1. EACEA Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances European Week of
Regions and Cities 2018
Gilles GERVAIS
EACEA

2. General figures 2014-2018 Key challenges
KA CALL
Received
Eligible
Selected
Max Grants
2014
230
219 10
2015
200
195
2016
188
180 20
2017
168
167 22
2018
161
160 30
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921 appliation received – Coordination orgnisation from 23 countires
5 years: 82 ME= 92 Alliances , involving 983 organisations from 41 countries
Association local region, al public privitre body y:60

3. Key challenges e-entrepreneurship, start-ups / spin-offs
ICT, knowledge/digital transfer/ big data, integration of 3.0 and 4.0 approaches, MOOCs
New skills and competences, co-working & learning, coaching, (e-) mentorship
New teaching methods including reality-based / real life problems, virtual scenario,gaming/dual learning/
Any field of activity: green economy, health issue , engeniering, arts, energy, agriculture, food labs…

4. KA in a Nutshell
The partners share common goals and work together towards mutually beneficial results and outcomes. KAs are meant to have a short and long-term impact on the wide range of stakeholders involved, at individual, organisational and systemic level.
The alliances intend to achieve one or more of the following aims:
Develop new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning;
Stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills of higher education teaching staff and enterprise staff;
Ffacilitate the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge.
Promote new method of teaching and learning: Problems base learning, virtual scenario learning, dual learning, coaching…
Knowledge Alliances are meant to have a short and long-term impact on the wide range of stakeholders involved, at
individual (student, teachers, entrepreneurs …), organisational and systemic level.

5. Higher Education
Increasing and improving knowlegde through exchanges and cross-board cooperation with experts (Business, local authorities, other HEI, etc…)
Providing new Teaching/learning methods, curricula, enhancing expertise and developing enterpreneurship spirit
Ensure attractive and relevant curricula to student

6. Entreprises/Business
Co-creation and showcase of successful products and tools based on cooperation with HEIs
Unique opportunity to increase innovation and research capacity and commercialisation of new products thanks to EU funding
Peer learning to improve entrepreneurial models
Chance to recruit motivated and specialised researchers and students with a high problem solving capacity
Increased network at EU level and beyond
From Feedback from kick off meeting, Cluster meeting, ongoing monitoring, vistit on site, reports analysis ( interimand final); List that can be withdraw

7. Students
New learning approach and knowledge delivery mechanism that is not available in theoretical lectures or one-time labs (real problem base learning);
Gives the ability for the students to deepen their knowledge in certain topics and apply that in practice, while addressing real-life problems, and working in view of actual deadlines and industrial practice terms;
HEI Students/staff networking in business sector
Major impact on the learning process and of access to real business needs
4 actors and target groups.

8. for regional and national stakeholders
New open tools for training and research for local stakeholders developing new skills promptly available at local level
Enhanced regional and national cooperation co-creators of a new innovative product
Boosting local initiatives through EU funds
Increased employability, development of a local network and effective collaboration

9. BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS TO THE EFFECTIVE TRANSFER AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATION BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES (HEIS) AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES)
HOW?
BY TRAINING SMES IN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE WITH HEI RESEARCH 
BY SUPPLYING HEIS WITH CASE STUDY GUIDES TO ILLUMINATE NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR INNOVATION TRANSFER
Building innovation: have built synergistic relationships between key stakeholders in the field of higher education and
small enterprise to create a new culture of collaboration in innovation support.

10. ERDI project aims for better graduate employability, improved competitiveness of the regional economy and increased bioeconomy business to gain better income in the future. In a long term the aim is to bring prosperity in the remote and rural regions.
Bioeconomy in ERDI refers to a sustainable but profitable use of renewable natural resources in the field of energy and agriculture. Bioeconomy is one of the growing businesses in Europe. However, bioeconomy still suffers from a lack of skilled labour and also business models are still too few. ERDI develops the students’ and other beneficiaries’ expertise in bioeconomy and supports multicultural and transversal skills. ERDI also internationalises the education; fosters innovations and builds bridges between the stakeholders on different levels and regions
ERDI raises the possibilities to exploit the higher education’s role in the development of the societies. International, modular and flexible ERDI course to build the skills and competences; 11 aprtenrs( FI,HU,TC,NL,Slo, CA
Innovative digital e-learning tools, Digital, open educational materials,Knowledge alliance models and tools

11. Who can participate in the Alliances ?
…any public or private organisation established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world.
Min. 6 independent organisations from at least 3 Programme Countries…
… out of which at least 2 higher education institutions and at least 2 enterprises
Coordination (the applicant) of the consortium: any organisation from a Programme Country*
* EU and Non EU country
former Yugoslav,Republic of Macedonia,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,Turkey +Sserbia

12. Co funding EU Maximum EU contribution 2 years project  700 000 €
Total budget available: Approximately 30 MEUR
Call: October 2018
Deadline: 28 February, 28/02/ :00 (CET/CEST)

13. Where to find information
Erasmus+ programme Guide PART C
KA 2019 funding page
KA action dedicated webpage
Erasmus+ Projects results platform
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14. Contacts
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