European Programme Erasmus+

Transparency and Recognition of Skills and Qualifications

The Call for Proposals EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” has been published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 3.

 

The objective of the current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3) is  support  recognition  of  qualifications  forth­ coming  from  European  core  profiles  of  qualifications  and  to  improve  the  formal  recognition  of  international  qualifications.

 

The priorities of the current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals,  published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3), are:

- theme  A:  relating an international sectorial qualifications system or framework to the EQF and describing quality assurance principles, mechanisms and possible quality criteria for this and for awarding qualifications forthcoming from it;

- theme  B:  relating  (one  or  more)  international  qualification(s)  to  the  EQF  and  describing  quality  assurance  principles, mechanisms  and  possible  quality  criteria  for  awarding  this  qualification(s);

- theme  C:  Developing  one  or  more  potential  European  core  profiles  of  qualifications  based  on  ESCO  occupational  pro­ files,  relating  it/them  to  the  EQF  and  describing  quality  assurance  principles,  mechanisms  and  possible  quality  criteria  for awarding  qualifications  forthcoming  from  it. 

 

Eligible countries of the current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3), are:

— EU  member  states;

— candidate  countries  and  potential  candidates  benefiting  from  a  pre-accession  strategy,  in  accordance  with  the  general principles  and  general  terms  and  conditions  for  the  participation  of  those  countries  in  Union  programmes  established  in  the  respective  framework  agreements,  Association  Council  decisions  or  similar  agreements,  and  subject  to the  setting  up  of  an  Erasmus+  National  Agency;

— EFTA  countries  that  are  party  to  the  EEA  agreement,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  that  agreement;

— countries  covered  by  the  European  neighborhood  policy  which  have  concluded  agreements  with  the  Union  providing  for  the  possibility  of  their  participation  in  the  Union’s  programmes,  subject  to  the  conclusion  of  a  bilateral agreement  with  the  Union  on  the  conditions  of  their  participation  in  the  programme  and  subject  to  the  setting  up of  an  Erasmus+  National  Agency

 

Eligible applicants to the current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3) are:

— international  Professional  organisations  or  associations;

— national  professional  organisations  or  associations;

— public  and  private  authorities  related  to  national  qualifications  frameworks;

— social  partners  (EU,  national  and  sectorial);

— research  centres;

— public  and  private  awarding  bodies;  

— public  and  private  education  and  training  providers;

— public  and  private  quality  assurance  or  accreditation  organisations.

 

The  total  estimated  budget  available  for  the  co-financing  of  actions  under  the  current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3), is  EUR  400 000. Financial  contribution  from  the  EU  cannot  exceed  75 %  of  the  total  eligible  action  costs.

The  maximum  estimated  grant  will  be:

 

The deadline for submitting proposals in the framework of the current EACEA/48/2015 “Support to European Policy Tools Quality  assurance  at  European  level  for  enhanced  transparency  and  recognition  of  skills  and qualifications” call of proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3) is 29  February  2016.

 

Further information on the current call for proposals is available on the European Commission’s web site at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:C2015/415/07&from=EN