The Erasmus+ programme aims to support actions in the fields of Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020. Erasmus+ replaces seven programmes:

The Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius and Grundtvig); the Youth in Action programme; five international cooperation programmes (Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, Edulink) and the new sport action. 

Erasmus + provides grants for a wide range of actions and activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. The programme gives opportunities to students, trainees, staff and volunteers to spend a period abroad to increase their skills and employability. It supports organisations to work in transnational partnership and to share innovative practices in the fields mentioned above.

YOUth for RefuGeneration is an international youth exchange project under Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme. In general, youth exchanges under Erasmus+ can last from 5 up to 21 days, they have to include 16-60 young people aged 13-30 from at least 2 countries. They are on various topics, Youth Center of Epirus has hosted and sent local youth abroad for youth exchanges on topics like art, culture, environment, voluntarism, solidarity, human rights, EU awareness, active citizenship, health, sports, inclusion, refugees, and so much more!