Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Alliances for Innovationpartnerships shall implement a coherent and comprehensive set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU. To boost innovation, the focus will be on talent and skills development. Firstly, digital competences have become increasingly important in all job profiles across the entire labour market. Secondly, the transition to a circular and greener economy needs to be underpinned by changes to qualifications and national education and training curricula to meet emerging professional needs for green skills and sustainable development. Thirdly, the twin digital and green transition requires an accelerated adoption of new technologies, in particular in the highly innovative deep tech domains, across all sectors of our economy and society.
Detailed Call Description
Alliances for Education and Enterprises are transnational, structured and result-driven projects, in which partners share common goals and work together to foster innovation, new skills, a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mind-sets. They intend to achieve one or more of the following aims:
- Fosteringnew, 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 thesetting 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 flow 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 and inclusive, and contribute to innovation
Alliances for Education and Enterprises bring together enterprises and both higher education and vocational training providers to work together in partnership. Operating within one economic sector or several different economic sectors, they create reliable and sustainable relations and demonstrate their innovative and transnational character in all aspects. While each partnership must include at least one VET and one higher education organisation, they can address either both or one of these educational fields. The cooperation between VET and higher education organisations should be relevant and should benefit both sectors.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The lump sum value will be limited to a maximum of 80% of the estimated budget determined after evaluation.
The maximum EU grant per project is the following:
- € 1 000 000 (24 months project)
- € 1 500 000 (36 months project)
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Other Thematic Category
- Youth
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Central Government
- Chambers
- Educational Institutions
- Employees
- Employers
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
- Training Centres
- Youth
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible for funding the applicants (coordinator and full partners) must be public or private organisations, established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme. The organisations can be:
- Higher education institutions, organisations active in education, intermediaries that represent education,
- 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,
- Training and youth, 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, bodies providing career guidance, professional counselling, information services and employment services.
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 (coordinator and full partners).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 (coordinator and full partners). There should be at least one HE institution and one VET provider involved as applicants (coordinator and full partners) in each proposal.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
www.erasmusplus.cy
info@llp.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 448 888
Youth Board of Cyprus
www.erasmusplus.cy
erasmusplus@onek.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 402 644
(Publish Date: 17/01/2023-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Education and Culture Executive Agency:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en