Objectives

• Participating organisations are free to choose the topics on which they will focus, but proposals ought to convincingly demonstrate their expected impact in relation to one or more of the below-mentioned priorities

Priorities

• Priority 1: To encourage 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
• Priority 2: To promote various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus+ physical mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and international experience
• Priority 3: To enhance critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of internet and social media, such as to counter discrimination, indoctrination, polarization and violent radicalisation
• Priority 4: To foster 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
• Priority 5: To promote citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education
• Priority 6: To strengthen the youth dimension in the relations of the EU with third countries

Among financed actions

• 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

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: 36 months

Eligibility

• To be a co-ordinator: 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
• To be a Participating organisations: youth organisations ; higher education institutions, as well as legally recognised national or international rector, teacher or student organisations ; 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
• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 4 organisations
• A minimum of 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 region

• Total budget of the call: 6.3 million euro 
• Total budget of the topic « Virtual Exchanges with the Western Balkans » : 3.15 million euro
• Amount of the grant: 500 000 euros