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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
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