erasmus+ webinar presentation ka2 he jc
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Erasmus+, the new EC funding programme for education, training and sport.TRANSCRIPT
Key Action 2 HEGuidance on applicationsDavid HiblerJoanna Collins
Overall objectives
• Boost skills, employability, labour market relevance
• Modernise education, training, youth work
• Focus on young people
• See http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/index_en.htm
Key facts
• Simpler, cross-sectoral structure based on ‘Key Actions’
• Worth €940m to UK over seven years
• Replaces Lifelong Learning Programme, Youth in Action and other EU programmes
• Addresses EU agenda for modernisation of HE
Erasmus+ is ‘the new EU
programme for education,
training, youth and sport’
European policy context
Key Actions
• Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals• Key Action 2: Co-operation for Innovation and
Exchange of Good Practices• Key Action 3: Support for Policy Reform• Some activities managed centrally, not by
National Agencies• Organisation, not individual applications• No funding for preparatory visits
Key Action 2
• Strategic Partnerships (by sector and cross- sectoral)
• Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances• Capacity Building Projects• Support to IT Platforms • Broadly, absorbs Tempus within changed focus
Key Action 2 Strategic partnerships
• Development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practice (incl. mobility) and development of labour market skills
• Partnership size and type flexible• HE, VET, schools, adult education, youth and
cross-sectoral• Funding based on unit costs
Strategic partnerships in HE
Basic criteria• Wide variety of organisations: public or private,
professional bodies, NGOs etc, in programme countries; sectoral, cross-sectoral
• Participating HEIs - Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
• Minimum 3 organisations from 3 programme countries• Up to €150,000 per year • 2 or 3 years: duration depends on objectives and activities• Overall budget less for UK, expect much competition
Application deadline
DEADLINE
30 APRIL
12.00 CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME
(11.00 BST)
Possible Strategic Partnerships themes
Priorities for KA2 HE• Enhance quality and relevance of learning, attainment
levels • Key skills: entrepreneurship, languages, digital • labour market relevance: links with work• Non traditional approaches, virtual mobility, use of ICT• Professional development• Capacity building, Organisational development• Equity and inclusion • Pursue EC priorities for modernisation of HE
Projects • Address policy objectives• Foster transversal (cross-cutting) skills for employability• Promote practical experience, work-based learning• Professional development in using ICT, support for OER• Develop innovative curricula • Validation of non-formal and informal learning and
connection with formal; transition to new levels with European tools, link with national recognition systems
• Career guidance and counselling
Activities
• Very flexible to deliver project objectives
Separate budget lines:• Project management and meetings• Intellectual outputs• Multiplier events• Teaching, training and learning activities • Linguistic support• Dissemination of results
Award criteria• Relevance: policy; needs; objectives; synergies between
fields; innovative or complementary; added EU value • Design and implementation : work programme phases;
consistency; methodology; quality control; VFM; appropriate T&L if any; recognition of learning outcomes
• Quality of team and cooperation: participating organisation skills and competencies ; tasks and responsibilities; management arrangements
• Impact & dissemination: evaluation; impact; dissemination; sustainability
• Programme Guide pages 99 to 100
The application eform
• Completed on-line• Guidelines on NA website www.erasmusplus.org.uk • “Declaration of Honour” to be signed off by legal
representative of institution (download for signature, scan, upload)
• IT issues- to Erasmus helpdesk [email protected]
Advice • Read relevant sections of Programme Guide, especially
objectives and priorities for KA2 (pages 93 to 96); award criteria (pages 99 to 100); examples of projects (page 243)
• See project examples http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/project_reports/project_reports_erasmus_en.php
• Guidance on using the eforms is at [t.b.c.]• Read full application form and guidance before
completing the form
The application form content overview
• Context: background• Participating organisations: basic information• Description of the project: rationale for project and
partnership, objectives• Preparation and project management: including m&e;
target groups• Project activities: details of all outputs and activities
The application form content overview
• Follow-up: dissemination, use of results, sustainability• Budget: management and activities• Project summary • Formal aspects: data protection, sign off
• Basic information• NA – select UK1• Details fill in automatically when PIC input• HEIs – accredited (ECHE), do not have to add further
information to show eligibility• Summary of background and experience• Partners – as above
Context and participating organisations
Description of the project, objectives• Rationale, issues and needs ie why this project?
• Innovative or complementary: how fits with other activity?
