16 Jan 2025
Erasmus+ publishes call for "Alliances for Innovation"
The Erasmus+ programme has published a call for "Alliances for Innovation", aiming to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge among higher education, vocational education and training (both initial and continuous), and the broader socio-economic environment, including research.
These alliances also aim to boost the provision of new skills and address skills mismatches by designing and creating new curricula for higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET), supporting the development of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mind-sets in the EU and implement a set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities.
To boost innovation, the focus will be on talent and skills development. Firstly, digital competences have become increasingly important in all job profiles across the entire labour market. Secondly, the transition to a circular and greener economy needs to be underpinned by changes to qualifications and national education and training curricula to meet emerging professional needs for green skills and sustainable development. Thirdly, the twin digital and green transition requires an accelerated adoption of new technologies, in particular in the highly innovative deep tech domains, across all sectors of our economy and society.
The objectives of the action are implemented through two different lots:
- Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises
- Lot 2: Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the ‘Blueprint’)
The total budget for this call is € 62 million, with an indicative split of € 30 million for Lot 1 and € 32 million for Lot 2.
For more information:
Call page on the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal