Call for experts - external evaluators for Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation
activity project proposals within the Lifelong Learning Programme
Call for experts - external evaluators for Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation
activity is open from January 21st 2011 to February 10th 2011
Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes is declaring a public Call for external evaluators in
the field of vocational education and training for evaluation of project proposals within
Leonardo da Vinci subprogramme, which is a part of the Lifelong Learning Programme. This
Call refers only to evaluation of Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation projects.
External evaluators take part in the quality assessment of received project proposals, which
is a part of the grant award decision procedure for every project proposal. Therefore, the
knowledge and competences of external evaluators are extremely important since they
directly influence the success of a certain project proposal.
All external evaluators are obliged to sign a Declaration on the prevention of conflict of
interest and disclosure of information prior to their engagement as well as to warn of specific
conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest arising from such situation.
A conflict of interest exists when impartial and objective actions of the external evaluator are
in question due to family, emotional, political or ethnic bias, material interest or any other
interest connected to the Leonardo da Vinci applicant at hand.
Who can be an external evaluator of project proposals?
Profile of an external expert
External evaluators can be:
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Employed or unemployed people with work experience in the training of experts from
the field of vocational education and training, or,
Employed or unemployed people with work experience in the field of educational
policies and strategies
External evaluators can not be:
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Persons involved in the monitoring of the Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes
Persons who plan to apply for Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation activity in the
2011 Call for Proposals, nor persons who contribute to preparing such applications
External evaluators must have experience:
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in the evaluation of project proposals for Leonardo da Vinci activity of Transfer of
Innovation, or,
in leading seminars/trainings for external evaluators for Leonardo da Vinci activity
Transfer of Innovation
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External evaluators must have some of the following competences:
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experience and knowledge regarding acquisition of competences key to personal
development, future employability and active European citizenship
knowledge and experience regarding quality assurance in education
participation in the creation of educational policies or research aimed at education
and training
experience in implementing innovation in vocational education and training
excellent command of written and spoken English
computer based skills
experience of work in international projects
experience in evaluating projects
Selection of experts-external evaluators
All received applications will undergo assessment based on received curricula vitae and
application forms. All received applications will form a database of external evaluators for
Transfer of Innovation activity. The Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes reserves the
right to contact and hire external experts from the database in future years of the
implementation of the Lifelong Learning Programme.
Engagement of experts- external experts
After compiling a ranking list of experts - external evaluators and in line with it's needs and
the number of received applications in the Call for Proposals for Leonardo da Vinci Transfer
of Innovation activity, the Agency will distribute the received applications to the selected
external evaluators. The experts will have an obligation to asses the applications within time
period agreed on with the Agency, varying from 2 to 3 weeks, pending on the number of
received applications.
Standard forms of the Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes will be used for assessment
of the applications.
Every expert chosen via this Call will sign a contract with the Agency for Mobility and EU
Programmes, obliging oneself to evaluate the assigned applications in the agreed time
period. Furthermore, external expert will sign a declaration stating that they are not in any
conflict of interest in relation to the assessed projects. In arrangement with the selected
external evaluator, the fee for assessment of project proposals will be set in the contract.
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Who to apply?
Applications are sent to the following address:
Agencija za mobilnost i programe EU
Gajeva 22
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Call for experts - external evaluators – subprogramme Leonardo da Vinci
Applications must be submitted in hardcopy version by mail no later than: February 10th
2011. All applications must be filled out electronically and must be signed.
Documents that must be submitted:
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filled out application form (the form must be filled out in English)
Europass CV in English
Contact details of people working in national agencies who are able to confirm prior
experience requested by the provisions of the tender (assessment of TOI applications
and/or leading seminar/training for external evaluators of TOI applications)
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