Cooperation partnerships (KA 220)

What are they?

Activities developed in the framework of a project which enable organisations to strengthen their networks of partners and increase their capacity to act jointly at transnational level. This is achieved by boosting the internationalisation of their activities, sharing ideas and developing new practices and methods that contribute with their results to the achievement of the policy priorities set out by the European Commission. 

Aims

- To improve the quality of the work, activities and practices of the organisations and institutions involved, opening up to new actors not normally included in a sector;

- To develop the capacity of organisations to work transnationally and across sectors;

- To address common priorities and needs in the fields of education, training, youth and sport;

- To enable transformation and change (at individual, sectoral or organisational level), leading to improvements and new approaches in a way that is commensurate with the context of each organisation.

Characteristics

Each partnership must address at least one horizontal priority and/or one specific priority relevant to the field of education, training, youth and sport with the highest impact. For projects in the field of sport, only one priority (horizontal or specific) can be addressed.

The results should be reusable, transferable and scalable, and if possible, have a strong cross-disciplinary dimension.

Duration: between twelve and thirty months.

At least three organisations from three different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme must participate.

Applications must be submitted to the National Agency of the country where the applicant organisation is established, except for European NGOs (see glossary of the Programme Guide) and sport associations, which will apply to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).