Sector Skills AlliancesErasmus+ 2014-2020

Learning Mobility • Staff• High education

students• Vocational and

education training students

• Master students• Youth mobility

Co-operation for innovation and good practices • Knowledge Alliances• Sector Skill

Alliances • Strategic Partnerships• IT support platforms• E-twinning• Capacity building in

third countries

Support for policy reform • Open Method of

Coordination• EU transparency

tools • Policy dialogue

Key Actions within Erasmus+

Sector – in which sense?

Economic sector as defined by Eurostat (NACE)

Examples:C-Manufacturing

J-Information and communication

Q-Human health and social work

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Lessons learned

One third of LdV projects were sector-based

Analysis of LdV sector-based innovative projects

2012 Pilot Sector Skills Alliances (Automotive industry, Elderly care, Sustainable construction, Tourism)

2013 priority "Sector Skills Alliances" for LdV Development of Innovation projects – Evaluators feed-back

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Relevant EU initiatives• European Sector Skills Councils:

Platform at European level for improving skills intelligence, highlighting skills mismatches and for shaping the educational and training offer correspondingly.

Such Sector Skills Councils exist already for the Textile/clothing/leather sector, and Commerce.

• Skills Panorama:

Comprehensive and user-friendly central access point for information and intelligence on skill needs in occupations and sectors across Europe.

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Relevant EU initiatives• ESCO:

ESCO is the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations.

It identifies and categorises skills and competences, qualifications and occupations relevant for the EU labour market and education and training, in 22 European languages.

The system provides occupational profiles showing the relationships between occupations, skills, competences and qualifications.

ESCO has been developed in an open IT format and is available for everyone to use free of charge.

It does not set up competence standards.

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Activities

3. Delivering joint curricula

2. Designingjoint curricula

1. Defining skills & training needs for professional profiles

Social partner involvement

Quality assurance - EQAVET

Learning-outcomes approach - ECVET

Qualifications frameworks – NQF/EQF

Work-based learning

Expected Outcomes

Evidence on sector skills

needs -Defintion of competence

standards

Curriculum design

Curriculum delivery -

Recognition

Dissemination -

Professional orientation

Partnership

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Transnational VET content for European professional core profiles

Bodies with regulatory function

Networks of VET providers

Partners representative

in sector

What a good SSA proposal should have taken into account:

Sector Skills Alliance should take into account work of European Sector Skills Council and ESCO if existing in relevant sector

If skills needs not identified yet then Alliance should include research institution competent in relevant sector

European umbrella organisations or National players with European outreach

Alliance should ensure recognition in partner countries during project or make it highly probable that this will happen afterwards

Dissemination to services counselling on professional orientation/career guidance

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Budget:

About € 130 mio.

Grants between € 700.000 and € 1.000.000 (subject to review)

2 or 3 years

Grant for implementation support based on staff unit costs (covering all project expenditure) and in duly justified cases for mobility activities.

Target:

Up to 150 Sector Skills Alliances by 2020

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Sector Skills Alliances selected in 2014

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ORGANISATION- Institution Name

Application Title SectorApplication

Grant Requested

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF SLOVENIA Skills in metal and electro industry Advanced manufacturing 626.708

CENTRO STUDI CULTURA SVILUPPO ASSOCIAZIONE

Sector Skills Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing in the Transport Sector

Advanced manufacturing 993.844

EUROTRANING EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION Skills for the creative economy Cultural and Creative sectors 993.643

ERIFO Vocational Educational Training

Skills for the development of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling System

Environmental technologies (Eco-Innovation)

560.525

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES LIMITED

VET open course for mobile apps creators

Information and communication technologies

947.353

FEDERACIÓN DE TRABAJADORES INDEPENDIENTES DE COMERCIO

European standards for qualifications and skills in the e-commerce sector

Commerce 880.455

Additional information on the internet

Erasmus+:http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

On-going pilot projects:http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/vocational-policy/sector-skills_en.htm