What is it about?

“Social Inclusion and Common Values: the Contribution in the Field of Education, Training and Youth” is the new call for proposals under the KA3. Two general objectives are targeted and one of them has to be addressed by the project:

Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education and/or youth environments in specific contexts.

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Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive learning initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale/transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a higher/systemic level;

Each application must address one general objective and one of the specific objectives, which are listed separately for Lot 1 and for Lot 2. Both the general and specific objectives of the call are exhaustive: proposals that do not address them will not be considered.

Specific objectives Lot 1 – Education and training

The present call aims at paving the way for a future alliance of schools for inclusion by creating/developing learning communities among different actors (educational institutions and learning providers, public authorities, stakeholder and civil society organisations, business, etc.) in the field of inclusive learning.

Although the main target beneficiaries of such learning communities are expected to be schools, projects submitted under the present call are strongly encouraged to involve other formal and non-formal education and training sectors — from early childhood education and care to vocational education and training (VET), higher education and adult learning — as well as stakeholders at different levels (authorities, institutions, providers, teachers and learners, NGOs, local communities, businesses, families, youth organisations, etc.) and informal learning environments.
Specific objectives:

• Enhancing the acquisition of social and civic competences, fostering knowledge, understanding and ownership of fundamental values, promoting mutual respect and intercultural dialogue and combating discrimination on all grounds;
• Promoting inclusive education and training and fostering the education of disadvantaged learners, including through supporting teachers, educators and leaders of educational institutions in dealing with diversity and reinforcing socio-economic mixity in the learning environment;
• Enhancing critical thinking and media literacy among learners, parents and educational staff;
• Supporting the inclusion of newly arrived migrants in good quality education, including by assessing knowledge and validating prior learning.

Specific objectives Lot 2 — Youth

• Promoting civic participation of young people by developing the role of volunteering for social inclusion;
• Preventing radicalisation leading to violent extremism of young people by reaching out to those at risk of marginalisation or social exclusion.

IED has already implemented several innovative projects targeting this field as COY – NGO: Certification of the Qualifications of youth workers in NGOs. The main aim of the project was the development of a process of certification which would give youth workers in NGOs the possibility of assessment and validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications across Europe, particularly those acquired at work in non-formal and informal contexts.

In the same framework was the AMIF project Urbagri4women which included innovative practices and joint urban initiatives to foster the integration of migrant youth women in the receiving society within urban agriculture practices aiming at social inclusion.

If you are interested in applying for this call you could contact us and further discuss the available options.

TIMETABLE

Deadline for submitting applications: 22 May 2018 at 13:00 (Brussels time)

Indicative duration of the entire project should be between 24 and 36 months.

Available Budget

The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 14.000.000 allocated as follows:

Lot 1 – Education and training 12.000.000 €

Lot 2 – Youth 2.000.000 €

The maximum grant per project will be 500.000 €

Eligibility of the applicants

Only legal entities established in the following programme countries are eligible:

• the 28 Member States of the European Union;
• the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
• EU candidate countries: the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is 4 eligible organizations from 4 different programme countries.