• Partners: how chosen? skills, knowledge, experience? New partners? EU added value
• Communication and meetings, partners and stakeholders
• Priorities (cf EU priorities) - overall objectives eg partnerships between education and employment
• Topics - eg regional dimension; environment; discipline
• Results: outputs, products, changes; people trained, skills, knowledge, cultural awareness, languages NB not outputs covered below under “activities”.
Preparation and project management
• Preparation: analyses, planning, building engagement, possibly before funding starts (cf. “activities”)
• Budget and timelines: management and monitoring budget between partners, monitoring timelines, rectifying
• Quality of activities: monitoring quality of delivery; who, how, when? (cf. “activities”)
• Risks: internal and external, how monitored and mitigated• Assessing achievement: qualitative and quantitative
indicators and activities (outputs, results, objectives) cf. “activities” and “impact” below
Implementation
• Organisation of activities: who, what, where, how coordinated, timelines (template annex promised)
• Target groups: who? cf. “needs”, above• Participants with fewer opportunities: number; proportion of
participants • Support for them• Difficulties in participation
Project activities (and outputs)• Divided into types• For each type (eg intellectual outputs, events, mobility) :
– Phase of the project: Preparation; Implementation; Follow-up; Dissemination; Closure
– Title– Description– Tasks– Estimated start and end dates– Organisation leading the activity– Other participating organisations.
Intellectual outputs• Publications eg academic papers; policy recommendations
at different levels; curricula , course materials; training materials; assessment methods, materials; handbooks, advice, guidance; case studies ; good practice; websites; innovative uses of IT and different media; software
Type Languages Media
Multiplier events
• Emphasis on visibility and dissemination in Erasmus+• Beyond participating individuals and organisations• Event type • Intellectual outputs covered
Learning, teaching and training activities
• Must contribute to overall objectives of project• Eligibility criteria and funding different from mobility in KA1:
quality criteria (eg recognition) the same• Students: blended mobility i.e. up to 2 months physical
mobility with virtual mobility• Staff teaching and training: 2 to 12 months• Intensive programmes of 5 days to two months• Short – term joint staff training events: 5 days to 2 months
Learning, teaching and training activities• Activity type – click as appropriate• Activity description • Number of participants• Participants with special needs: even if you are not sure of
the details, included any anticipated participation by people with special needs.
• Accompanying persons – as above• Long (months) or short term (days) – as appropriate. • Participating organisations
Follow up - impact
• Impact (effects, results, changes) on participating individuals and organisations and other stakeholders
• Impact beyond the project, local, regional, national, European
• Measurement – who, what, how
Follow up - dissemination
• Important in Erasmus+ - added value of EU funding, wider reach and impact
• Communicating successes and results widely: for use by others including other sectors; to influence policy; into the future
• Measureable, realistic objectives• Timetable• Resource planning• Involvement of target groups if possible
Follow up - dissemination
• Target audiences, different levels• Responsibilities, skills of team• Accessibility, media • Monitoring
Sustainability
• Of project activities and results• Resources – financial, other (eg institutional support)
Budget (summary)
• Different activities: different funding levels and structures • Most payments conditional on justification in application• Unit costs and lump sums, with ceilings• Project management - 500 per month for coordinating;250
per month for participating (all)• Transnational project meetings (must be justified) per
participant and distance travelled • Intellectual outputs per day and staff role (manager,
researcher/teacher/trainer, technician, administrator)
Budget (summary)• Multiplier events related to intellectual outputs: per local
and foreign participant • Learning, teaching, training: travel by distance, and
subsistence per participant by day or month• Linguistic support: lump sum per participant in 2 to 12
months mobility• Special needs: actuals – costs included in application• Exceptional costs: 75% actuals , subcontracted goods and
services which partners cannot provide
Project Summary• Synopsis: to be used for publicity, uploaded to EC
dissemination platform • Context• Objectives • Participants• Activities• Methodology• Results, impact, longer term benefits• Summary of participating organisations and budget
ECAS and PICs• Need PIC http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-to-apply • HEIs ask Erasmus coordinator • Other organisations: register on the European
Commission Authentication Service (ECAS), see http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-to-apply
• Log in to Participant Portal with ECAS account details, see EC Participant Portal User Manual
• Register on the Unique Registration Facility (URF) • You will receive a PIC.
Further information• Call for Proposals and Programme Guide
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm
• UK NA website, www.erasmusplus.org.uk • #erasmusplusuk – BC/Ecorys hashtag• Erasmus Helpdesk (detail) [email protected] • Examples of centralised projects under LLP
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/project_reports/project_reports_erasmus_en.php