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Alliances for Education and Enterprises is sponsored by European Commission — Erasmus+ Programme. <p class="topicdescriptionkind">Scope:</p><p><strong>ALLIANCES FOR INNOVATION</strong></p><p><strong>Alliances for Innovation</strong> aim to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through <strong>cooperation and flow of knowledge</strong> among higher education, vocational education and training (both initial and continuous), and the broader socio-economic environment, including research.</p><p>They also aim to boost the provision of new skills and address skills mismatches by designing and creating new curricula <strong>for higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET)</strong>, supporting the development of <strong>a sense of initiative</strong> and <strong>entrepreneurial mind-sets</strong> in the EU.</p><p><strong>OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTION</strong></p><p>These partnerships shall implement a coherent and comprehensive set of <strong>sectoral or cross-sectoral</strong> activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU.</p><p>To boost innovation, the focus will be on <strong>talent and skills</strong> development. Firstly, digital competences have become increasingly important in all job profiles across the entire labour market. Secondly, the transition to a circular and greener economy needs to be underpinned by changes to qualifications and national education and training curricula to meet emerging professional needs for <strong>green skills</strong> and <strong>sustainable development</strong>. Thirdly, the twin digital and green transition requires an accelerated adoption of new technologies across all sectors of our economy and society and boosting STEM skills and talent.</p><p><strong><u>Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises</u></strong></p><p>Alliances for Education and Enterprises are transnational, structured and result-driven projects, in which partners share common goals and work together to foster innovation, new skills, a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mind-sets.</p><p>They aim to foster innovation in higher education, vocational education and training, enterprises and the broader socio-economic environment. This includes confronting societal and economic challenges such as climate change, changing demographics, digitisation, the emergence of new, disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence generating demand for STEM skills and talent and rapid employment changes through social innovation and community resilience as well as labour market innovation. In 2026, this topic will also address the challenge of severe skills gaps in sectors crucial for Europe’s competitiveness in line with the Union of Skills initiative.</p><p>Alliances for Education and Enterprises bring together enterprises and both higher education and vocational training providers to work together in partnership. Operating within one economic sector or several different economic sectors, they create reliable and sustainable relations and demonstrate their innovat
Programme areas: Alliances for Innovation - Alliances for Education and Enterprises
Keywords: Circular economy, Climate change, Curricular education activities with enterprises, Curriculum design and development, Demography, ESCO, ESG, Education-enterprises partnerships, Entrepreneurship, European transparency tools for validation ECVET, Identification of skills needs, Innovation capacity, Innovation in learning, teaching and assessment practices supported by digital technologies, Mobility in Vocational Education & Training (VET), Start-ups, Vocational training, digital skills, digitalisation, emerging professional needs, green skills, mobility in HE, work-based learning
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