Description of the Erasmus+ mobility project

​Your project has to be relevant to the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme. Description of your project will be relevant if it reflects the following objectives in the field of education and training:

• improve the level of key competences and skills, with particular regard to their relevance for the labour market and their contribution to a cohesive society, in particular through increased opportunities for learning mobility and through strengthened cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work;
• foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of education and training institutions, in particular through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers and other stakeholders;
• promote the emergence and raise awareness of a European lifelong learning area designed to complement policy reforms at national level and to support the modernisation of education and training systems, in particular through enhanced policy cooperation, better use of EU transparency and recognition tools and the dissemination of good practices;
• enhance the international dimension of education and training, in particular through cooperation between Programme and Partner Partner-Country institutions in the field of VET and in higher education, by increasing the attractiveness of European higher education institutions and supporting the EU's external action, including its development objectives, through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between Programme and Partner Partner-Country higher education institutions and targeted capacity building in Partner Countries;
• improve the teaching and learning of languages and promote the EU's broad linguistic diversity and intercultural awareness.

Besides the objectives above always check the priorities of your national agency. National agencies have the right to set country specific priorities that might be important in your context.

Align your objectives of your mobility project with the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme and priorities of your national agency. State clearly where the alignment lies and do not let evaluators to look for alignment because they do not know the project as well as you do and also, they do not have the necessary time for that.
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Aligning objectives of your mobility project with the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme includes arguments about the outcomes. Show in your application form how your mobility delivers the learning outcomes below.

Align your objectives of your mobility project with the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme and priorities of your national agency.

Outcomes of KA1 for students, trainees, apprentices and young people:

• improved learning performance;
• enhanced employability and improved career prospects;
• increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;
• increased self-empowerment and self-esteem;
• improved foreign language competences;
• enhanced intercultural awareness;
• more active participation in society;
• better awareness of the European project and the EU values;
• increased motivation for taking part in future (formal/non-formal) education or training after the mobility period abroad.

Outcomes of KA1 for staff, youth workers and professionals:

• improved competences, linked to their professional profiles (teaching, training, youth work, etc.);
• broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, training or youth work across countries;
• increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernisation and international opening within their educational organisations;
• greater understanding of interconnections between formal and non-formal education, vocational training and the labour market respectively;
• better quality of their work and activities in favour of students, trainees, apprentices, pupils, adult learners, young people and volunteers;
• greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity;
• increased ability to address the needs of the disadvantaged;
• increased support for and promotion of mobility activities for learners;
• increased opportunities for professional and career development;
• improved foreign language competences;
• increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work.

Outcomes on participating organisations:

• increased capacity to operate at EU/international level: improved management skills and internationalisation strategies; reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries; increased allocation of financial resources (other than EU funds) to organise EU/international projects; increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow up of EU/international projects;
• innovative and improved way of operating towards their target groups, by providing for example: more attractive programmes for students, trainees, apprentices, young people and volunteers in line with their needs and expectations; improved qualifications of teaching and training staff; improved processes of recognition and validation of competences gained during learning periods abroad; more effective activities for the benefit of local communities, improved youth work methods and practices to actively involve young people and/or to address disadvantaged groups, etc.;
• more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organisation: ready to integrate good practices and new methods into daily activities; open to synergies with organisations active in different social, educational and employment fields; planning strategically the professional development of their staff in relation to individual needs and organisational objectives; if relevant, capable of attracting excellent students and academic staff from all over the world.

Some of the Erasmus+ training providers will give you a list of competencies they deliver with every training, respectively. Their list of competencies might be useful to write in the section of the learning outcomes in the KA1 application form. At least the list can be a good starting point for writing. The good approach is to integrate Erasmus+ course provider competencies list with the list of outcomes stated in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

Choosing your hosting partner have to reflect:

• Erasmus+ programme objectives, learning outcomes and
• your European Development Plan.

​Therefore, do not write statements like “we chose the hosting partners because of their experience with KA1 courses.” This statement reflects neither Erasmus+ objectives neither your European Development Plan. Better example of the statement is the following: “By our project we want to see practices for reducing early school leaving in other countries. We chose the hosting partner because of their evidence-based results in tackling early school leaving and their proven record of facilitating international cooperation among participants.”