Transcript Sectoral skills Alliance

Sector Skills Alliances
Erasmus+ 2014-2020
Directorate-General
Education & Culture
Reinforces and promotes lifelong learning
through:
• policy cooperation with EU Member States
• implementation of Erasmus +
Erasmus+ 2014-2020
new EU programme for education,
training, youth and sport
replacing seven existing programmes
with one
December 2013: first call for proposals
Erasmus+ 2014-2020
EU grants for investment in education & skills
Budget EUR 19 billion
EU + EFTA + Turkey
Increase in current spending
3 key actions
Learning
Mobility
• Staff
• High education
students
• Vocational and
education training
students
• Master students
• Youth mobility
Co-operation for
innovation and
good practices
• Knowledge Alliances
• Sector
Skill
Sector Skill
Alliances
Alliances
• Strategic Partnerships
• IT support platforms
• E-twinning
• Capacity building in
third countries
25 %
of the budget
Support for
policy reform
• Open Method of
Coordination
• EU transparency
tools
• Policy dialogue
Sector – in which sense?
Economic sector as defined by Eurostat (NACE)
Examples:
C-Manufacturing
J-Information and communication
Q-Human health and social work
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Vocational
Education &
Training
providers
Partners
representative
in sector with
sector–
expertise/Resea
rch
Bodies
responsible for
qualifications/
certification/
accreditation
Sector Skills Alliances - Who
Sector Skills Alliances - What
Development of
common training
contents and
concepts
Integration of skills needs of the labour
market into Vocational Education Training
Reinforcing links between education and working life
Sector Skill Alliances
Objectives
Assess skills needs in a specific
sector
Achieve systematic impact on
vocational education &
training in the economic
sector concerned
Bring vocational education &
training (VET) closer to labour
market
Develop innovative ways of
vocational teaching and
training
Ensure quality of vocational
programmes & Facilitate
transparency of qualifications
Improve flow of information
between stakeholders
European
Qualification
Framework
Application of European
reference tools
European
Quality
Assurance
Framework
for VET
Learning
Outcomes
Approach
European
Credit
System for
VET
What else should you know?
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Sector Skills Alliance should take into account work of European Sector
Skills Council and ESCO if existing in relevant sector (see next slide)
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If skills needs not identified yet then Alliance should include research
institution competent in relevant sector
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European umbrella organisations or National players with European
outreach
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Alliance should ensure recognition in partner countries during project or
make it highly probable that this will happen afterwards
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Dissemination to services counselling on professional orientation/career
guidance
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Important concepts
• European Sector Skills Council:
Platform at European level for improving skills intelligence,
highlighting skills mismatches and for shaping the educational
and training offer correspondingly.
Such Sector Skills Councils exist already for fashion design &
production, and commerce.
• ESCO:
The European multilingual classification of skills/competences,
qualifications and occupations will include occupational profiles
(with respective skills/competences lists) per economic sector.
It will not set up competence standards though.
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Expected Outcomes
Evidence on
sector skills
needs/
competence
standards
Joint
curriculum
design
Joint
curriculum
delivery/
Recognition
Dissemination/
professional
orientation
Skills
needs
Sector
Skills
Alliance
European
VET
curricula
Competitiveness
Employability
Skills supply
Sector Skills Alliances 2014-2020
• Eligible sectors
• min. 3 countries, of
which min. 2 MS
• 3 categories of
stakeholders in
each country
obligatory (slide 9)
• min. 9 partners
• average grant +/- €
850.000 per project
• ~175 projects over
• 7 years
• First call "Erasmus
+":
end 2013/beginning
2014
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Alliances 20142020
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Additional information
on the internet
Erasmus+:
http://ec.europa.eu/education
/erasmus-for-all/index_en.htm
Contact [email protected]
On-going pilot projects:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/calls/results0
112_en.htm