About This Course
Erasmus+ is the EU's most successful and most widely used education programme. In 2026, the programme has an annual budget of over 3.5 billion euros, funding mobility and cooperation activities for millions of learners, educators and organisations across Europe and beyond. For school education coordinators, understanding how to use Erasmus+ strategically, manage projects effectively and demonstrate genuine impact is one of the most valuable professional competences they can develop.
This course gives Erasmus+ coordinators and school leaders a thorough, practical and up-to-date grounding in Erasmus+ KA1 project management. Participants explore the full project cycle from application to final report, develop strategies for selecting and managing mobility activities effectively, and build the knowledge and confidence to make their school's Erasmus+ programme genuinely impactful rather than merely compliant.
The course is aligned with all four Erasmus+ 2026 horizontal priorities and connects directly to the European Education Area and the Union of Skills initiative.
Who Should Attend
- Erasmus+ coordinators in schools, VET institutions and adult education organisations
- School leaders responsible for Erasmus+ strategy
- Teachers taking on Erasmus+ coordination responsibilities for the first time
- Education professionals who want to strengthen their institution's Erasmus+ programme
- Those who have completed successful Erasmus+ projects and want to build on them
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
Explain the structure, priorities and requirements of Erasmus+ KA1 and navigate the programme guide confidently.
The Erasmus+ 2026 Programme Guide runs to over 400 pages. You will know which sections matter for your context, how the priorities and quality criteria connect to your project design, and how to read new guidance documents efficiently as they are published each year.
Design a strategic Erasmus+ KA1 mobility project that is genuinely aligned with your institution's development plan.
The most common weakness in Erasmus+ applications is the gap between the mobility activities and the institution's actual development priorities. You will have a clear framework for designing projects where every mobility activity connects explicitly to a specific institutional need, and where the connection is evident to the evaluator.
Manage Erasmus+ mobility activities effectively from selection and preparation through to post-mobility follow-up.
Good project management is what turns a funded application into genuine impact. You will have practical systems for selecting participants fairly, preparing them effectively, supporting them during mobility and ensuring they disseminate their learning meaningfully when they return.
Complete Erasmus+ reporting requirements accurately and use them as a tool for demonstrating genuine impact.
Erasmus+ reports are not just compliance exercises. Done well, they are evidence of your institution's professional development impact that you can use in school development plans, inspections and future funding applications. You will have a system for collecting the evidence you need throughout the project rather than scrambling for it at report time.
Build on a successful KA1 project towards KA2 cooperation partnerships and a sustainable European strategy.
KA1 is most powerful when it is part of a longer-term European strategy rather than a one-off activity. You will understand how KA1 experience, partnerships and impact evidence create the foundation for KA2 applications, and have a preliminary multi-year European development strategy for your institution.
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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