2017 call erasmus+ information sessions uk: adult education
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Key Action 1 and Key Action 2 opportunities in the field of Adult Education November 2016
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KA1: Mobility for Adult Education staff
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Teach or train abroad
Three types of decentralised project
Key Action 1
Key Action 2
Key Action 3
Key Action 1: Mobility
Largest part of the programme with just under 75% of UK budget allocated; all fields can apply
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Organisations can apply for funding to offer opportunities to staff, including:• Teachers and trainers• Staff involved in the strategic
development of participating organisations• Volunteers
KA1: teach or train abroad
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• Delivering teaching or training• Participating in structured courses or
training events• Job-shadowing / observation periods• Duration: two days to two months
KA1: activities
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• Public or private organisations active in the field of Adult Education
• The applicant can lead a national mobility consortium
• All organisations must be established in a Programme country
KA1: eligible participating organisations
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• Organisations make an application to send participants on mobility activities abroad
• Only one application per selection round per Adult Education organisation/the same national mobility consortium
• Receiving organisation(s) do not have to feature in the application (but better if they do!)
• Projects can last one to two years
KA1: how does it work?
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KA1 BudgetBudget Item Description Funding Type
Travel Return travel costs of participants, including accompanying persons
Unit costs
Top-up for expensive domestic travel costs
Travel costs to reach a main transport hub in the country of origin and/or a remote place from a main hub in the receiving country
Unit costs (if applicable)
Organisational support
Implementation ofmobility activities (e.g. preparation, monitoring, validation of learning outcomes, dissemination).
Unit costs
Individual support
Subsistence of participants, including accompanying persons
Unit costs
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KA1 Budget (continued) Budget Item Description Funding Type
Course fees Fees for the enrolment in structured courses
Unit costs (if applicable)
Special needs support
Costs directly related to participantswith disabilities and accompanying persons (including travel and subsistence, if justified and not already requested)
Actual costs 100%(if applicable)
Exceptional costs
1. Financial guarantee, if requested by the NA
2. Expensive travel costs from/to outermost regions and Overseas Countries and Territories
% Actual costs (if applicable)
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• Travel:• distance band 10 to 99 km added• support for 8000 km+ increased
• Top-up for expensive domestic travel• Exceptional costs now include expensive
travel costs of participants from and/or to outermost regions and OCTs
KA1 funding: what’s new?
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KA1 in 2016: statistics• 22 eligible applications received• 18 approved for funding• Success rate: 82%• Average funding awarded to approved
projects: €46,463
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KA1 benefits
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KA1: why take part?Support your professional development:• Enhance your teaching and working experience• Discover alternative ways of working• Share new ideasSupport your organisation:• Increase teaching quality• Develop international networks• Motivate staff
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Case study
(Click to watch video)
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KA2: Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education
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Improve practice
Three types of decentralised project
Key Action 1
Key Action 2
Key Action 3
Key Action 2: PartnershipsJust under 25% of UK budget allocated; all fields can apply
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• Organisations work together to address policy objectives, common challenges and needs
• Priority topics for 2017 are in the Programme Guide – applications must address at least one
• Flexibility in terms of the size and scale of the project, and the partnership
KA2 Strategic Partnerships
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• Organisations need to work in partnership with organisations from different countries
• Minimum three partners from different Programme countries
• One organisation applies for funding on behalf of the whole partnership
• Funding is up to €150,000 per year • Project length (AE): 12 to 36 months
How does it work?
