Erasmus Programme: Cooperation Partnerships

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. Results should be re-usable, transferable, upscalable 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.

Objectives

• 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.

Funding Information

• There are three pre-defined lump sums grants available, corresponding to the total grant amount for the project: EUR 120,000, EUR 250,000 and EUR 400,000. 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 most appropriate lump sum amount to cover the costs of their projects, based on their needs and objectives.

Eligible Projects 

• Inclusion and Diversity: The Erasmus+ Programme seeks to promote equal opportunities and access, inclusion and fairness across all its actions.
• Environmental sustainability: Projects should be designed in an eco-friendly way and should incorporate green practices in all its facets.
• Digital dimension: Virtual cooperation and experimentation with virtual and blended learning opportunities are key to successful Cooperation Partnerships.
• Participation and civic engagement: The Programme supports participation and active engagement throughout all its actions.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any participating organisation established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme can be the applicant/coordinator. This organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project.
• In order to be eligible, applicant organisations must have been legally established at least 2 years before the application deadline.
• For Partnerships in the fields of education and training or youth submitted by European NGOs and managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), the applicant coordinator must be a European NGO active in the field of education and training or youth. The European body/secretariat of the European NGO applies on behalf of the European NGO.

For more information, visit European Commission.