# C_2008132EN.01003201.xml

| 30.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 132/32 |
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30.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/32

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Call for proposals — EACEA/14/08 under the Lifelong Learning programme

Award of grants for projects to test and develop the credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET)

(2008/C 132/08)

1.   Objectives and description

The purpose of this call for proposals is to award grants to around a dozen proposals for the organisation of two types of actions that must be combined into one project:

| — | actions to set up or consolidate partnerships between competent institutions to establish an operational framework to develop tests on the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET), |
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actions to set up or consolidate partnerships between competent institutions to establish an operational framework to develop tests on the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET),

| — | experimental measures in the vocational education and training credit system (ECVET) field with a view to putting this system into practice for the benefit of various groups (e.g. employed adults, jobseekers, young people leaving initial training without qualifications). |
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experimental measures in the vocational education and training credit system (ECVET) field with a view to putting this system into practice for the benefit of various groups (e.g. employed adults, jobseekers, young people leaving initial training without qualifications).

2.   Eligible applicants

Partnerships formed from European, national, regional or sectoral bodies or undertakings working in the vocational education and training (VET) and professional qualifications sector may apply for grants under this call for proposals.

Applicants and their partners must have technical expertise and experience in the VET and professional qualification fields. They must also have the institutional legitimacy to enter into commitments and act at technical, political and operational levels in the VET and professional qualifications fields, and particularly in all aspects of the testing, development and implementation of the ECVET system.

enter into commitments

Applications for financing may only be submitted by consortia comprising at least four bodies from at least four different eligible countries.

Applicants must be legal entities that have been established as such for more than three years.

Organisations that are established in any one of the following countries may apply:

| — | the 27 Member States of the European Union, |
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the 27 Member States of the European Union,

| — | the three EEA/EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), |
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the three EEA/EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway),

| — | Turkey. |
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Turkey.

3.   Budget and project duration

The total cofinancing budget for projects under this call for proposals is EUR 3 000 000. Financial aid from the European Commission may not amount to more than 75 % of total eligible costs. Grants must total between EUR 200 000 and EUR 300 000.

Activities must start by the end of March 2009 at the latest. The projects must run for no less than 24 months and no more than 36 months.

4.   Deadline

Applications must reach the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Agency before 13 August 2008 (date as postmark).

13 August 2008

5.   Additional information

The full text of the call for proposals and the application form can be found on the following website:

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2008/index_en.htm

Applications must comply with the criteria laid down in the full text and be submitted using the form provided.

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