Erasmus+ Accreditation: What is it?

Erasmus+ Accreditation is a recognition awarded to institutions in the fields of school education, vocational education and training, and adult education that demonstrate a strong strategy for developing international mobility projects with high-quality standards.

This process is based on the institution’s European development plan, promoting innovation, international cooperation, and the continuous improvement of educational practices. With an active accreditation, organisations benefit from simplified access to the Erasmus+ Programme, allowing them to apply annually only for the funding required to implement their planned short-term mobility activities.

Objectives

• Enhance the quality of initial and continuous vocational education and training

• Strengthen the European dimension of teaching and learning

Specific Accreditation Details

Name: Erasmus+ Accreditation 2021–2027
Project Number: 1-2025-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000325808
Coordinator: Leonor Faustino
Submitting Country: Portugal
Language: Portuguese
Funding Body: Erasmus+ Portuguese National Agency

Vocational Training – Huelva, Spain (2025–2026)

Project No.: 1-2025-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000325808
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Huelva, Spain

Participating Students

Mobility Period: 3 May to 6 June 2026 (35 days)

• Afonso Jesus

• Benício Pereira

• Lucas Camacho

• Romeu Januário

• Tiago Rodrigues

• Yasmin Papini

Teachers

Teachers’ Accompaniment Period:
3 to 7 May 2026 and 4 to 6 June 2026

Departure Team:

• Milton Nunes

• Paulo Ribeiro

• Ricardo Matos

Return Accompaniment:

• Emanuel Santos

Host Companies

• Azahara Comunicaciones (1)

• Colegio Diocesano Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (1)

• Kedaro Internacional (2)

• Loop Homes El Carmen (2)

Project 2025/2026 – Huelva, Spain

For the 2025/2026 academic year, this initiative will enable the international mobility of six third-year vocational students specialising in Information Technology and Automation. These students will complete a 35-day work-based learning placement in companies located in Spain.

The remaining period of the internship component will focus on in-depth preparation for subsequent activities within a learning-based model, including the creation of a daily web page, reports, and a final mobility documentary video.

The selected participants include six students from the Vocational Courses in Computer Programming and Electronics, Automation and Control. Their participation in this mobility programme is particularly important due to the difficulty in finding local organisations capable of providing internship opportunities aligned with the requirements of their specialised training.

In addition, the project includes the mobility of three accompanying teachers, who will be present during the first week of the internship. Their responsibilities include holding face-to-face meetings with the host companies, supporting the students’ integration into the workplace, and assessing accommodation, transport, cultural activities, and meal arrangements. Furthermore, one teacher will accompany the students on their return journey home.

Total Funding for 2025/2026: 14.190,40 €

Structured Courses (2025-2026) 

Projecto N.º 1-2025-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000325808

Participating Teachers:

Total Funding for 2025/2026:  2025/2026: 19.865,70 €

Job Shadowing (2025-2026) 

Projecto N.º 1-2025-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000325808

Participating Teachers:

Huelva, Spain

3rd to the 7th May, 2026

• Milton Nunes

• Paulo Ribeiro

• Ricardo Matos

4th to 6th June, 2026

• Emanuel Santos

Total Funding for 2025/2026:  2025/2026: 7.169,20 €

Students' Mobilities (2025-2026) 

Projecto N.º 1-2025-1-PT01-KA121-VET-000325808

Participating Students:

Participating Teachers:

Total Funding for 2025/2026:  2025/2026: 10.985,10 €

ERASMUS+ QUALITY STANDARDs

Organisations implementing mobility activities must adhere to a common set of Erasmus quality standards. The standards exist to ensure good mobility experience and learning outcomes for all participants, and to make sure that all organisations receiving the Programme’s funding are contributing to its objectives. In a mobility consortium, Erasmus quality standards apply to activities implemented by all beneficiary organisations: the coordinator and the consortium members. 

The Erasmus quality standards are part of the call for Erasmus accreditations. They are also presented below so you can read and easily access them again while writing your application. Where needed, appropriate application of Erasmus quality standards in the national context will be further interpreted by the relevant National Agency. 

I. Basic principles

• Inclusion and diversity: the beneficiary organisations must respect the principles of inclusion and diversity in all aspects of their activities. The beneficiary organisations must ensure fair and equal conditions for all participants. Whenever possible, the beneficiary organisations should actively engage and involve participants with fewer opportunities in their activities. The beneficiary organisations should make maximum use of the tools and funding provided by the Programme for this purpose. 

• Environmental sustainability and responsibility: the beneficiary organisations must promote environmentally sustainable and responsible behaviour among their participants. The beneficiary organisations should make maximum use of the funding provided by the Programme to support sustainable means of travel. 

