Target Groups for Nordplus Horizontal
Nordplus Horizontal is aimed at institutions and organisations in the eight participating countries and the three autonomous regions that mainly work in the education and lifelong learning sectors. A Nordplus Horizontal application for project and network activities must involve partners from at least two sectors. They may be sectors within the education system, e.g. partnerships between institutions in higher education and schools (pre-schools and kindergartens as well), or between organisations, institutions and businesses across the public, private and/or voluntary sectors, provided that the project applied for is an education partnership.
The activities should involve a minimum of three partners from three different participating countries. Applications may also include participants from countries outside the Nordic /Baltic countries that are deemed The Nordplus Handbook 2023 - 2027 is relevant by the network or by the project partners. However, expenses for partners from outside the Nordplus countries are not eligible for financial support. A good application is cross-sectoral, both in terms of participating institutions/organisations, and in terms of content and activities.
The programme does not offer support for individual mobility, be it pupils, students, teachers or staff, unless such travel is linked to project and network activities.
Limited number of applications
From 2025, the same organisation can be involved in maximum two applications for Nordplus Horizontal projects as coordinator and/or partner per call. NB! Universities and university colleges are exempt from this rule.
If an organisation is involved in more than two applications as coordinator and/or partner for Nordplus Horizontal projects for the same call, the first two submitted applications will be evaluated, and the rest of the applications will be assessed as ineligible.
The coordinator is responsible for checking that the partnership complies with the limit on submitted number of applications per organisation for Nordplus Horizontal projects.
This limit only applies to Nordplus Horizontal applications, i.e. the limit does not apply to applications submitted to the other Nordplus sub-programmes.