Partnerships for Cooperation - Cooperation Partnerships in the field of education and training submitted by European NGOs

The ‘ERASMUS EDU PCOOP ENGO 2026 – Eligibility Form’ is a mandatory document that needs to be dully filled-in and submitted when applying. The Eligibility form must be uploaded in the submission system under the section ‘Information on partnership and activities’

Applicants should confirm in the Eligibility form ‘ERASMUS EDU PCOOP ENGO 2026 that they meet the definition of a European NGO which is described in Part D – Glossary of the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026. You should also list in the Eligibility form the national organisations/branches and describe in section “2.2.1 Consortium set-up” of Part B application form the composition of your European NGO. You do not need to submit documents to prove statutory links at application stage.

Consortium composition: Minimum: 3 organisations from 3 different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme. Participation of third countries not associated to the Programme (from regions 1 to 3, with the exception of Belarus) : optional and if bringing an essential added value to the project and justified in the proposal and as long as the minimum participation from 3 organisations from 3 different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme is fulfilled.

Thus, while Jordan and Egypt are being part of Region 3, p35 of the PG. and could be added in the consortium, they do not count towards the minimum countries’ required in the composition of the consortium. Please also refer to p 236 of the PG, In addition to the organisations formally participating in the project (the coordinator and partner organisations), Cooperation Partnerships may also involve other partners from the public or private sector that contribute to the implementation of specific project tasks/activities or support the promotion and sustainability of the project. Within an Erasmus+ project, these partners will be called associated partners. However, associated partners do not count in the minimum consortium composition’s requirement.

Finally under the criterion “Quality of the partnership and the cooperation arrangements” for partnerships in the fields of education and training submitted by European NGOs: the consortium includes partner organisations outside the applying European NGO, opening it up to cooperation beyond its national organisations/branches.

No. The applicant coordinator must be a European NGO active in the field of education and training as described in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026(pp. 236 – footnote 238, pp. 445 (glossary), pp. 450 – Statutory link). The European body/secretariat of the European NGO should apply on behalf of the European NGO.

No. Proposals will be assessed against the award criteria described in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026. Applicants should address all award criteria and the guiding points and include in their consortium partner organisations from outside the applying European NGO, opening it up to cooperation beyond its national organisations/branches.

No. Only organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme established in region 1 (Western Balkans), region 2 (Neighbourhood East) and region 3 (South-Mediterranean countries) can participate. Organisations from Belarus (region 2) are not eligible to participate.

To the Erasmus+ National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established. Please see section “Where to apply” in the eligibility criteria of the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026

Yes, it is possible. Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme established in regions 1 to 3 can be involved as partners (not as applicant coordinators), if their participation brings an essential added value to the project and as long as the minimum participation from three organisations from three different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme is fulfilled.

Regarding the number of applications, please refer to the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026, p 238: In all cases, the same consortium of partners can submit only one application and to one Agency only per deadline for cooperation partnership.

If the consortium of partners is different, then the same coordinator may submit more than one applications given that fulfils the provisions mentioned under the multiple submissions/proposals of the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026 on page 427. In addition, please bear in mind the principle of double funding, the same activities cannot be funded twice.

The grant is provided in the form of a lump sum financing; thus, the respect of the no-profit and co-financing principles is generally assumed and therefore, applicants do not have to provide information about sources of funding other than the EU grant

No, mandate letters are not requested when applying. The Declaration of Honour and Accession forms will need to be signed by the selected participants at the moment of the Grant Agreement preparation and signature.

The list of previous projects is an annex to the Part B. Annexes are not counted in the 70 pages. However, Part B to be uploaded as a PDF file must NOT be longer than 70 pages as the system will blur all the subsequent pages. If Part B has more than 70 pages because of the annex, then we advise you to separate the annex “List of previous projects” from Part B and upload it separately in the submission system as a PDF file in the field “List of previous projects”.

Part C (KPIs) is mandatory. Part C is a section of the application that aims to collect data at programme level. This means that some questions may not be applicable for your project. For the questions that may not be applicable for your project, just indicate N/A or use ‘0’, if numerical data are requested that cannot be provided.

The requirements to be fulfilled in order to be considered a European NGO (ENGO) for the purpose of the Erasmus+ Programme, are stated in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026 (pp. 236 – footnote 238, pp. 445 (glossary), pp. 450 – Statutory link). The applicant coordinator should indeed be an ENGO, respecting the criteria of the definition as stated in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide. The European body/secretariat of the European NGO should apply on behalf of the European NGO.

As regards the venue of the activities please see page 253-254 of the Erasmus + Programme Guide 2026. All the activities of a Cooperation Partnership must take place in the countries of the organisations participating in the project, either as full partners or as associated partners.

Exceptionally:

•Activities can also take place at the seat of an Institution of the European Union, even if in the project there are no participating organizations from the country that hosts the Institution.

•Activities involving sharing of results can also take place in other EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme or eligible third countries not associated to the Programme

Yes, it can be regarded as a proven statutory link. As mentioned in “PART D- Glossary” – page 450 of the statutory link of the Erasmus + Programme Guide 2026 “… a network functioning through a clearly defined membership modality requiring for instance: the payment of a fee, the signature of a membership contract/agreement, the definition of rights and obligations from the two parties”.

This action follows a lump sum funding model. Therefore, an audit certificate will not be requested with the final report. Applicants should not include an external financial audit report in their application