Digital Education: Public-private partnerships for ethical design, development and use of Artificial Intelligence tools in education and training

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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-T02-DIGITAL-ETHICSAI

Call

Digital Education: Public-private partnerships for ethical design, development and use of Artificial Intelligence tools in education and training

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 invites proposals that successfully establish public-private partnerships for the pedagogically driven design, development, deployment and use of ethical, trustworthy AI-based resources to improve teaching and learning. Proposal should demonstrate that their outcomes can be transferable and scalable across the EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme and should focus on formal education and training.

Call Total Budget

€6.000.000

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

80%

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Businesses
  • Educational Institutions
  • Legal Entities
  • Local Authorities
  • Natual person / Citizen / Individual
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Other Beneficiaries

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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