# Micro-credentials – focus on eco-systems
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**topic id:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T04-MICRO-CRED
**call id:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP
**title:** Micro-credentials – focus on eco-systems
**programme:** Erasmus+
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-04-08T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-01-06T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T04-MICRO-CRED
**description:** Scope:
European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries. By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.
Themes and priorities (scope)
The Council Recommendation sets out three building blocks: 1) a common definition for micro-credentials, 2) standard elements for consistent description of micro-credentials, and 3) principles for design, issuance and use of micro-credentials. To deliver on the full potential of micro-credentials, Member States are recommended to create an enabling ecosystem - with an aim of increasing permeability between sectors - composed of various providers of micro-credentials, relevant public authorities, as well as national qualifications frameworks and quality assurance mechanisms. Providers of micro-credentials’ cover education and training institutions and organisations, including higher education institutions, Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions, social partners (i.e. organisations representing workers, industry and employers), civil society organisations, public employment services (PES), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and regional and national authorities, and other types of actors designing, delivering and issuing micro-credentials for formal, non-formal and informal learning.
Thanks to the three building blocks of the above-mentioned Council Recommendation, the design and provision of micro-credentials can be more structured and transparent. However, more work is needed to further translate it into practice. While objectives and practices need to be adapted to given national/regional/local circumstances, approaches taken need to be transparent and comparable, in line with the provisions of the Council Recommendation. Public authorities at national, regional, and/or local level, in cooperation with providers of micro-credentials, social partners and other stakeholders need to design and implement systemic changes in education and training as well as labour market systems to adapt them to the provision of micro-credentials.
More information about this topic is available in the Call for proposals European policy experimentations (ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP).
**conditions:** Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: 
Page limit for the Part B of the Application Form (Technical Description) is 40 pages. Within these 40 pages limit, the list of relevant previous projects is included.
Layout is described in the Important Notice of the Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.

3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 22 December 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 8 April 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: April - July 2026.
Information to applicants: October 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: by January 2027.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
n/a

Call document and annexes:
 Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII)
Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII)
Guidance
Erasmus+ Programme Guide, specifically Part C - Information for Applicants
Model Grant Agreements (MGA) 
Lump Sum MGA

Additional documents:
 ERASMUS+ Work Programme
ERASMUS Regulation 2021/817
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
How to manage your lump sum grants
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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**keywords:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T04-MICRO-CRED, ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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