Transfer of Innovation Multilateral Projects (TOI)

1. Transfer of Innovation Multilateral Projects (TOI) The Call for Proposal 2009 Priorities and Application Form

2. Aim Improving the quality and attractiveness of the European VET System by adapting and integrating innovative contents or results from previous Leonardo da Vinci projects, or from other innovative projects into public and/or private vocational training systems and companies at national, local, regional or sectoral level

3. Transfer of innovation • At geographical level • Import from other countries • Export to other countries • At sectoral level • Adaptation of products to the needs of other sectors / areas of training provision • To new target groups • Adaptation of products to the needs of other potential users (and/or development of supports for facilitators) • From laboratory to real world • Transfer as integration into current systems and practices (dissemination, enlarged testing, actual exploitation of results, etc.)

4. Process for transferring • Identifying and analysing targeted user requirements • Selecting and analysing innovative content to meet these requirements • Analysing the feasibility of transfer • Integrating (certifying) it in European, national, regional, local and/or sectoral training systems and practices

5. Who can participate All those in VET, other than at tertiary level, as well as the institutions and organizations facilitating such education and training, such as: • Institutions or organizations providing learning opportunities in the fields covered by the Leonardo da Vinci sectoral programme • Associations and representatives of those involved in vocational education and training, including trainees’, parents’ and teachers’ associations • Enterprises, social partners and other representatives of working life, including chambers of commerce, other trade organizations and sectoral organizations • Bodies providing guidance, counseling and information services relating to any aspect of lifelong learning • Bodies responsible for systems and policies concerning any aspect of lifelong learning vocational education and training at local, regional and national level • Research centres and bodies concerned with lifelong learning issues • Organization at tertiary level can participate in the projects, but the results should not targetthose attending vocational education and training at tertiary level • Non-profit organizations, voluntary bodies, NGOs

6. Operational provisions • Duration • Minimum 1 year – Maximum 2 years • Financial provisions • Maximum Grant is 150.000/year • Maximum Community Grant is 75% of eligible cost • Minimum number of countries • 3 organizations from 3 different countries (one EU Member State) • Minimum number of organizations • 3 organizations

7. Call for Proposal 2009 (1) Policy framework Copenhagen process updated by the Maastricht Communiqué (2004) by the Helsinki Communiqué (2006) most recently by the Bordeaux Communiqué (2008) Main focus on: • Enhancing the attractiveness, quality and performance of VET systems • Improving transparency, information and guidance systems • Recognition of competences and qualifications • Strengthening the European dimension

8. Call for Proposal 2009 (2) Policy framework Promoting testing and implementation of the common European tools for VET • European Credit Transfer System for Vocational Education and Training(ECVET) system • European Qualifications Framework (EQF) • Follow-up to the 2004 Council Conclusions on quality assurance in VET Special attention to facilitating the participation of sectors, social partner organizations and companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

9. Call for Proposal 2009 (3) LdV General objectives • Supporting participants in training and further training activities in the acquisition and the use of knowledge, skills and qualifications to facilitate personal development, employability and participation in the European labour market • Supporting improvements in quality and innovation in vocational education and training systems, institutions and practices • Enhancing the attractiveness of vocational education and training and mobility for employers and individuals and to facilitate the mobility of working trainees

10. Call for Proposal 2009 (4) LdV Operational objectives • Improving the quality and increasing the volume of mobility throughout Europe of people involved in initial vocational education and training and in continuing training, so as to increase placements in enterprises to at least 80.000per year by the end of the LLP • Improving the quality and increasing the volume of co-operation between institutions or organizations providing learning opportunities, enterprises, social partners and other relevant bodies throughout Europe • Facilitating the development of innovative practices in the field of VET other than at tertiary level, and their transfer, including from one participating country to others • Improving the transparency and recognition of qualifications and competences, including those acquired through non-formal and informal learning • Encouraging the learning of modern foreign languages • Supporting the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning

11. Call for Proposal 2009 (5) Prioritiesfor TOI projects • Priorities applicable across all multilateral Leonardo projects: • Vocational oriented language learning (VOLL) • Content integrated language learning (CLIL)

