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Call key data

Capacity building in VET in Latin America

Funding Program

Erasmus+ - Key Action 2 – Cooperation among Organisations and Institutions

Call number

ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CB-VET-LA

deadlines

Opening
05.12.2024

Deadline
27.02.2025 17:00

Funding rate

80%

Call budget

€ 1,949,078.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

between € 100,000.00 and € 400,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

Capacity building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of VET in EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme, and third countries not associated to the Programme. They aim to support the relevance, accessibility, and responsiveness of VET institutions and systems in third countries not associated to the Programme as a driver of  sustainable socio-economic development.

Call objectives

Through joint initiatives that foster cooperation across different regions of the world, this action intends to increase the capacity of VET providers - especially in the fields of management, governance, inclusion, quality assurance, and innovation - so that they are better equipped to engage with private sector/enterprises/business associations to explore employment opportunities and jointly develop responsive VET interventions. International partnerships should contribute to improving the quality of VET in the third countries not associated to the Programme, notably by reinforcing the capacities of VET staff and teachers as well as by strengthening the link between VET providers and the labour market.

It is envisaged that the capacity building projects VET contribute to the broader policy objectives that are being pursued between the European Commission and the third countries not associated to the Programme or region concerned, including Global Gateway investment packages and the development of Talent partnerships and the Talent pool as laid down in the Commission Communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU of April 2022.

Specifically, the action will:

  • Build capacity of VET providers to strengthen cooperation between private and public stakeholders in the field of vocational education and training for demand-oriented and opportunity-driven VET interventions;
  • Improve the quality and responsiveness of VET to socio-economic opportunities and social developments to enhance the labour market relevance of skills provision;
  • Align VET provision to local, regional and national development strategies.

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Expected effects and impacts

The granted projects should demonstrate their expected impact by achieving the following results:

  • Tighter links between the third countries not associated to the Programme VET system and its labour market;
  • Improved links between VET profiles and local/regional/national strategies and priorities;
  • Improved capacities of VET providers especially in the fields of management, governance, inclusion, quality assurance, innovation and internationalisation
  • Increased exposure of staff, managers, policy makers and senior teachers to approaches bringing the labour market and VET closer;
  • Improved knowledge, technical, managerial and pedagogical skills of VET teachers and trainers;
  • Better input of teachers/trainers, VET learners and employers into curriculum, profile design and training reform;
  • Improved level of competences, skills and employability potential of VET learners;
  • Increased cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives;
  • Development of competences of the participating organisations regarding environmental sustainability;
  • Improved digital skills and competences of the target public through appropriate activities and initiatives;
  • Increased social and intercultural competences in the VET field.

As a general rule, and within the limits of existing national and European legal frameworks, results should be made available as open educational resources (OER) as well as on relevant professional, sectorial or competent authorities’ platforms. The proposal will describe how data, materials, documents and audio-visual and social media activity produced will be made freely available and promoted through open licences, and does not contain disproportionate limitations.

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Expected results

Features that characterise capacity building in VET include some thematic areas presented below. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following themes:

  • Work-based learning (for young people and/or adults);
  • Quality assurance mechanisms;
  • VET teachers/trainers professional development;
  • Key competences, including entrepreneurship;
  • Public Private Dialogue and Partnerships in VET;
  • Innovation in VET;
  • Green and digital skills for the twin transition;
  • Skills matching with current and future job opportunities, including in promising value chains under development;
  • Development of curricula and training modules.

In addition, the applicants can cover thematic areas that are not presented above. These must demonstrate that they are particularly appropriate to meet the objectives of the call and identified needs.

The activities proposed must be directly linked to the objectives and thematic areas of the action, i.e. they must correspond to one or more of the thematic areas listed above and they must be detailed in a project description covering the entire implementation period.

In the context of this international worldwide action, project activities must focus on building and strengthening the capacities of organisations active in the field of VET principally in the third countries not associated to the Programme covered by the action.

