Call: Initiatives for policy innovation

Key Action 3 provides grants for a wide variety of actions aimed at stimulating innovative policy development, policy dialogue and implementation, and the exchange of knowledge in the fields of education, training and youth. The majority of them are managed by the EACEA. Most of the actions under KA3 are managed outside the annual general call for proposals. This Subprogramme focuses on the following topics:

• Initiatives for policy innovation
• European policy experimentations
• Civil Society Cooperation
• Studies and surveys
• European policy tools
• Cooperation with international organisations
• Stakeholder dialogue, policy and programme promotion

Within Key Action 3 - Support for Policy Reform, the Initiatives for policy innovation in the fields of Education and Training are Initiatives for policy innovation aimed to develop new policies or prepare their implementation.

Two types of actions are foreseen under the Initiatives for policy innovation:

• Forward-looking cooperation projects, which aims to stimulate innovative policy development;
• European policy experimentations, which are led by high level public authorities to experiment policy implementation through field trials in several countries based on sound evaluation methods.

• Public authorities (ministry or equivalent) responsible for education, training or youth at the highest level in the relevant national or regional context (corresponding to NUTS codes 1 or 2; for countries where NUTS codes 1 or 2 are not available, the highest NUTS code available applies ( 1 )). Responsible public authorities for sectors other than education, training and youth (e.g. employment, finance, social affairs, home affairs, justice, health, etc.) are considered eligible as long as they demonstrate that they have a specific competence in the area in which the experimentation is to be carried out. Public authorities can delegate to be represented by other public or private organisations, as well as by legally established networks or associations of public authorities, provided that the delegation is in writing and makes explicit reference to the proposal being submitted.
• Public or private organisations or institutions active in the fields of education, training or youth
• Public or private organisations or institutions carrying out activities linked to education, training and/or youth in other socioeconomic sectors (e.g. public authorities, agencies or services responsible for: education, training, youth, employment, social affairs, home affairs, justice, quality assurance, recognition and/or validation; career guidance, chambers of commerce, business and social partners, trade organisations, civil society, cultural or sport organisations, evaluation or research entities, media, etc.)