Call: Strategic partnerships in the fields of vocational training and youth

• Sector Skills Alliances
• Knowledge Alliances
• Capacity Building in the field of youth
• Capacity Building in the field of higher education

Strategic partnerships should support the development, transfer and/ or the implementation of innovations and joint initiatives aiming to promote cooperation, supporting peer-learning and exchange of experience at European level.

• Strategic partnerships supporting innovation
• Strategic partnerships supporting best practices
• School Exchange Partnerships 
• Transnational Youth Initiatives

Partnership

• At least three organizations from three different Programme Countries

• There is no maximum number of partners. However, there is a limit for administrative costs means (10 partners respectively).

• However, the following project types can have only two organizations from at least two program countries:

• Strategic partnerships in the field of education, where only schools in program countries can be involved.

• Strategic partnerships in the field of education between the local / regional school authorities. The partnership must include at least in  each country participating in the project:
  • a local or regional school authorities
  • a school
  • an organization active  in the field of education, training and youth or labor market organization.

• Strategic partnerships in the youth field, which comprise only a youth organization or groups of young people, those active in youth work are indeed active, but not necessarily as part of a youth organization.

• Partnerships in the field of youth: 6-36 months
• Other partnerships: 24 to 36 months

Eligible costs

The budget must be drawn up according to the following funding rules:

Maximum funding

• Strategic partnerships in the field of youth
• variable amount, which is determined by multiplying 12 500 € to the project duration (in months)

Strategic partnerships in other areas

• 300,000 € for two-year projects and 450,000 € for three-year projects

The eligible costs consist of different packages, depending on the type and duration of the project, together. A project may, but need not, to contain all the components:

Project management and implementation

• Here are included the costs for the planning, coordination and communication between the partners, project activities, information, promotion and dissemination of results. Monthly Packages: For the coordinating organization - 500 €, for the participating partner organizations - 250. € There is a maximum of  2,750 € / month for project management and implementation:

Transnational meeting of project partners

• Travel expenses for attending meetings between the project partners for implementation and coordination purposes are calculated on staggered packages. Distances are calculated through the online tool. 23,000 € is the maximum amount that can be funded per year for transnational meetings.

Intellectual outcomes

• Intellectual outcomes/ concrete results of the project (curricula, materials for educational work and youth work, free teaching and learning materials, IT tools, analyzes, studies, peer learning methods, etc.) between 38 € and 294 € / day.

Multiplier meetings

• Costs for national or transnational multiplier meetings aiming at dissemination and transfer of project results. Flat rate per participant: 100 € for domestic participants  as well as 200 € for participants from abroad. Total max. amount here is 30,000 € per project.

Exceptional costs

• Actual costs related to subcontracts or expenditure on goods and services. These costs are, after detection of documents, up to 75% covered .

Special need for support

• Costs which are directly related to disability of participants. Prerequisite: There must be due justification in the application that there is a demand of such expenses and why these expenses are necessary. The actual costs will be reimbursed up to 100%. A proof of the incurred costs shall be required.
• The travel costs will be settled over staggered packages. Distances are calculated on the European Commission online distance calculator from.

Packages per person per day - these are staggered, depending on the duration and the country. For Austria: 105 € (up to 14 days), 74 € (up to 60 days), 53 € (up to one year).

Personal support

• Subsistence of participants and accompanying persons per unit and per day during the activity.

See see Program Guide Version 3 (2015) 12.16.2014, p 131-132