TRAINING | Proposal Writing & Project Management for the New Erasmus+ | 14-15 December 2023

Training Overview

Brussels Academy equips professionals with skills that will facilitate their access to the job market via structured training sessions and mentorship programs. Within this scope, a professional training session on New Erasmus+ EU programme for education, training, youth and sport proposal writing and project management is being offered in cooperation with Vocal Europe.

The training aims at providing a thorough understanding of the basic techniques for designing a project proposal for the EU Erasmus+ programme, and will allow the participants to acquire the hand-on experience and practical knowledge on how to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities, to write successful project proposals and how to implement/manage successfully obtained projects.

At the end of the training session, the newly trained Project Proposal Writers or Project Managers will be able to:

• Work within the framework of the Erasmus+ programmes and the related EU calls
• Write winning project proposals and obtain an important budget
• Implement and monitor project activities, budgets, time schedules, and work packages

This training session aims to provide participants with the expertise required to apply for the following positions:

• Project Officer
• Project Assistant
• Junior Project Manager
• Project administrator
• Project proposal writer

About the New Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It has an estimated budget of €26.2 billion. This is nearly double the funding compared to its predecessor programme (2014-2020). The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also;

• supports the European Pillar of Social Rights
• implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027
• develops the European dimension in sport

Opportunities

Erasmus+ offers mobility and cooperation opportunities in

• higher education
• vocational education and training
• school education (including early childhood education and care)
• adult education
• youth
• sport

As all the other EU programmes, Erasmus + is structured in a number of specific subprograms and it is implemented through the publication of public calls for proposals.

Target Audience

The training is designed for members of the universities, research institutes, training institutions, private sector, SMEs, NGOs, students and individuals who are interested in deepening their expertise on writing project proposals and implementation of approved project. This training will be focused on application for open calls for the EU  Erasmus+ programme competitive grants.

When

The training will be taking place on 14-15 December 2023

Deadline

13 December 2023

Training Content

The training lasts for eight consecutive hours. Please find below the agenda for the event:

Day I

How to Write A Winning Project Proposal

Time slot	Topic
10:00 – 12:00	Module I: Detailed presentation of the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 programme
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00	Module II: designing the project proposal: partnership, objectives, workplan
15:00 –	End of the 1st Day

 Day II

How to Successfully Implement and Manage Erasmus projects

Time slot	Topic
10:00 –12:00	Module III: designing the project proposal: project management, dissemination
12:00 –13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 –15:00	Module IV: Budgeting and financial issues.
15:00 –	End of the 2nd Day

Certificate

Upon completion of the entire training, participants will receive an official certificate of attendance.

Trainer

Raniero Chelli, Senior Trainer

Venue

The training will take place via Zoom. Each participant will receive a link to have access to the platform from Vocal Europe.

PLEASE NOTE | The training session’s working language is English.