Eurocircle is the Erasmus+ Territorial Education and Training Office for the PACA region
Eurocircle helps you to understand the challenges of the Erasmus+ Education-Training programme and to find the resources you need to launch your project.
The creation of the Territorial Office in 2021
The Erasmus+ France Education-Formation agency is responsible for the management and promotion of the education and training strands of the European Erasmus+ programme in France. It has mandated the association Eurocircle to carry out information actions as close as possible to the actors of the territory since 2021.
In order to accompany the increase of the Erasmus+ Education-Training programme, which will see its credits increased by 80% over the period 2021-2027, the National Agency, located in Bordeaux, wished to set up territorial information offices closer to the project leaders.
Convinced that Europe is a unifying project that must support the opportunities of everyone (students, apprentices, education staff, youth structures) and in all French and European territories, Eurocircle has been working since its creation to bring citizens together around their common values. In addition to the mission of bringing Europeans closer to Europe with its activities as a EUROPE DIRECT centre, the team is now involved in accompanying citizens in the development of their mobility and training projects.
Who is the Erasmus+ Education-Training programme for?
There are two main categories of projects that can be funded by the Erasmus+ programme: mobilities and partnerships.
1. Mobilities and exchanges
These institutions or organisations may be :
- Schools, colleges, lycées (general and technological) ;
- Universities and public or private higher education establishments (including lycées for BTS)
- Vocational training establishments (CFA or lycées) or initial or continuing training organisations
- Associations, local authorities, all types of public or private structures involved in the field of education and training, from early childhood.
2. Partnerships and networks for cooperation
In addition to funding mobility, the Erasmus + programme offers the possibility of developing partnerships and networks for cooperation between education and training stakeholders in Europe and worldwide. These partnerships can involve all types of organisations: companies, associations, NGOs, education and training institutions and organisations, local authorities, etc.
Who can organise partnerships and networks for cooperation?
If you work or are involved in an institution, association or organisation active in the fields of school education, higher education, vocational education and training, social action, popular education or the social and solidarity economy (“adult education”), you can set up an Erasmus + partnership or cooperation project.
These structures, whether public or private, can be:
- Schools, colleges, high schools (general and technological)
universities and public or private higher education institutions (including high schools for BTS) - Vocational training establishments (CFA or lycées) or initial or continuing training organisations
companies; - Associations, local authorities, etc.
What can be done?
Thanks to Erasmus + cooperation partnerships and networks, you have the opportunity to develop and/or share innovative working methods and tools with European and international counterparts. They can deal with very different themes and take very different forms. For example: the development of innovative pedagogical content, the creation of European reference frameworks of competences, the development of joint masters at international level, the design of training modules for all types of audiences, or the creation of European networks of training institutions.