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Pact for Skills and EU Funding Opportunities: ESF+, RRF, ERASMUS+ Thursday, 25/03/2020 | 15:00-16:30 CET - EVPA
Welcome to our e-Speakers!

    Marie Boscher              Luka Juros              Anna Nikowska          Lyubomira Derelieva       Jessica Curtis

European Commission -     European Commission -     European Commission -     European Commission -     Rethink Ireland
Directorate-General for   Directorate-General for   Directorate-General for   Directorate-General for          -
    Internal Market,       Employment, Social        Employment, Social        Employment, Social       EVPA member
        Industry,          Affairs and Inclusion     Affairs and Inclusion     Affairs and Inclusion
 Entrepreneurship and
          SMEs
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Agenda
Time            Description                                                     Speaker

15:00 – 15:05   Introduction                                                    Bianca Polidoro, EVPA

                Pact for Skills for the Proximity & Social Economy: Structure
15:05 – 15:15                                                                   Marie Boscher, European Commission – DG GROW
                and Principles

                Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) – part of
15:15 – 15:25                                                                   Luka Juros, European Commission – DG EMPL
                NextGenerationEU

15:25 – 15:35   Erasmus+ and the blueprint for sectoral cooperation             Anna Nikowska, European Commission – DG EMPL

                                                                                Lyubomira Derelieva, European Commission – DG
15:35 – 15:45   European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
                                                                                EMPL

15:45 – 16:00   Practical example of investment in upskilling & reskilling      Jessica Curtis – Rethink Ireland (EVPA Member)

                                                                                Marie Boscher; Luka Juros; Anna Nikowska; Lyubomira
16:00 – 16:20   Q&A with speakers
                                                                                Derelieva; Jessica Curtis

16:20 – 16:30   Conclusions                                                     Cătălina Papari, EVPA

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Marie Boscher

                                                                           Policy Officer

Pact for Skills for the Proximity & Social Economy:
Structure and Principles
European Commission - Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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The EU Pact for Skills for the Proximity and
Social Economy Ecosystem
                     Marie Boscher - DG GROW - 25 March 2021
What is the Pact for Skills ?

• The Pact is the first of the flagship actions under the European Skills
  Agenda and is firmly anchored in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
• It is a shared engagement model for skills development in Europe
• The Pact for Skills promotes joint action to maximise the impact of
  investing in improving existing skills (upskilling) and training in new
  skills (reskilling).
• Launched in November 2020, it aims at bringing together companies, workers,
  national, regional and local authorities, social partners, cross-industry and sectoral
  organisations, education and training providers, chambers of commerce and
  employment services.

                              they all have a key role to play

• To support a fair and resilient recovery and deliver on the ambitions of the green and
  digital transitions and of the EU Industrial and SME Strategies, the Commission
  invites public and private organisations to join forces and take concrete action to
  upskill and reskill people in Europe

• The Pact for Skills builds on other EU initiatives for cooperation such as:
      ➢      The Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills
      ➢      The reinforced European Alliance for Apprenticeships
      ➢      The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition
Roundtables with industrial ecosystems
• Commissioner Schmit and Commissioner Breton have organized a series of high-level
  roundtables with representatives of ecosystems identified in the EU’s new Industrial
  Strategy.

• Representatives of industry, regional and national authorities, social partners, and education
  and training providers were invited to these meetings to promote engagement in the Pact
  from industrial ecosystems.

• Past roundtables:

           ➢    Aerospace and defence sector
           ➢    Automotive sector
           ➢    Microelectronics sector
           ➢    Proximity and social economy
           ➢    Tourism
What will the Pact for Skills offer ?

From 2021 the Commission will support the signatories of the Pact through dedicated services:

       1.      Networking hub, including: support in finding partners and first meetings of
       the partnerships; linking with existing EU tools; promotion of the activities of the Pact
       members.

       2.      Knowledge hub, including: webinars, seminars peer learning activities;
       updates on EU polices and instruments; information on projects, tools instruments and
       best practices

       3.        Guidance and resources hub, including: access to information on relevant
       EU funding (Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and Recovery and Resilience
       Facility) ; guidance to identify financial possibilities; facilitation of exchange between
       the Pact members and national/regional authorities.
Join the Pact !

