Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The Partnerships for Excellence support projects with a long-term sustainable perspective.
The initiative on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) aims to respond to this policy priority supporting reforms in the VET sector, ensuring high quality skills and competences that lead to quality employment and career long opportunities, meeting the needs of an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy.
Detailed Call Description
This action supports the gradual establishment and development of international collaborative networks of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs). CoVEs will operate at two levels:
- At national level involving a wide range of local stakeholders creating skills ecosystems for local innovation, regional development, and social inclusion, while working with CoVEs in other countries through international collaborative networks.
- At international level bringing together CoVEs that share a common interest in:
- specific sectors or industrial ecosystems (https://bit.ly/3ORieSo & https://bit.ly/3ESIlns);
- innovative approaches to tackle economic and societal challenges (e.g. climate change, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable development goals, integration of migrants and disadvantaged groups, upskilling people with low qualification levels, etc.); or
- innovative approaches to increase the outreach, quality and effectiveness of existing CoVEs.
The networks will bring together existing CoVEs, or develop the Vocational Excellence model by linking partners from various countries, that intend to develop Vocational Excellence in their local context through international cooperation. They could contribute e.g. to the delivery phase of the New European Bauhaus initiative by collaborating with the communities involved in the local transformations fostered by the initiative.
CoVEs are not intended to build new VET institutions and infrastructure from scratch (although they may also do so). They can be existing vocational schools/providers that strive to achieve excellence by engaging in the set of activities proposed by this European initiative. CoVEs can also be newly set-up centres established with the purpose of providing excellent training offers and services that are responsive to labour market needs.
Projects must choose relevant activities (providing details on the concrete actions and deliverables) indicated under the following three clusters:
- Cluster 1 – Teaching and learning;
- Cluster 2 – Cooperation and partnership;
- Cluster 3 – Governance and funding.
More information about the clusters and examples of activities can be found in pages 246-251 of the 2023 Programme Guide (the link can be found under the “More information” section of the present email).
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.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The applicants (coordinator and full partners) must be:
- Legal entities (public or private bodies) active in the field of vocational education and training or in the world of work;
- established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme (Countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature are eligible).
Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme may also participate as full partners, but not as coordinator.
Participating organisations can be, for example (non-exhaustive list):
- VET providers
- VET providers representative organisations
- Companies, industry or sector representative organisations
- National/regional qualification authorities
- Research institutes
- Innovation agencies
- Regional development authorities
Consortium composition –The partnership must include at least 8 applicants (coordinator and full partners) from a minimum of 4 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme. Each participating EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme must include:
- at least 1 (one) enterprise, industry or sector representative organisation, and
- at least 1 (one) vocational education and training provider (at secondary and/or tertiary level).
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: 02/12/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Education and Culture Executive Agency:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en