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Application Form full proposal
Call for proposals EACEA 30/2014
KA3 – Support for policy reform –
Initiatives
Policy
for
Policy
Innovation
experimentation
education sector
APPLICATION FORM
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PART F. Quality of the project design and implementation
Investigation of the field (state of the art)
Please provide documented evidence that corroborates the potential of the policy measure to be tested to
produce effective results.
Experimentation Method
Please identify and describe in detail the experimentation method, its rationale and implications, including
definitions of success/failure criteria, and its theoretical approach.
Description of the Protocol
Please describe the protocol that will be followed in the experimentation providing details of:
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the size, sorts, and features of the sample, the rationale and the procedures for identifying and
selecting the sample;
the typology of field trials, their timing;
the entities that will be responsible for developing and implementing the field trials and for
evaluating their results and the role that each entity will play in these contexts;
national, trans-national, internal, external and peer evaluation plans;
the evaluation benchmarks and qualitative and quantitative indicators;
the monitoring and quality control measures;
any other relevant information regarding the protocol.
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Project design
Please describe schematically and chronologically the main phases of the project (planning, implementation,
evaluation, and dissemination) highlighting the major milestones and deliverables/outputs/results.
Project management
Please provide a description of the management plan, what resources are allocated, how cooperation and
exchange of know-how and information will be ensured, as well as how the decision process is going to be
managed and emphasise how public authorities are going to exercise their strategic leadership.
Quality control
Please provide a quality control plan referring both to the project management and outputs. Please describe
how challenges and risks will be identified and which mitigating actions will be proposed.
Budget and cost effectiveness
Please describe the strategy adopted to ensure that the proposed results and objectives will be achieved in
the most economical way. Explain the principles of budget allocation amongst partners. Indicate the
arrangements adopted for financial management. Please argue how your proposal can be considered value
for money.
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Part G. Quality of the partnership
Applicants' presentation, role and operational capacity
This part must be completed separately by each organisation participating in the project
(coordinator and other beneficiaries).
Partner number - P x [P1 – Pn] (please ensure that the numbering follows the same numbering
as in Part A.
Organisation name
Aims and activities of the organisation
1. If you are a public authority, please describe in which way you are responsible for the specific field
in which the experimentation is going to be carried out. You are welcome to provide relevant
evidence of it (such as official policy or administrative acts in the area covered by the project)
through freely accessible web references).
2. If you are any other type of organisation, please provide a short presentation of your organisation
(key activities, affiliations, size of the organisation, etc.) relating to the area covered by the project,
and explain how your expertise is related to the role and responsibilities you will have in the project.
Provide information on the operational and financial management of the project within the
organisation.
3. If you are an evaluation body, in addition to what requested under b) please provide documented
evidence (list of references) on your experience in evaluating the impact of large scale policy actions
through field trials.
4. If you are a legally established network or association of public authorities, or a delegated body, in
addition to what requested under b) please indicate the name of the public authorities you are
representing and provide the information requested under a).
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Role in the proposal
Please describe the role and responsibilities of your organisation in the project.
Operational capacity:
Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project
Please add lines as necessary.
Name of staff member
Summary of relevant skills and professional experience
% of dedication to
the project
(100% = 1 full time
person/year)
Operational capacity:
Involvement in previous projects
Please list the projects connected to the priority theme of the call, implemented by your organisation or
department in the last three years.
(Please add lines as necessary)
Programme or
initiative
Reference
number
including year of award
Project title
Rationale of setting-up the consortium, cooperation arrangements, translation
of results to policy making
Rationale for the setting-up of the consortium
Please explain why the selected partners are best suited to participate in this European project and how the
partnership will ensure full achievement of the objectives of the call with due regard to the priority theme.
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Describe responsibilities in terms of strategic leadership, policy development and implementation, innovative
and/or complementary skills, expertise and competences within the consortium directly relating to the
planned project activities, in particular impact evaluation expertise.
Cooperation arrangements across the partnership
Please describe the cooperation arrangements across the partnership, the responsibilities for decision
making, conflict resolution, reporting, monitoring, communication and other relevant issues.
Translation of results to policy making
Please outline the partnership's capacity to translate results into policy actions and to reach a large number
of stakeholders and target groups.