• Who can join the Pact?
         ➢ Individual companies or other private or public organisations
         ➢ Regional or local partnerships
         ➢ Industrial ecosystems or cross-sectoral partnerships

• How can you join the Pact? Here !
• All members of the Pact sign up to the Charter and its key principles, which
  they agree to respect and uphold.
Charter – Key principles

      ➢ Promoting a culture of lifelong learning for all
      ➢ Building strong skills partnerships
      ➢ Monitoring skills supply/demand and anticipating skills needs
      ➢ Working against discrimination and for gender equality and equal
        opportunities
• Signatories of the Pact are strongly encouraged to translate their
  engagement into concrete commitments on upskilling and reskilling.
  These commitments will bring the key principles of the Pact to life:
  https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1534&langId=en
The EU Pact for Skills for the Proximity and
   Social Economy Ecosystem: structure
High Level Roundtable for the Proximity and Social Economy Ecosystem on 30 October
followed by the organization of a series of Experts’ Roundtables between January and May
2021:

• 30 October 2020 - High level Roundtable for the P&SE ecosystem

• 28 January 2021 - “Digital Road to Mannheim. Youth at the heart of the social economy”: first
  Pact for Skills Experts Roundtable for the P&SE ecosystem on digital education and training

• 24 February 2021 - European Industry Days: second Pact for Skills Experts Roundtable
  “Accelerating industrial transformation and workers’ skill development through worker
  cooperatives”.

• April/May 2021 - Third Pact for Skills Experts Roundtable (with ESER members)
European Social Economy Regions (ESER)

“ESER4Skills” strand of ESER 2021 edition
• ESER community: a vibrant interactive network
  of SE practitioners at regional and local level

• Model case of co-design and co-construction of EU policies in social
  economy.

• 2021: thematic collaboration
  announced on 8 December 2020
  during the ESER 2020 concluding
  event
European Social Economy Summit (ESES)

The Proximity & Social Economy
ecosystem will join the Pact for
Skills and present their joint targets
for commitments during the
European Social Economy Summit
in May 2021.
Digital Conference| 26 – 27 May 2021
• The Summit will bring together public and private stakeholders, civil society representatives
  and scholars to discuss social economy with the aim of exchanging good practices, success
  stories and supporting peer learning;

• More than 80 workshops and panels are expected to take place during these two days
  events. High level panelists will deliver key note speeches;

• Strong role of our ESER Community to boost networks and policy-making at regional and
  local level/ contribution to co-create EU policies (“Annual Meeting” scheduled during the
  event);

• The Conference will feed the preparation of the European Action Plan for the Social
  Economy (publication scheduled during the Slovenian Presidency).
Official websites

• Pact for Skills:
https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1517&langId=en
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2059
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Pact_for_Skills_FORM

• ESER:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/SEC/ESER+-
+European+Social+Economy+Regions
• ESES:
https://www.euses2020.eu/
Thank you
Luka Juros

                                                                   Policy Officer

Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) – part of
NextGenerationEU

European Commission - Directorate-General for Employment, Social
Affairs and Inclusion

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Recovery and Resilience Facility
• The RRF provides €672.5 billion in loans and grants to support the EU
  Member States’ reforms and investments in order to:
   • Mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic

   • Make European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and better
     prepared for the green and digital transitions

• Requirement to address country-specific recommendations
Scope of the Facility – six pillars

 Green transition

 Digital transformation

 Economic cohesion, jobs, productivity and competitiveness

 Social and territorial cohesion

 Health, and economic, social and institutional resilience

 Policies for the next generation, children and the youth, including education and
 skills
Horizontal principles
 • Climate and digital transitions
    • At least 37% of expenditure related to climate objectives

