 Key Action 2 of the European Education Programme Erasmus Plus Youth in Action supports long-term transnational cooperation projects such as strategic partnerships, capacity-building projects and transnational youth initiatives. These projects aim to support the quality development of youth work, strengthen professional capacity development of organizations and their youth workers, and, in case of transnational youth initiatives, foster the social commitment and entrepreneurial spirit of young people. Projects can be either sectoral or cross-sectoral, meaning that they may be implemented in the youth field, in the field of educational training, or between different fields, including the economic sector. This module is about strategic partnerships with the main focus on youth. A strategic partnership is a mid- or long-term transnational project designed to develop and share innovative practices, as well as promote cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experiences. In a strategic partnership project, partners are complementary to each other. At the same time, they are equally and actively involved in the project to learn from and with each other. Strategic partnerships can be of different sizes and conduct different activities, depending on the objective of the project, the organizations involved, the expected impact and other elements. The duration of strategic partnerships is 6 to 36 months. They have a maximum funding of 12,500 euros per month. Strategic partnerships have both local and transnational dimensions, activities and impact. Projects build on the needs in the youth field and address at least one horizontal priority or youth-specific priority of Erasmus Plus. You can apply for two different types of strategic partnership projects, type one, supporting exchange of good practices. Projects allow the development and reinforcement of networks and increase the capacity to work on transnational level, share ideas, methods and practices. Type two, supporting innovation. Projects develop innovative ideas and intellectual outputs for a systemic change in youth work. Innovation also means implementing and transferring new products or methodologies. Strategic partnerships can include a range of activities, local activities, transnational meetings, the development of concepts and different products, learning mobilities and dissemination events. The combination of these activities will be translated into an activity plan or a partnership program. Applications in the youth field can be submitted by NGOs or any other type of public or private organizations working with young people. They can include any number of organizations, but funding is provided to a maximum of 10 partners. Moreover, it is possible to have more than one partner per country involved. Partnerships can also be a combination of partners from different educational fields, but the main impact has to be on the youth field. Applications must be led by an organization established in a program country and must generally involve at least two organizations from different program countries. They may also include organizations from partner countries, provided that they bring essential added value to the project. If you have an innovative idea for a project to improve the quality of your youth work and you consider developing a strategic partnership project, take the following steps. Step 1. Test the relevance. Does your idea fit the needs and policies of your organization and the Rasmus Plus? Step 2. Find partners who are interested in developing the idea with you. Step 3. Design all elements of the project together. Management, budget, program, division of tasks, planning and dissemination of the expected outcomes. Make sure your aims and objectives, responsibilities, activity plan, impact, dissemination and budget are coherent. Step 4. Check the deadlines and quality assessment criteria. Submit the application form. For that, you must be registered with the ECAS and have a PIC code. More info on how to register, you will find on the website of the ECAS or your national agency. Detailed information on the criteria, procedures and deadlines can be found in the Rasmus Plus program guide.