Adult Education: Support to the Regional Skills Partnerships in the Pact for Skills

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Erasmus+ Programme

Programme Description

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
Programme Details

Identifier Code

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T09-ADULT-PS

Call

Adult Education: Support to the Regional Skills Partnerships in the Pact for Skills

Summary

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries.

By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.

Detailed Call Description

This topic aims at supporting existing regional partnerships (partnerships at the level of one region within a country or involving more than one region, within one or more countries) in the Pact for Skills to develop and implement concrete activities/commitments to train people of working age.

Call Total Budget

€5.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

80%

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

Eligibility for Participation

  • Businesses
  • Educational Institutions
  • Legal Entities
  • Local Authorities
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • Training Centres

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies) active in the field of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work.
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • for higher education institutions (HEIs) established in Erasmus+ Programme Countries (see above): be holders of a valid ECHE certificate (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).

Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.

Call Opening Date

06/01/2026

Call Closing Date

08/04/2026

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

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