Deadline- 16 September 2013
Proposals are invited for Implementation of the European strategic objectives in Education and Training under European Commission. The objective of this program is to raise the performance of education and training systems and overall skills levels, linking the worlds of work and education more closely together.
The broad mission of education and training encompasses objectives such as active citizenship, personal development and well-being. While these go hand in hand with the need to upgrade skills for employability, against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth and a shrinking workforce due to demographic ageing, the most pressing challenges for Member States are to address the needs of the economy and focus on solutions to tackle fast-rising youth unemployment.
Objectives-
- supporting awareness-raising and institutional commitment, coordination and partnership with all stakeholders to promote, in particular, skills for growth and competitiveness and youth employability (part A)
- supporting the development, testing and evaluation, by means of field trials, of innovative policy solutions to reduce early school leaving. (part B).
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Applications may be submitted by organisations (including all partner organisations) established in countries participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme-
- the 27 Member States of the European Union,
- the EEA/EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
- candidate countries: Croatia, Turkey
- Switzerland,
- Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Montenegro
- At least one country of the partnership must be an EU Member State
- Applications must be submitted by a legal person having the legal capacity
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