Accreditation

What is Erasmus+ Accreditation?

Put simply, accreditation allows for easier access to funding opportunities! Accredited organisations use a simpler application form. Accreditation shows that the organisation can organise high-quality mobility activities, and plans to organise them regularly.

What Are the Benefits?

Accreditation is awarded until the end of the programme period. This means that funding for the learner and/or staff mobility is guaranteed for the entire programme period. In this way, Accreditation enables long-term and strategic international cooperation.

Who Can Apply?

Accreditation is suitable for any organisation that plans to regularly and strategically carry out projects. See our blog post, Is Your Organisation Eligible for Erasmus Accreditation?, for full details. Youth organisations should read our detailed guide, the What, Who and How of Erasmus+ Youth Accreditation.

Note: Two or more organisations can team up to prepare and carry out a project. This is called a consortium. If you want to carry out a project as a consortium, your organisation must have Erasmus+ accreditation. It is not possible for a consortium to apply for a short-term project.

What Organisations Have Already Been Accredited?

Download the list of accredited organisations in Education and Training for 2020.

Download the list of accredited organisations in Education and Training for 2021.

Download the list of accredited organisations in Education and Training for 2022.

Download the list of accredited organisations in Education and Training for 2023.

Download the list of accredited organisations in Education and Training for 2024.

Download the list of accredited organisations in Youth from 2021 to 2024.

How Do We Apply?

Apply for accreditation using the correct form for your sector (Adult Education, School Education, VET or Youth). If your organisation is active in different sectors (for example, Adult Education and Youth), you will have to apply for a separate accreditation for each sector.

You can write your application in English or in Irish. You will need your Organisation Identification (OID) to apply.

Visit the European Commission website to apply online.

Application deadline for Erasmus Accreditation is 11am (Irish Time) 1st October 2024.

Remember that accreditation is not mandatory. You can still take part in Erasmus+ by applying for short-term mobility projects, or hosting participants.

What Happens Next?

If your project is accredited, you can use a simplified application form to apply for funding (KA121-SCH, KA121-ADU, KA121-VET, KA151-YOU) available here: Opportunities for Erasmus+ | Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes (europa.eu).

Please ensure that you are familiar with the budget allocation rules for the above key actions (KA121-SCH, KA121-ADU, KA121-VET, KA151-YOU) which are available on our Resource page:

For accredited School organisations: Erasmus+ KA121 School Education Budget Allocation 2024 – Leargas

For accredited Adult Education organisations: Erasmus+ KA121 Adult Education Budget Allocation 2024 – Leargas

For accredited VET organisations: Erasmus+ KA121 VET Budget Allocation 2024 – Leargas

For accredited Youth organisations: Erasmus+ KA151 Youth Budget Allocation 2024 – Leargas

And remember, some of the terms we use can seem overwhelming at first, so check out our Jargonbuster page for a handy glossary!

Maximum number of awarded Erasmus Accreditations under 1^st October 2025 deadline

As stated in the Programme Guide 2025, the National Agency will set a maximum number of accreditations to be awarded in each country, based on the available budget. This decision will be made separately for each of the three fields.

The Irish National Agency has set the maximum number of accreditations to be awarded under each sector as follows:

• Vocational Education and Training: 25
• Schools: 25
• Adult Education: 18

The selection will be performed based on a ranking list of applications satisfying the minimum award criteria. Accreditations will be awarded starting from the highest scoring application until the maximum number of awarded accreditations has been reached. In case more than one application has the same score as the last one to be awarded, the maximum number of awarded accreditations will be increased to include all applications with that score.