About This Course
Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation Partnerships are among the most powerful tools available to education institutions who want to develop their practice, build European networks and contribute to the improvement of education across the continent. A successful KA2 project brings together organisations from different countries to develop innovative approaches, share good practice and produce resources and products that benefit the wider education community.
Yet KA2 applications are considerably more complex than KA1 applications, and the competition for funding is intense. This course gives education professionals a thorough, practical and inspiring introduction to KA2 project writing and partnership management. Participants explore the full KA2 project design process from the identification of a genuine need through to the development of a compelling application and an effective partnership.
Prior KA1 experience is helpful but not required. The course is open to anyone who has an idea worth funding and the ambition to pursue it.
Who Should Attend
- Erasmus+ coordinators ready to move from KA1 to KA2
- School leaders with ideas for European cooperation projects
- Education professionals who have tried and failed with KA2 applications
- Teachers interested in leading cross-European innovation projects
- Those who want to understand how KA2 partnerships actually work
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
Explain the structure, requirements and evaluation criteria of Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation Partnerships.
KA2 applications are evaluated against five quality criteria: relevance, project design, project team and cooperation, impact and dissemination, and project management. You will understand exactly what evaluators look for in each criterion and how to present your project in a way that scores highly across all five.
Identify a genuine need or challenge in education and develop it into a compelling KA2 project idea.
The best KA2 projects start with a genuine problem, not a funding opportunity. You will have a structured process for identifying the real challenge your institution faces, articulating why it cannot be solved alone and explaining why a European cooperation project is the right response.
Build and manage an effective international partnership for a KA2 project.
Partnership is the soul of KA2. A weak partnership makes a strong application impossible. You will know how to find the right partners, agree roles and responsibilities clearly from the start, manage the collaboration effectively across distance and cultures, and handle the inevitable challenges that arise in any international project.
Write the key sections of a KA2 application to a professional standard.
You will write draft versions of the objectives, activities, methodology, dissemination and impact sections of a KA2 application during the course, and receive structured peer feedback on each. The feedback process is itself one of the most valuable parts of the week.
Design a dissemination and exploitation strategy that maximises the impact of your KA2 project.
Evaluators look specifically for evidence that project outputs will be used beyond the project period and beyond the partner organisations. You will design a dissemination and exploitation strategy that is ambitious, specific and credible.
A 7-Day Professional Development Experience
Five days of intensive training combined with a structured arrival day and a cultural excursion. We are always open to tailoring the programme to your institution's needs.
Participants arrive and are welcomed by the Sude Nexus local team. Welcome dinner and orientation walk.
Guided cultural excursion. Participants travelling home are free to depart after breakfast.
This outline is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Contact us to discuss how we can tailor this programme for your institution.
EU Policy Alignment
Erasmus+ 2026 Horizontal Priorities
EU Competence Frameworks
EU Policy Initiatives
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