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Action 2
Knowledge Alliances
What will you know at the end of the What will you know at the end of the presentation?presentation?
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PART I
The overall idea of the Programme
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Part I: Background – Where to find KA in Erasmus+Part I: Background – Where to find KA in Erasmus+
2007-2014 2014-2020: 3 Key actions
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TempusTempus
Bilat. Coop. (IC)
Bilat. Coop. (IC)
Erasmus
Mundus
Erasmus
Mundus
EdulinkEdulink
Alfa Alfa
Youth in action
Comenius
Grundtvig
Erasmus
Leonardo
1Learning Mobility
2Institutional Cooperation
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Policy
Support
International
Erasmus+
EU-EU
Knowledge Alliances
Overall objective of Knowledge AlliancesStrengthen Europe's innovation capacity
Foster innovation in higher education, enterprises and socio-economic environment
Cooperatio
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Business
Higher Education
Research
Knowledge Alliances: Cooperation and Innovation
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Promote, develop and implement long-lasting structured partnerships between business and academia to strengthen Europe's innovation capacity, stimulate entrepreneurship, stimulate 2-way knowledge exchange between HEIs and enterprises and foster excellence and
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EU Member States +Turkey, Iceland, LiechtensteinNorway, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia PARTNER COUNTRIES
ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
PART I: Programme/Partner CountriesPART I: Programme/Partner Countries
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Part I: Objectives Part I: Objectives
A consistent and comprehensive set of activitiesDevelopment and implementation of new learning and teaching methods
Develop and deliver new and innovative study programmes
Organisation of continuing educational programmes and activities with and within companies
Schemes of transversals skills' learning in cooperation with enterprises
Entrepreneurship education in any discipline
Study field related activities which are embedded in curricula
Exchange of students, researchers, teaching and company staff
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Conditions:
Knowledge Alliances may organise mobility activities of students, researchers and staff in so far as they support/complement the other activities of the Alliance and bring added value in the realisation of the project's objectives
Mobility activities do not constitute the main activities of a Knowledge Alliance; extending and scaling- up these activities would need to be supported via the Key Action 1 of this Programme or other funding instruments
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Mobility ActivitiesMobility Activities
Knowledge Alliances
Composition Minimum 6 organisations from 3 programme countries + partner
countries if added value
Minimum 2 HEIs + 2 enterprises
Duration 2 or 3 years
Budget 2 years: up to 700.000€3 years: up to 1.000.000€
Management Centralised to EACEA
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Who can Participate? - Eligible Applicants
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Who can Participate ? - Eligible PartnersWho can Participate ? - Eligible Partners
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– Structure ? Eligible Partners?Who can participate? - Associated PartnersWho can participate? - Associated Partners
PART II–The Consortia and the financing rulesPART II–The Consortia and the financing rules
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Overview about the new system1) Principles
• A new way of calculating the grant for Sector Skills and Knowledge Alliances:– based on a unit cost contribution (per group of countries and category).– Related to staff working days.
Staffs working days x unit cost = EU Grant (contribution for implementing the project). E+ Unit Cost amounts are the
result of a statistical analysis carried out on real project costs from previous generation of LLP programmes
• The resulting EU grant is the EU contribution to cover all activities/costs of the project, whatever their nature:
– Nature: staff; travel and subsistence; subcontracting; equipment; direct and indirect costs.– Activity directly linked: project management, project meetings, intellectual outputs , IT tools,
analyses, studies, dissemination, participation in events, conferences, travel, etc.).
• Optional Mobility activities:- short term mobility of learners and staff in order to support or complement the other activities
of the Alliance
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Unit cost system Staff working days
related to permanent, temporary, and interim staff employed by partner organizations and listed in the detailed project description - section III.2.3, with an employment contract and assigned to the project implementation in accordance with the provisions of the grant agreement.
Learners and volunteers working through subcontracting (e.g. freelancers, self-employed person, sole traders) cannot be considered as staff member.
unit rate cost linked to staff days includes all costs.
Ex post control – supporting documents
For staff working days: The Agency will ask the beneficiary timesheets and employment contract, pay slip etc...
