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Three types of decentralised project
Key Action 1
Key Action 2
Key Action 3
Key Action 1: Mobility
Largest part of the programme with just over 71% of UK budget allocated; all fields can apply
Study, train, volunteer abroad
What can you do?
What can you do?
Higher Education
Student mobility• Study Placements• TraineeshipsStaff mobility• Teaching • Training• Combined teaching and training
What can you do?
Vocational Education & Training
Learner mobility
• Short-term traineeship
• Long-term traineeship (ErasmusPro)
Staff mobility
• Teaching/ training assignments
• Staff training
• Advanced Planning Visit (ErasmusPro only)
What can you do?
School Education
• Teaching assignments
• Staff training – through structured courses and job shadowing/observation
What can you do?
Adult Education
Staff mobility
• Teaching / training assignments
• Participating in structured courses or training events abroad
•Job-shadowing
What can you do?
Youth
• Youth exchange activities• Training and professional development activities for
youth workers• Volunteering placements (must involve Partner
Countries)• Advanced Planning Visits (for youth exchanges and
volunteering projects only)
How does it work?
How does it work?• General principles are the same across all
mobility projects• There are important differences depending
on your target group:• Overall project duration• Type of mobility activities and their duration• Funding• Pre-qualification
How does it work?• Organisations make a funding application to
send participants on mobility activities abroad• Project durations vary depending on the field
and type of activity. • Mobility activities within a project can last from
two days to 12 months depending on the field and type of activity
Field Activity Duration
Higher education Student Mobility:• Study • TraineeshipStaff Mobility:• Teaching• Training• Combined
• 3 months to 12 months• 2 months to 12 months
• 2 days to 2 months
Vocational education and training
Learner Mobility:• Short-term traineeship• Long-term traineeship
(ErasmusPro) Staff Mobility: • Teaching/ training
assignments• Staff training• Advanced Planning Visit
• 2 weeks to under 3 months
• 3 months to 12 months
• 2 days to 2 months
• 3 days maximum
Activity Durations
Field Activity Duration
Schools • Teaching/ training assignments
• Structured courses or training events
• Job-shadowing
• 2 days to 2 months
Adult education • Teaching/ training assignments
• Structured courses or training events
• Job-shadowing
• 2 days to 2 months
Youth • Youth Exchanges• Mobility of Youth
Workers• Volunteering Projects• Advanced Planning Visit
• 5 days to 21 days• 2 days to 2 months
• 2 weeks to 12 months • 2 days maximum
Activity Durations (continued)
There are two different budget types:
1. Unit Costs - where funding is calculated on a per participant basis, with set rates for different elements
2. Actual Costs - where funding is specified by you and justified within the application and for which you will need to submit receipts
Budget
KA1: Budget Budget Item Description Funding Type
Organisational Support:
Implementation ofmobility activities (e.g. preparation, monitoring, validation of learning outcomes, dissemination).
Unit costs
Travel: Return travel costs of participants, including accompanying persons
Unit costs
Individual Support:
Subsistence of participants, including accompanying persons
Unit costs
Course fees (schools and adult education only):
Cost of enrolment or participation in a structured course
Unit costs
KA1: Budget (continued) Budget Item Description Funding Type
Linguistic Support: Costs linked to support offered to improve learners knowledge of the language they will use to study or receive training during their activity
Unit costs (may not be applicable)
Special Needs Support:
Costs directly related to participantswith disabilities and accompanying persons (including travel and subsistence, if justified and as long as not already requested)
Actual costs (may not be applicable);100%
Exceptional costs: 1. Financial guarantee, if requested by the NA2. Expensive travel costs
Actual costs (may not be applicable);1. 75%2. 80%
ComplementaryActivities (Youth Volunteering Projects only):
Costs of organising activities designed to complement and strengthen the strategic impact of the volunteering project
Actual costs; 80%of direct costs p[us 7% as indirect costs
Tips for a quality application
Quality Criteria • Award criteria for each Key Action are outlined in
the Programme Guide
• Refer to these as you prepare your project
• To be funded an application must score:
• At least 60 points overall; and
• Meet minimum required score per criteria
• Detailed scoring guidance published on the Erasmus+ website
Hints & Tips• Choose partners carefully
• Access NA support and guidance
• Refer to quality, eligibility and budget rules
• Ensure partners are aware of requirements
• Include all key information in the application form
• Ensure your project will be achievable
• Start early and aim to submit before the deadline
• Register on the Participant Portal via EU Login (formerly ECAS) to obtain a unique reference code for your organisation
• Refer to NA Guidance for Applicants as you complete your application
• Contact our Helpline for support
• Complete and submit the online application form before the deadline
How to Apply
2018 DeadlinesKey Action Field Deadline(s)
KA1 • Higher Education• Schools• VET• Adult Education
1 February 2018
KA1 • Youth 15 February 201826 April 20184 October 2018
All deadlines are at 12:00 Brussels timeThis means 11:00 UK time
Contact UsFor general enquiries you can contact either the British Council or Ecorys UK as follows:
British Council
T: 0161 957 7755
Ecorys UK
T: 0121 212 8947
Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport.The Erasmus+ UK National Agency is a partnership between the British Council and Ecorys UK.
Find us online
www.erasmusplus.org.uk
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