Deadline: 22 August 2019
The European Commission is currently accepting proposals from eligible organizations for a program entitled “Support for the Implementation of the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework”.
The goal of this call for proposal is to turn EntreComp as an idea into action to bring value to communities of users at local, regional national level.
This initiative aims to get together relevant players in a number of countries to create a collaborative community that will explore how the framework can function as a catalyst and a tool, to foster the entrepreneurial skills of young people and citizens in general. It is essential to help public authorities, educational institutions and the private sector to use EntreComp’s findings in a collaborative way.
Objectives
The specific objectives of this call for proposals include:
- Encouraging system-level development of support for the entrepreneurship competence, including for instance new policy strategies and initiatives, the establishment of durable national, regional or local collaborative communities, high level curricula reform, strategic partnerships between different sectors etc.
- Using EntreComp, to develop a holistic set of learning opportunities, education and training programmes and support services for the development of the entrepreneurial competence throughout life.
- Engaging with employers and employment services to support the development and assessment of entrepreneurial competences in job seeking, in the work place and during working life.
- Encouraging innovation and new approaches to entrepreneurship competence development in different learning settings (including formal, non-formal and informal settings) and the involvement of new providers, companies, NGO, intermediaries.
- Using EntreComp to form responses to the changing nature of labour market and education and training, due for instance to digital technology, to support citizens’ innovation and creativity.
- Disseminating lessons learnt to stakeholders and policy makers from other regions and countries.
- Bringing countries (and/or regions, cities) together to exchange experiences and good practices in building a coherent methodology to support the development of entrepreneurial skills at national and local level.
Funding Information
- The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 1.000.000.
- The maximum grant per project will be EUR 500.000.
Activities
- Activities supported by this call for proposals aim to encourage a systemic use of the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) in order to support the development and assessment of entrepreneurial mindsets and skills, and to facilitate further progress in the spread and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and training.
- Activity 1 sets the foundations for the actions and concerns the establishment of cross-sectoral collaborative communities to support the development and the assessment of entrepreneurial skills.
- The call foresees designing a strategy with a concrete plan of actions, concerning for instance the design of new education and training curricula, the provision of support services for competence development.
- Other activities will comprise development of learning opportunities based on the learning outcomes, testing new approaches to developing and assessing the entrepreneurship competence as well as workshops, seminars and other events.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be legal entities forming a consortium.
- Such entities may include:
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- Public authorities and public administrations (at the national, regional or local level).
- Chamber of commerce and industry or similar bodies.
- Business associations and business support collaborative communities.
- Training and educational institutions.
- NGOs, non-profit organisations, associations and foundations.
- Other public and private entities specialised in education, training or employment.
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- Linked third parties, i.e. legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation, may take part in the action as applicants in order to declare eligible costs.
- Only applications from legal entities established in EU Member States or in countries participating in the COSME programme pursuant to Article 6 of the COSME Regulation, are eligible.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/cosme/cos-entrecomp-2018-3-01-support-implementation-entrepreneurship-competence-framework#inline-nav-2