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Budget based vs unit cost
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Financing mechanism for staff costs Amount
Unit costs
Subdivided in 4 categories and country groups (4 groups for Programme and 4 groups for Partner Countries)
per manager involved per day of work on the project
per researcher/ teacher/trainer involved per day of work on the project
per technician involved per day of work on the project
per administrative staff involved per day of work on the project
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Unit costs per day Unit costs (return-trip for travel)
Part II: STAFF COSTS - Grant Size and Duration Part II: STAFF COSTS - Grant Size and Duration
Project implementation (amounts in € per day) Programme CountriesThe amounts depends on a) Profile of staff b) Country of the participating organisation
ManagerTeacher/Trainer/Researcher/
Youth workerTechnician Administrative staff
B2.1 B2.2 B2.3 B2.4
Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
353 289 228 189
Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, United Kingdom
336 257 194 157
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain
197 164 122 93
Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey
106 88 66 47
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ManagerTeacher/Trainer/
Researcher/Youth worker
TechnicianAdministrative
staff
B2.1 B2.2 B2.3 B2.4Australia, Canada, Kuwait, Macao, Monaco, Qatar, San Marino 353 289 228 189
Andorra, Brunei, New Zealand, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State
336 257 194 157
Bahamas, Bahrain, Equatorial Guinea, Hong Kong, Israel, Korea (Republic of), Oman, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan
197 164 122 93
Afghanistan, Albania, and other countries (see Programme Guide for details)
106 88 66 47
Project implementation (amounts in € per day) Partner Countries
The amounts depends on a) Profile of staff b) Country of the participating organisation
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PART III – The application and PART III – The application and
Selection procedureSelection procedure
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Part III- Application and Selection procedurePart III- Application and Selection procedureIndicative roadmap for selection process-KAIndicative roadmap for selection process-KA
Steps Date
Publication of the Call for Proposals 2 October 2014
Deadline for submission of applications 26 February 2015
Expert assessment March- June 2015
Award Decision July-August 2015
Notification of applicants and Publication of results on EACEA web site
September 2015
Preparation and signature of grant agreements
September- October 2015
Start of Eligibility Period 1 November 2015
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When? How? Where?When? How? Where?One deadline - submission on-line to EACEAApplication form and annexes = unique reference information.
What?What? Application form:
eForm: project data – parts A, B, C+ compulsory annexes:
Detailed project description (Word doc) Budget tables (Excel doc) Declaration of Honour (in one single PDF doc)
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Part A partly pre-filled with info from Participant Portal -
PIC
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eForm (PDF Adobe doc)A. Identification of the applicant and other partnersB. Description of the project (summary information)C. Specific information related to KA
Detailed project description (Word doc. Attached to eForm)0. Profile of the consortium & involvement in previous projectsI. Project relevanceII. Quality of the project design and implementationIII, Quality of the partnership, the team and the cooperation arrangementsIV. Impact, dissemination and exploitation, sustainability V. Additional Project information (if applicable)VI. Work plan and work packages VII. Special arrangements regarding mobility (if applicable)
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Part III: What is assessed? Assessment of KA Projects
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Part III: What is assessed? Eligibility Criteria
Part III: What is assessed? Exclusion and Selection Criteria
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Part III: What is assessed? Award CriteriaPart III: What is assessed? Award CriteriaPart III: What is assessed? Award CriteriaPart III: What is assessed? Award Criteria
To be considered for funding, proposals must score at least 70 points. Furthermore, they must score minimum 13 points for the categories "relevance of the project" and "quality of the project team and cooperation arrangements"; 16 points for the
category "quality of the project design and implementation", and 11 points forthe category "impact and dissemination".
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Part III: What is assessed ? Part III: What is assessed ?
Award Criterion 1 - Relevance Award Criterion 1 - Relevance
Part III: What is assessed ? Part III: What is assessed ?
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Part III: What is assessed ?Part III: What is assessed ?
Award Criterion 2-Quality of the project design andimplementation
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Part III: What is assessed ? Part III: What is assessed ?
Award Criterion 3: Quality of the project team and thecooperation arrangements
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Part III: What is assessed ? Part III: What is assessed ?
Award Criterion 4: Impact and dissemination
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Award Criterion 4: Impact and dissemination
Part III: What is assessed? - Selection ProcessPart III: What is assessed? - Selection Process
EACEAEligibility check
Assessment by Independent
expertsRanking on
QUALITY based on award criteria
EACEA
Evaluation Committee
EACEA, DG EACFinal ranking list
Grant Award Decision
EACEA
Project Proposal
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