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PART H. Impact, dissemination, exploitation, sustainability
Expected systemic impact of the project
Please describe what kind of systemic change the proposal is aiming to achieve in strategic, qualitative and
quantitative terms, and how the results are expected to lead to systemic change in the countries involved in
this proposal, as well as its potential impact at European level in the education and training fields.
Dissemination and Communication
Please outline the dissemination strategy providing qualitative and quantitative indicators, and specifying:
 The strategy, channels and modalities used for reaching and involving the target groups,
stakeholders, and the specific population samples before, during and after the field trials and beyond
the project,
 The strategy and channels used for communicating the on-going work of the project and its final
results to national and European policy-makers, stakeholders and public at large;
 If the project produces educational materials, documents and media, clear indication of how these
will be made freely accessible through open licences and do not contain disproportionate limitations.
Exploitation
Please explain through which kind of policy actions and reforms the results will be up-scaled, mainstreamed
and multiplied and which funds (e.g. Erasmus+ Key Action 2, European Structural and Investment Funds,
national funds, etc.) will be activated to sustain up-scaling and mainstreaming in the longer term. Please
explain how the results will contribute to peer learning of the partner authorities involved and feed into the
Open Method of Coordination in the fields of education and training.
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PART I. Work plan and work packages
Please enter the different project activities you intend to carry out in your project. Duplicate and complete
for each work package.
Work package No.
Planning
Experimentation Protocol
Field trials
Work package type
Evaluation
Dissemination and Communication
Management
Quality Assurance (quality plan)
Title
List of activities/tasks
Estimated Start Date
Estimated End Date
(mm-yyyy)
(mm-yyyy)
Duration:
Lead Partner
Contributing partners
Deliverables
Please list the nature and describe briefly the content of all deliverables
produced in the work package (reports, analyses, guidelines, statistics, scientific
articles, interviews, questionnaires, etc.) highlighting the language versions (see
annex B) and the media(s) (paper, web, video, etc.) used.
Expected results
Please describe the overall results of the work package
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Consortium partners involved and resources required to complete the work package
Please add lines as necessary.
Indicative input of consortium staff - The total number of days per staff category should correspond with the information provided in the budget tables.
Name of
the
partner
Number of staff days
Category
1
Category
2
Category
3
Category
4
Role and tasks in the work package
Total
Total
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Explanation of work package expenditures
Please explain all other costs associated with the work package (subcontracting, travel, and other costs).
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PART J. Description of the trainee selection procedure
Please present a comprehensive description of the trainee teachers selection procedure and criteria.
Furthermore, the following precisions should be given:
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a fixed and exhaustive list of the different types of activities for which a third party may receive
financial support,
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the definition of the persons or categories of persons which may receive financial support,
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the criteria for awarding financial support,
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the maximum amount to be granted to each third party and the criteria for determining it.
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PART K. Affiliated entities (if applicable)
This part must be completed separately by each affiliated entity participating in the project
Please present, if applicable, any affiliated entity participating to the experimentation project.
This part must be completed after registration in the Beneficiary Portal (Unique Registration Facility URF) http://ec.europa.eu/education/participants/portal
K.1. ORGANISATION
Partner
organisation
to
which the organisation is
affiliated
Role in the application
PIC from the Participant
Portal
Full name of the
organisation
NUTS code
See:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/co
rrespondence_tables/national_structures_eu
Country
Internet address
Town
http://
K.2. Contact person of the affiliated entity
Title
Family Name
First Name
E-mail
Role in the organisation
Department
Street
Number
Postcode
Town
Country
Telephone 1
Telephone 2
Fax:
Please fill in the below part only if the legal representative is different from the contact person
K.3. Person authorised to represent the organisation in legally binding agreements (Legal
representative)
Title
E-mail
Family Name
First Name
Role in the organisation
Department
Street
Postcode
Number
Town
Country
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Aims and activities of the organisation
Please provide a short presentation of the affiliated entity (key activities, affiliations, size of the organisation,
etc.) relating to the area covered by the project, and explain how its expertise is related to the role and
responsibilities it will have in the project. Provide information on the operational and financial management of
the project within the organisation.
Role in the proposal
Please describe the role and responsibilities of the affiliated entity in the project.
Operational/Technical capacity: Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the
project
Please add lines as necessary.
Name of staff member
Summary of relevant skills and professional experience
Title of the project / Acronym
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% of dedication to
the project
(100% = 1 full time
person/year)