To bring Erasmus+ as close as possible to the participants and make sure it works well across different countries, the EU has a network of assisting institutions to manage the programme. Organisations seeking further information on Erasmus+ can contact their National Agency, National Office, National Focal Points or the Education and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels.
At European level, the European Commission’s Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for the implementation of a number of actions of the Erasmus+ Programme. EACEA implements the programme in direct management. In addition, the relevant Erasmus+ Call documents and application forms for the actions covered managed by the Executive Agency are published in the Funding and Tender Opportunity Portal.
The Executive Agency is in charge of the complete life-cycle management of these projects, from the promotion of the Programme, the evaluation of the grant applications, the monitoring of projects, up to the dissemination of the projects and Programme’s results. It is also responsible for launching specific calls for proposals relating to the actions of the Programme.
The European Commission, notably through the Executive Agency, is also responsible for:
Website: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/
The National Agencies are based in the 27 EU Member States and 6 third countries associated to the Programme (former Programme Countries) and their role involves:
The list of National Agencies can be found here, alongside the list of EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.
Please mind, that third countries NOT associated to Erasmus+ Programme may alternately have National Erasmus+ Offices or National Focal Points instead of National Agencies.
National Erasmus+ Offices (NEOs) assist the European Commission and local authorities in the implementation of Erasmus+ in certain Partner Countries.
These Offices are situated in some countries/regions not associated with the Programme that are located in the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership, Southern Mediterranean and Central Asia:
WESTERN BALKANS: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine
CENTRAL ASIA: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Providing information on Erasmus+ assisting applicants and participants, supporting policy dialogue and maintaining contact with local authorities and the EU Delegations are among the responsibilities of the National Erasmus+ Offices (NEOs). Other regions, where there are no NEOs, have National Focal Points that function within the structures of the EU Delegations.