Get familiar with the four horizontal priorities of the whole Erasmus+ Programme and tailor your project with these in mind to increase your chance of approval.
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Inclusion & Diversity |
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Digital Transformation |
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Environment & Climate Change |
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Democratic Life |
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Inclusion and diversity
This Erasmus+ horizontal priority aims to support people with fewer economic, social, and cultural opportunities.
Inclusion and diversity should be considered as wide categories. They refer to a variety of barriers that may prevent people from participating in society and accessing the novel opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ Programme.
♿ Disabilities: Physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments.
🏥 Health problems: Severe illnesses, chronic diseases, and similar physical or mental health-related situations.
📚 Barriers linked to educational systems: Difficulties caused by education and training systems that do not fully take into account individual needs. These barriers may affect participation, learning outcomes and access to further education or employment.
🌍 Cultural differences: Challenges experienced by people with a migrant or refugee background, people belonging to a national or ethnic minority, and sign language users.
🤝 Social barriers: Difficulties linked to limited social competences, anti-social or high-risk behaviours, previous offending, or past or current substance abuse.
💶 Economic barriers: Obstacles caused by a low standard of living, low income, poverty, homelessness, dependence on social welfare, or the need to work while studying.
⚖️ Barriers linked to discrimination: Discrimination connected to gender, age, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation or disability.
📍 Geographical barriers: Challenges faced by people living in rural areas, remote regions or communities with limited access to services and opportunities.
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Digital transformation
This Erasmus+ horizontal priority aims to address digital transformation through the development of digital readiness, resilience, and capacity in the educational sector.
Setting this priority, the Erasmus+ programme provides its contribution to the European Union’s Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027), whose aim is to support the adaptation of the European education systems to the digital age.
The Plan has been created as a result of the lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis, to foster the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem, and to enhance the digital skills and competencies of European citizens.
With this priority, the Programme clearly manifests its goal to place schools in the best condition to complete their transition to the digital era.
Educational institutions will be able to apply for international mobility projects to improve the digital competencies of their teachers and learners, such as the capacity to:
💻 Self-assess one’s digital competencies.
🖥️ Teach remotely and in blended modality.
💬 Use digital technologies to communicate and collaborate online.
🔍 Develop digital literacy and to be able to critically assess digital sources.
🧑💻 Behave properly as a digital citizen.
🔧 Solve problems with the help of digital technologies.
✍️ Create high-quality online content.
🤖 Understand the basic principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
⚡ Experiment with AI-powered tools for teaching.
Want to strengthen digital skills in your school?
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Environment and fight against climate change
This Erasmus+ horizontal priority aims to raise awareness about global warming and how to develop skills in sustainability-relevant sectors.
With the European Green Deal, the European Commission committed itself to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. The Erasmus+ Programme consistently encourages schools, universities, and their communities to participate in this transition to a circular and green economy by:
🌱 Increasing the opportunities for mobility in sustainable sectors — in particular, dedicated to rural development.
🚲 Promoting green travel — there is already an additional budget for this!
♻️ Prioritizing projects aimed at changing consumption habits and lifestyles.
📢 Supporting organizations that raise awareness about environmental footprint reduction or compensation.
🌿 Opting for reusable or eco-friendly materials, reducing waste and recycling to save resources.
🌏 Integrating sustainability approaches across natural and human sciences.
Of course, the European Commission will welcome the initiatives involving reflection and discussion about how to foster environmental-friendly activities and incorporating an alternative greener approach to development.
Want to include sustainability in your teaching?
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Participation in Democratic life
The last Erasmus+ horizontal priority aims at promoting EU common values, civic engagement and active citizenship.
Setting this priority, the European Commission aims at addressing the lack of interest in the European Union context and enhancing citizens’ engagement in democratic processes. Young learners must be provided with the instruments to understand the Union’s values and the way in which they inform its actions.
In order to do so, the Erasmus+ Programme encourages initiatives that will:
🎯 Foster knowledge and understanding of the European Union.
🤝 Develop social competences, such as intercultural dialogue and active engagement in participants’ communities.
🧠 Strengthen critical thinking and media literacy through formal and non-formal learning activities.
⚖️ Raise awareness about common EU values and democratic principles, human dignity, European social and historical heritage.
Want to promote civic engagement and active citizenship in your classroom?
Explore our courses on participation in democratic life, including media literacy, EU values, democracy and citizenship education.
You can also access free online EU courses for teachers and learners through the EUTEAM project.
Conclusion
Using a European perspective, Europass experts can provide training courses specifically focused on one of the new Erasmus+ priorities, developing topics that are relevant to the specific needs and objectives of the school that invites them.
🔗 We can also provide you with an expert coming directly to your school. Discover how to invite a teacher trainer to your school.