Deadline: 15-Dec-21
The European Commission (EC) is offering grants to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field of education and training.
Aims
The following general aims:
- Raise awareness of European policy agendas in education and training, in particular for the European Education Area.
- Increase stakeholder commitment and cooperation with public authorities for the implementation of policies and reforms in the fields of education and training, in particular for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for the country-specific recommendations issued in the framework of the European Semester.
- Boost stakeholder participation in the fields of education and training, – including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation.
- Boost stakeholder involvement in the dissemination of policy and Programme actions and results and of good practice among their membership and beyond.
- Boost civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.
Themes
Civil society organisations active in the field of education and training are expected to develop and implement innovative, targeted and creative strategies and activities to support the effective implementation of reforms and actions in the following areas:
- Promoting inclusive education for all, through targeted actions focused on the implementation of the priorities set in the Council Recommendation on Common values, Inclusive Education and the European Dimension of Teaching and of the Inclusion and gender equality axes of the European Education Area, particularly: fostering the integration of disadvantaged learners (including migrants), and supports learners according to their needs; enhancing cooperation with families, social services, civil society, social partners and the non-formal learning sector, strengthen mutual support between the learning environment and the community and promote intercultural understanding; supporting teachers, trainers, educators and leaders of educational institutions in dealing with diversity and in promoting a fair and unbiased learning environment; promoting a life-long learning approach to inclusive education to facilitate access, completion and transitions between various educational levels and sectors and to attract hard-to-reach groups back into learning; improving educational governance, funding and monitoring mechanisms to remove barriers potentially leading to educational inequalities; helping develop innovative pedagogies for teaching social and civic competences.
- Enhancing the acquisition by all citizens of a wide set of (key) competences, through: supporting the acquisition of basic reading, mathematics and science skills; supporting the acquisition of key competences, including through facilitating transitions and flexible or alternative learning pathways, developing quality Adult learning and Vocational Education and Training (VET), promoting work-based learning, traineeships, apprenticeships and volunteering; promoting interdisciplinary approaches and developing guidance and support for teacher education and development; boosting competence-based teaching and learning; promoting European tools for transparency and the recognition of prior learning — including non-formal and informal learning outcomes — and of experience.
- Supporting teachers, staff and leaders of education and training institutions through: promoting attractive career structures, improving selection, recruitment and retention; supporting effective induction schemes that combine professional, social and personal support; promoting accessible, affordable and relevant continuing professional development (CPD); promoting team teaching, mutual classroom observation and professional learning communities; contributing to developing online communities and resources for school professionals.
- Promoting excellence and innovation, through formal, non-formal and informal learning and through learner-centred provision of basic and key competences. A specific attention should be given to the Digital Action Plan and its focus on inclusion in access and use of digital technologies for teaching and learning, especially in the context of infrastructure and connectivity divides between urban and rural areas.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 2 800 000. This budget might be increased by maximum 20%.
Activities
- Eligible activities must be directly linked to the objectives and priorities of the present Call and must be coherent and well detailed in an annual work programme.
- Activities may be performed at European, cross- border, national, regional or local level.
- European Union financing under this Call takes the form of an operating grant to support part of the costs incurred by the selected bodies in carrying out a series of activities. These activities must be directly linked to the general and specific objectives of the Call and must be detailed in an annual work programme for 2022. Activities must not start before 1st January 2022 and must be completed by 31st December 2022.
- The following is an indicative, non-exhaustive list:
- Activities facilitating access and participation of stakeholders in the implementation of EU policy priorities in the field of education and training;
- Exchanges of experience and good practice; networking and partnerships with other stakeholders;
- Capacity-building for the member organisations, including peer learning, training, advisory, guidance and coaching activities to improve the effectiveness of policy actions;
- Initiatives and events for developing the membership of the ENGO/EU-wide networks;
- Awareness-raising, information, dissemination and promotion activities (seminars, workshops, campaigns, meetings, public debates, consultations, etc.) on EU policy priorities in the field of education and training and on EU funding instruments (European programmes, in particular Erasmus+, European Structural and Investment Funds) to support these priorities. Activities establishing synergies between Erasmus+ and other EU or national/regional funding sources are encouraged.
- Cooperation projects to increase policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.
- This Call is open to two categories of bodies:
- European non-governmental organisations (ENGO) in the field of education and training;
- EU-wide networks in the field of education and training.
- To be eligible, applicants must be:
- non-governmental;
- not-for-profit-making.
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