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Leonardo da Vinci
Partnerships:
an opportunity
to work together
Italian National Agency for LLP Leonardo da Vinci Sectoral Programme
Definition
A Leonardo da Vinci Partnership is a framework
for small-scale cooperation activities between
organisations working in the field of vocational
education and training (VET), which will be
cooperating on themes of mutual interest to the
participating organisations
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Cooperation fields
Cooperation between VET schools or institutions, enterprises,
and/or social partners at national, regional, local or sectoral
level (e.g. within specific VET-fields or economic sectors)
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Applicants
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Institutions or organisations providing learning opportunities in the fields covered
by the Leonardo da Vinci sectoral programme
Associations and representatives of actors involved in VET (including trainees’,
parents’ and teachers’ associations)
Enterprises, social partners and other representatives of labour market, (including
chambers of commerce and other trade organisations)
Bodies providing guidance, counselling and information services relating to any
aspect of lifelong learning
Bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of lifelong
learning VET at local, regional and national level
Research centres and bodies dealing with lifelong learning issues
Higher education institutions
Non-profit organisations, voluntary bodies, NGOs
The content of the partnership activities
has to be clearly VET related
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Topics for cooperation
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Development of guidance and counselling on VET
Opening VET to flexible pathways and creation of better conditions for
transition to working life
Reinforce or create closer links between VET and labour market
Promoting the recognition of non-formal and informal learning
Responding to the needs of the labour market (particularly of SMEs), including
anticipation of skills needed in the labour market
Improve the qualification of teachers and trainers
Support the implementation of Quality assurance in VET
Cooperate in the area of transparency of VET systems (i.e. ECVET, EQF,
Europass…)
Supporting the development of national qualifications frameworks in relation
to EQF
Cooperate to test and apply common concepts developed at European level
with the aim to achieve a spreading at the level of actors “on the ground”
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Activities supported
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Exchange of experiences and good practices
Cooperation on specific subjects / sectors
Producing something in common
Exchange
– of staff
– of trainers and trainees (LdV)
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Outcomes/results
….a common report, conference, exhibition,
CD-Rom, brochure, handbook, didactic unit,
memorandum of understanding, tangible
product worked out by trainees, training
concept in a specific VET field, etc…
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Duration
2 years
No possibility to postpone the deadline
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Eligible partnership
Cooperation between at least 3 partners from
3 different countries participating in the LLP
(at least one EU Member State)
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Selection procedure - 1
Eligibility
1. each member of the partnership sends the application to
its NA – common application for all the partners
2. each NA assesses the eligibility of any application
received
3. not eligible applications will be excluded – this may
reduce the eligible number of partners causing the
exclusion of the application from the quality assessment
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Eligibility criteria
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Respect of the deadline
Use of the correct application form
Not hand written
Application fully completed
Application completed in the language of the Partnership
At least 3 partners from 3 different countries (at least one
EU Member State)
Eligible institution according to the guidelines
Partnership type and grant amout are included
Signature of the legal representative of the applicant
institution or a person duly authorised
Respect of the national priorities/eligible criteria
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Selection procedure - 2
Quality assessment
1. NA of Coordinating organisation assesses the quality of
the application
2. Two evaluators assess the application (at least one
external)
3. The assessment is based on the European quality
assessment criteria which may include European and
national priorities
4. The list of selected projects is based on the quality
assessment score and the financial capacity of the NA
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Award criteria
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Quality of the work programme
Quality of the partnership
European added value
Relevance
Impact
Quality of the valorisation plan
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Quality of the work programme
• Clear, realistic and relevant project aims
• Coherence among work programme, project aims and
partnership
• Project tasks are well defined and distributed among
partners to ensure the achievement of the project
results
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Quality of the partnership
• The involvement of partners is appropriate and well
balanced
• Appropriate and coherent actions have been planned to
ensure effective communication and cooperation among
partners
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European added value
• Impact and benefits of European cooperation
participating institutions are clear and well defined
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Relevance
• Application addresses the general objectives of the LLP
and the specific and operational objectives of the
Leonardo da Vinci sectoral programme
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Impact
• Expected impact on both partnership institutions and
individual participants is clear and well defined
• Partneship agreed on a common and proper monitoring
system to check the achievement of the project aims and
the expected impact
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Quality of the valorisation plan
• Planned activities for dissemination and exploitation of
results are relevant and well defined
• Planned dissemination and valorisation activities ensure a
proper involvement of the participating organisations as
well as of the stakeholders.
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Core criteria
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Clarity of aims and expected impact
Realistic and concrete work programme
Coherence among aims, activities and budget
Balanced partnership and distribution of tasks
Appropriate evaluation and dissemination activities
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Budget issues
• The grant is given as a lump sum
• The amount depends on the number of mobilities
(Partnership type: 4, 8, 12 or 24 mobilities in two years)
• The amount given varies from country to country
Example for Italy:
4 mobilities - 6.000 €;
8 mobilities - 12.000€;
12 mobilities - 18.000 €;
24 mobilities - 24.000 €
Contact your own NA for national lump sum amounts
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Definition of transnational mobility
• A mobility is a trip abroad carried out in the framework of
the Partnership to a partner institution
• One trip by one person is counted as one mobility
• The same person may carry out several mobilities during
the Partnership duration
• There is no minimum or maximum requirement for the
length of mobility
• Only transnational motilities (i.e. travels abroad) count for
the calculation of the minimum mobilities number
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Report
Progress Report
Beneficiary is requested to send a progress report to the NA
using the model provided by the EC services
Final Report
Within 60 calendar days after the conclusion of the activity
the beneficiary must send a final report to the NA, using the
model provided by the EC services. This report will be
considered as the beneficiary's request for payment of the
grant balance
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Payment arrangements
Pre-financing
Within 45 calendar days of the entry into force of the
agreement, the beneficiary shall receive a pre-financing
payment representing 80% of the total maximum grant
amount
Payment of the Balance
Within 45 calendar days of the approval of the final report
the NA shall issue the balance payment
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Deadline for submission of
applications
February 20th 2009
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Thanks for your attention
….and good luck!
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