Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances
Outi Jäppinen, Senior Programme Adviser, CIMO
Erasmus+ National Agency, Finland
15 December 2015
What are Knowledge Alliances?
• Large-scale cooperation projects between higher
education institutions and enterprises
• open to any discipline, sector and to crosssectoral cooperation
• Goals:
• To increase innovation potential and longterm co-operation between education and
the world of work
• Exchange of information and transfer of
innovations
• Develop new, innovative and multidisciplinary
approaches to teaching and learning
• Stimulate entrepreneurship and
entrepreneurial skills
Possible activities,
for example
• Development of teaching methods,
multi-disciplinary curricula and joint
degree programmes in co-operation
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
• Max. about 20 projects / year in
Europe (in 2016)
• funding max. € 1 Million / project
• 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
Knowledge Alliances: Application Round
2015
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Funding in 2015: ca.10M€ (2014: ca.10M€)
Number of applications in 2015: 200
Support for 6+4 projects, success rate 5%:
List of selected projects (2015)
Compendium of selected projects (2014)
• From Finland: 10 applications (2015)
 One project selected for funding
 Karelia UAS: Empowering Regional
Development and Innovations
In 2014: Turku UAS: Framework for Innovation
Competencies Development and Assesment
Application Round 2016: Knowledge
Alliances
• Deadline for applications 26.2.2016
• Funding in 2016: 15 M€
• Centralized Action, managed by the
EACEA Executive Agency (Brussels)
• Info materials for applicants:
presentations and videos available 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
Sector Skills Alliances – basic information on the action
Knowledge Alliances: Application Documents
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/key-action-2cooperation-for-innovation-and-exchange-good-practices/knowledgealliances/knowledge-alliances-sector-skills-alliances-2016_en
2016
Other useful links
Project compendium (Knowledge alliances)
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/library_en
Partner Search Tool (Knowledge Alliances, Jean Monnet)
• Open until deadline 26/2/2016
• http://infodaykassatool.teamwork.fr/
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
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