Erasmus+ is the European Commission's programme for education, training, youth and sport, which aims to promote skills and modernise education, training and youth systems for the period 2021-2027 and has been in force since 1 January 2021. It replaced the EU programmes covering all areas of education: the Lifelong Learning Programme - Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig, Tempus, etc.

The Erasmus+ programme is divided into 3 key actions (KA) for education, training and youth, namely:

Key action 1 (KA1/BD1): mobility of people

The Action supports mobility projects that enable beneficiaries to travel to another participating country to study, work, teach, train and develop professional qualifications and skills.

Key Action 1/KA1 is implemented on two different axes:

Mobility actions between programme-countries

The countries designated as "Programme Countries" that can participate in all Erasmus+ actions are as follows:

- the 28 Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden)* - 7 countries outside the European Union (United Kingdom, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia und die Turkey).

*Switzerland poses an exception, as it was listed as a programme-country in the previous Erasmus programme, but is now listed as a partner-country and it has the responsibility to finance the costs of outgoing and incoming mobility.

International mobility measures between programme and partner countries

The countries designated as "partner countries" participate in certain programme actions under special conditions. Further information on these countries and their participation opportunities can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_el#tab-1-1 

Key action 2 (KA2/BD2): Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices

Supports projects under centralized and decentralized actions that reinforce the following:

- Strategic partnerships in the fields of education, training and youth (decentralized action)

- Knowledge Alliances (centralized action)

- Sectoral alliances for skills (centralized action)

- Development of opportunities in the youth field (centralized action)

Key action 3 (KA3/BD3): support of political reforms

Supports Member States' public policy reforms and promotes cooperation with third countries, including the exchange of good practices.

The Erasmus+ programme also includes:

- Implementing Jean Monnet Actions (an evolution of the Jean Monnet Programme in place since 1989) aimed at promoting excellence in teaching and research in the field of European studies worldwide.

- Implementation of actions in the field of sport

Further information can be found on the website of the National Foundation for Scholarships (IKY), the national coordinating body for the Erasmus+ programme https://www.iky.gr/el/erasmusplus and on the programmes’ website of the European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node_el

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens participates in the Erasmus+ programme and has been accredited by the European Commission with the Erasmus+ Higher Education Charter 2021-2027 (Erasmus Charter for Higher education 2021-2027).

Institutional Erasmus Code: G ATHINE01  

Pic Number of the University: 999643007

Organisation ID (OID): E10208247

Information about the special account for research funds (ELKE) in English (name, bank account, invoicing details, representative of the institution in the management of the projects, etc.), which should be used by researchers when filling in the forms during the implementation of the research projects.

Erasmus+ App

Erasmus+ App, which allows participants to access information about the programme, find out about ESN news and events across Europe and use checklists and tips for their mobility.

The Erasmus+ app is available free of charge on Google Play and in the App Store.

Erasmus+ app presentation-1.pdf