Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Capacity building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of VET in EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme, and third countries not associated to the Programme. They aim to support the relevance, accessibility, and responsiveness of VET institutions and systems in third countries not associated to the Programme as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should focus on one or more of the following themes:
- Work-based learning (for young people and/or adults);
- Quality assurance mechanisms;
- VET teachers/trainers professional development;
- Key competences, including entrepreneurship and citizenship competence;
- Public Private Dialogue and Partnerships in VET;
- Innovation in VET;
- Green and digital skills for the twin transition;
- Skills matching with current and future job opportunities, including in promising value chains under development;
- Development of curricula and training modules.
In addition, the applicant can cover thematic areas that are not presented above. These must demonstrate that they are particularly appropriate to meet the objectives of the call and identified needs.
The activities proposed must be directly linked to the objectives and thematic areas of the action, i.e. they must correspond to one or more of the thematic areas listed above and they must be detailed in a project description covering the entire implementation period.
The regional priorities set for this action are described in pages 328-329 of the Erasmus+ 2025 Programme Guide (the link can be found under the “Further information” section).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The EU grant per project will vary from a minimum of €100.000 and a maximum of €400.000.
This action follows a lump sum funding model.
The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget evaluation results.
The funding rate is 80%.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Employment
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must be legal entities (public or private bodies), active in the VET field or in the labour market. Participating organisations can be, for example (non-exhaustive list):
- VET providers
- Companies, industry, other employers or sector representative organisations
- National/regional qualification authorities
- Employment services
- Research institutes
- Innovation agencies
- Regional development authorities
- International organisations
Eligible participating organisation must also be established in an EU Member State, third country associated to the Programme, third country not associated to the Programme from an eligible region. The eligible regions covered by this action are Regions 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11. Organisations from Belarus (Region 2) and the Russian Federation (Region 4) are not eligible to participate in this action.
The coordinator must be an organisation active in the VET field. It applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project. It cannot be an affiliated entity. Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme cannot be coordinators. Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners.
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 4 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from minimum 3 eligible countries:
- at least 2 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme;
- each of these participating countries must involve at least 1 organisation.
- at least 1 eligible third country not associated to the Programme:
- at least 2 organisations from the participating eligible third country/countries not associated to the Programme from the same region
- organisations from different eligible regions cannot participate in the same projects. Cross-regional projects are not eligible.
The consortium must include at least one VET provider at non-tertiary education level.
The number of organisations from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme may not be higher than the number of organisations from eligible third countries not associated to the Programme.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
Website: Erasmus+ – IDEP
Website with Contact details: Εpikoinonia – Erasmus+ – IDEP
Address: Prodromou & Dimitrakopoulou 2, Nicosia 1090, Cyprus
Τelephone: +357 22448888
Email: info@idep.org.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: EACEA-EPLUS-CBVET@ec.europa.eu