# Vocational Education and Training: Developing basic skills in Vocational Education and Training
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**topic id:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T07-VET-BS
**call id:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP
**title:** Vocational Education and Training: Developing basic skills in Vocational Education and Training
**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-T07-VET-BS
**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)
This topic aims to fund projects to test and pilot promising and innovative practices to improve basic skills in VET and providing opportunities to experiment with these approaches, taking account of the specificities of VET and its very diverse learners.
Projects under this priority will support the implementation of the VET Recommendation, the Herning Declaration and the Basic Skills Action Plan by strengthening the acquisition of one or more of the five basic skills in both school-based and work-based VET, including apprenticeships at EQF levels 3 and 4. They will test innovative and promising practices adapted to the specificities of VET and its diverse learning environments, diverse learner population and provide evidence, guidance and recommendations on how to better develop these skills into VET curricula and learning environments. Cooperation with local, regional and/or national public authorities is strongly encouraged to ensure a systemic approach through policy guidance, funding and strategic oversight.
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
**action type:** ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **112805:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T10-ADULT-EMPOWER - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 5000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112806:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T03-DIGITAL-BS - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 5000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112807:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T07-VET-BS - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 5000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112808:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T09-ADULT-PS - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 5000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112809:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T01-DIGITAL-CONTENT - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 2000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112810:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T04-MICRO-CRED - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 3000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112811:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T05-SCHOOL-STEM - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 6000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112812:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T06-SCHOOL-BS - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 9000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112813:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T08-VET-QUALIFICATIONS - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 8000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
    **112814:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T02-DIGITAL-ETHICSAI - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 6000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-08
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-01-06
**keywords:** ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T07-VET-BS, ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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