Call for Proposals: Alliances for Education and Enterprises

This includes confronting societal and economic challenges such as climate change, changing demographics, digitisation, the emergence of new, disruptive (deep tech) technologies such as artificial intelligence and rapid employment changes through social innovation and community resilience as well as labour market innovation. They intend to achieve one or more of the following aims:

• Fostering new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning: fostering innovation in education design and delivery, teaching methods, assessment techniques, learning environments and/or developing new skills;
• Supporting skills development in the deep tech domains; supporting Europe’s innovation capacity by broadening its talent pool in these new, disruptive technologies;
• Fostering the setting up of incubators within education and training institutions across Europe;
• Fostering corporate social responsibility (e.g. equity, inclusion, climate change, environmental protection and sustainable development);
• Stimulating a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial attitudes, mind-sets and skills in learners, educational staff and other workers, in line with the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp);
• Improving the quality and relevance of skills developed and certified through education and training systems (including new skills and tackling skills mismatches);
• Facilitating the exchange and co-creation of knowledge between higher education and vocational education and training, research, the public sector and the business sector;
• Building and supporting effective and efficient higher education and vocational education and training systems, which are connected, inclusive and contribute to innovation.

Funding Information

• This action follows a lump-sum funding model. The amount of the single lump-sum contribution will be determined for each grant based on the estimated budget of the action proposed by the applicant. The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget, evaluation result and a funding rate of 80%.
• The maximum EU grant per project is:
  • Lot–1 – Alliances for Education and Enterprises
    • 1 million euros (2 years project)
    • 1,5 million euros (3 years project)

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible for an Erasmus+ grant, project proposals for Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises must comply with the following criteria:
  • Eligible participating organizations:
    • The applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must be: public or private organisations established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme, such as higher education institutions, VET providers, networks of VET providers, small and medium-sized or large enterprises (including social enterprises), research institutes, non-governmental organisations, public bodies at local, regional or national level, organisations active in education, training and youth, intermediaries that represent education, training or youth organisations or enterprises, accreditation, certification, recognition or qualification bodies, chambers of commerce, industry or labour, chambers of skilled crafts, European or national social partners, hospitals or other care institutions, including long-term care, authorities responsible for education, training or employment at regional or national level, employment services, national statistics offices, economic development agencies, sectoral or professional associations, sector skills councils and bodies providing career guidance, professional counselling, information services and employment services.
    • Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme in Regions 1 to 3 may also participate as beneficiaries, affiliated entities or associated partners, but not as coordinator. Organisations from other third countries not associated to the Programme can only participate as associated partners.
    •  Exception: organisations from Belarus (Region 2)are not eligible to participate in this action.
    • Higher education institutions established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE). An ECHE is not required for participating HEIs in third countries not associated to the Programme.
  • Consortium composition:
    • Alliances for Education and Enterprises must cover at least 4 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme, involving a minimum of 8 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities). The consortium must include at least 3 labour market actors (enterprises or companies, or representative intermediary organisations, such as chambers, trade unions or trade associations) and at least 3 education and training providers (VET and HEIs), as applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities). There should be at least one HE institution and one VET provider involved as applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) in each proposal.
    • Affiliated entities and associated partners do not count towards the minimum eligibility criteria for the consortium composition and cannot be coordinators.

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