Forward-looking cooperation projects

Reforming higher education to make it more diversified,

responsive and competitive

Ms Margie Waters Ms Daphne Scherer

(DG Education and Culture B.1)

Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture

Proposals welcome under any of the 5 pillars of the EU Proposals welcome under any of the 5 pillars of the EU Agenda for the Modernisation of Higher EducationAgenda for the Modernisation of Higher Education

Support to EU tools for modernisationSupport to EU tools for modernisation

Forward-looking cooperation projects

Priority 6: Reforming higher education to make it more Priority 6: Reforming higher education to make it more diversified, responsive and competitivediversified, responsive and competitive

Date: in 12 pts

Priority 6: Reforming higher education to make it more diversified, responsive Priority 6: Reforming higher education to make it more diversified, responsive and competitiveand competitiveDeveloping relevant, innovative and multidisciplinary learning and teaching strategies;Reinforcing the role of teachers in student success, offering training for the development of professional skills and exploring new and creative pedagogies;Reinforcing the learning outcomes-based approach in higher education, including their role in assessment of graduate skills;Developing new strategies at system or institutional level for enhancing the effective autonomy of institutions and their ability to set strategic direction;Allowing easy sharing, exchange or transfer of data, for example by enabling digital student data portability;Facilitating learning mobility, for example in the provision of affordable accommodation for Erasmus+ students.

Forward-looking cooperation projects

Date: in 12 pts

Forward Looking Cooperation Projects

Proposed and managed by major stakeholders capable of influencing EU policy agenda and long-term impact

Developing innovative policy approaches with the potential of being mainstreamed and giving input for improving educational policies

Supporting trans-national cooperation focusing on emerging issues

Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture

Composition: Minimum 3 organisations from 3 programme countries

Duration: between 24 and 36 months

Budget: up to 500.000€ (maximum co-financing rate of 75% of eligible project

costs)

Management: centralised to EACEA

Start date: between 1 Nov 2015 and 1 Jan 2016

Forward Looking Cooperation Projects

Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture

Foster intense, structured and long term cooperation among HEIs and with key stakeholders to contribute to achieving the objectives of the HE Modernisation Agenda

Promote, develop and implement long-lasting structured partnerships between business and academia to strengthen Europe's innovation capacity, stimulate entrepreneurship, stimulate two-way knowledge exchange between HEIs and enterprises and foster excellence and innovation

Strategic Partnerships Knowledge Alliances

KA2 opportunities

Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture

Forward-looking cooperation

projects

Strategic partnerships

Knowledge Alliances

Composition

Minimum 3 key stakeholders from 3

programme countries

Minimum 3 organisations from 3

programme countries + partner countries if

added value

Minimum 6 organisations from 3 programme countries + partner

countries if added value

Minimum 2 HEIs + 2 enterprises

Duration between 2 and 3 years between 2 and 3 years 2 or 3 years

Budget up to 500.000€ between 300.000 €and 450.000 €

% pro-rata

2 years: up to 700.000€3 years: up to 1.000.000€

Management

Centralised to EACEA Decentralised to National Agencies

Centralised to EACEA

Date: in 12 pts

2015 Call deadlines

Education and Culture