CESIE IDEAS+ Workshop 2014 Brussels, 14 February 2014 Erasmus+ Knowledge/Sector Skills Alliances...

CESIE IDEAS+ Workshop 2014 Brussels, 14 February 2014

Erasmus+Knowledge/Sector Skills AlliancesLessons learnt and perspectives

Holger Bienzle

www.bridgestoeurope.com

Santa‘s brought Erasmus+…


KA 2: New types of projects

Sector Skills Alliances

Knowledge Alliances

Strategic Partn

erships


Key Activity 2: Cooperation

Development of innnovation and transfer of good practice

European aded value through transnational cooperation

Improvement of quality in education through innovative approaches

Development and dissemination of sustainable project results

Enhancement of key competences

Entrepreneurship and employability

Equal opportunities

Participation of people with special needs

Cooperation with third countries in higher education


Knowledge Alliances

Strengthening Europe's innovation capacity and fostering

innovation in higher education, business and the broader socio-economic environment by

Developing new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning;

Stimulating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills of higher education teaching staff and enterprise staff;

Facilitating the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge


Boosting innovation

Jointly developing and implementing new learning and teaching methods (like new multidisciplinary curricula, learner-centred and real problem-based teaching and learning);

Organising continuing educational programmes and activities with and within companies;

Jointly developing solutions for challenging issues, product and process innovation (students, professors and practitioners together).


Developing entrepreneurship

Creating schemes of transversal skills learning and application throughout higher education programmes developed in cooperation with enterprises aiming at strengthening employability, creativity and new professional paths;

Introducing entrepreneurship education in any discipline to provide students, researchers, staff and educators with the knowledge, skills and motivation to engage in entrepreneurial activities in a variety of settings;

Opening up new learning opportunities through the practical application of entrepreneurial skills, which can involve and/or lead to the commercialisation of new services, products and prototypes, to the creation of start-ups and spin-offs


Exchange of knowledge

Study field related activities in enterprises which are fully embedded in the curriculum, recognised and credited;

Set-ups to trial and test innovative measures;

Exchanges of students, researchers, teaching staff and company staff for a limited period;

Involvement of company staff in teaching and research


Essentials

Innovation in higher education and innovation through higher education in enterprises

Sustainability of university-business cooperation; reliable relations between partners

Impact beyond the project's lifetime and beyond the organisations involved in the Alliance

Proper ex-ante needs analysis


Eligible organisations

Any public or private organisation established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world:

a higher education institution;

a public or private, small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);

a research institute;

a public body at local, regional or national level;

an organisation active in the field of education, training and youth;

an intermediary or association which represents education, training or youth organisations;

an intermediary or association which represents enterprises;

an accreditation, certification or qualification body


Corner stones

Duration: 2-3 years

Partnership: at least 6 organisations from 3 Programme Countries

Funding: up to 700.000 € (2 years), 1.000.000 € (3 years)

Budget different form Strategic Partnerships: just three cost categories:o Implementation supporto Travelo Subsistence

Submission to EACEA (centralized action)

Deadline: 3 April, 12:00 mid-day



Tackling skills gaps, enhancing the responsiveness of initial and continuing VET systems to sector-specific labour market needs and demand for new skills with regard to or more occupational profiles by

Modernising VET and exploiting its potential to drive economic development and innovation, notably at local and regional levels, increasing the competitiveness of the sectors concerned;

Strengthening the exchange of knowledge and practice between VET institutions and the labour market integrating work-based learning;

Facilitating labour mobility, mutual trust and increased recognition of qualifications at European level within the sectors concerned


Characteristics

Design and delivery of joint vocational training programmes and teaching and training methodologies

Particular focus on work-based learning Application of the EU wide recognition tools (EQR, ECVET)

in the following sectors:

Textile/Clothing/Leather (European Skills Council) Commerce (European Skills Council)

Advanced Manufacturing; Information and Communication Technologies; Environmental technologies (Eco-Innovation); Cultural and Creative sectors


Defining skills and training needs

When needed, gathering and interpreting evidence of skills needs on the labour market in a given economic sector, drawing on the EU Skills Panorama and, where relevant, the work of European Sector Skills Councils;

Identifying needs in terms of training provision, drawing on, where available, the occupational profiles of the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations


Designing joint curricula

Designing EU sector-specific curricula, VET programmes and possibly qualification standards related to common skills needs common in the sector and/or to a European occupational profile, drawing, where available, on ESCO;

Integrating skills or occupational profiles into curriculum design, VET programmes and possibly qualification standards;

The activities described above should apply the learning outcomes approach (e.g. EQF, ECVET, etc.) and be underpinned by quality assurance principles (e.g. EQAVET);

Integrating innovative approaches to teaching and learning, notably through more strategic and integrated use of ICTs and open educational resources (OER), as well as including opportunities to apply knowledge in practical projects/"real life" workplace situations and to develop entrepreneurial mind-sets.


