The Erasmus+ Teacher Academies action supports the development of teacher education in European cooperation. The networks promote multilingualism and cultural diversity, develop teacher training in accordance with the EU's educational policy priorities and advance the achievement of the goals of the European Education Area.
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Objectives

The objective of the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies action is to create networks among organisations working with initial and continuing teacher education and training.

The networks develop a European and international perspective in teacher training, promote information sharing, increase mobility and offer teachers and trainers learning opportunities at all stages of their careers.

By investing in Europe-wide cooperation, the aim is also to respond to the challenges faced by teacher education and teaching professions, such as the attractiveness of the teaching profession.

In addition, the cooperation promotes one or more of the horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme.

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What is funding available for?

Teacher Academies should identify and work on one or more of the horizontal priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme, with the aim, among other things, of offering teachers courses, teaching modules or other learning opportunities on the following topics:

  1. Inclusion and diversity
  2. Environment and fight against climate change
  3. Addressing digital transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience and capacity
  4. Common values, civic engagement and participation

The project must implement a unified and comprehensive set of activities, which includes, for example, the following:

  • Develop teacher education through broad collaboration
  • Create and implement common learning modules related to teacher education and teachers' skills
  • Develop a learning offering with a strong European dimension, including mobility activities
  • Invite schools, especially training schools, to experiment with and share new innovative teaching methods
  • Promote and favor existing Erasmus+ tools for virtual mobility, collaboration, and communication (such as eTwinning) to test and share results.

The duration of  the projects is 3 years. The maximum grant awarded is 1.5 million euros per project. The action follows a lump-sum funding model, where budgets are based on cost estimations.

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Who can participate?

Organisations from EU member states or third countries associated with the Erasmus+ programme that can participate in projects include:

  • Teacher training institutions that train teachers for ISCED levels 0-3: early childhood education, primary and secondary education, general upper secondary school, vocational education and training
  • Ministries, authorities, and other bodies responsible for, for example, teacher training policies or defining teacher qualification requirements
  • Teacher organisations
  • Teaching training schools

In addition, various other schools, organisations, and actors connected to teacher education relevant to the project can participate.

The project is implemented by a network that must include at least 6 participating organisations. Additionally, the network must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • 4 organisations from EU member states or third countries associated with the program (with at least 3 organizations representing EU member states)
  • 4 organisations that provide initial teacher training
  • 1 organisation that provides further/continuing teacher training
  • 1 training school.

The project coordinator is always a teacher training institution.

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Application forms and instructions

The application process is managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). The organisation coordinating the project submits the application to EACEA, which evaluates and selects the projects to be funded.

Application deadline

The 2024 call for proposals ends on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 18:00 Finnish time (17.00 CET).

Application forms and instructions will be published on the European Commission's application portal.

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Support for applicants

Support and guidance for the application process are provided by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Additionally, EDUFI informs about the action in Finland and advises Finnish applicants on general application questions. Contact information can be found at the bottom of the page.

Information about EACEA and EDUFI's applicant webinars, as well as their materials, can be found below.

Information about a possible EACEA application webinar in spring 2024 is anticipated beginning of the year.
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Results of calls for proposals

Finnish organisations performed well in the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies application rounds in 2021 and 2022. There was no application round in 2023.

You can find all the funded Teacher Academies projects in the EACEA project database under the Topic menu with the identifier TEACH-ACA.

Finnish organisations in Teacher Academies projects
Familiarize yourself with the participating Finnish organisations and their projects in the provided table.
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Contact us

Contact the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) responsible for the application: eacea-eplus-teacher-academies [at] ec.europa.eu (eacea-eplus-teacher-academies[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

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