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Erasmus+Sector Skills Alliances

Felix RohnDirectorate-General Education and Culture

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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 Skills

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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Sector – in which sense?

Economic sector as defined by Eurostat (NACE)

Examples:

C-Manufacturing

J-Information and communication

Q-Human health and social work

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Activity sets

Deliver transnational

VET curriculum/a

Design transnational VET curriculum/a

Identify skills gaps; Define training needs for occupational profile/s

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European

Qualifi- cation

Framework

European Quality

Assurance Framework

for VET

Learning Outcomes Approach

European Credit

System for VET

Application of European

reference tools

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Expected Outcomes

Evidence on sector skills

needs/competence standards

Joint curriculum

design

Joint curriculum delivery/

Recognition

Dissemination/

professional orientation

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Partnership "Trio"

European transnational VET curriculum

Bodies with regulatory function

Vocational Education & Training providers

Partners representative in sector with sector–expertise/R

esearch

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Call 2015

Deadline for submission: 26 February 2015

Available budget: ~ € 6 m

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

• Tourism

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Main funding rules• Duration: 2 or 3 years• Grants: € 700.000 or up to € 1.000.000

Target• Up to 150 Sector Skills Alliances by 2020

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Additional information on the internet

Erasmus+:http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

On-going pilot projects:http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/vocational-policy/sector-skills_en.htm