Erasmus +

VET, Schools and Adult Education

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Content

1. Agency role

2. Sector Skills Alliance (E+ KA2)

3. National Authorities for Apprenticeship (E+ KA3)

4. EPALE platform(E+ KA2)

5. National Coordinators for Adult Learning Agenda (E+ KA3)

Policy Programme implementation

• Political and budgetarypriority-setting;

annual work programmes

• Programme evaluationand information

• Impact analysis

• Management of certainprogramme strands

• Management of decentralised actions via National Agencies

• Drawing up guidelinesfor funding opportunities

• Evaluating applications,selecting projects and

signing grant agreements

• Financial management

• Contacts with beneficiaries

• Monitoring projects and on-site visits

• Clustering & dissemination

• Centre for programme management

• ~400 staff

• Based in Brussels

• Managed by EC officials

Directorates B & C

Policy and Programmes

European

Commission

EACEA mandate 2014-2020

Erasmus+ Creative Europe

Europe for Citizens EU Aid Volunteers

Learning Mobility

• Staff

• High education students

• Vocational and education training students

• Master students

• Youth mobility

Co-operation for innovation and good practices • Knowledge Alliances

• Sector Skill Alliances

• Strategic Partnerships

• IT support platforms

• E-twinning

• Capacity building in third countries

Support for policy reform

• Open Method of Coordination

• EU transparency tools

• Policy dialogue

Key Actions within Erasmus+

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VET

Sector Skills Alliances

Comprehensive policy frameworks

for CVET

National Authorities for Apprenticeships

Unit EACEA – A5 responsibilities in VET and Adult Education

Adult Education

EPALE platform

National Coordinators Adult Learning Agenda

Sector Skills Alliance• Big international cooperation project

• Sector based

• Tackling skills gaps

• Enhancing the responsiveness of VET systems to sector-specific labour market needs with regard to one or more occupational profiles

• Significant impact

Expected Outcomes

Evidence on sector

skills needs/

competence standards

Joint curriculum

design

Joint curriculum delivery/

Recognition

Dissemination/

professional orientation

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Deadline for submission: 26 February 2015

Available budget: ~ € 7 moi

Duration: 2 or 3 years/ Grants: € 700.000 or up to € 1.000.000

Grant for implementation support based on staff unit costs (covering all project expenditure)

Eligible sectors:

• Manufacturing & Engineering• Commerce• Information and communication technology• Environmental technologies (Eco-innovation)• Cultural and creative sectors• Health care• Tourism

Call 2015

National Authorities for Apprenticeships

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Development of high-quality apprenticeship-type training and excellence in work-based learning in VET through partnerships between National Authorities and relevant stakeholders

Partnerships with experts from other MS: In-depth partnerships for policy reform

Feasibility studies

Strategies for joint training centres for SMEs

National policy dialogue

Attractiveness campaigns

National business forums

Testing pilot apprenticeship schemes

Evaluating previous pilot apprenticeship schemes with a view to up-scaling

Integration of (non-formal) apprenticeships in formal VET

Erasmus+ Call for proposals 2014:National Authorities for Apprenticeships

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• First call for proposals under Erasmus+ (Key Activity 3 – Support for Policy Reform) particularly addressed to National Authorities in charge of apprenticeship systems

• 10 projects selected- starting as of November 2014

• Lead applicants from RO, HU, IT, SK, AL, BE, EL, LV, PT, DK

• Total budget: € 2,295,509.65

• Maximum duration: 24 months – followed by an evaluation to decide on a possible second call for proposals in 2016

Erasmus+ Call for proposals 2015:Comprehensive Policy Frameworks for Continuing VET

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• Key Activity 3 – Support for Policy Reform: addresses also National Authorities in charge of CVET provision

• Deadline: 30/04/2015

• Duration: 1 or 2 years/ Grants: € 150.000 or up to € 300.000

• Activities supported: feasibility studies, action plans; organisation of business forums; conferences; awareness-raising campaigns; exchanges of good practices

EPALE

Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe

http://ec.europa.eu/epaleTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Objectives:• EPALE will contribute to achieving the policy objectives set in ET

2020, the renewed Agenda for Adult Learning, the Re-thinking Education Strategy and the Opening Up Education Communication.

• Increase participation in Adult Learning, increase quality of the sector.

• EPALE is designed to become the reference point on adult learning in Europe, and should become essential to any professional in the field.

Target group:- Policy-makers- Adult education providers and their staff- European projects' partners- Researchers, teachers, trainers and students in andragogy- MediaNOT the adult learners directly

A multilingual and interactive platform

Calendar of events and

courses

E-Library News

Social media

Info on funding and

awardsBlog

Communities of practice Glossary

Partner search

Learner support

Learning environments

Life skills

Quality

Policies, strategies and financing

Themes

KEY PLAYERS:

EPALE Steering CommitteeDG EMPL Political steeringDG EAC General management EACEA Contracts CSS + NSS

CSS Development of platformNSSs Promotion and feeding of EPALE

There are currently 30 NSSs

Implementing the European Agenda for adult learning

Background and objectives• ET2020: Raise the level of adult participation in adult learning to

15% by 2020• Council Resolution on a renewed Agenda for adult learning (2011)• Resolution provides for the designation of National Coordinators

located in National administrations or in other agencies under their responsibilities; financial support to be given

• In 2014, 27 countries received a grant from the Agency• In 2015, 38 countries were invited to submit a proposal

Implementing the European Agenda for adult learning

What does it support• Awareness raising activities, such as media campaigns

or adult learning days; • Preparatory work leading to reforms of adult learning

policies;• Animation /coordination groups to ensure a better

coherence between diverse adult learning policies;• Meetings and conferences bringing together the

different actors (Ministries, social partners business , relevant non-governmental organisations…).