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Preparatory visits under the Erasmus+ programme are defined as: Preparatory visits aim to ensure high quality activities by facilitating and preparing administrative arrangements, building trust and understanding and setting-up a solid partnership between the organisations and people involved. Source: Erasmus+ Programme Guide Glossary 2025 p. 203 Preparatory visits under the European Solidarity Corps programme are defined as: Planning visit to the host country prior to the start of a volunteering activity. The purpose of the visit is to prepare and ensure high quality of those activities, build trust, understanding and a solid partnership between organisations and participants involved. Source: 2024 European Solidarity Corps Guide, Glossary of terms In beneficiary projects, information regarding preparatory visits, where applicable, can be provided. Depending on the action type of the project, preparatory visits can be added from the Preparatory visits section, Activities section and/or Mobility activities section of the project in Beneficiary module.
Organisations can set up a preparatory visit to their hosting partner before the mobility takes place. Preparatory visits are not a stand-alone activity, but a supporting arrangement for mobility of staff. Each preparatory visit must have a clear reasoning and must serve to improve the scope and quality of mobility activities. For example, preparatory visits can be organised to start working with a new partner organisation, or to prepare longer mobility activities. Preparatory visits can be organised for both types of staff mobility.
See the page Manage Preparatory visits in KA121, KA122, KA182, and ESC51 projects for details.
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