    • At least 20% of expenditure related to the digital transition

    • Do no significant harm principle

 • Impact on youth and children

 • Non-discrimination and equal opportunities

 • Tracking of social expenditure
How does it work?
• Description of national Recovery and Resilience Plans by ‘components’
• Payment based on milestones and targets
• Synergies and complementarity with the other EU funding sources,
  respecting the principle of additionality
• A summary of the national consultation process
• Commission Guidance on the RRPs, including EU-level flagships
   • Illustrative RRF component on the upskill and reskill flagship
Reskill & upskill flagship
• The illustrative component presents possible reforms and
investments to support to re- and upskilling.
• Reforms: adult learning, VET systems, and digital skills
• Investments: inter-company training centres, VET centres of
competence and digital skills
• Member States can use these “illustrations” in the design of their
own Recovery and Resilience Plans
https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/examples-component-reforms-and-investment-reskill-and-
upskill_en
Skills for recovery and resilience
• Measures on skills          • Effective Active Support to
                                Employment            (EASE
   • Pact for Skills
                                Recommendation)
   • VET
                                • Wage and hiring incentives
   • Adult learning (ILAs)
                                • Up/reskilling
   • Cross-border projects
                                • (Public) employment services
   • Skills strategies

   • Skills intelligence
Disclaimer

Eligibility for funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility of any of the projects
described in this presentation depends on full compliance with the Recovery and
Resilience Facility Regulation
The Commission can provide further guidance to Member States in the context of the
preparation of their respective Recovery and Resilience Plans
Anna Nikowska

                                                                           Seconded National
                                                                                Expert

Erasmus+ and the blueprint for sectoral cooperation

European Commission - Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs
and Inclusion

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Erasmus+ 2021-2027

Key Action 2 – Alliance for innovation
KA2 in the new programme

• Partnerships for Cooperation
• Partnerships for Excellence
• Partnerships for Innovation - Alliances for Innovation
Alliances for Innovation Lot 1

Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises

• Merging the former Sectoral Skills Alliances with the Knowledge Alliances

• Sectoral and cross-sectoral (economic sectors)

• Building bridges between education (HE and VET) and enterprise

• Labour-market oriented or social innovation

• Innovation, entrepreneurship, skills & labour-market
Aims of Lot 1

• Innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning

• Corporate social responsibility

• Sense of initiative and entrepreneurial attitudes, mindsets and skills
 (Entrecomp)

• Quality and relevance of skills

• Flow and co-creation of knowledge

• VET and HE systems leading to innovation
Activities under Lot 1

• Boosting innovation

• Developing entrepreneurial mind-sets, competences and skills

• Flow of knowledge between VET, HE and enterprises

• Identifying market needs and emerging professions
Alliances for Innovation Lot 2

Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on skills (Blueprint)

• Continuation of former Sector Skills Alliances implementing the Blueprint (Skills Agenda 2016)

• Large sector-based Europe-wide projects tackling skills gaps

• Must cover lower and higher VET levels: EQF 3-5 as well as 6-8

• Sectors/areas determined by 14 industrial ecosystems of the March 2020 Industrial Strategy

• Synergies with sectoral partnerships under the Pact for Skills
Aims of Lot 2

Drawing on evidence regarding skills needs with regard to occupational
profiles, Blueprint Alliances support the design and delivery of transnational
education & training content for quick take-up at regional and local level and for
new occupations that are emerging.
Deliverables under Lot 2

Re-active response:

• Rapid design of continuing vocational training programmes for up-skilling and
 re-skilling the labour force

• Rapid uptake and use of the training programmes by reaching out to main
 players in value chains
Deliverables under Lot 2
Pro-active response:

• Sectoral skills intelligence

• Sectoral skills strategy

• Determine emerging occupational profiles

• Qualifications and training programmes

• Long-term plans for mainstreaming project results at regional/national level,
 in clusters or with the EIT
Possible Roadmap for 2021

• 2021 Erasmus+ Call and Programme Guide published – April 2021

• Deadline for applications: 07/09/2021

• Evaluation: September – December 2021

• Info to applicants January - February 2022

• Grants signed: March - April 2022

• Starting date: 01/05, 01/06 or 01/07/2022

• …….to be confirmed……..
Lyubomira Derelieva

                                                               Policy Officer

European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)

European Commission - Directorate-General for Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion

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ESF+ 2021-2027
Support to Skills
Overview
1. What is the ESF+?

