Taith Programme Guide 2024

Taith is the Welsh Government funded international learning exchange programme for Wales. It is for people in every part of Wales, in every education sector – Schools, Youth, Adult Education, Further Education, Vocational Education and Training, and Higher Education, and every education type – formal, informal and non-formal.

Our strategy focuses on making international exchange more inclusive and accessible. Taith aims to give participants of all ages and from all backgrounds across Wales the chance to benefit from international opportunities. The programme will involve international exchanges for learners, young people, volunteers, researchers and staff across the education and youth sectors, ranging from a number of days to a year in length. 

Taith is open to learners and staff in the following sectors:

• Schools
• Youth
• Adult Education
• Further Education (FE) and Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• Higher Education (HE)

Reciprocity is central to Taith, with funding available for international learners and staff to travel to Wales to learn, work and volunteer.

To create life-changing opportunities for learners and young people across Wales through international learning exchanges. 

To fund inclusive and accessible international educational exchange opportunities for learners and staff across Wales, with opportunities for international learners and staff to visit Welsh partners.

Taith will encourage participation from people from underrepresented groups – including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, ethnic minority backgrounds, Disabled people and people with additional learning needs

Taith has three main objectives: 

1. Ensure exchanges provide the greatest impact
2. Fund high-quality learning exchange projects
3. Support educational innovation in Wales

• Promoting Welsh culture, heritage and language;
• Promoting Wales as an outward looking, collaborative and welcoming country;
• Embedding an international approach in the education sectors across Wales;
• Stimulating educational excellence and innovation to complement existing Welsh Government strategies;
• Developing language learning and intercultural understanding across Wales.

Our full strategy is here.

Taith has two funding pathways:

Pathway 1 – Mobility of participants 

This pathway supports the physical and virtual outward and inward mobility of individuals or groups of individuals, providing opportunities for short and long-term mobilities to learn, work or volunteer abroad.  This Pathway is open to applicants from organisations across all Taith sectors, including Schools, Youth, Adult Education, Further Education and Vocational Education and Training, and Higher Education. Detailed information on eligible activities, eligible costs and project durations for each sector can be found in the relevant Pathway 1 guides.

Pathway 2 – Partnerships & strategic collaboration 

This pathway supports the development of international collaborative projects led by educational and training organisations in Wales. This Pathway is open to organisations in the Schools, Youth, Adult Education and Further Education and Vocational Education and Training sectors.

Detailed information on eligible activities, eligible costs and project durations can be found in the Pathway 2 guide. 

In order to ensure organisations interested in applying for Taith funding are fully supported through the process, we have engaged Taith Champions in the Schools, Youth and Adult Education sectors. The role of the Taith Champions is to raise awareness and promote Taith amongst organisations in their relevant sector, and to provide advice and support for organisations to apply for funding and to plan and run projects. The Taith Champions will focus specifically on engaging organisations with little or no experience of international exchange and with less resource available, and those working with the most disadvantaged, those from ethnic minority backgrounds and Disabled people and/or those with Additional Learning Needs.   For further information and contact details for the Taith Champions, please refer to the Taith website.