Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances
Infowebinar for Applicants
Application Round 2017
Outi Jäppinen, Senior Programme Adviser, CIMO
Erasmus+ National Agency, Finland
9 December 2016
What are Knowledge Alliances?
• Large-scale cooperation projects between
higher education institutions and
enterprises
• Open to any discipline, sector and to crosssectoral cooperation
Overall objective
• To strenghten Europe's innovation capacity
Specific Aims of Knowledge Alliances
Knowledge Alliances shall intend to achieve 1 or
more of the following aims:
• Develop new, innovative and multi-disciplinary
approaches to teaching and learning;
• Stimulate enterpreneurship and
enterpreneurship skills of higher education
teaching staff and enterprise staff;
• Facilitate the exchange, flow and co-creation
of knowledge.
Knowledge Triangle
Source: EIT 2012
Possible activities,
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for example
Development of teaching methods,
multi-disciplinary curricula and joint
degree programmes in cooperation with enterprises (also
continuing educational programmes)
Support for and development of
multi-disciplinary, student-centered
and problem-oriented studies
Entrepreneurship education in any
discipline
Schemes of transversals skills'
learning in cooperation with
enterprises
Projects may include small-scale
mobility if it supports the goals of the
project
Knowledge Alliances Prerequisites
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Max. about 20 projects / year in
Europe
• funding max. € 1 Million / project
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Minimum partnership: 6 organisations
from 3 participating countries
Among the 6 organisations 2 HEIs and
2 enterprises required
All types of organisations may
participate and act as applicant
May include organisations from partner
countries if they bring added value
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Special attention to
ECHE charter:
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Higher Education Institutions established in a Programme Country
must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education
Partners from non-programme countries (Optional)
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If applicable, the involvement of an organisation from a nonprogramme country must bring an essential added value to the
project
Learning Mobility (Optional)
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Mobility of students/researchers/staff in so far they support
/complement the other project activities + bring added value.
Mobility does not constitute the main activities
NB: budget for learning mobility can not be used to finance the costs
for travels & susbistence of the partner organisations in relation to
the other project activities (e.g. attendance of partnership meetings)
Assessment Criteria (max 100p)
KA2 Knowledge Alliances
Relevance: 25 points
Quality of the project design and
implementation: 25 points
Quality of the project team and the
cooperation arrangements: 30 points!
Impact and dissemination: 20 points
Statistics on previous calls
Call
Received
Applications
Selected
Selection rate
Call 2014
230
10
4,4 %
Call 2015
200
10
5%
Call 2016
188
20
11 %
Total 2014-16
618
40
Ave: 6,5 %
Results of previous calls
Project compendium (Knowledge alliances 2014)
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/library_en
• Selection results:
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
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Erasmus+ Project Results
Knowledge Alliances: Application Round
2016, Finnish applicants
9 applications from Finland in 2016
 One project selected for funding
 Jyväskylä UAS: Smart HEI-Business collaboration for
skills and competitiveness (HEIBus)
 From Finland 5 organisations participating in 4
projects
Previous calls:
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In 2015: Karelia UAS: Empowering Regional Development
and Innovations
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In 2014: Turku UAS: Framework for Innovation Competencies
Development and Assessment
Application Round 2017: Knowledge
Alliances
• Deadline for applications 28.2.2017
• Funding: 19 M€
• Centralized Action, managed by the
EACEA Executive Agency (Brussels)
• Info KIT for applicants coming up at:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/events/erasmus-plusinfoday-2015-knowledge-alliances-and-sector-skills-alliances_en
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Information on how to prepare a good application –
tips and experience sharing
Information on financial aspects of the projects
Knowledge Alliances – basic information on the action
How to apply?
Complete the application package
Application package = eForm + Attachments/Annexes
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Detailed project description (Word)
Declaration of honour
Detailed budget tables and Work packages overview chart
(Excel)
How?
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eForm User Guide and Guide for Applicants
Knowledge Alliances: Application Documents
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/knowledgealliances-2017_en
eForm landing page: select the right application form!
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/documents/eforms_en
eForm
Technical
guidelines for
filling in the
eForm
Schedule
Deadline for submission: 28 February 2017, 12:00
(CET)
Evaluation period:
5 months
Information to applicants July 2017
on the results:
Project start date:
1st of Nov 2017 or 1st of
Jan 2018
Knowledge Alliances: Contact
EACEA’s web page
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/key-action-2cooperation-for-innovation-and-exchange-goodpractices/knowledge-alliances_en
Info on the application round 2017:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/knowledgealliances-2017_en
Contact information:
[email protected]
HelpDesk (technical assistance)
• HelpDesk e-mail address: [email protected]
• HelpDesk phone: +32 2 299 0705
Survival Kit for Lifelong Learning Projects
The Survival Kit provides
guidance, tools, links and
references for education
professionals for:
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Scoping and planning
Organising and implementing
Monitoring and evaluating
Disseminating and sustaining
www.european-project-management.eu/
Thank you!
Contact:
Outi Jäppinen
CIMO
Erasmus+ NA
Finland