EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The political package agreed with the Parliament includes:

• a targeted reinforcement of EU programmes, including Horizon Europe, EU4Health and Erasmus+, by €15 billion through additional means (€12.5 billion) and reallocations (€2.5 billion) in the course of the next financial period, while respecting the expenditure ceilings set out in the European Council conclusions of 17-21 July
• more flexibility to allow the EU to respond to unforeseen needs
• greater involvement of the budgetary authority in the oversight of revenue under Next Generation EU
• higher ambition on biodiversity and strengthened monitoring of biodiversity, climate and gender related spending
• an indicative roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources

The initiative seeks to specifically support:
 promotion and development of more structured cooperation, online and offline, between different youth organisations to build or strengthen partnerships focusing on solidarity and inclusive democratic participation of all against a backdrop of the backlashes on socio-economic structures and in line with youth goals numbers 3, 4 and 10;
 youth organisations involved in initiatives to encourage young people to participate in the democratic process and in society by organising trainings, showcase commonalities among young Europeans and encourage discussion and debate on their connection to the EU, its values and democratic foundations, including by providing a meaningful voice to youth in the framework of the Covid-19 recovery process;
 promote participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth; new ways to empower youth organisations in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath, by supporting innovative ways of cooperation and network creation, development and management. Indicatively, this could include enhancing collaboration between youth organisations in a digital
context through and by non-formal learning and organisational models including alternative modes of exchanges and mutual aid.

This call for proposals will support transnational cooperation projects in the fields of general education and training and adult education.

The call comprises two lots:

Lot 1 — General education and training

Lot 2 — Adult education

Each application must address one general objective and one of the specific objectives, which are listed separately for Lot 1 and for Lot 2. Both the general and specific objectives of the call are exhaustive: proposals that do not address them will not be considered.

The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80 % of the total eligible project costs.

The maximum grant per project will be:

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EUR 400 000 for projects of 24 months duration;

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EUR 500 000 for projects of 36 months duration.

Call objectives

This action aims at supporting sport-related projects organised by sport organisations and federations cooperating with public authorities (including municipalities), local actors and civil society. This action will focus on the prevention of radicalisation, in particular in helping  youngsters at risk of exclusion and of radicalisation to better integrate in the society in which they are leaving. It will focus on the practise of sport and physical activity as a tool to promote a better inclusion to a group or in the society as a whole. A particular focus will be put on areas facing social problems. The gender equality dimension will be taken into account.

The expected outcomes include:
• The access to sport and physical activity of populations at risk of exclusion and radicalisation
• The training of coaches and staff working on integration through sport
• The development of networks and partnerships at EU level
• A better integration into EU societies amongst people at risk of radicalisation, in particular youngsters .

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This year’s Call focuses on the six following priorities:

Priority 1 – Acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults

Priority 2 – Designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs

Priority 3 - Promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance

Priority 4 - Promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education

Priority 5 - Promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions

Priority 6 - Higher education – achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions

The overall available budget is of 12.000.000 EUR and the maximum grant per project is equal to 500.000 EUR.

General objectives
Proposals should address one of the two general objectives below:
1. Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive learning and on promoting common values, initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale/transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a higher/systemic level;
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2. Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education and promote common values.

Projects are encouraged to involve role models in their activities, where appropriate.

BUDGET AVAILABLE:
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 10 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80 % of the total eligible project costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 500 000

Deadline: 26/02/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

This action aims to encourage the emergence by 2024 of some twenty 'European Universities', consisting of bottom-up networks of universities across the EU which will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European universities'.

'European Universities' aims to establish:

• A shared, integrated, long-term joint strategy for education with, where possible, links to research and innovation and society at large.
• A European higher education inter-university ‘campus‘ offering curricula where students body can experience mobility at all study levels;
• European knowledge-creating teams addressing together societal challenges in a multi-disciplinary approach.

Call 2019 budget: EUR 30,000,000.

Maximum grant award: EUR 5,000,000 for 3 years (36 months)

Deadline: 28/02/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

The general objective is to promote the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of education and training systems through the collection and evaluation of evidence on the systemic impact of innovative policy measures. This call requires the involvement of high-level public authorities of the eligible countries and the use of sound and widely recognised evaluation methods based on field trials (experimentation).
The specific objectives of this call are to:
— Promote trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among public authorities at the highest institutional level of the eligible countries in order to foster systemic improvement and innovation in the education and training fields,
— Enhance the collection and analysis of substantive evidence to ensure the successful implementation of innovative measures,
— Facilitate the transferability and scalability of innovative measures.

KEY PLAYERS IN POLICY EXPERIMENTATION
Three key players in European policy experimentations are: the responsible public authorities, the researchers and the target groups. Other partners can also play major roles, for example in terms of coordination, supervision, mediation or expertise.
When preparing an application, it is essential to involve all the relevant actors.
They should reach a consensus on the main elements of the experimentation, including : objectives, analysis of needs, the measure to be tested, the initial hypothesis, structures to be involved, target groups, potential participants in the field trials (including identification and selection criteria), human and financial resources, expected quantitative and qualitative outcomes, research and analysis methodologies, potential for follow-up, etc..

Deadline: 10/04/2018 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

The specific objectives pursued by the Erasmus+ Programme in the field of sport are to:

• tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination;
• promote and support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes;
• promote voluntary activities in sport, together with social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity, through increased participation in, and equal access to sport for all.

