Alliances for innovation
| Target Orgs: | Companies, Government, Municipalities, Non-profits, Other |
| Category: | Education, Entrepreneurship, Society |
| Issuer: | European Commission |
| Website: | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/port… |
| Total budget: | |
| Due date: | 15.09.2022 Single-stage |
| Grant min-max: | 0 € – 4.000.000 € |
| Own contribution: | 20% |
| Keywords: | Erasmus, partnership |
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Alliances for Innovation aim to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge among higher education, vocational education and training (both initial and continuous), and the broader socio-economic environment, including research.
They also aim to boost the provision of new skills and address skills mismatches by designing and creating new curricula for higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET), supporting the development of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mind-sets in the EU.
These partnerships shall implement a coherent and comprehensive set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU
You can submit proposals under the two topics below:
- Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the ‘Blueprint)
- Alliances for Education and Enterprises
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In order to be eligible for an grant you must comply with the following criteria:
Any full partner legally established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme can be the applicant. This organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project.
The following organisations can be involved as full partner, affiliated entity or associated partner:
- Higher education institutions
- VET providers
- Networks of VET providers
- Small and medium-sized or large enterprises (including social enterprises)
- Research institutes
- Non-governmental organisations
- Public bodies at local, regional or national level
- Organisations active in education, training and youth
- Intermediaries that represent education, training or youth organisations or enterprises
- Accreditation, certification, recognition or qualification bodies
- Chambers of commerce, industry or labour, chambers of skilled crafts
- European or national social partners
- Hospitals or other care institutions, including long-term care
- Authorities responsible for education, training or employment at regional or national level
- Employment services
- National statistics offices
- Economic development agencies
- Sectoral or professional associations
- Sector skills councils
- Bodies providing career guidance, professional counselling, information services and employment services
Alliances for Education and Enterprises
Alliances for Education and Enterprises must cover at least 4 EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme, involving a minimum of 8 full partners.
- The partnership must include at least 3 labour market actors (enterprises or companies, or representative intermediary organisations, such as chambers, trade unions or trade associations) and at least 3 education and training providers (VET and HEIs), as full partners.
- There should be at least one HE institution and one VET provider involved as full partner in each proposal.
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills must cover at least 8 EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme and involve at least 12 full partners.
- The partnership must include at least 5 labour market actors (enterprises or companies, or representative intermediary organisations, such as chambers, trade unions or trade associations) and at least 5 education and training providers (VET and HEIs) as full partners.
- There should be at least one HE institution and one VET provider involved as full partner in each proposal.
The maximum EU grant per project is as follows:
Alliances for Education and Enterprises:
- 1 million euros (2 years project)
- 1,5 million euros (3 years project)
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills:
- 4 million euros (4 years project) – only one proposal per industrial ecosystem can be selected for funding.
- At equal quality, a proposal covering an ecosystem that is not at all covered by an ongoing Blueprint Alliance will be assessed as more relevant than a proposal covering a part of an ecosystem where a Blueprint is already ongoing.
This action follows a lump sum funding model.
The lump sum value will be limited to a maximum of 80% of the estimated budget determined after evaluation.