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SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

The initiative on Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) aims to respond to this policy priority supporting reforms in the VET sector, ensuring high quality skills and competences that lead to quality employment and career-long opportunities, meeting the needs of an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy. The CoVE initiative also supports the implementation of the European Green Deal, the new Digital Strategy, and the new Industrial and SME Strategies, as skills are key to their success.

Objectives of the Action

This action supports the gradual establishment and development of international collaborative networks of Centres of Vocational Excellence.

Centres of Vocational Excellence will operate at two levels:

1. At national level involving a wide range of local stakeholders creating skills ecosystems for local innovation, regional development, and social inclusion, while working with CoVEs in other countries through international collaborative networks.
2. At international level bringing together CoVEs that share a common interest in:

• a common interest in specific sectors
• innovative approaches to tackle economic and societal challenges (e.g. climate change, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable development goals14 , integration of migrants and disadvantaged groups, upskilling people with low qualification levels, etc.), or
• innovative approaches to increase the outreach, quality and effectiveness of existing CoVEs.

ELIGIBILITY & ADMISSIBILITY CRITERIA

The applicants (coordinator and full partners) must be:

• Public or private organisations/entities that are active in the fields of education and training or in the world of work;
• Established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme (Countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature are eligible).

Language Criteria: 

Applicants can submit their application in any official EU language. However, for reasons of efficiency, it is strongly advised to use English. If applicants need the call documentation in another official EU language, they must submit a request within 10 days after publication of the call. 

FUNDING & RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Total budget for this call is EUR 52.000.000.

TIMETABLE 

The deadline for this call is 8th of June 2023.  

PARTNER SEARCH 

If you are looking for collaborating partners you can check Partner Search tab on Funding & Tenders Portal

Consortium 

The  partnership  must include  at  least 8 applicants (coordinator  and full  partners) from  a minimum of 4 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme. 

Each EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme must include:

a) at least 1 enterprise, industry or sector representative organisation, and

b) at least 1 vocational education and training provider(at secondary and/or tertiary level).

FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information please click here. 

Call for Proposal Document. 

COUNTRY COORDINATOR 

Country Coordinator for this call is: Turkish National Agency

For your questions and inquiries please contact: bilgi@ua.gov.tr