Capacity building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of VET in Programme and third countries not associated to the Programme. They aim to support the relevance, accessibility, and responsiveness of VET institutions and systems in third countries not associated to the Programme as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development.
This action intends to increase the capacity of VET providers – especially in the fields of management, governance, inclusion, quality assurance, and innovation – so that they are better equipped to engage with private sector/enterprises/business associations to explore employment opportunities and jointly develop responsive VET interventions. International partnerships should contribute to improving the quality of VET in the third countries not associated to the Programme, notably by reinforcing the capacities of VET staff and teachers as well as by strengthening the link between VET providers and the labour market.
Proposals should focus on one or more of the following themes:
The budget available is divided between different regions of the world (i.e. Western Balkans, Neighbourhood East, South-Mediterranean countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Caribbean) and the size of each budgetary envelope is different.
80%
The EU grant per project will vary from a minimum of €100,000 to a maximum of €400,000.
Any public or private organisation active in the VET field and legally established in an EU Member State or eligible third country associated to the Programme. Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme cannot be coordinators.
Type of eligible organisations can be (non-exhaustive list):
Capacity building projects are transnational and must involve at least 4 organisations (coordinator and full partners) from minimum 3 countries:
The consortium must include at least one VET provider at non-tertiary education level.
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
www.erasmusplus.cy
info@llp.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 448 888
Youth Board of Cyprus
www.erasmusplus.cy
erasmusplus@onek.org.cy
Tel: +357 22 402 644
(Publish Date: 12/12/2022-for internal use only)
European Education and Culture Executive Agency:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en