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Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in South Mediterranean Countries
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-SMC?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&frameworkProgramme=43353764&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate
Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - Erasmus+ |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-SMC |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 26.03.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 80% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Education
- Research, Technology & Innovation
- Social Inclusion
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey
Europe
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
Description
1) Objective
Virtual exchanges projects consist of online people-to-people activities that promote intercultural dialogue and soft skills development. They make it possible for every young person to access high-quality international and cross-cultural education without physical mobility. While virtual debating or training does not fully replace the benefits of physical mobility, participants in virtual exchanges ought to reap some of the benefits of the international educational experience. Digital platforms represent a valuable tool in partially answering the global constraints on mobility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual exchanges also help spreading European values. Moreover, in some cases, virtual exchanges can give ideas and prepare the ground for future physical exchanges not funded under this action.
Virtual exchanges in higher education and youth take place in small groups and are always moderated by a trained facilitator. They should be easily integrated into youth (non-formal education) projects or higher education courses. Virtual exchanges can draw participants from both sectors, even if, depending on specific projects, they could involve participants from either only one of them or from both. All projects under this call will involve organisations and participants coming from both EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme, and third countries not associated to the Programme in eligible regions.
2) Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be private or public bodies established in one of the eligible countries, i.e. EU Member State, third
country associated to the Programme, third country not associated to the Programme from an eligible region.
3) Location
Activities must take place in EU Member States and South Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
4) Budget
The EU grant per project will be of a maximum of 500,000€, with 200€ as maximum investment to organisations per participant (i.e. a project of 500,000€ would have to reach at least 2,500 participants). The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
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 26 March 2026.