> **Unofficial summary.** This is not an official European Commission publication. It summarises official sources for convenience. Where it conflicts with the primary source, the primary source prevails.

# Unofficial Documentation of the Erasmus+ Programme

Documentation of the Erasmus+ 2021–2027 programme in the
[Open Knowledge Format](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/how-the-open-knowledge-format-can-improve-data-sharing):
one concept per markdown file, readable by humans (rendered) and LLMs (raw markdown). Content is
grounded in official sources, added incrementally - Regulation (EU) 2021/817 and the Erasmus+
Programme Guide 2026 (Parts A, C, D and Part B). See [Sources](/meta/sources.md).

## Start here

* [Fundamentals](/fundamentals/index.md) - what Erasmus+ is, its objectives, and who can participate
* [Glossary](/glossary/index.md) - defined terms, from the Regulation and the Programme Guide

## The programme

* [Key actions](/key-actions/index.md) - KA1 mobility, KA2 cooperation, KA3 policy support, Jean Monnet
* [Sectors](/sectors/index.md) - education & training, youth, sport
* [Learning mobility](/mobility/index.md) - KA1 actions by field, from Programme Guide Part B
* [Cooperation](/cooperation/index.md) - KA2 partnerships, excellence, innovation and capacity building, from Programme Guide Part B
* [Policy support](/policy-support/index.md) - KA3 support to policy development, from Programme Guide Part B
* [Jean Monnet](/jean-monnet/index.md) - teaching, research and debate on the EU, from Programme Guide Part B
* [Legal basis](/legal-basis/index.md) - Regulation (EU) 2021/817 article by article, its annexes, and the legislation it references

## Applying and running a project

* [Applying](/applying/index.md) - the application lifecycle, from registration to submission
* [IT tools](/it-tools/index.md) - EU Login, the Organisation Registration System, the Funding & Tenders Portal, and the support platforms
* [Managing grants](/managing-grants/index.md) - monitoring, evaluation, funding forms, financial control
* [Actors](/actors/index.md) - the Commission, national authorities, national agencies, audit bodies
* [Documents and guidelines](/documents/index.md) - where to find official factsheets, statistics, application forms, guides and evaluations

## Conventions

See [authoring conventions](/meta/conventions.md), the [sources](/meta/sources.md), and the [change log](/meta/log.md).