CALL:  Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth (Call Reference: 2016/C 386/09)

FUNDING BODY: European Commission. Note: Decentralized Programme. Budget is managed by the National Agency of the country in which the applicant organization (the coordinator) is established.

CALL FOCUS:

• Strategic Partnerships aim to support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices as well as the implementation of joint initiatives promoting cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experience at European level.
• Depending on the objectives and the composition of the Strategic Partnership, projects may be of two types:
  o Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation. Projects are expected to develop innovative outputs, and/or engage into intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing and newly produced products or innovative ideas. Applicants have the possibility to request a dedicated budget for Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Events in order to directly answer to the innovation aspect of the Action. These types of projects are open to all fields of education, training and youth.
  • Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good practices. The primary goal is to allow organisations to develop and reinforce networks, increase their capacity to operate at transnational level, share and confront ideas, practices and methods. Selected projects may also produce tangible outputs and are expected to disseminate the results of their activities, although in a way that is proportional to the aim and scope of the project. These results and activities will be co-financed through the standard budget for project management and implementation. Strategic Partnerships relevant to the field of higher education will not support these types of projects.
• Strategic Partnerships are open to any type of organisation active in any field of education, training and youth or other socio-economic sectors as well as to organisations carrying out activities that are transversal to different fields (e.g. local and regional authorities, recognition and validation centres, chambers of commerce, trade organisations, guidance centres, cultural organisations).

Furhter information on Eligible Institutions, Priority Topics and Types of Actions, Eligible Costs and Financing Mechanism, and Remarks.

INDICATIVE BUDGET: Strategic Partnerships Key Action 2: 423.237,170 €.

DEADLINES: Partnerships in the fields of Higher Education, VET and Adult education: 29 March at 12:00 pm (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1 September and 31 December of the same year.

LINKS:

• http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources_en#tab-1-0
• http://www.sepie.es