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Erasmus+ for Higher Education Webinar for KA2 Applicants
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS (SP) Call 2020
Anne [email protected]
Outline of the Presentation
• What are Strategic Partnerships and what are their aims?
• General conditions for a strategic partnership project
• Funding Mechanism
• Selection results of previous rounds
• Application procedure and Assessment Criteria
• Further information
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What are Strategic Partnershipsand what are their aims?
What are E+ Strategic Partnerships?
• Flexible projects based on needs analysis• Development, implementation and transfer of
innovative outputs concrete and long-lastingresults and outputs required
• Selected activities (including mobility activities) to achieve desired aims and produce planned results
• Active dissemination and exploitation activities• Addressing specific policy priorities in the field of
higher education (Renewed EU agenda for higher education) and HEI’s own strategy
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What are the Aims of Strategic Partnerships?
To implement joint initiatives promoting cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experience at European level
To support the development, transfer and implementation of innovative practices
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Cross-sectoral Strategic Partnerships
• Projects that include cooperation betweendifferent education sectors are encouraged
• Innovative projects searching solutions for issuesrelevant for more than one sector e.g.: youth unemployment, climate change, language skills, ICT skills, entrepreneurial skills, radicalisation etc.
• Recommended to include organisations from all the sectors that are involved in the project
• Important: what it the ”most impacted sector”? select the application form acccordingly
Horizontal priorities for SP Supporting opportunities for all in acquiring and developing key competences
Social inclusion
Common values, civic engagement and participation
Environmental and climate goals
Innovative practices in a digital era
Support for educators
Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications
Sustainable investment, quality and efficiency of education
Social and educational value of European cultural heritage, its contribution to job creation, economic growth and social cohesion
NEW!
SP Priorities in HEActions that are key to achieving the objectives of the European Education Area: e.g. strengthening links between education, research and innovation and promotingmobility of students and staff. Promoting internationalisation, recognition and mobility in line with Bologna process. • Promoting internationalisation• Tackling skills gaps and mismatches• Rewarding excellence in learning, teaching and skills development• Building inclusive HE systems• Fostering civic engagement• Supporting the implementation of the European Student Card• Fostering effective, efficient and sustainable system-level funding and governance
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What makes a good Strategic Partnership?
Relevance to policy objectives
Innovativeness
Effective dissemination and sustainability plan
Impact
Involving institutional governance
Committed and competent consortium with relevant stakeholders
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General Conditions for an SP project
General conditions for SP
Minimum partnership: 3 organisations from 3 programme countries.
• In addition to HEIs e.g. enterprises, public authorities and associations• Organisations from third countries may also participate if they bring clear added
value to the project.
Project duration 2-3 years, funding max. € 450,000 / 3 years
• Smaller / larger projects (proportionality principle in assessment)
De-centralised administration (Applications in Finland to the National Erasmus+ Agency, Opetushallitus / EDUFI)
What are Intellectual Outputs?
• Result= capacity building, changes in the mindset/working habits, increasing quality etc. intangible results
• Output= method, guide, model, study module, survey, specific software etc. tangible results (= intellectual outputs)
Examples of Intellectual Outputs in Finnish applications
• The number of Intellectual Outputs has varied between 2-9• Examples of Intellectual Outputs applied for:
• Joint Curricula, study programme or module• New methodology, pedagogical approach• Analysis, survey, best practice guide• Digital tools or platforms, MOOC• Teaching material• Guide books/ guidelines (eg. for use of teaching material)• Specific online platform for studies / cooperation / sharing
information
Transnational Learning, Teaching and Training activities
Type of activity Particularly relevant for
Blended mobility of learners All fields of education, training and youth
Intensive Study Programmes Higher education
Long-term teaching or training assignments Higher education, VET, School and Adult education
Short-term joint staff training events All fields of education, training and youth
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For detailed requirements (duration, eligible participants etc.) of eachactivity, see Annex I of the Programme Guide:https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/programme-guide/annexes/annex-i/strategic-partnerships_en
Transnational Learning, Teaching and Training activities: Intensive Study programmes• Participants are students and teachers but level of individual support and
minimum duration for them are different detailed separately in the application form for the same intensive programme
• SP-HE-IPL - Intensive programmes for higher education learners travel and individual support for students
• SP-IP-HE - Intensive programmes for teaching staff travel and individual support for teachers
• SP-HE-IST - Invited teachers at higher education Intensive Study Programmestravel and individual support for experts invited from outside the project partnership
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Funding Mechanism
Budget Framework
7 different cost items, from which applicants will choose the items, accordingly to the project’s activities:
1. Management and implementation 2. Transnational project meetings3. Intellectual outputs4. Multiplier events5. Transnational learning/teaching/training activities6. Exceptional costs (eg. Subcontracting)7. Special needs support
Budget items based on UNIT COSTS (items 1-5):
1. Management: unit cost per MONTH per ORGANISATION2. Project Meetings: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS in project meetings / DISTANCE BAND3. Number of planned WORKING DAYS needed to produce intellectual outputs (4 staff
categories, 4 country categories)4. Organisational costs of multiplier events based on NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
(categories for domestic and foreign participants)5. Number of mobilities planned for learning/teaching/training activities (depends on
DURATION and DISTANCE BAND)
In the final report: no real costs have to be reported, but how activites, mobilities, events have been carried out.
