Register for Erasmus Days 2026: Learning and growing: skills for tomorrow!

Dear ErasmusCommunity!

We invite you to join the global initiative Erasmus Days 2026!

This year, the 10th edition of Erasmus Days highlights skills, with the tagline: “Learning and growing: skills for tomorrow”, in alignment with the Union of Skills initiative. At a time when Europe is undergoing profound transformations through green and digital transitions, skills are more than ever the driving force behind innovation, resilience, and competitiveness. Led by the European Commission, the Union of Skills aims to strengthen the quality of education, training, and lifelong learning by investing in what matters the most: people.

During the Erasmus Days, taking place between the 12th and the 17th October 2026, all those involved in the Erasmus+ programme are invited to organise an event (digital and/or physical). These events may take various forms, such as seminars to share best practices, multilingual sessions to improve conversation skills, photo exhibitions to illustrate mobility experiences, conferences to promote intercultural opportunities, or social media challenges to simply encourage engagement and creativity.

Global community has 3 types of possibilities during this year days: 1) organise your event 2) join events as a participant 3) promote your Erasmus+ experience via media.

It will be an important opportunity for Ukraine to present the Erasmus+ projects and their impact at the individual, institutional and national levels. Overcoming the challenges of war, it is especially necessary to promote successful practices and experience #ErasmusGeneration that help to build a new Ukraine and common future with Europe!

At the heart of this dynamic, the Erasmus+ programme broadens horizons, enabling everyone to develop their potential in an international environment. The 10th edition of the Erasmus Days will be an opportunity to celebrate the impact of Erasmus+ and to show how it contributes to building the knowledge and talents of tomorrow.

This edition will focus in particular on:

• the importance of basic skills (literacy, mathematics, science, digital, citizenship), essential for thriving in a rapidly changing world;
• digital education, which has become indispensable for understanding today’s challenges, acting effectively, and innovating in increasingly connected societies;
• teachers and trainers, who play a key role in developing and passing on these skills;
• cooperation between institutions, which is a key lever for sharing best practices, strengthening expertise, and collectively addressing tomorrow’s challenges.

Within the #ErasmusDays Programme beneficiaries, alumnus, or other actors have an opportunity to spread the word about their projects, share experience and showcase the impact of the work.

Don’t miss out! Should you want to study or train abroad, meet with Erasmus+ alumni, or simply share your European experiences and commitment, the Erasmus Days provides a platform for concrete and positive action. Join us in celebrating the spirit of Erasmus+, fostering collaboration, and embracing diversity!

The team of the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine, together with partners, invites educational institutions, youth, sport and other organizations and everyone who has received a unique Erasmus experience to join the initiative and highlight their sustainable and cohesive experience during martial law in Ukraine.

It is important to share the experience of Erasmus+ participation during the war and remind the international community of today’s events in Ukraine, emphasizing the significant contribution of the participation of Ukraine and its citizens to the development of education, youth and sports!

Do you have an idea and plan to organise your own events within the Erasmus Days 2026?

Your steps are very simple:

1. Initiate an event that demonstrates the impact of your project or the Erasmus+ experience.
2. Visit the website #ErasmusDays2026.
3. Watch How to participate
4. Develop a visual event with the obligatory use of Visual Kit.
5. Open the “I organise” section and enter details about the event or initiative.
6. Fill out the event questionnaire and register it on the world map. One event – one registration.
7. Spread information about your initiative through the organization’s website and social networks, using the appropriate hashtags: #ErasmusPlus #ErasmusUA #ErasmusDays2026 and mark @NEOinUkraine.
8. Learn information at the international calendar of events and join other countries’ events!
9. Share your articles or (video) stories via event platform.
10. If you are abroad that week, contact the event organisers in your host country and join if possible!

Deadline to register your event or participation in global events is 10.00 on 10 October 2026!

Participation in the #ErasmusDays is voluntary initiative and, given Russia’s constant attacks on Ukraine, we understand that some planned events may be cancelled or changed into online, so the completed form is not an obligation and does not carry any coercive nature.

Who can organise? All interested Erasmus+ students from the fields of education, training, youth and sports, in particular educational institutions: schools, institutions of higher and vocational education, research institutions, NGOs, youth and sport organisations, authorities, public and private organisations, student associations, Erasmus Students Network, Erasmus Mundus Alumni (EMA), students, teachers, youth, youth workers and other participants and organisations, are invited to participate.

When? October 12-17, 2026

Formats: Offline/hybrid or blended events are possible depend on the safety measures during martial law. Online at the websites of organisations, social media (Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn, Instagram), platforms (GoogleMeet, Zoom), etc.

What kind of events/events/initiatives?

1. If you plan to present your own experience and success story, you can prepare an author’s Facebook or Instagram post, video or short report, collages, interviews, articles, etc.
2. If you plan to present the experience or results of the Erasmus+ project, you can hold a webinar (conference, presentation, round table), teleconferences with partners from all over the world, Facebook webinar, Facebook flash mob, quiz, or author’s posts on social networks, etc.

NEO in Ukraine, together with partners, plans to hold a series of events and activities in order to reach all participants and newcomers of the Erasmus+ Program, project implementers, highlight the impact, results achieved and stories of Ukrainians who took advantage of the opportunities of Erasmus+ and discuss prospects. It will include projects winners days, thematic and cluster events. Details on NEO events will be published in September.

PLEASE NOTE that all are invited to join a series of All-Ukrainian #ErasmusDays2026 events of the team of the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine together with partners. Follow us more info at www.erasmusplus.org.ua

In case of additional questions,  please contact NEO – Ukraine, +38 099 332 26 45 (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber), [email protected]