Deadline: 05/04/2018 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

The Erasmus+ VET Mobility Charter is intended to encourage organisations that have track records of proven quality in organising VET mobility for learners and staff to further develop their European internationalisation strategies. European
internationalisation means supporting learning in another Erasmus+ Programme country by embedding high quality mobility activities into curricula, as well as developing international approaches throughout the sending organisation, for example by networking with bodies in other countries, promoting the learning of foreign languages and looking beyond national VET approaches. The internationalisation process should result in improved capacity of sending organisations to organise mobility for learners and staff, whilst at the same time rewarding, promoting and further developing the quality of learning mobility.

Eligible participants

A participating organisation can be:
- any public or private organisation (or its subsidiary/branch) active in the field of vocational education and training (referred to as a VET provider); or
- any public or private organisation active in the labour market (referred to as a company)

Deadline: 17/05/2018

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For Lot 1: Education and Training – an Information Day will be organised in Brussels at the Agency on 10th November 2017

Civil Society Cooperation in the fields of Education and Training and Youth" are activities funded under Key Action 3 - Support for Policy Reform of the Erasmus+Programme.

The present Call will provide funding through the two following Lots:

Civil society cooperation in the field of education and training (Lot 1)
Civil society cooperation in the field of youth (Lot 2)

An organisation may submit only one application, either for a Framework Partnership Agreement or for an Annual Operating Grant.

Deadline: 14/12/17

• Extra costs must be reimbursed and rules applied flexibly
• Students must not lose an academic year
• EU volunteers could help member states to tackle the COVID-19 crisis

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The objective of the present Call is to provide structural support, referred to as operating grants, to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field of
youth and pursuing the following general aims:
 Raise awareness of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 including the European Youth Goals.
 Develop, promote and support actions to engage, connect and empower youth in the spirit of the EU Youth Strategy.
 Increase awareness and youth participation in EU actions for young people, including Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and Discover EU.
 Increase commitment and cooperation of youth civil society actors with public authorities for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for young people.
 Boost youth stakeholder participation, including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation.
 Boost youth civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.

Expected outcomes

• Promoting the direct engagement of refugees and host communities;
• Promoting a Europe-wide approach, increasing the potential for host communities to successfully engage and integrate refugees through sport.
• Developing the links between organisations promoting the integration of refugees through sport at EU level.
• Creating a platform of projects aiming at promoting sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of refugees.

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Objectives:

The aim of this call is to support projects for the creation of transnational and national networks and partnerships of VET providers in initial and continuing VET with a view to supporting policy reflection at a European level, as well as promoting awareness and implementation of European VET policies at national and regional levels.
The overall objective of the call is to invite the submission of proposals for bottom up partnerships which should encourage the creation of transnational and national VET providers' networks and partnerships to work together at national and European level.

Proposals should be submitted under one of the following two Lots:
— Lot 1: National, regional or sectoral VET provider organisations

— Lot 2: European umbrella VET provider organisations

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of EUR 6 million with an indicative
distribution of EUR 4 million for Lot 1 and EUR 2 million for Lot 2. The maximum EU co-financing rate will be 80 %.
Each grant will amount to between EUR 300 000 and EUR 500 000 for Lot 1 and between EUR 600 000 and EUR 800 000 for Lot 2.

Deadline: 31/01/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

Information Day is aimed at informing potential applicants on the newly launched Call for Proposals EACEA/21/2018 – " Social Inclusion and common values: the contribution in the field of education and training". Registration is requested!!

Sector Skills Alliances are transnational projects identifying or drawing on existing and emerging skills needs in a specific
economic sector and/or translating these needs into vocational curricula to respond to those needs.
Sector Skills Alliances are intended for vocational education and training (VET), at any EQF levels from 3 to 8, including the upper-secondary level, the post-secondary non-tertiary level as well as the tertiary level (e.g. Universities of applied sciences, Polytechnic institutes, etc.). Applications that focus on the VET at tertiary level (EQF levels 6 to 8) must include a strong work-based learning component, and also include at least one other VET qualification level between EQF levels 3 to 5 (i.e. not-exclusively tertiary level).
Sector Skills Alliances are required to apply EU wide instruments and tools such as the EQF, ECVET, EQAVET, as well as the Council Recommendation on a European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships, whenever relevant.
A particular focus will be on digital skills. 

Also, 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.

Deadline: 28/02/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

"Newcomers and Nationalism" Interactive Open Online Course invites refugee and non-refugee students from all over Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to learn together in an interactive, online classroom.

The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international cooperation activities a higher education institution (HEI) may carry out within the Erasmus+ Programme. The award of an
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education is a pre-requisite for all HEIs located in one of the countries listed below and wanting
to apply and participate in learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under the Programme. For HEIs located in other countries, the ECHE is not required, and the quality framework is established through
inter-institutional agreements between HEIs. The Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Erasmus+ Programme.
Implementation of the Charter will be monitored and violation of any of its principles and commitments may lead to its
withdrawal by the European Commission.

Deadline: 22/03/2018

On Monday 29 January 2018, from 8.30 to 17.00, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency together with the European Commission are organising an information meeting in Brussels for high-level public authorities interested in participating in the Call for proposals on European Policy Experimentations.

Online registration is open until 19 January 2018.

Reminder today: Info session: New call for proposals Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances

What is new in the 2018 call for CBHE?

• The Special Mobility Strand (SMS) has been removed.
• There are three National and Regional priority areas instead of four and they have been revised.
• The minimum number of Programme Countries required in a consortium has been decreased from three countries to two.
• Future CBHE projects will be offered two options for the start of the eligibility period: 15 November 2018 or 15 January 2019.
• The grant rate for the highest travel band has been increased to €1500.
• Exceptional travel costs have been introduced.