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(1) Supporting Innovation• Develop innovative outputs and/or
engage in intensive dissemination or exploitation of new or existing products or innovative ideas
• Can request additional Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Event funding
• Can include Teaching, Training and Learning activities, where justified
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(2) Exchange of Practices• Main aim is to increase capacity and share
ideas, practices and methods• Activities and outputs proportionate to the
scope and aims of the project• No funding available for Intellectual
Outputs or Multiplier Events• Can include Teaching, Training and
Learning activities where justified
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Activities• Curriculum/course
development• Learning, teaching,
training, new methods, approaches and tools
• Collaboration and peer-learning
• Capacity building and networking
• Information, advice and guidance activities
• Surveys, evidence gathering, case studies
• Development of standards and profiles
• Improvement of qualification frameworks
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Mobility in Strategic Partnerships• Training, teaching and learning (mobility)
activities can be included where justified• Must clearly support the delivery of project
objectives• Mobility activities for staff or adult learners are
possible:• Long-term teaching or training assignments • Short-term joint staff training events• Blended mobility of learners
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KA2 Budget Budget Item Description Funding
TypeProject Type
Project Management & Implementation
Local, cooperation and small-scale activities, including dissemination
Unit Costs All
Transnational Project Meetings
Meetings with project partners
Unit Costs All
Intellectual Outputs (IOs)
Substantial, high quality, tangible outputs
Unit Costs Innovation Only
Multiplier Events Seminars, events or conferences to disseminate IOs
Unit Costs Innovation Only
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KA2 Budget (continued) Budget Item Description Funding
TypeProject Type
Exceptional Costs (Goods and services)
Subcontracting of goods or services that cannot be provided by partners
Actual Costs 75%
Any – where justified
Special Needs Support
Additional costs directly related to participants with disabilities
Actual Costs 100 %
Any – where justified
Teaching, Training and Learning Activities
Joint staff trainingBlended mobility for learnersTeaching or training assignments
Unit Costs Any – where justified
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• Travel:• distance band 10 to 99 km added• support for 8000 km+ increased
• Top-up for expensive domestic travel• Exceptional costs now include expensive
travel costs of participants from and/or to outermost regions and OCTs
KA2 funding: what’s new?
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• 55 applications received• Budget requested: €12,737,328• 30 applications from new applicants• 36% of successful projects funded• Funding awarded: €4,476,495.30
KA2 in 2016: statistics
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KA2 benefits
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• Develop partnerships and networks• Address common challenges and needs• Exchange practices and approaches• Develop innovative outputs to improve
teaching and learning• Realise synergies with organisations working
in different fields• Involve staff and learners
KA2: Why take part?
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KA2 – Supporting InnovationObjectives: Develop an Open Educational Resource (OER) platform to support language learning and digital competences. To develop and test new language teaching materials and make them freely available via an online platform, in ten languages
Key activities: Transnational partner meetings; developing Intellectual Outputs (language teaching courses and OER platform); piloting the online course with adult learners during blended learner mobility activities; and disseminating the Intellectual Outputs via Multiplier Events
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KA2 –Exchange of PracticesObjectives: To work with partners to exchange practice and develop common approaches to improving ICT and entrepreneurship skills amongst adults from disadvantaged backgrounds across Europe
Key activities: Transnational partner meetings; developing a project website to showcase tools and materials shared and developed during the project; small scale dissemination activities and local testing and evaluation activities with learners
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Next stepsNext steps
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• Read the 2017 Call Programme Guide and Guidance for applicants carefully
• Register online with the European Commission’s EU Login (formerly ECAS) system to obtain a unique reference code for your organisation (PIC)
• Check the eligibility and quality criteria and the budget rules when putting your application together
• Complete and submit the eForm before the deadline:
• KA1: 12 midday (Brussels time), 2 February 2017• KA2: 12 midday (Brussels time), 29 March 2017
How to apply
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• Stay informed: sign up to our newsletter for regular news and important alerts
• Read up: The 2017 Call Programme Guide and our additional Guidance for Applicants
• Learn more: consult our website and join our application support webinars
• Let us help: contact our helplines for more information or to discuss your project idea
Next steps
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Other resources: EPALE
http://ec.europa.eu/epale/en
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Adult Education enquiries: Ecorys UKT: 0121 212 8947E: [email protected]
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