Erasmus+ Supporting projects and activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport

Erasmus+ is a European Union programme that supports cooperation projects in the following three fields:

• Education and training
• Youth
• Sport

The aims of the Erasmus+ programme in the field of education and training are:

• To enhance and support development of all levels of education and training
• To strengthen the links among formal, informal and non-formal education and learning
• To enhance cooperation between education and labour market
• To create added values for European education and a European dimension in education
• To support cooperation among participating countries in defining education policies

Erasmus+ programme also focuses on strengthening the potential of Youth for active participation in civil society, development of leadership skills, solidarity and understanding among cultures.

For the field of Sport, Erasmus+ aims to support cooperation and networking among sport organisations as well as to support projects that can indirectly contribute towards mitigation of social and economic aspects of physical inactivity.

Erasmus+ promotes recognition of qualifications in education, open access to education materials, documents and media created through funded projects, an international dimension of activity, multilingualism, equity and inclusion.

Erasmus+ programme will cover the period 2014-2020.

The total funding allocation for the whole period is 14.7 billion Euros.

Please note the following:

The Erasmus+ programme differentiates between programme and partner countries, as regards possible modalities of participation of their institutions. Programme countries are European Union countries, Macedonia, Island, Lichtenstein, Norway and Turkey. Partner countries can be those countries neighbouring the EU, including Montenegro, as well as all the other countries in the world.

Erasmus+ is a successor programme of four EU programmes in which Montenegro participated in the period 2007-2013, i.e.  Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, Lifelong Learning Programme and Youth in Action programme. Some of the projects funded within former programmes are still on-going.