EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Purpose of the call and stakeholders
The purpose is to finance projects for the development and implementation of educational campaigns for awareness rising regarding resource management, waste recycling and circular economy among educational institutions (schools) and the population.
The call targets educational institutions (schools) and the general public.

Location

Activities should be carried out on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Donor States (Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway).

Important!

Each applicant may submit only one project proposal under this Call. In case an applicant has submitted more than one project proposal, only the first project proposal submitted will be admitted for evaluation.

Important!

If the applicant has submitted more than one version of a project proposal, the latest version submitted within the deadline for receiving the project proposals will be evaluated and the previous ones will be considered as withdrawn.
If a participant is a partner in more than 2 (two) projects, only the first two of his project proposals submitted by the deadline for receiving the project proposals will be eligible for evaluation.

General objectives

The purpose of this call is not to use music as a means to
achieve social inclusion, but rather to attract less advantaged children to the world of music. the overall aim of this call is the
elaboration and implementation of at least 8 innovative approaches to foster informal/non-formal music education and learning, involving either education institutions or representatives/representative organisations from the education sector cooperating with representatives/representative organisations of the music sector. The objective is to test small-scale projects with a European dimension. 

Specific objectives
The proposals should demonstrate their contribution to the general objective by covering the two following specific objectives:
1. Promote the cooperation between non-formal/informal education and the music sector with the aim to foster social inclusion, i.e. access to music for less advantaged children or community involvement;
2. Develop a small-scale project with a clear European added value, that is suitable for the exchange of good practices and could lead to a knowledge transfer for similar projects in other countries.

• BUDGET AVAILABLE
  
  The maximum grant per project will be EUR 30,000.00.
  The Commission expects to fund at least 8 proposals.
  The maximum co-financing rate will be 80%

EIT Digital is looking for a partner for media relations and -engagement as to support the promotion of its purpose and activities and to generate media coverage amongst a selection of
our four European focus countries, hereinafter referred to as Tier #1 countries. In 2020 the Tier#1
Countries will be:
1. Germany;
2. France;
3. Spain;
4. United Kingdom

To achieve our previously described goals, Client has set its own following pan-European media coverage targets for 2019. These KPIs show the focus of EIT Digital Communication team’s daily
activities. The Client’s own communications function is also constantly working towards these goals and the aim is not to outsource meeting them to the PR Agency but to achieve them in
collaboration.
 CEO: 20 (print or online) + 8 TV/Radio;
 Chief Research & Innovation Officer: 5 Tier #1 (print or online) + 2 TV/Radio;
 Chief Education Officer: 5 (print or online) + 2 TV/Radio;
 Each Tier #1 country: 5 (print or online);
 Academy: 50 (print or online);
 Innovation Activities: 50 (print or online);
 Start-up acceleration: 15 (print or online) .

This year’s Call focuses on the six following priorities:

Priority 1 – Acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults

Priority 2 – Designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs

Priority 3 - Promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance

Priority 4 - Promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education

Priority 5 - Promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions

Priority 6 - Higher education – achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions

The overall available budget is of 12.000.000 EUR and the maximum grant per project is equal to 500.000 EUR.

The creation of a curated catalogue of European films and related pedagogical material to be made available to young people between 11 and 18 years old attending primary and secondary schools in the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme. 

The catalogue shall include well-known movies that have contributed to the history of European filmography to be used in the context of Film Education activities.

Deadline:07/03/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time) 

General objectives

Projects submitted under this call under both lots should aim at:

1.

Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive education/youth environments and/or on promoting common values, initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale/transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a higher/systemic level;

or

2.

Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education/youth environments and promote common values in specific contexts.

Deadline: 23/05/2018

What is new in the 2018 call for CBHE?

• The Special Mobility Strand (SMS) has been removed.
• There are three National and Regional priority areas instead of four and they have been revised.
• The minimum number of Programme Countries required in a consortium has been decreased from three countries to two.
• Future CBHE projects will be offered two options for the start of the eligibility period: 15 November 2018 or 15 January 2019.
• The grant rate for the highest travel band has been increased to €1500.
• Exceptional travel costs have been introduced.

What is new in the 2018 call for CBHE?

• The Special Mobility Strand (SMS) has been removed.
• There are three National and Regional priority areas instead of four and they have been revised.
• The minimum number of Programme Countries required in a consortium has been decreased from three countries to two.
• Future CBHE projects will be offered two options for the start of the eligibility period: 15 November 2018 or 15 January 2019.
• The grant rate for the highest travel band has been increased to €1500.
• Exceptional travel costs have been introduced.

Deadline: 8 February 2018 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time).

The objective is to develop, test and evaluate data collection, data handling and data dissemination methods for a European longitudinal study of tertiary education graduate outcomes to provide a sound basis on which a decision can be made on a possible full roll-out of such a study in the future.

Deadline:  22 September 2017

The LLLPlatform will reward three outstanding initiatives or projects under the following three categories:

1. Education and Democracy: This category will reward initiatives that enhance critical thinking using digital tools, that raises awareness of civic rights within the internet, and promote active participation in democracy in the digital era.
2. Education and Social Inclusion: This category will reward initiatives that tackle the issue of access to and inclusion to digital learning. This award will demonstrate the need to push forward the digital agenda in a way that allows all learners to benefit from a digital education, namely learners from a disadvantaged background but also adults having left school.
3. Education and Innovative Pedagogy: This category will reward initiatives using digital tools in learning/teaching in an innovative manner, or participating in transforming teaching and learning methods through technology.