Calculating the Budget
What does the budget cover? Level of co-funding?
Eligible period for costs: 24 months (1.9.2020-31.8.2022) or 36 months (1.9.2020-31.8.2023)
The total project grant• Will be capped at 300.000€ /24months or 450.000€ / 36 months• Support for Project Management and Implementation capped at 10
organisations (1+9)
Self Financing Share• EU support will not cover all the costs. Participating organisations will need their
own funding for the implementation. • The self-financing share is not defined and the applicants don’t have to indicate
it in the application • Make “a shadow budget” with real estimated costs for yourself!
Selection results of previous rounds
Results of SP Application Rounds 2014-19 in Finland
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Funded projects in 2019• ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO, SAVINGSCAPES: Fostering collaborative knowledge
creation and civic engagement in the field of landscape governance(SavingScapes)
• JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO, Computational Thinking and Acting (CoTA)• TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSÄÄTIÖ SR, Intercultural Communication and
Neighbourness Learning (WeLearn)• TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSÄÄTIÖ SR, Youth and Social Circus Arts – an
innovative and inclusive education for Europe (Circus++)• TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY, Digital and Critical Views on Public Art
Pedagogy (PARTGO)• TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY, Renewing Ergonomic Education for
Health Care Students in European HEIs (RENE)• TURUN YLIOPISTO, Creative and Design Thinking MOOC (CDTMOOC)
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Application procedure and Assessment Criteria
Application round 2020• Deadline 24.3.2020 at 13.00 Finnish Time (12 CET)
• Preliminary Budget HE Strategic Partnerships in Finland at least 1,8 M€• funding for ~ 5 projects (or more)
• (2019: 2,4 M€ - 7 projects selected)
Timeline
• External evaluation in April – May
• Results in June-July 2020,
• Project period begins 1.9.2020
Assessment Criteriao Relevance of the project (max 30 p.)o Quality of the project design and implementation (max 20 p.)o Quality of the project team and the cooperation arrangements (max 20 p.)o Impact and dissemination (max 30 p.)
Total Points 0-100
o Minimum requirements :o 60 pointso at least half of the maximum points in each award criteria mentioned above
Erasmus+ Guide for Experts on Quality Assessment 2018 (pdf)
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Further Information
Webinars for SP Applicants• Webinar: Guidance for Applicants of Strategic Partnerships 30 January at 9.30-
11.30 (in English).
• Suomenkieliset kaikkien sektoreiden yhteiset hakuneuvontawebinaarit:
• Webinaari I: Miten valmistelen hanketta vaikuttavuuden näkökulmasta tiistai 10.12.2019 klo 14.00–16.00
• Webinaari II: Hankesuunnitelman laatiminen (tuotteet, työsuunnitelma, aikataulut, toiminnot) tiistai 14.1.2020 klo 14.00–16.00
• Webinaari III: Hakulomake tiistai 21.1.2020 klo 14.00–15.00
• Webinaari IV: Budjetointi tiistai 4.2.2020 klo 13.00–14.30
• Webinaari V: Kyselytunti hakijoille tiistai 10.3.2020 klo 14.00–15.00
Useful Links• SP on Opetushallitus / EDUFI website:
• https://www.oph.fi/en/programmes/strategic-partnerships
• Strategic Partnerships in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide: • https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/programme-guide/part-b/three-key-
actions/key-action-2/strategic-partnerships-field-education-training-youth_en• https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/programme-guide/annexes/annex-
i/strategic-partnerships_en
• Erasmus+ Project Results Platform: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/
• General information on the application round (Opetushallitus / EDUFI): https://www.oph.fi/fi/ohjelmat/nain-haet-rahoitusta-erasmus-ohjelmasta (English translation is coming)
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