• Posted 17-Aug-2020

Erasmus+ 2020 Annual Work Programme – Second Amendment

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Erasmus+ programme will be significantly mobilised to contribute to the recovery and promote digital learning across Europe. In this regard, the 2020 Erasmus+ Annual Work Programme has been revised to allow the launch of important new initiatives.

This revision, which also reflects the increase of the annual appropriations for Erasmus+ in 2020, allows for:

• strengthening the financial support to certain priority actions;
• introducing minor changes and updates to the text;
• introducing other budgetary and technical changes.

The total budget, including all types of budgetary appropriations foreseen under the 2020 amended Work Programme is increased to 3 776 008 876 EUR for the Erasmus+ Programme.

The changes in the Annex of the 2020 adopted Annual Work Programme for the implementation of “Erasmus+”: the Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport C(2020)1159 concern the following sections:

Part I - General Overview

Point 2.1. General Policy Framework

• Paragraphs related to the COVID-19 crisis are included.

Point 2.2. Horizontal priorities

• Paragraphs related to the COVID-19 crisis and the reinforcement of the digital and creativity actions are included.

Point 3.2. Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchanges of good practices

• Paragraphs related to the COVID-19 crisis and the reinforcement of strategic partnerships actions are included.
• A paragraph related to the extension of NEOs supports is included.

Part II – Grants, Procurements and other actions

Point 4.2.1. Grants awarded by mean of a General Call for Proposals (Erasmus+ Programme Guide)

• The action Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth” has been revised in order to include references to the reinforcement of the digital and creativity dimension.

Point 4.2.2. Grants awarded by exception to Calls for Proposals – Article 195 FR

• Action on “eTwinning National Support Services and Partner Support Agencies” is added.
• Action on “Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE) – National Support Services (NSS)” is added.
• Action on “Network of National Erasmus+ Offices and Higher Education Reform Experts (HEREs)” is added.

Point 5.2.3. Specific grants awarded under a Framework Partnerships

• The text of the action “Civil Society Cooperation in the fields of Education and Training and of Youth” is revised.

Point 5.2.4. Grants awarded by exception to Calls for Proposals – Article 195 FR

• The text of the action “Cooperation with the OECD” is revised.

Point 5.3. Procurements

• Action on “Prospective platform” is removed.

Point 5.5. Other actions

• The text of the action "Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) Administrative agreements (partially co-delegated to DG EMPL)" is revised.

Part III – Budget

• Budgetary allocations and timeline in the text have been updated according to the revised tables.

To read the full document of the Second Amendment please click here.

Source:  European Commission | Erasmus+ News (https://bit.ly/3h3sllx)