• Digital education – including virtual cooperation, virtual mobility and blended mobility: the beneficiary organisations should use digital tools and learning methods to complement their physical mobility activities, and to improve the cooperation with partner organisations. The beneficiary organisations should make maximum use of the digital tools, online platforms, and other opportunities provided by the Programme for this purpose. 

• Active participation in the network of Erasmus organisations: one of the objectives of the Programme is to support the development of the European Education Area. Beneficiary organisations should seek to become active members of the Erasmus network, for example by hosting participants from other countries, or by taking part in exchanges of good practices and other contact activities organised by the National Agencies or other organisations. Experienced organisations should share their knowledge with other organisations that less experience in the Programme by providing them with advice, mentorship or other support. Where relevant, beneficiary organisations should encourage their participants to take part in alumni activities and networks. 

II. Good management of mobility activities

• Core tasks - keeping ownership of the activities: the beneficiary organisations must keep ownership of core implementation tasks and may not outsource these tasks to other organisations. 

The core tasks include financial management of the programme funds, contact with the National Agency, reporting on implemented activities, as well as all decisions that directly affect the content, quality and results of the implemented activities (such as the choice of activity type, duration, and the hosting organisation, definition and evaluation of learning outcomes, etc.)

• Supporting organisations, transparency and responsibility: in practical aspects of project implementation, the beneficiary organisations may receive advice, assistance or services from other organisations, as long as the beneficiary organisations keep control of the content, quality and results of the implemented activities, as described under ‘core tasks’. 

III. Providing quality and support to the participants

• Practical arrangements: the beneficiary organisations must ensure the quality of practical and logistic arrangements (travel, accommodation, visa applications, social security, etc.). If these tasks are delegated to the participant or a service provider, the beneficiary organisation will remain ultimately responsible for verifying their provision and quality. 

• Health, safety and respect of applicable regulation: all activities must be organised with a high standard of safety and protection for involved participants and must respect all applicable regulation (for example regarding parental consent, minimum age of participants, etc.). The beneficiary organisations must ensure that their participants have appropriate insurance coverage, as defined by the general rules of the Programme and the applicable regulation. 

• Selection of participants: participants must be selected through a transparent, fair and inclusive selection procedure. 

• Preparation: participants must receive appropriate preparation in terms of practical, professional and cultural aspects of their stay in the host country. The preparation should be organised in collaboration with the hosting organisation (and the hosting families, where relevant). 

• Monitoring and mentoring: where relevant based on the format of the activity, the sending and hosting organisations must identify a mentor or a similar key person who will be following the participant during their stay at the hosting organisation and who will help them achieve the desired learning outcomes. Particular attention should be given to the introduction and integration of the participants at the hosting organisation, and to the monitoring of the learning process. 

• Support during the activity: participants must be able to request and receive support from their hosting and sending organisations at any time during their mobility. Contact persons in both organisations, means of contact, and protocols in case of exceptional circumstances must be defined before the mobility takes place. All participants must be informed about these arrangements. 

• Linguistic support: the beneficiary organisation must ensure appropriate language training, adapted to the personal and occupational needs of the participants. Where appropriate, the beneficiary organisation should make maximum use of the specific tools and funding provided by the Programme for this purpose. 

• Definition of learning outcomes: the expected learning outcomes of the mobility period must be agreed for each participant or group of participants. The learning outcomes must be agreed between the sending and hosting organisations, as well as the participant (in case of individual activities). The form of the agreement will depend on the type of the activity. 

• Evaluation of learning outcomes: learning outcomes and other benefits for the participants should be systematically evaluated. Results of the evaluation should be analysed and used to improve future activities. 

• Recognition of learning outcomes: formal, informal and non-formal learning outcomes and other results achieved by the participants in mobility activities must be appropriately recognised at their sending organisation. Available European and national instruments should be used for recognition whenever possible. 

IV. Sharing results and knowledge about the programme

• Sharing results within the organisation: beneficiary organisations should make their participation in the Programme widely known within the organisation and create opportunities for participants to share their mobility experience with their peers. In case of mobility consortia, the sharing should take place in the whole consortium. 

• Sharing results with other organisations and the public: beneficiary organisations should share the results of their activities with other organisations and the public. 

• Publicly acknowledging European Union funding: beneficiary organisations should make their participation in the Programme known in their community and in the wider public. Beneficiary organisation also must inform all participants about the source of their grant 

(Em inglês de forma a não alterar o sentido do mesmo, a tradução poderia induzir em ideias erradas)