The European Commission is launching the call for proposal that will enable vocational education and training (VET) colleges in the EU to set up student and staff exchange programmes with colleges in the Western Balkans.
The Economic Reform Programme for the Western Balkans recognises the importance of vocational educational and training (VET) in underpinning industry and propelling economic growth. VET graduates are also job creators. Labour market relevant skills acquisition must be adopted and recognised in all types of training, be it formal, informal or non-formal as most of the training is happening in the informal sector.
Eligible applicants of this call are a public or private VET organisation active in the field of vocational education and training and legally registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country, or a legally registered consortium of public or private VET organisations registered in an Erasmus+ Programme Country.
The eligible activities of the call are as follows:
- Mobility arrangements including the identification of the target groups of staff, managers and students, preparation of training programme and learning outcomes and selection of participants;
- Learners’ mobility;
- Staff mobility;
- Training activities;
- Conferences, seminars;
- Communication, awareness raising and dissemination actions at national and regional level;
- Actions aiming at the creation and improvement of networks, exchanges of good practice;
- Mapping, analysis and research of best practice to develop in the future a comprehensive VET mobility programme.
The proposal must include in total at least seven organisations of which at least five organisations from 3 different Erasmus+ Programme Counties and two organisations from 2 out of the four targeted partners in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo*). The proposal cannot include more than 12 partners.
The maximum duration of each project is 42 months.
The submission deadline is: 17 June 2020 – 12.00 noon (Brussels time).
