The new Erasmus+ programme aims to provide grants for a wide range of actions in the fields of Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020. The programme gives opportunities to students, trainees, staff and volunteers to spend a period abroad to increase their skills and employability. It supports organisations to work in transnational partnership and to share innovative practices in the mentioned areas. It also supports grassroots projects and cross-border challenges such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence and racism.
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Funding for youth activities under Erasmus+ aims to improve the key competences, skills and employability of young people, promote young people's social inclusion and well-being, and foster improvements in youth work and youth policy at local, national and international level. Concretely in the field of youth, the Erasmus+ programme offers three main opportunities:
- Key Action 1: mobility opportunities for young people and youth workers. Young people have the opportunity to participate in youth-exchanges or to volunteer for a period up to one year in another country. Youth workers can take part in training and networking activities abroad or spend some time in a youth organisation abroad for a job shadowing or an observation period.
- Key Action 2: opportunities for cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices. Organisations can apply for funding to work in partnership with organisations from other participating countries. The projects funded under this action will focus on sharing, developing and transferring innovative practices in education, training and youth provision between participating countries.
- Key Action 3: opportunities to support policy reform. The Erasmus+ programme will fund strategic activities supporting policy reform across the EU. Funding opportunities in the field of youth under this action can take the form of meetings between young people and decision makers.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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In the field of education and training, the Erasmus initiative is renowned for the opportunities it provides students to learn abroad, as well as the opportunities it provides for teaching staff in higher education. Building on these, the Erasmus+ programme now covers five major areas of education and training:
- School education opportunities for staff and institutions.
- Vocational education and training opportunities for students, apprentices, trainees, staff, institutions, and business.
- Higher Education opportunities for students, staff, institutions, and businesses.
- Adult Education opportunities for staff, institutions, and businesses.
- European Integration opportunities for academic and research staff and institutions.
SPORT
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In the field of sport, the Erasmus+ Programme aims to support actions that result in the development, transfer, and implementation of innovative ideas and practices at European, national, regional, and local level. It is also expected that Sport Actions will contribute to the development of a European dimension to sport, increasing cooperation and harmonisation between sport organisations. The Erasmus+ programme provides support for several opportunities in the field of sport, including funding for:
- Collaborative partnerships
- Non-profit European sports events
- Actions that strengthen the evidence base for policy-making
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