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Erasmus+ for Higher Ecucation
KA2 Info for Applicants 2015
Outi Jäppinen, Senior ProgrammeAdviser, CIMO
Erasmus+ National Agency, Finland
14 January 2015
Outline
12:30 Erasmus+ overview
Priorities for higher education
Assessment procedure, assessment criteria
General info for applicants
13:15 Erasmus+ funding possibilities
KA2: Knowledge Alliances
13:45 Specific activity: Jean Monnet
14:00 Break for Coffee
14:15 KA2: Strategic Partnerships
16:00 End of the webinar
Erasmus+ programme
Key Action Action Activities
Learning
mobility of
Individuals
KA1
Mobility of Learners
and Staff
Student mobility for studies
Student Placements
Teaching Assignments
Staff Training
Joint Master Degrees Master courses
Student Loan
GuaranteeMaster courses
Key Action Action Activities Management
Cooperation
for Innovation
and Good
practices
KA2
Strategic
Partnerships
Structured strategic co-operation
among European HEIs and with
key stakeholders e.g. enterprises,
NGOs, public authorities
CIMO
Knowledge
Alliances
Large scale projects between HEIs
and enterprises for more
innovation
EACEA
Capacity Building
Joint and Structural Projects for
Capacity building of “Partner
Countries”. Joint projects with
integrated student and staff
mobility
EACEA
Erasmus+ general priorities
• Developing basic and transversal skills (eg. Entrepreneurship, digital skills, language skills)
• Enhancing Information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) uptake and access to Open Educational Resources
• Enhancing transparency and recognition
• Supporting the adjustment of funding and investment in education and training
Policy priorities for higher education
– Higher Education Modernisation Agenda
– European Higher Education in the World
– Rethinking Education
– More information on Higher education policy priorities can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/higher-education/index_en.htm
Transversal policy priorities for education, training and youth
• Education and Training 2020 in EUROPE 2020
– Europe 2020
– Europe 2020 targets
– Country-specific recommendations 2013
– Education and Training 2020 (ET2020)
– Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes
• Recognition and transparency
– Evaluation of the Europass initiative
– European Qualifications Framework
Strategic priorities behind the Erasmus+ programme 1/2
Transversal policy priorities for education, training and youth (continued..)
• Entrepreneurship education: • Entrepreneurship education: A Guide for Educators
• "Towards Greater Cooperation and Coherence in Entrepreneurship Education" – Report of the High Level Reflection Panels on Entrepreneurship Education initiated by Directorate General Enterprise and Industry and Directorate General Education and Culture
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Open Education Resources (OER):• The Future of Learning: New Ways to Learn New Skills for Future Jobs
• Opening up Education
• Open Educational Resources and practices in Europe
• Up-scaling Creative Classrooms in Europe
• Digital Competence: Identification and European-wide validation of its key components for all levels of learners
• Multilingualism:• Commission Staff Working Document: "Language Competences for
employability, mobility and growth"
• Report from the Thematic Working Group “Languages for Jobs – providing multilingual communication skills for the labour market”
Strategic priorities behind the Erasmus+ programme 2/2
Higher Education
Issues and challenges in European higher education and HE institutions
• Lack of innovation
• Employability (skills mismatch)
• High dropout rates
Higher Education Modernisation Agenda
General Guidance for Applicants2015
Application round 20152015 Call for Proposals:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2014.344.01.0015.01.ENG
Programme Guide Erasmus+ Programme Guide:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/index_en.htm
Documents for Applicants (incl. Application Forms):
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/documents-applicants_en.htm
Application forms and guidelines:
• Hakuprosessi:
http://www.cimo.fi/ohjelmat/erasmusplus/hakuprosessi
• Actions managed by CIMO:
http://www.cimo.fi/ohjelmat/erasmusplus/korkeakoulutukselle
• Actions managed by EACEA:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding_en
Erasmus+ Programme Guide
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/index_en.htm
• PART A: General overview of the programme
• PART B: Specific information about the actions
• PART C: detailed information on procedures for grant application and selection of projects as wellas financial and administrative provisions
• Annex I: Additional Rules and informationrelating to Actions
• Annex II: Dissemination Guidelines for beneficiaries
• Annex III: Glossary of the key terms
• Annex IV: Useful references and contact details
Participating and Partner Countries
Partner countries:
• Countries financed byexternal instruments
• about 150 countries
Participating countries (34):
• EU Member States
• Enlargement countries: Turkey, Iceland, Macedonia
• EFTA countries: Liechtenstein, Norway
Participation of Partner Countries in KA2 projects?
• Cannot apply for grant support, but can participate in Strategic Partnerships as a partner
• experts will assess the extent to which the involvement of a participating organisation from a Partner Country (ie. a non-programme country) brings an essential added value to the project
• If not convincing evidence of such added value "weak" against the award criterion "Quality of the project team and the cooperation arrangements" as a whole.
• As a consequence, the proposal would be rejected.
Eligible participating organisations (Strategic Partnerhips and Knowledge Alliances), eg.
• Higher education institution (ECHE requirement!);
• A school /institute/educational centre;
• a non - profit organisation, association, NGO;
• A public or private , a small , medium or large enterprise;
• A public body at local, regional or national level;
• A social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, industry, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
• A research institute , a foundation;
• A cultural organisation, library, museum;
• A body providing career guidance;
• A body validating knowledge, skills and competences;
• A European Youth NGO…
Assessment procedure
Europeanassessment
criteria(Erasmus+ Guide for
Experts on Quality
Assessment 2014 (pdf) )
Equal treatment of applicants
External evaluators: a
pool of experts
2 independentassessments
for an application
Scoring: 0-100 points,
4 assessmentcriteria
Assessment CriteriaKA2 Strategic Partnerships, Knowledge Alliances, Jean Monnet
Relevance
Quality of the project design and implementation
Quality of the project team and the cooperation arrangements
Impact and dissemination
Important: registration of the participating organisations (PIC)
Registration in Participant Portal
• Only needed if you do not have a PIC number already!
• NB! All Finnish HEIs have already a PIC! Do not create a new one! Consultate your HE administration (e.g. international office)
• List of Finnish HEIs ‘ PICs (coming soon)
• Registration via ECAS - European Commission Authentification Service
• https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/eim/external/register.cgi
• All the project partners must have their own PIC number!
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Dissemination of results and sustainability
• Erasmus + project outputs must be freely available (Open access Requirement)• Publicity, digitalization, open license principle, distribution via the
Internet
• enables wider community to benefit from work that hasreceived EU funding
• Promotes organisations’ efforts towards the Erasmus+ objectives
• The project plan should indicate the impact of the project:• to whom? where? how?
• how to identify and measure the impact
• A significant proportion (up to 30% of points) of the assessment points is given for impact and dissemination
• Read more: Programme Guide – Annex II, pp. 297-303
Action Deadline Managed by
KA2 Capacity Building for HigherEducation
10.2.2015 EACEA
KA2 Knowledge Alliances26.2.2015
EACEA
Jean Monnet 26.2.2015 EACEA
KA1 Mobility 4.3.2015 CIMO
KA1 Erasmus Mundus Joint MasterDegrees
4.3.2015 EACEA
KA2 Strategic Partnerships 31.3.2015 CIMO
Erasmus+ Application round 2015: deadlines
Thank you!
Contact:
Outi Jäppinen
CIMOErasmus+ NA Finland