Funded projects will be able to integrate a wide range of cooperation, exchange, communication and other activities including, for example:

  • creating and developing networks and exchanges of good practice between VET providers in third countries not associated to the Programme and in EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme;
  • creating tools, programmes and other materials to build the capacity of institutions from third countries not associated to the Programme (practical training schemes training programmes and tools for assessing and validating learning outcomes in VET, individual action plans for participating institutions; professional guidance and counselling and coaching methods...);
  • creating mechanisms to involve the private sector both in the design and delivery of curricula and to provide VET learners with high quality work-based experience;
  • developing and transferring pedagogical approaches, teaching and training materials and methods, including work based learning, virtual mobility, open educational resources and better exploitation of the ICT potential;
  • developing and implementing international (virtual) exchange activities for staff primarily (including teachers and non-teaching staff such as school leaders, managers, counsellors, advisors, etc.).

In case learner and staff mobility activities are proposed, these should contribute directly to the objectives of the project and be strongly embedded in the project logic as a whole.

The proposed activities should bring an added value and will have a direct impact on the achievement of the project results.

Regional priorities:

Latin America

  • Priority will be given to regional projects (projects involving more than one eligible third country not associated to the Programme) or projects in lower and upper middle income countries;
  • Priority will be given to projects that contribute to the EU-Latin America and Caribbean Global Gatewayinvestment agenda.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
Iceland (Ísland), Liechtenstein, North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Türkiye

eligible entities

Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 4 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from minimum 3 eligible countries:

  • at least 2 EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme;
    • each of these participating countries must involve at least 1 organisation.
  • at least 1 eligible third country not associated to the Programme:
    • at least 2 organisations from the participating eligible third country/countries not associated to the Programme from the same region
    • Organisations from different eligible regions cannot participate in the same projects. Cross-regional projects are not eligible.

The consortium must include at least one VET provider at non-tertiary education level.

The number of organisations from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme may not be higher than the number of organisations from eligible third countries not associated to the Programme.

Affiliated entities and associated partners do not count for the consortium composition.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies);
  • be active in the VET field or in the labour market. Participating organisations can be, for example (non-exhaustive list):
    • VET providers
    • Companies, industry, other employers or sector representative organisations
    • National/regional qualification authorities
    • Employment services
    • Research institutes
    • Innovation agencies
    • Regional development authorities
    • International organisations
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e. EU Member State, third country associated to the Programme, third country not associated to the Programme from an eligible region. The eligible regions covered by this action are Regions 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 (please see Part A of the Programme Guide). Exception: organisations from Belarus (Region 2) are not eligible to participate in this action.

The coordinator must be an organisation active in the VET field. It applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project. It cannot be an affiliated entity. Organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme cannot be coordinators.

Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners.

other eligibility criteria

Activities must take place in the countries of the organisations participating in the project. If duly justified in relation to the objectives or implementation of the project:

  • Activities can also take place at the seat of an Institution of the European Union, even if in the project there are no participating organisations from the country that hosts the Institution;
  • Activities involving sharing and promotion of results can also take place at relevant thematic transnational events/conferences in EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme or eligible third countries not associated to the Programme.

This action follows a lump-sum funding model. The amount of the single lump-sum contribution will be determined for each grant based on the estimated budget of the action proposed by the applicant.

Financial support to third parties in the form of grants or prizes is not allowed. Costs for financial audits are not allowed. Volunteer costs are allowed. They shall take the form of unit costs as defined in the to the Commission Decision on unit costs for volunteers.

Region 10 Latin America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Additional information

Topics

Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

24 or 36 months

Additional Information

Applications must be submitted to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

To submit an Erasmus+ project, applicants must follow the four steps described below.

  • Registration. Each applicant must be registered as follows:
    • For actions managed by the Executive Agency, applicants, affiliated entities, and associated partners must register in the Funding & Tenders Portal and receive a Participant Identification Code (PIC). Organisations/groups that have already obtained a PIC through their participation in other EU progrommes do not need to register again. The PIC obtained from this previous registration is valid also for applying under Erasmus+;
    • For actions managed by National Agencies, applicants must, if not already done, register through the Organisation Registration system for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps and receive an Organisation ID.
  • Check the compliance with the programme criteria for the relevant Action/field;
  • Check the financial conditions;
  • Fill in and submit the application form.

Applications (Part B) are limited to 40 pages for calls for low value grants (EUR 60 000 or below), 120 pages for calls with high value grants (EUR 4 000 000), and 70 for all other calls. The following actions make exception to this rule: 40 pages for “Capacity Building in Higher Education” (CBHE) and 70 pages for the action Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters. Evaluatorswill not consider any additional pages.

Call documents

Erasmus + Programme Guide 2025Erasmus + Programme Guide 2025(5820kB)

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