Delivering joint curricula

Delivering EU sector-specific curricula that have been adapted or newly created following the analysis and forecasts of labour market needs for a given occupational profile;

Implementing innovative VET teaching and learning methods to respond to evolving skills and/or specific target public within a given economic sector (e.g. ICT-based content, services and methods, education in the workplace environment, etc.);

Facilitating recognition and certification of the respective learning outcomes by implementing (ECVET) principles, the quality assurance framework in VET (EQAVET) and possibly referencing respective qualifications to EU frameworks (depending on the form of the NQF) or any other relevant European tools in the sector concerned.


Essentials

Innovation in VET, in different economic sectors and related to occupational profiles (where available ESCO)

Impact beyond the project's lifetime and beyond the organisations involved in the Alliance

Changes have to be measurable

Results should feed back into European Skills Councils

Partners representative in the sector

European outreach

Skills needs based on research evidence

System relevance of results, mainstreaming


Eligible organisations

Any public or private organisation established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world: a vocational education institute/school; a VET centre; an inter-company training centre; a public or private, small, medium or large enterprise (incl. social enterprises); a public VET authority at local, regional or national level; a higher education institution providing VET; a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of

commerce, industry, craft/professional associations and trade unions; an intermediary or association which represents VET organsiations; a research institute; a cultural and/or creative body; a body providing career guidance, professional counselling &information services; a body responsible for recognition; an accreditation, certification or qualification body.


Corner stones

Duration: 2-3 years

Partnership: at least 9 organisations from 3 Programme Countries

At least 1 partner from each category:

o Public or private VET povider

o Public or private entity representatove in the sector

o Public or private entity with regulatory function for VET

Funding: up to 700.000 € (2 years), 1.000.000 € (3 years)

Budget different from Strategic Partnerships: just three cost categories:o Implementation supporto Travelo Subsistence

Submission to EACEA (centralized action)

Deadline: 3 April, 12:00 mid-day


Erasmus+: Where to go?


Strategicpartnerships

Knowledge Alliances


Erasmus+: Where to go?

Development, transfer & dissemination of inno-vation & good practices

Duration: 2-3 years

Funding: up to 150.00 € / year

Decentralised action


Strategicpartnerships

Knowledge Alliances

Exchange & co-creation of knowledge byhigher education & businesses

Duration: 2-3 years

Funding: up to 1.000.000 €Centralised action

Addressing identified sectoral skills gaps

Duration: 2-3 years

Funding: up to 1.000.000 €Centralised action

Most promising funding line in Erasmus+

Development of new educational products

Transfer of good practice to new countries

Tricky budgeting

Extremely competitive

Very high expectations

Slow start: only few projects in 2014

High preparation effort

Involvement of „big“ players

Sustainability and system relevance


Lessons learnt from…

LLP

Innovation in E+


Lessons learnt and perspectives

LLP was a highly competitive funding programme:Funding rate in centralized actions 10-15 %

Erasmus + will be at least as competitiveMaybe not in all actions from the start?!?


Success factor: Good proposal

„Round“ proposal

Red thread

Consistency: argumentation, use of key terms, workplan, budget

Readability (in spite of adverse application forms !)


Success factor: Strategic approach

Contribution to o Overarching EU policies

(Europe 2020)o Programme aimso Priorities of Call for Proposals

and of sub-actions

Explicit references throughout the proposal (mantra)


Success factor: Innovation

Innovation is crucial

But: There is no fresh snow. (Es gibt keinen Neuschnee.)“ (Kurt Tucholsky)

Innovation does not necessarily mean to invent something completely new but can also occur when an educational approach that has proved to be good practice is adapted, modified or further developed according to the needs of:

o A different thematic field of learning

o Another educational sector

o A new target group

o Other European countries

Consult ADAM & EVE


Success factor: Partnership

Comprehensible criteria for the selection of the partners acccording to competence, geographical spread etc.

Outreach / access to the target groups

Balanced and appropriate distribution of tasks

Balanced budget distribution, in line with work plan

Imbalances are explicitly described/justified

Involvement of “system players”, such as chambers, social services, labour services, unions, ministries etc.


Success factor: Workplan

Consistent and comprehensible – Red Thread Realistic and fit for action Roles and responsibilities are divided and understood Clear and measurable objectives External and internal evaluation are planned Dissemination and exploitation


Success factor: Impact

Measurability: figures of participants, number of courses, involved organizations, etc.

Ambitious but realistic

Clear plans for the future

In Erasmus + (as usual ) more emphasis on added value, dissemination and exploitation, impact: system relevance !

Impact power of consortium: system players


So, it won‘t be easy, but…


Let’s hear you project ideas!

And now…


Thank you for your attention!

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Contact

Holger Bienzle

Head bridges to europe„die Berater“ Unternehmensberatungs GmbHWipplingerstraße 32/Top 24-261010 Vienna, AustriaTel.: +43/1/5324545-0Fax: +43/1/5324545-1145e-Mail: h.bienzle@dieberater.comwww.dieberater.comwww.bridgestoeurope.com

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