Who can apply
Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (learning mobility) pays for staff of schools, vocational schools and adult education organisations to train abroad. A structured course like ours is one of the activities it funds. The organisation applies, not the individual teacher, in one of three ways:
- With an Erasmus+ accreditation (KA121). Accredited organisations request a budget each year with a short application and then choose courses during the project.
- With a short-term project (KA122). Organisations without accreditation describe their planned mobilities, including the courses, in the application.
- Through a consortium. Many schools join a consortium led by a local authority or another school, which applies on their behalf.
Your national agency is the place for questions about eligibility; in Croatia it is AMPEU.
What the grant covers
For each participant on a structured course, the grant is made of four parts, all paid as fixed amounts (unit costs):
- Course fees: a fixed amount per participant per day of the course.
- Travel: a fixed amount depending on the distance from your town to Split, higher if you travel green (train, bus, car-sharing).
- Individual support: a daily amount for each day abroad, for accommodation, meals and local transport. It depends on the destination country (Croatia is in country group 3) and on your national agency.
- Organisational support: a fixed amount per participant for the sending organisation, for preparation, follow-up and dissemination.
Travel bands in the 2026 rates (in EUR per participant, return journey, distance calculated with the European Commission’s distance calculator):
| Distance | Standard travel | Green travel |
|---|---|---|
| 10–99 km | 28 | 56 |
| 100–499 km | 211 | 285 |
| 500–1,999 km | 309 | 417 |
| 2,000–2,999 km | 395 | 535 |
| 3,000–3,999 km | 580 | 785 |
Much of Europe is 500–1,999 km from Split. Check the exact amounts in your own grant agreement.
When to apply
In the 2026 call, KA1 applications for school, vocational and adult education, both for accredited organisations and for short-term projects, were due on 19 February 2026 at 12:00 Brussels time. Projects start on 1 June of the same year.
The 2027 call is the last of the 2021–2027 programme and is expected to follow the same pattern, with its deadline in February 2027. Schools writing a short-term project usually choose their courses between November and February, so that the planned training can be described in the application. Accredited schools can book later, throughout the project.
Rules worth knowing
- Since 2025, at most three participants from the same organisation can attend the same structured course (up to ten from one accredited consortium). Colleagues can attend different courses in the same week.
- Each participant can take part in one structured course per project.
- Funded structured courses last 2 to 10 days. Ours last six.
- In school and vocational projects, the budget for structured courses is capped as a share of the grant in larger projects; adult education projects are not capped.
- Courses should follow the European Commission’s quality standards for courses: clear information on costs and cancellation in advance, interactive methods, a European dimension, a way to complain, and a certificate.
- Since 27 May 2026 the course catalogue of the European School Education Platform no longer shows courses by external providers. Schools now book directly with providers, and the choice of provider is the school’s responsibility.
Step by step, for a school
- Agree the needs: what your school wants to improve, in line with your European Development Plan or accreditation objectives.
- Choose courses that answer those needs, and check their dates, outcomes and fees. Each of our course pages has a description you can adapt for the application.
- Apply by the February deadline, or request the budget under your accreditation.
- After the grant is approved, select the participants, apply for the course date with us, and sign the learning agreement.
- Travel once the course is confirmed, take part, and collect the certificate and Europass Mobility document.
- Back home, share what you learned with colleagues and complete the participant report.
How we help
Jantar is an accredited Erasmus+ organisation itself (KA1 accreditation as consortium coordinator, numerous KA2 partnerships, many as coordinator), so we know the paperwork from both sides. For every course you get:
- a course description and learning outcomes to adapt for your application and learning agreement;
- our OID, E10020549, and the details of our registered organisation;
- a certificate of attendance with hours and topics, and the host part of the Europass Mobility document;
- answers from people who have written Erasmus+ applications themselves: teacher.training@jantar.hr.
Browse the courses or see the dates.
Sources
Read on 15 October 2026. Amounts and rules can differ between national agencies and calls; the documents of your own national agency and your grant agreement always prevail.
- Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026, European Commission
- Call for proposals 2026 (EAC/A12/2025), Official Journal C/2025/6080
- Quality standards for courses in learning mobility, European Commission
- KA1 news for applicants 2025 (AMPEU, the Croatian national agency)
- How to select a teacher training course abroad, European School Education Platform
- Why courses by external providers were removed from the ESEP catalogue