The annual 2023 Working Programme for Erasmus+ has been published. The maximum Union contribution for the implementation of the programme for 2023 is set at EUR 4 171 450 285. 

Four overarching priorities are underpinning the Erasmus+ implementation in 2023: 

• Inclusive Erasmus+, including the integration of refugees
• Green Erasmus+
• Digital Erasmus+
• Participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement

The Erasmus+ Regulation recalls the need to seek for synergies with other Union programmes in order to optimise the European added value of its activities, facilitate the upscaling of projects, increase its impact, help promoters of Programme projects to apply for grants or develop synergies with support from the Cohesion Policy Funds and from the other programmes.

The Regulation also includes specific provisions aiming to facilitate the alternative funding of project proposals that have passed the quality assessment under a given Call for proposals but cannot be financed due to budgetary constraints, through the award of the Seal of Excellence. 

In 2023, the Programme will support a more structured approach to the development of synergies with Cohesion policy programmes, in particular the ESF+ programmes, by piloting the Seal of Excellence through Erasmus+ flagship actions.