KA210 Small-scale Partnerships: the application, step by step

What it is

Small-scale Partnerships are the entry point to Erasmus+ cooperation funding, designed for newcomers and for smaller organisations with limited administrative capacity. They ask for a smaller grant over a shorter period than Cooperation Partnerships, with a simpler form and lighter requirements — two partners rather than three, and a shorter project. The aim is to widen access to the programme rather than to fund large-scale development work.

Who can apply

Any organisation established in an EU Member State or a third country associated to the Programme. An organisation may apply once per deadline.

Minimum partnership

At least two organisations from two different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.

Fields

SCH · VET · ADU · YOU

Duration

6 to 24 months.

Lump sums

€30,000 · €60,000 — you choose one of the three.

Deadlines

5 March, 12:00 Brussels time. Second round: 1 October, 12:00 Brussels time, where the National Agency opens an additional round.

How many applications

One organisation may appear in at most 5 applications per deadline, whether as applicant or as partner.

How it is scored

To be considered for funding a proposal must score at least 60 points out of 100. It must also score at least half the maximum on every single criterion, which is the minimum column above.

A proposal scoring 64 overall but 9 on impact 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.

Where two proposals score the same overall, the one scoring higher on relevance is ranked first; if those are equal too, the higher score on impact decides.

The form structure

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

1. 1.Context
2. 2.Priorities and topics
   • A selection, not written answers
3. 3.Project description
   • Six questions
4. 4.Participating organisations
5. 5.Cooperation arrangements
   • Four questions
6. 6.Activities
   • Five questions for each activity
7. 7.Budget summary
   • Computed from the activities, not written
8. 8.Impact and follow-up
   • Three questions
9. 9.Project summary
   • Objectives
   • Implementation
   • Results
   • An English translation of the three, where the summary is written in another language
10. 10.Application conditions
11. 11.Annexes
12. 12.Submission history

How you write it in AvenEU

• ✦The form itself, with the real sections in the official order — you write inside the structure the assessors will read, not a blank document.
• ✦EUri analyses each section against the criterion that actually scores it, using the correct maximum and the minimum that criterion must reach.
• ✦A lump-sum budget calculator that works per work package, matching how the grant is actually justified.
• ✦Partner management, so each organisation's role and country is held once and reused across the proposal.
• ✦Export in the structure of the official form, section by section, for transfer into the submission system.