Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - Erasmus+ |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T09-ADULT-PS |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 08.04.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | 5.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 1.000.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Education
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Asia
Turkey
Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
Description
1) Objective
This topic aims at supporting existing regional partnerships (partnerships at the level of one region within a country or involving more than one region, within one or more countries) in the Pact for Skills to develop and implement concrete activities/commitments to train people of working age.
Projects should implement all the activities listed below:
- Develop and support governance structures or arrangements connecting members within the same Regional Skills Partnership.
- Support the definition, implementation, and monitoring of concrete commitments of a Regional Skills Partnership, such as: gathering skills intelligence; upskilling of low-skilled people; reskilling people for new tasks in their jobs or reskilling of people from certain sectors with skills transferable to other sectors according to regional needs.
- Develop and support cooperation in the above fields of activity between regional and/or local authorities and other stakeholders that are members of the same Regional Skills Partnership.
2) Eligibility
Applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies) active in the field of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work
3) Location
Activities must take place in EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.
4) Budget
Total available funding is €5,000,000. Grants may range up to €1,000,000.
5) Application
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders). Paper submissions are NOT possible. The application deadline is 8 April 2026.

