Key Action 1 and Key Action 2 opportunities in the field of Adult Education November 2016

KA1: Mobility for Adult Education staff

Teach or train abroad

Three types of decentralised project

Key Action 1

Key Action 2

Key Action 3

Key Action 1: Mobility

Largest part of the programme with just under 75% of UK budget allocated; all fields can apply

Organisations can apply for funding to offer opportunities to staff, including:• Teachers and trainers• Staff involved in the strategic

development of participating organisations• Volunteers

KA1: teach or train abroad

• Delivering teaching or training• Participating in structured courses or

training events• Job-shadowing / observation periods• Duration: two days to two months

KA1: activities

• Public or private organisations active in the field of Adult Education

• The applicant can lead a national mobility consortium

• All organisations must be established in a Programme country

KA1: eligible participating organisations

• Organisations make an application to send participants on mobility activities abroad

• Only one application per selection round per Adult Education organisation/the same national mobility consortium

• Receiving organisation(s) do not have to feature in the application (but better if they do!)

• Projects can last one to two years

KA1: how does it work?

KA1 BudgetBudget Item Description Funding Type

Travel Return travel costs of participants, including accompanying persons

Unit costs

Top-up for expensive domestic travel costs

Travel costs to reach a main transport hub in the country of origin and/or a remote place from a main hub in the receiving country

Unit costs (if applicable)

Organisational support

Implementation ofmobility activities (e.g. preparation, monitoring, validation of learning outcomes, dissemination).

Unit costs

Individual support

Subsistence of participants, including accompanying persons

Unit costs

KA1 Budget (continued) Budget Item Description Funding Type

Course fees Fees for the enrolment in structured courses

Unit costs (if applicable)

Special needs support

Costs directly related to participantswith disabilities and accompanying persons (including travel and subsistence, if justified and not already requested)

Actual costs 100%(if applicable)

Exceptional costs

1. Financial guarantee, if requested by the NA

2. Expensive travel costs from/to outermost regions and Overseas Countries and Territories

% Actual costs (if applicable)

• Travel:• distance band 10 to 99 km added• support for 8000 km+ increased

• Top-up for expensive domestic travel• Exceptional costs now include expensive

travel costs of participants from and/or to outermost regions and OCTs

KA1 funding: what’s new?

KA1 in 2016: statistics• 22 eligible applications received• 18 approved for funding• Success rate: 82%• Average funding awarded to approved

projects: €46,463

KA1 benefits

KA1: why take part?Support your professional development:• Enhance your teaching and working experience• Discover alternative ways of working• Share new ideasSupport your organisation:• Increase teaching quality• Develop international networks• Motivate staff

Case study

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KA2: Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education

Improve practice

Three types of decentralised project

Key Action 1

Key Action 2

Key Action 3

Key Action 2: PartnershipsJust under 25% of UK budget allocated; all fields can apply

• Organisations work together to address policy objectives, common challenges and needs

• Priority topics for 2017 are in the Programme Guide – applications must address at least one

• Flexibility in terms of the size and scale of the project, and the partnership

KA2 Strategic Partnerships

• Organisations need to work in partnership with organisations from different countries

• Minimum three partners from different Programme countries

• One organisation applies for funding on behalf of the whole partnership

• Funding is up to €150,000 per year • Project length (AE): 12 to 36 months

How does it work?

(1) Supporting Innovation• Develop innovative outputs and/or

engage in intensive dissemination or exploitation of new or existing products or innovative ideas

• Can request additional Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Event funding

• Can include Teaching, Training and Learning activities, where justified

(2) Exchange of Practices• Main aim is to increase capacity and share

ideas, practices and methods• Activities and outputs proportionate to the

scope and aims of the project• No funding available for Intellectual

Outputs or Multiplier Events• Can include Teaching, Training and

Learning activities where justified

Activities• Curriculum/course

development• Learning, teaching,

training, new methods, approaches and tools

• Collaboration and peer-learning

• Capacity building and networking

• Information, advice and guidance activities

• Surveys, evidence gathering, case studies

• Development of standards and profiles

• Improvement of qualification frameworks

Mobility in Strategic Partnerships• Training, teaching and learning (mobility)

activities can be included where justified• Must clearly support the delivery of project

objectives• Mobility activities for staff or adult learners are

possible:• Long-term teaching or training assignments • Short-term joint staff training events• Blended mobility of learners

KA2 Budget Budget Item Description Funding

TypeProject Type

Project Management & Implementation

Local, cooperation and small-scale activities, including dissemination

Unit Costs All

Transnational Project Meetings

Meetings with project partners

Unit Costs All

Intellectual Outputs (IOs)

Substantial, high quality, tangible outputs

Unit Costs Innovation Only

Multiplier Events Seminars, events or conferences to disseminate IOs

Unit Costs Innovation Only

KA2 Budget (continued) Budget Item Description Funding

TypeProject Type

Exceptional Costs (Goods and services)

Subcontracting of goods or services that cannot be provided by partners

Actual Costs 75%

Any – where justified

Special Needs Support

Additional costs directly related to participants with disabilities

Actual Costs 100 %

Any – where justified

Teaching, Training and Learning Activities

Joint staff trainingBlended mobility for learnersTeaching or training assignments

Unit Costs Any – where justified

• Travel:• distance band 10 to 99 km added• support for 8000 km+ increased

• Top-up for expensive domestic travel• Exceptional costs now include expensive

travel costs of participants from and/or to outermost regions and OCTs

KA2 funding: what’s new?

• 55 applications received• Budget requested: €12,737,328• 30 applications from new applicants• 36% of successful projects funded• Funding awarded: €4,476,495.30

KA2 in 2016: statistics

KA2 benefits

• Develop partnerships and networks• Address common challenges and needs• Exchange practices and approaches• Develop innovative outputs to improve

teaching and learning• Realise synergies with organisations working

in different fields• Involve staff and learners

KA2: Why take part?

KA2 – Supporting InnovationObjectives: Develop an Open Educational Resource (OER) platform to support language learning and digital competences. To develop and test new language teaching materials and make them freely available via an online platform, in ten languages

Key activities: Transnational partner meetings; developing Intellectual Outputs (language teaching courses and OER platform); piloting the online course with adult learners during blended learner mobility activities; and disseminating the Intellectual Outputs via Multiplier Events

KA2 –Exchange of PracticesObjectives: To work with partners to exchange practice and develop common approaches to improving ICT and entrepreneurship skills amongst adults from disadvantaged backgrounds across Europe

Key activities: Transnational partner meetings; developing a project website to showcase tools and materials shared and developed during the project; small scale dissemination activities and local testing and evaluation activities with learners

Next stepsNext steps

• Read the 2017 Call Programme Guide and Guidance for applicants carefully

• Register online with the European Commission’s EU Login (formerly ECAS) system to obtain a unique reference code for your organisation (PIC)

• Check the eligibility and quality criteria and the budget rules when putting your application together

• Complete and submit the eForm before the deadline:

• KA1: 12 midday (Brussels time), 2 February 2017• KA2: 12 midday (Brussels time), 29 March 2017

How to apply

• Stay informed: sign up to our newsletter for regular news and important alerts

• Read up: The 2017 Call Programme Guide and our additional Guidance for Applicants

• Learn more: consult our website and join our application support webinars

• Let us help: contact our helplines for more information or to discuss your project idea

Next steps

Other resources: EPALE

http://ec.europa.eu/epale/en

Adult Education enquiries: Ecorys UKT: 0121 212 8947E: erasmusplus@ecorys.com

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