European Commission’s Virtual Exchanges Program with Western Balkans

• Eligibility Criteria: 
  – Applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies);
  – Applicants must be established in Erasmus + Program Countries or Erasmus + Partner Countries. Applicants can be public or private organizations active in the field of higher education or youth (non-formal education) in Program Countries or the relevant Partner Countries
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Country: Worldwide
• Application language: English

The European Commission (EC) has launched a call for proposals for the Virtual Exchanges Program with the Western Balkans.

Objectives

1. Encouraging intercultural dialogue with third countries not associated to the program and increasing tolerance through online people-to-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly technologies;
2. Promoting various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus + physical mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and international experience;
3. Enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of internet and social media, such as to counter discrimination indoctrination, polarization and violent radicalization;
4. Fostering the digital and soft skills development of students, young people and youth workers, including the practice of foreign languages and teamwork, notably to enhance employability;
5. Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education;
   strengthening the youth dimension in the relations of the EU with third countries.

See here to learn more and apply.