Cooperation Partnerships aim to increase the quality in the work, activities and practices of organisations and institutions involved, opening up to new actors, not naturally included within one sector. Also, they aim to build capacity of organisations to work transnationally and across sectors, to address common needs and priorities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport, enabling also transformation and change, leading to improvements and new approaches, in proportion to the context of each organization.

While writing proposals, the horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ programme must also be taken into consideration and these are:

• Inclusion and Diversity
• Environmental sustainability and action against climate change.
• Digitisation
• Common values, civic engagement and participation

In the context of this call, there are also specific priorities that need to be taken into account when writing proposals.

Firstly, in the field of higher education is important to:

• promote inter-connected higher education systems
• stimulate innovative learning and teaching practices
• develop STEM/STEAM in higher education, in particular women participation in STEM
• reward excellence in learning, teaching and skills development
• build inclusive
• higher education systems
• support digital capabilities of the higher education sector

Furthermore, in the field of school education, priority will be given to:

• Tackling learning disadvantage, early school leaving and low proficiency in basic skills
• Supporting teachers, school leaders and other teaching professions
• Development of key competences
• Promoting a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning
• Promoting interest and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the STEAM approach
• Developing high quality early childhood education and care systems
• Recognition of learning outcomes for participants in cross-border learning mobility

In the field of vocational education and training, priority will be given to:

• Adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs
• Increasing the flexibility of opportunities in vocational education and training
• Contributing to innovation in vocational education and training
• Increasing attractiveness of VET
• Improving quality assurance in vocational education and training
• Creation and implementation of internationalisation strategies for VET providers

In the field of adult education priority will be given to:

• Improving the availability of high quality learning opportunities for adults ·
• Creating upskilling pathways, improving accessibility and increasing take-up of adult education
• Improving the competences of educators and other adult education staff
• Enhancing quality assurance in adult education
• Developing forward-looking learning centres
• Promoting Erasmus+ among all citizens and generations