KA150 Erasmus Accreditation in the Field of Youth: the application, step by step

What it is

The Erasmus accreditation in the field of youth is not a project grant: it gives an organisation simplified access to Key Action 1 funding for learning mobility in the youth field. The application presents the organisation, between one and ten objectives and its planned activities, and subscribes to the Erasmus Youth Quality Standards; there is no budget. It is assessed against three scored criteria.

Who can apply

A non-profit organisation, association or NGO; a European Youth NGO; a public body at local, regional or national level; a social enterprise; or a profit-making body active in corporate social responsibility and with proven experience in the youth field, provided its involvement does not have a commercial purpose. Applicant organisations must be established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme, have been legally established at least two years before the application deadline, have relevant experience implementing activities in the youth field, and subscribe to the Erasmus Youth Quality Standards.

Partnership

None: the organisation applies on its own, to the National Agency of the country where it is established. The Guide states no consortium option for this accreditation.

Fields

YOU

Validity

Awarded for the entire programming period until 2027, subject to regular monitoring and continued compliance with the accreditation's requirements and the National Agency's instructions.

Funding

None at this stage: the accreditation carries no grant and the form has no budget section. Accredited organisations can then apply for funding for youth mobility activities in a simplified way, through the yearly call for accredited projects.

Deadlines

Deadlines are set in each year's call. Check the current deadline with your National Agency.

How it is scored

To be considered for funding an application must score at least 70 points out of 100. It must also score at least half the maximum on every single criterion, which is the minimum column above.

An application scoring 74 overall but 18 on strategic development is rejected. Clearing the overall threshold is not enough on its own — one criterion below its minimum ends the application, however strong the rest is.

In case more than one application has the same number of points as the last one to be awarded, the maximum number of awarded accreditations will be increased to include all applications with that number of points.

The form structure

The official sections, in the order the form presents them.

1. 1.Context
2. 2.Applicant organisation
3. 3.Strategic development
   • Objectives, between one and ten, and the planned activities
4. 4.Management
5. 5.Erasmus Youth Quality Standards
6. 6.Annexes
7. 7.Application conditions

How you write it in AvenEU

• ✦The form itself, with the real sections — strategic development and management — in the official order.
• ✦EUri analyses each section against the youth accreditation's own three criteria, using the correct maximum and the minimum each must reach.
• ✦Export in the structure of the official form, section by section, for transfer into the submission system.