12. Supporting the development of national and sectoral qualifications systems and frameworks which incorporate common European tools for transparency and recognition (Europass portfolio, ECVET system and EQF) Projects should support the testing and implementing of elements of such frameworks: • Description of qualifications in terms of learning outcomes • Mapping VET qualifications onto the eight EQF reference levels via national qualifications frameworks and systems • Design of qualifications in transferable units of learning outcomes with allocation of credit points • Design of VET programmes with flexible devices for validation, transfer and recognition of learning outcomes achieved in formal, informal and non formal contexts • Combining and further developing the European tools and frameworks or their application in particular sectors

13. Developingand testing quality assurance procedures in initial and in continuingvocational education and training, including by using European Quality AssuranceReference Framework • Fosteringthe development of high quality VET pathways leading to smooth transitions towork and/or progression to further and higher education and promoting guidance andcounselling at all levels • Enhancingthe governance and attractiveness of VET systems through increased cooperation with social partners and all relevant stakeholders

14. Developing the skills and competences of VET and guidance professionals, including their continuous professional development and their learning of languages. Proposals should include: • Developing the role of VET professionals in response to systemic changes such as the shift to learning outcomes and competence-based systems • Strengthening the liaison between VET professionals and working life (enterprises, occupational sectors, etc.) • Developing their pedagogical skills and their involvement in curriculum development

15. Supporting close links to working life in order to make VET more responsive to labour market needs. • Improving sectoral identification and anticipation of skill and competence needs and their integration in VET provision. It implies also promoting integration of learning with working. • Proposals should include: • Fostering the involvement of the different stakeholders in making VET more responsive to the needs of the labour market taking into account systemic changes such as the shift to learning outcomes and competence-based systems • Developing and testing common sectoral methods and systems for anticipation of skills needs, involving companies / sectoral organisations / social partners in VET • Fostering the integration of learning with working life by promoting more learning-conducive environments at the workplace, work-placed training and apprenticeship pathways as a basis for development of vocational skills relevant to the labour market needs

16. Integrating groups with particular difficulties on the labour market (e.g. early school leavers, low-skilled workers, people with disabilities, immigrants and those with a migrant background, and ethnic minorities), by developing their work-related skills and competences • Increasing the interest and participation of men or women in those VET fields in which they remain under-represented (for instance women in technology) • Redressing problems caused by demographic change, such as retaining older workers in employment

17. Application Form(draft version) • Project Information • Institution/Organisation • Organisations and activities • Presentation of the proposal • General information • Eligibility checklist • Declaration by Legal Representative • Relevance towards the Objectives of the Programme and the Priorities of the Call for Proposals • Project description • Methodology and workplan • Budget

18. Project Information Summary In case of approval, the summary will be used as the published abstract of the project, so it must summarise the key issues covered in the proposal (EN/FR/DE): • the reason forthe project (the main problem being tackled) • the main aims and objectives of the project • the characteristics of the partnership that will implement the proposal • a general description of the tangible and intangible outcomes • the impact envisaged

19. Institution/Organisation

20. Organisation and activities (1)

21. Organisation and activities (2) • Demonstrate how the consortium brings together all the skills and competences required to carry out the work programme • Distribute in an appropriate way the tasks among the partners in order to reach the objectives and the results of the project

22. Presentation of the proposal (1)

23. Presentation of the proposal (2) • Select and explain how the proposal addresses the: • Programme General Objectives • Programme Operational Objectives • European priorities of LdV (indicate only one) If applicable • Contribution to national priorities  • Horizontal issues (click only)

24. Presentation of the proposal (3) • Select only the strategic issues that are relevant to your planned activities • Provide a short explanation of the way(s) in which the issue is addressed in your plans • Demonstrate how the results are relevant to the priorities of the Call for Proposals, to the operational and general objectives of the Programme

25. Presentation of the proposal (4)

26. Presentation of the proposal (5) • Explain the rationale of and background to the project by defining the needs that it seeks to address • Describe the current situation in the countries involved, the previous or preparatory work in the domain and the results of any needs analysis undertaken • Outline the main (published) indicators that illustrate these needs and include references to any declared national or international political priority in this area

