French Embassy  

Address: 2235, avenue Jean-Paul II - BP 966 - Cotonou 
Website: www.ambafrance-bj.org  
Email: secretariat.cotonou-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr 
Telephone: (+229) 21.36.55.33  
Fax: (+229) 21.36.55.30  
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.  

German embassy  

Address: 1438, avenue Jean-Paul II - BP 504 - Cotonou 
Website: www.cotonou.diplo.de 
Email: info@cotonou.diplo.de 
Telephone: (+229) 21.31.29.67/68  
Fax: (+229) 21.31.29.62 / 21.31.41.21 

Schengen visas for the Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg:  

Netherlands embassy Address:  

Avenue Pape Jean Paul II, behind Tri Postal - Cotonou - 08 BP 0783  
Website: www.mfa.nl/cot 
Email: Cot@minbuza.nl 
Telephone: (+229) 21.30.04.39 / 21.30.21.39  
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

More information on Schengen visas here. 

For visas for the non-Schengen zone (Ireland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Cyprus) and for all long-term visas (especially for students), you should contact the Embassy of the country concerned:  

• Embassy in Cotonou for Germany, France and the Netherlands. 
• Embassies in Abuja for most of the other Member States, with the exception of Denmark for which the Embassy is in Burkina Faso.

Erasmus+ is the EU's program for education, training, youth and sport. Between 2014 and 2020, it provided opportunities for four million people to study, train and gain life experience abroad.  

Erasmus+ replaces a number of older programs, including an international exchange program called Erasmus Mundus.  

You can consult the Resources section of the Erasmus + web portal for the main tools and documents for applicants.