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Although they are aimed at individuals, all activities carried out under Action 1 of Erasmus+ must always be organised, managed and coordinated by bodies or organizations who are also responsible for administrative aspects.
In any case, the participation of individuals also has a positive impact on organizations, which derive indirect benefits from different points of view.
The only case in which the activities of Key Action 1 can be designed and implemented directly by individual participants is that of Youth participation initiatives, which can also be organized by informal groups of boys and girls.
How the contribution works, to whom and when to make the request.
Applications for contributions must be addressed according to the deadlines set in Annual call, All 'National agency of the country where the organization that wants to coordinate the project is based, even if the activities can take place in different countries.
The amount of the contribution paid by the Program varies based on the type of project and the countries in which the activities take place, but in general it is aimed at covering:
- travel costs, based on kilometer tables that take into account the type of means of transport used
- the costs of food, accommodation and local transport, with a daily flat-rate contribution system for each participant
- general management and coordination costs, with a flat rate contribution per participant
- exceptional costs, such as visas or vaccines, where required, to a variable extent between 80% and 100%
- expenses necessary to ensure participation of people coming from disadvantaged conditions or with special needs, for example the costs for a companion for people with motor disabilities, where necessary.
From the educational impact to the organizational and system impact
Organizations that want to implement individual mobility activities must keep in mind the need to combine the direct impact and benefits for individuals, with the indirect impact and benefits for the organizations themselves and for the youth work system in Europe as a whole.
As for young peopleWhether they are students, trainees, apprentices or simply participants in single activities, the activities should produce one or more of the following results:
- improvement of learning outcomes
- improvement of employability and career prospects
- increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
- increase in autonomy and self-esteem;
- improvement of linguistic and digital skills;
- increased intercultural awareness;
- more active participation in society;
- more positive interactions with people from different backgrounds;
- better awareness of the European project and EU values;
- greater motivation to participate in future education or training courses (formal/non-formal) after participating in the Erasmus+ activity in their own country or abroad.
As for adults participants in the activities, be they teachers, youth or youth workers or training and education professionals, the mobility activities should produce one or more of the following results:
- improvement of skills, in relation to the respective professional profiles (teaching, training, work with young people, etc.);
- a broader understanding of practices, policies and systems of education, training or youth work in different countries;
- greater ability to activate changes in terms of modernization and international openness within their organizations or entities;
- greater understanding of the interconnections between formal and non-formal education, vocational training and the labor market;
- a better quality of work and activities for students, trainees, apprentices, pupils, adult learners and young people;
- greater understanding and responsiveness to all types of diversity, such as social, ethnic, linguistic, gender and cultural, as well as different abilities;
- greater ability to respond to the needs of people with fewer opportunities or special needs;
- greater support and promotion of mobility activities for young people;
- greater professional and career development opportunities;
- improvement of linguistic and digital skills;
- increased motivation and satisfaction in daily work.
Finally, from the point of view of the bodies and organizations involved, individual mobility activities should indirectly produce at least one of the following results:
- increase in the ability to operate at a European/international level in terms of project management, relations with foreign partners and improvement of management skills;
- innovation and improvement of the capacity and ways of working with its groups of beneficiaries or recipients;
- dynamization and professionalization of the work environment, for example through openness to international and inter-sectoral synergies, the ability to plan strategically, the quality of communication and the transfer of skills and knowledge within the work group.
In the long term, the combined effect of the several thousand projects supported under this Key Action is expected to have an impact on the education, training and youth systems of participating countries, thus stimulating policy reforms and attracting new resources for mobility in Europe and elsewhere.
To find out more about how to present projects for individual types of mobility for individuals, read the specific part of the Program Guide
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