EGIN cooperation through EU Lifelong Learning Programme and a Transfer of Innovation project?

1. EGIN cooperation through EU Lifelong Learning Programme and a Transfer of Innovation project? Jyrki Lempinen International Coordinator Jyväskylä College Finland Tel. +358 40 341 6158 Jyrki.lempinen@jao.fi

2. Lifelong Learning Programme2007 - 2013 • The European Commission has integrated its previous (various) educational and training initiatives under a single umbrella, the Lifelong Learning Programme • It covers all fields of education from pre-primary to adult learning • Budget nearly €7 billion • The Lifelong Learning Programme is established to address the modernisation and adaptation of Member State's education and training systems, particularly in the context of the strategic Lisbon goals and addresses directly European citizens and stakeholders by providing opportunities to participate in it's mobility and other co-operation actions

3. Structure of the Lifelong Learning Programme • Sectoral programmes: • Comenius (for schools) • Erasmus (for higher education) • Leonardo da Vinci (for vocational education and training) • e.g. IVT and VETPRO mobility, Partnership, Transfer of Innovation,.. • Grundtvig (for adult education) • Transversal programmes: • Policy co-operation and innovation • Languages • ICT • Dissemination and exploitation of results • Jean Monnet Programme

4. The aim of Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Projects: Transfer of Innovation • Innovation projects have always been at the core of the Leonardo da Vinci programme • The aim of Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Projects ‘Transfer of Innovation’ is to improve the quality and attractiveness of the European VET systemby adapting and integrating innovative content or results from previous Leonardo da Vinci Projects, or from other innovative projects into public and/or private vocational training systems and companies at the national, local, regional, or sectoral level.

5. The aim of Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Projects: Transfer of Innovation • The process for transferring innovative training content or results will include the following: • Identifying and analysing targeted user requirements • Selecting and analysing innovative content to meet these requirements and analysing the feasibility of transfer • Integrating (or certifying) it in European, national, regional, local and/or sectoral training systems and practices (e.g. EQF and EQVET) • This implies: • Adapting it to the training systems, culture, needs and requirements of targeted users (updating the product, etc.) • Transferring it to new socio-cultural and linguistic contexts • Using it in new sectors or new target groups, including piloting it in public or private training structures

6. Award criteria for proposals • 1. Quality of the work programme • The objectives are clear, realistic and address a relevant issue; the methodology is appropriate to achieving the objectives; the work programme defines and distributes tasks / activities among the partners in such a way that the results will be achieved on time and to budget. • 2. Innovative character • The project will provide solutions to clearly identified needs of the target groups identified, by offering innovative solutions as regards training and competence development. These solutions will result from adapting and transferring innovative approaches which already exist in other countries or sectors of the economy.

7. Award criteria for proposals • 3. Quality of the Consortium • The consortium brings together all the skills and competences required to carry out the work programme, and there is an appropriate distribution of tasks across the partners. • 4. European added value • The benefits and need for European cooperation are clearly demonstrated. • 5. The cost-benefit ratio • The grant application demonstrates value for money in terms of the activities planned relative to the budget foreseen.

8. Award criteria for proposals • 6. Relevance • The grant application is clearly positioned in one of the priority areas of the Call for Proposals. The results are relevant to the specific, operational and broader objectives of the Programme. • 7. Impact • The impact on vocational training approaches and systems is likely to be significant. • 8. Quality of the valorisation plan (dissemination and exploitation of results) • The planned dissemination and exploitation activities will ensure optimal use of the results beyond the participants in the project, during and beyond the lifetime of the project

9. Thank you for your attention!