What mobility activities are possible?
Each project can last either 12 or 24 months and organisations active in vocational education and training can apply for funding to support any of the following mobility activities within a project:
Learner mobility a VET traineeship in a programme country abroad. Learners can take part in a traineeship abroad lasting up to 12 months. They can spend time in a work place to gain real life experience or at a VET school where they will also spend time in industry or with another relevant organisation or enterprise. Each project can last either one or two years and organisations can apply for funding to support the mobility activities. The duration of the traineeship placement can be between two weeks and twelve months.
Staff mobility
- teaching/training assignments – staff from VET schools can teach at a partner VET school abroad. Staff from VET enterprises can also provide training at a VET organisation abroad.
- staff training – staff can undertake professional development opportunities in the form of a work placement or job shadowing/observation period abroad in an enterprise or other VET organisation.
Who can apply?
Any VET organisation sending learners and staff abroad, or the co-ordinator of a national mobility consortium. We strongly advise you to read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for full eligibility criteria. Please note that each organisation can only apply for one Key Action 1 VET mobility project per funding Call. However if an organisation or institution is involved in more than one consortium, it could apply more than once.
What mobility activities are possible?
Action 1 is about mobility which would usually mean you spend time abroad. Mobility projects can cover one or more of the following: study courses, observation, job shadowing, training, and teaching. Overall, projects last from between one to two years, but for individuals or groups of staff this can mean activity for as little as two days or up to two months in duration.
Mobility projects are transnational, and so all project activity except structured courses or training events must involve at least two schools – your own school and the partner school(s) abroad.
To successfully apply for funding for a Key Action 1 mobility project a school should be aiming to support the professional development of some or all of the school staff, as a part of the school’s European Development Plan.
School staff mobility activity could include:
a teaching assignment: allowing staff of school education organisations to teach at a partner organisation abroad;
staff training: supporting the professional development of school staff (including non-teaching staff) in either: participation in structured courses or training events abroad; or a job shadowing/observation period abroad in any relevant organisation active in school education.
Who can apply?
Schools or colleges providing general, vocational or technical education on any level from pre-school to upper secondary education can apply. For information on who can apply, please do read our webpage on eligible schools if you have not already done so.
What mobility activities are possible?
A project can last either one or two years, and adult education organisations can apply for funding to support any of the following mobility activities within the project:
- Staff mobility Teaching/ training assignments – allows staff from adult education organisations to teach or provide training at a partner organisation abroad.
- Staff training – staff participate in structured courses or training events abroad, job shadowing/observation periods in any relevant organisation active in the adult education field.
Who can apply?
Any adult education organisation sending their staff abroad, or any adult education organisation acting as coordinator of a national mobility consortium of adult education organisations, can apply for funding. Please read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for full eligibility criteria. Please note that each organisation can only apply for one Key Action 1 adult education project per Call unless the organisation is involved in a consortium, when it could apply more than once. A consortium application must consist of at least three adult education organisations from the same programme country. Individuals cannot apply directly for Erasmus+ adult education funding.