Deadline: 17 June 2020
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals for Second pilot VET mobility scheme for the Western Balkans.
The general objective is to contribute to the improvement and modernization of VET systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo, as well as reinforcing the links between VET and the labour market.
More specifically, the aim of the call is to enhance the capacity of VET providers in the four mentioned partners by promoting mobility activities aimed at improving the skills and competences of VET teachers, learners and managers and the occupational prospects of young students.
Expected General Outputs
- Exchange programmes between the four mentioned partners and the European VET providers;
- The knowledge, technical and pedagogical skills of VET teachers is improved;
- The knowledge of VET managerial staff is improved;
- The transversal, generic and subject specific skills of learners are enhanced.
Indicative Activities: Mobility arrangements (identification of target groups, development of individual programmes and action plans for schools and teaching staff, implementation of mobility in the EU), document best practices, dissemination at national and regional level, creation and institution of networks and partnerships for exchanges.
Funding Information
- The Commission expects to fund a maximum of four proposals. The total maximum budget earmarked for the co-financing is estimated at 4 (four) million EUR.
- The maximum grant for each proposals will be 1 (one) million EUR and the minimum grant will be EUR 700,000 (seven-hundred thousand euros).
Implementation Period
The maximum duration of each project is 42 months
Eligibility Criteria
- A participating organization can be:
- Any public or private organization in the field of vocational education and training (referred to as a VET provider), legally registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country or in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo, providing courses that lead to a qualification recognized by the competent authorities and accredited by the relevant national authorities; or
- Any legally registered consortium of public or private VET providers registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country or in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo; or
- Any public or private organization active in the labour market (referred to as a company) and legally registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country or in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo.
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must be:
- a public or private VET organization active in the field of vocational education and training and legally registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country; or
- a legally registered consortium of public or private VET organizations registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country;
- The applicant (or lead applicant in the case of a consortium) must be established in an EU Member State.
- The proposal must include in total at least 7 organizations of which at least 5 organizations from 3 different Erasmus+
- Programme Counties and 2 organisations from 2 out of the four targeted partners in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo).
- The proposal cannot include more than 12 partners.
Supporting Documents
In order to assess the applicants’ eligibility, the following supporting documents are requested:
- Private entity: extract from the official journal, copy of articles of association, extract of trade or association register, certificate of liability to VAT (if, as in certain countries, the trade register number and VAT number are identical, only one of these documents is required);
- Public entity: copy of the resolution, decision or other official document establishing the public-law entity.
For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources-and-tools/funding-opportunities/second-pilot-vet-mobility-scheme-eac-s54-2019_en