Deadline:1 July 2017

The specific objectives of this call are to:
— Promote trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among public authorities at the highest institutional level of the eligible countries in order to foster systemic improvement and innovation in the education and training fields,
— Enhance the collection and analysis of substantive evidence to ensure the successful implementation of innovative measures,
— Facilitate the transferability and scalability of innovative measures.

The priority themes for this call are:
LOT 1
— Digital education and competences
— Teaching and teachers
LOT 2
— Funding mechanisms for upskilling and reskilling, including schemes similar to Individual Learning Accounts
— Policy and processes to support the validation of non-formal and informal learning, including through effective guidance

For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the
United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17 of the grant agreement.

This call for proposals will support transnational cooperation projects in the fields of general education and training and adult education.

The call comprises two lots:

Lot 1 — General education and training

Lot 2 — Adult education

Each application must address one general objective and one of the specific objectives, which are listed separately for Lot 1 and for Lot 2. Both the general and specific objectives of the call are exhaustive: proposals that do not address them will not be considered.

The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80 % of the total eligible project costs.

The maximum grant per project will be:

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EUR 400 000 for projects of 24 months duration;

—

EUR 500 000 for projects of 36 months duration.

Objectives:

The aim of this call is to support projects for the creation of transnational and national networks and partnerships of VET providers in initial and continuing VET with a view to supporting policy reflection at a European level, as well as promoting awareness and implementation of European VET policies at national and regional levels.
The overall objective of the call is to invite the submission of proposals for bottom up partnerships which should encourage the creation of transnational and national VET providers' networks and partnerships to work together at national and European level.

Proposals should be submitted under one of the following two Lots:
— Lot 1: National, regional or sectoral VET provider organisations

— Lot 2: European umbrella VET provider organisations

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of EUR 6 million with an indicative
distribution of EUR 4 million for Lot 1 and EUR 2 million for Lot 2. The maximum EU co-financing rate will be 80 %.
Each grant will amount to between EUR 300 000 and EUR 500 000 for Lot 1 and between EUR 600 000 and EUR 800 000 for Lot 2.

Deadline: 31/01/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

General objectives
Proposals should address one of the two general objectives below:
1. Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive learning and on promoting common values, initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale/transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a higher/systemic level;
or
2. Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education and promote common values.

Projects are encouraged to involve role models in their activities, where appropriate.

BUDGET AVAILABLE:
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 10 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80 % of the total eligible project costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 500 000

Deadline: 26/02/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

The general objective is to promote the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of education and training systems through the collection and evaluation of evidence on the systemic impact of innovative policy measures. This call requires the involvement of high-level public authorities of the eligible countries and the use of sound and widely recognised evaluation methods based on field trials (experimentation).
The specific objectives of this call are to:
— Promote trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among public authorities at the highest institutional level of the eligible countries in order to foster systemic improvement and innovation in the education and training fields,
— Enhance the collection and analysis of substantive evidence to ensure the successful implementation of innovative measures,
— Facilitate the transferability and scalability of innovative measures.

KEY PLAYERS IN POLICY EXPERIMENTATION
Three key players in European policy experimentations are: the responsible public authorities, the researchers and the target groups. Other partners can also play major roles, for example in terms of coordination, supervision, mediation or expertise.
When preparing an application, it is essential to involve all the relevant actors.
They should reach a consensus on the main elements of the experimentation, including : objectives, analysis of needs, the measure to be tested, the initial hypothesis, structures to be involved, target groups, potential participants in the field trials (including identification and selection criteria), human and financial resources, expected quantitative and qualitative outcomes, research and analysis methodologies, potential for follow-up, etc..

Deadline: 10/04/2018 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

For Lot 1: Education and Training – an Information Day will be organised in Brussels at the Agency on 10th November 2017

Civil Society Cooperation in the fields of Education and Training and Youth" are activities funded under Key Action 3 - Support for Policy Reform of the Erasmus+Programme.

The present Call will provide funding through the two following Lots:

Civil society cooperation in the field of education and training (Lot 1)
Civil society cooperation in the field of youth (Lot 2)

An organisation may submit only one application, either for a Framework Partnership Agreement or for an Annual Operating Grant.

Deadline: 14/12/17

Deadline: 28/02/2018 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)

Eligibility
Any public or private body active in the fields of education, training, youth and sport may apply for funding within the
Erasmus+ Programme. In addition, groups of young people who are active in youth work, but not necessarily in the
context of a youth organisation, may apply for funding for learning mobility of young people and youth workers as well
as for Strategic partnerships in the field of youth.
The following Programme Countries can fully take part in all Erasmus+ Programme actions 
— the Member States of the European Union,
— the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway,
— EU candidate countries: Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
In addition, certain Erasmus+ Programme actions are open to organisations from partner countries.
Please refer to the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for further details on the modalities of participation.
For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the
United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in
particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where
possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project.

The aim of the call is to make information on study and research opportunities in European programme countries more visible and accessible through a range of products, services and events.

Deadline:  15/09/2017, 12:00 (CET)