Support for Policy Reform Centres of Vocational Excellence

Call: Support for Policy Reform Centres of Vocational Excellence

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Programme

Erasmus+

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"Erasmus+"

The European Union's Erasmus+ programme is a funding scheme to support activities in the fields of Education, Training, Youth and Sport. The Programme is made up of three so-called "Key Actions" and two additional actions. They are managed partly at the national level by National Agencies and partly at the European level by the EACEA. Erasmus+ provides grants for activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. It offers opportunities for both individuals and organisations.

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Link to Programme

Description of programme
"Key Action 3 – Support for policy reform"

Key Action 3 provides grants for a wide variety of actions aimed at stimulating innovative policy development, policy dialogue and implementation, and the exchange of knowledge in the fields of education, training and youth. The majority of them are managed by the EACEA. Most of the actions under KA3 are managed outside the annual general call for proposals. This Subprogramme focuses on the following topics:

Initiatives for policy innovation
European policy experimentations
Civil Society Cooperation
Studies and surveys
European policy tools
Cooperation with international organisations
Stakeholder dialogue, policy and programme promotion

Call

Support for Policy Reform Centres of Vocational Excellence

Description of call
" Support for Policy Reform Centres of Vocational Excellence"

The overall objective of the call is to support the establishment and development of transnational cooperation platforms of

Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to connect Centres operating in a given local context at European level.

Projects must provide evidence that they aim to:

Establish strong and enduring relationships at both local and transnational levels, between the VET community and businesses, in which interactions are reciprocal and mutually beneficial;
Integrate activities, build reflexive relationships between the various activities and services;
Be firmly anchored into wider frameworks of regional development, innovation and/or smart specialisation strategies. These can be either existing strategies (to be clearly identified) or being developed in the context of the project (describing how the project contributes to those strategies).

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Link to Call

Thematic Focus

Innovation, Education, SME, Research, Capacity Building

Funding area

EU Member States
Iceland / Ísland
Liechtenstein
North Macedonia / Северна Македонија
Norway / Norge
Serbia / Сpбија
Turkey / Türkiye

Origin of Applicant

EU Member States
Iceland / Ísland
Liechtenstein
North Macedonia / Северна Македонија
Norway / Norge
Serbia / Сpбија
Turkey / Türkiye

Eligible applicants

Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined)

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

The partnership shall include at least eight full partners from a minimum of four Erasmus+ Programme countries (including

at least two Member States of the European Union).

Each country must involve:

at least one company, industry or sector representatives (e.g. chambers or trade associations);
at least one vocational education and training provider (at secondary and/or tertiary level).

Further info

The duration of the projects is 4 years

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial details

Total Call Budget: 20 million €
The maximum EU grant per project is 4 million €
Co-financing rate: max. 80 %

Submission

online via e-form

Contact Details

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts

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