27. Presentation of the proposal (6) • Define the concrete aims and objectives of the project and describe the ways in which the situation set out under the needs analysis will be changed and addressed by the project • Show how project aims and objectives are linked to the selected priorities of the Call for Proposals Suggestions: • Definition of general and specific objectives to meet the identified needs • Definition of clear, realistic and measurable objectives addressing to relevant issue

28. Presentation of the proposal (7) Explain the type of transfer and how the proposal implements the Transfer of Innovation at: • Geographical level • Sectoral level • Any other level Suggestions: • Clear description of specific needs at geographical, sectoral, target group level the product intends to satisfy • Real innovative product for the context it is going to be transferred

29. Presentation of the proposal (8) Give detailed information on previous project/s and/or product/s the project is based upon Describe the innovative content or result/s the project is based upon (i.e. the rationale of and the background to the project, the added value of the proposal, etc.) and how the proposal will trasfer and utilize them Suggestions: • Give a clear and detailed description of the innovative result/s the project is based upon • Enclose a copy of any product/s which will be used as a basis for the current proposal

30. Presentation of the proposal (9) In case the proposal seeks to adapt and transfer pedagogical materials for learners or teaching staff: • Describe the international state of the art and summary of limitations of existing pedagogical materials in the area • Describe the methodological/didactic approaches on which the products will be based • Indicate how the planned project will contribute concretely to enhance the diversity of languages in its different activities

31. Presentation of the proposal (10) • Describe the consortium as a whole (structure, functioning and experience in transnational cooperation, rationale behind distribution of activities) • How effective cooperation and communication will be ensured between partners, including arrangements for dealing eventual conflicts Describe the anticipatedbenefitsofimplementing the project at European level, which cannot be gained at national or regional level

32. Presentation of the proposal (11) • Work packages • Expected results • Dissemination and exploitation of results • Quality management plan • Expected impact

33. Presentation of the proposal (12) Provide one table per work package, by adding as many work packages as required, including one for: • the management of the consortium • the dissemination and exploitation of results Give an overall description of the methodology and workplan in the project Detailed description of the specific results expected during the project lifetime

34. Presentation of the proposal (13) Provide a dissemination and exploitation plan and a timetable showing the key outputs and fitting with the work package/s on dissemination and exploitation of results described in the section “Work packages” Provide a quality management plan, including procedures, criteria and resources for monitoring and evaluation of the project and for internal and/or external evaluation

35. Presentation of the proposal (14) • Describe the expected short-term and long-term impact of the proposal on: • Target groups and/or sectors • Geographical target areas • Explain how do you intend to measure the expected impact, by describing qualitative and quantitative indicators • Explain the sustainability of the partnership and products after the project conclusion • Describe the project impact on the national VET systems of all the partners

36. Presentation of the proposal (15) • Direct costs • Staff costs (based on real daily staff cost rates not exceeding the maximum daily rate indicated in the LLP Guide 2009 - Part I) • Manager • Researcher, techer and/or trainer • Technical staff • Administrative staff • Operational costs • Travel and subsistence(staff only) • Subcontracting (up to 30% of the total amount of direct costs) • Equipment (up to 10% of the total amount of direct costs) • Other • Indirect costs (up to 7% of the total amount of eligible direct costs) 36

37. Presentation of the proposal (16) Direct costs costs which are identifiable as specific costs directly linked to performance of the action and which can therefore be booked to it directly Indirect costs costs which are neither identifiable as specific costs directly linked to the project nor can be booked to it directly but which have nevertheless been incurred in the management of the project Examples: • communication costs (i.e. postage, fax, telephone, mailing, etc.) • all costs for equipment related to the administration of the project (i.e. PC’s, portables, etc.) • Infrastructure costs (i.e. rent, electricity, etc.) of the premises where the project is being carried out • photocopies 37

38. Award criteria (LLP Guide 2009 - Part III) • Quality of the work programme • Innovative character and improvement of national VET systems through TOI • Quality of the Consortium • European added value • The cost-benefit ratio • Relevance • Impact • Quality of the Valorisation plan (dissemination and exploitation of results)

39. Deadline for submission of applications February 27th 2009

40. Thanks foryourattention….andgoodluck!