s involved.  All the projects below are managed (both pre and post contract) by the applicant and the applicant’s department, not by Grants Office. The International Relations Office is only involved with the routines around signatures.

Make sure you consult the programme guide

Capacity building (deadline 8 February 2024 17.00 CET)

The Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) action supports international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of higher education. It supports the relevance, quality, modernisation and responsiveness of higher education in third countries not associated to the Erasmus + programme for socio-economic recovery, growth and prosperity and reacting to recent trends, in particular economic globalisation but also the recent decline in human development, fragility, and rising social, economic and environmental inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

At least two Erasmus Programme Countries with minimum one HEI from each must be part of the project.

Objectives of the Action

Specifically, the action will:

  • Improve the quality of higher education in third countries not associated to the Programme and enhance its relevance for the labour market and society;
  • Improve the level of competences, skills and employability potential of students in HEIs in the third countries not associated to the programme by developing new and innovative education programmes;
  • Promote inclusive education, equality, equity, non-discrimination and the promotion of civic-competences in higher education in the third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • Enhance the teaching, assessment mechanisms for HEI staff and students, quality assurance, management, governance, inclusion, innovation, knowledge base, digital and entrepreneurial capacities, as well as the internationalisation of HEIs in the third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • Increase the capacities of HEIs, bodies in charge of higher education and competent authorities of third countries not associated to the Programme to modernise their higher education systems, particularly in terms of governance and financing, by supporting the definition, implementation and monitoring of reform processes;
  • Improve the training of teachers and continuous professional development in order to impact the longer term quality of the education system in the third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • Stimulate cooperation of institutions, capacity building and exchange of good practice;
  • Foster cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives.

Budget

This action follows a lump sum funding model. The amount of the single lump sum contribution will be determined for each grant based on the estimated budget of the action proposed by the applicant. The granting authority will fix the lump sum of each grant based on the proposal, evaluation result, funding rates and the maximum grant amount set in the call. The projects are managed (both pre and post contract) by the applicant and the applicant’s department, not by Grants Office. The International Relations Office is only involved with the routines around signatures.

The allocated sums should be seen as a contribution to the actual costs and are not expected to cover the full costs or overhead costs.

Link to start page for Erasmus applications (EU-log in required, can be obtained here).

Link to Erasmus Programme guide

Information from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (in Swedish)

Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships (application deadline 5 March 2024 12.00 CET)

A Cooperation Partnership is a transnational project and must involve minimum three organisations from three different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.

The primary goal of Cooperation Partnerships is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, boosting internationalisation of their activities and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods as well as sharing and confronting ideas. They aim to support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices as well as the implementation of joint initiatives promoting cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experience at European level. Results should be re-usable, transferable, up-scalable and, if possible, have a strong transdisciplinary dimension. Selected projects will be expected to share the results of their activities at local, regional, national level and transnational level.

Cooperation Partnerships are anchored to the priorities and policy frameworks of each Erasmus+ sector, both at European and national level, while aiming at producing incentives for cross-sectoral and horizontal cooperation in thematic areas.

Cooperation Partnerships aim at:

  • Increasing quality in the work, activities and practices of organisations and institutions involved, opening up to new actors, not naturally included within one sector;
  • Building capacity of organisations to work transnationally and across sectors;
  • Addressing common needs and priorities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport;
  • Enabling transformation and change (at individual, organisational or sectoral level), leading to improvements and new approaches, in proportion to the context of each organisation.

Budget

The proposed funding model consists of a menu of 3 single lump sums, corresponding to the total grant amount for the project: 120 000 EUR, 250 000 EUR and 400 000 EUR. Applicants will choose between the 3 pre-defined amounts according to the activities they want to undertake and the results they want to achieve.

When planning their projects, the applicant organisations - together with their project partners - will need to choose the single lump sum amount more appropriate to cover the costs of their projects, based on their needs and objectives. If the project is selected for funding, the requested lump sum amount becomes the overall grant amount. The projects are managed (both pre and post contract) by the applicant and the applicant’s department, not by Grants Office. The International Relations Office is only involved with the routines around signatures.

The allocated sums should be seen as a contribution to the actual costs and are not expected to cover the full costs or overhead costs.

Link to Erasmus Programme guide

Information from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (in Swedish)

Link to start page for Erasmus applications (EU-log in required, can be obtained here).

 

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