Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Virtual exchanges projects consist of online people-to-people activities that promote intercultural dialogue and soft skills development and make it possible for every young person to access high-quality international and cross-cultural education(both formal and non-formal) without physical mobility.
Detailed Call Description
The specific objectives of this call are the following:
- encouraging intercultural dialogue with third countries not associated to the programme and increasing tolerance through online people-to-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly technologies;
- promoting various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus+ physical mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and international experience;
- enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of internet and social media, such as to counter discrimination indoctrination, polarisation and violent radicalisation;
- fostering the digital and soft skills development of students, young people and youth workers, including the practice of foreign languages and teamwork, notably to enhance employability;
- promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education;
- strengthening the youth dimension in the relations of the EU with third countries.
In this call, participating organisations are free to choose the topics on which they will focus, but proposals must demonstrate their expected impact in relation to one or more of the above-mentioned objectives. Special attention needs to be given to the inclusion of socially and economically vulnerable people and persons unable to apply for physical mobility.
Projects will be funded based on work plans that may integrate a wide range of online cooperation activities, including for example:
- online-facilitated discussions between young people of youth organisations based in different countries, as part of youth projects;
- training for youth workers willing to develop a virtual exchange project with colleagues from other countries;
- online facilitated discussions between students of Higher Education institutions based in different countries, as part of higher education degrees;
- training for university professors/staff willing to develop a virtual exchange project with colleagues from other countries;
- interactive open online courses including traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
95%
This action follows a lump sum funding model. The EU grant per project will be of a maximum of €500,000 with €200 as maximum investment to organisations per participant (i.e. a project of €500,000 would have to reach at least €2,500 participants).
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Youth
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Youth
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Participating organisations may be established either in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme or in an eligible third country not associated to the Programme (the eligible regions covered by this action are Regions 1, 2, 3 and 9).
Participating organisations may fall under the following categories:
- Youth organisations;
- Higher education institutions, associations or organisations of higher education institutions, as well as legally recognised national or international rector, teacher or student organisations;
- Vectors of change in the education system (university managers, international departments, deans, quality agencies, etc.); public or private organisations active in the fields of higher education or youth and established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme or in one of the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme.
The co-ordinators can be:
- Public or private organisations active in the field of higher education or youth (nonformal education);
- Higher education institutions, associations or organisations of higher education institutions, as well as legally recognised national or international rector, teacher or student organisations.
The coordinator must also be legally established and located in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme.
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 4 organisations which complies with the following conditions:
- minimum 2 higher education institutions or youth organisations from 2 EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme and 2 higher education institutions or youth organisations from 2 eligible third countries not associated to the Programme belonging to the same eligible region; and
- the number of organisations from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme may not be higher than the number of organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
www.erasmusplus.cy
info@llp.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 448 888
Youth Board of Cyprus
www.erasmusplus.cy
erasmusplus@onek.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 402 644
(Publish Date: 16/01/2023-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Education and Culture Executive Agency:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en