Leonardo Da Vinci programme

When and how to participate ?

The annual deadlines for the submission of pre-proposals and full proposals are laid down in the Community calls for proposals. Promoters may present their proposals in any year, provided they are in compliance with the deadlines set in the appropriate calls. In addition to these deadlines, participating countries may establish, for each selection year, further deadlines for the Mobility measure.

Calls for proposals are organised at Community level and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. In addition to the deadlines for submission and selection of proposals, the calls also describe the programme priorities for the period in question and operational arrangements.

Promoters wishing to submit a proposal have to complete the specific Leonardo da Vinci application form. There is one application form for the mobility measure, and one for the remaining measures (pilot projects, thematic actions, language competencies, transnational networks and reference material).

There are two possible ways of filling in the application form available at the above-mentioned address:

• by downloading the Word version,
• by encoding the proposal on line through the Leonardo da Vinci Web tool

After having been printed, proposals have to be mailed (postmarked) in paper version to the National Agency and/or the European Commission according to the applicable procedure.

Please note that only the paper version of the proposal is legally binding. For instance, even if it is possible for promoters to submit their proposals electronically from the Leonardo Web tool, they are required nevertheless to send the paper version to the appropriate bodies before the scheduled deadlines.

Addresses of National Agencies and of the Commission

European Commission
DG Education and Culture
Unit B5 - Leonardo da Vinci
Mado 11/45
1049 Bruxelles

It is strongly recommended that promoters use the online application form since this procedure will enable faster treatment by the National Agencies and/or the Commission at the time of the evaluation and selection of proposals, as well as at the time of contractualisation and monitoring of selected projects, where appropriate.

Where the promoter has not submitted his proposal on-line, the promoter is requested to send, by email, a Word file of his proposal to the National Agency and/or the Commission (taken into account the dates given in the Call for Proposals). This Word document sent by email must be accompanied by a declaration, which attests to the fact that the Word document attached to the email is identical to the paper version sent by post.