Deadline: 17 January 2017
The European Commission is seeking applications for its “Vocational Education and Training (VET) Business Partnership on Apprenticeships” to bridge the gap between the worlds of education and business, to improve the relevance of education and training to labour market needs, and to raise excellence.
This Call intends to improve the quality of work-based learning and apprenticeships by promoting partnerships that involve companies, VET providers, other relevant stakeholders and intermediary organisations to develop more relevant, systematic and sustainable approaches by transferring knowledge and by learning from well-established models and practices.
Program Activities
- Design and implement curricula, courses and modules, training material on work-based learning and apprenticeships according to skills needs and in line with the European transparency instruments (e.g. EQF, EQAVET, ECVET) and using digital and innovative technologies as appropriate.
- Build effective cooperation structures between VET teachers and in-company trainers for the delivery of work-based learning and apprenticeships.
- Set-up and strengthen work-based learning and apprenticeships in higher VET at tertiary level by facilitating cooperation between VET providers at secondary and tertiary level and businesses, including the promotion of research links to universities or universities of applied sciences to respond to skills shortages and foster the excellence agenda.
Funding Information
- The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of 6 million euros (approximately 4.5 million euros for Lot 1 and 1.5 million euros for Lot 2).
- Each grant will amount to between 250.000 euros 350.000 euros. The agency expects to fund around 20 proposals (up to 15 projects under Lot 1 and up to 5 projects under Lot 2).
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant (project co-ordinator) must be one of the following organisations:
- a VET provider (at upper secondary or post-secondary level)
- a small, medium or large enterprise (public or private)
- a chamber of industry, trade and crafts, or similarly relevant sectoral/professional organisation
- a local or regional authority
- The partnership must be composed of at least three full partners from at least two different Erasmus+ programme countries.
- These 3 entities must include:
- 1 VET provider,
- 1 local or regional authority,
- 1 small, medium or large enterprise (public or private) or 1 Chamber or 1 sectoral/professional organisation.
- Eligible participating organisations (partners)
- Public local and regional authorities
- social partners (employers’ and workers’ organisations)
- small, medium or large enterprises (public or private)
- chambers of industry, trade and crafts, or similarly relevant sectoral/professional organisations
- public employment services
- VET schools and VET providers, agencies, centres (including post-secondary VET)
- youth organisations
- parents association
- other relevant bodies
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
For more information, please visit Vocational Education and Training (VET).