2. How does the ESF+ work?

3. How can the ESF+
support skills?
4. How can you get
involved?
1. What is the ESF+?
What is the ESF+?
First structural fund (1957) & EU’s key   instrument for
investing in people

                         Missions (legal basis)
                  ✓ improve employment opportunities
                    for workers in the Union and
                    contribute to raising the standard of
                    living (Art 162 TFEU)
                  ✓ contribute to economic, social and
                    territorial cohesion (Art 174 and 175
                    TFEU) (ERDF, CF, JTF)
The ESF+ budget

              ESF +             €101,2 billion
     ESF + total budget 2021- 27: €88 bn (2018 prices)
    ESF+ shared management                    €87.3 billion

                 Outermost Regions/NSPA €473 million

                 Transnational cooperation €175 million
    Employment and Social Innovation strand (managed directly by
    the European Commission)         € 676 mn

    → Microfinance/social enterpreneurship axis moved to
    InvestEU Social Window
2. How does the ESF+ work
under shared management?
How does the ESF+ work under shared
management?

      European Semester Country Reports & CSRs →
                       programming
         EU-level policy initiatives (Pact for Skills)
Types of support

            Grants                             FI (~1%)
• Projects supporting the            • Loans and micro-loans (most
  ecosystem / social                   common), guarantees (MT and PT),
  entrepreneurship                     equity (DE and PL)
• 2014-2020: EUR 0.9bn for social    • Most FI for employment (business
  entreprenership and the social       creation) but also education and
  economy                              skills (e.g. student loans)
• Projects implemented by social     • 2021-2027 period:
  enterprises (employment, social    • New: possibility to combine grants
  inclusion, education and skills)     and FIs in a single operation (e.g.
                                       microcredit scheme + grant for
                                       entrepreneurship training)
                                     • Simplification
                                     • Up to 5% to InvestEU
3. How can the ESF+ support
skills?
The ESF+ objectives
                                                                                   both direct
                     Cohesion Policy Objective 4: A More Social and                support to
                  Inclusive Europe Implementing the European Pillar of             people and
                                     Social Rights                                  reforms

                                    EDUCATION                              SOCIAL
  EMPLOYMENT
                                     TRAINING                            INCLUSION
• (i) Access to employment      • (iv) Improving the quality,    • (vii) Active inclusion
  of all jobseekers               effectiveness and labour       • (viii) Socio-integration of third-
• (ii) Modernising labour         market relevance of              country nationals, incl.
                                  education and training           migrants
  market institutions and
                                  systems                        • (viii a) promoting socio-
  services                                                         economic integration of
• (iii) Gender-balanced         • (v) Promoting equal              marginalised communities
  labour market                   access to and completion         such as the Roma
                                  of, quality and inclusive      • (ix) Equal and timely access
  participation, work/life        education                        to services; social protection,
  balance                                                          healthcare systems and long
                                • (vi) Lifelong learning, re-
• (iii bis) adaptation of         and up-skilling,                 term care
  workers & enterprises,                                         • (x) Social integration of
                                  anticipating change and          people at risk of poverty and
  well-adapted working            new skills requirements          social exclusion
  environment, active &                                          • (xi) Addressing material
  healthy ageing                   =entire education and           deprivation, including
                                   training cycle                  accompanying measures
Examples of ESF Support to Skills
Project examples:
• Business incubator to increase new SMEs’
   survival rate (DK)
• Entrepreneurship classes in school (IT)
• Entrepreneurship training & support for
   unemployed women (ES, IT + loans), migrants
   (ES), young people (PT + grants)
• Training for vulnerable individuals to work in
   agricultural social enterprises (SI)
But also reforms:
• Developing skills strategies
• Introducing skills forecasting systems
• Curricula reforms
ESF+ support to social innovation
• Social innovation is innovation that is social in both
  its ends and its means.
• All MS to dedicate ESF+ resources to social
  innovation (incentive 95% co-financing)

         Shared             Direct/indirect
       management           management
        Decentralised
          support to
            social         Support to social
        innovation at      experimentation
         MS/regional
             level             Support to
          Upscaling        transnational social
                          innovation initiatives
EaSI strand – operational objectives
• Develop high-quality               • Support services to employers
  comparative analytical               and job-seekers
  knowledge
                                     • Develop the market eco-system
• Facilitate information-sharing,      related to microfinance
  mutual learning, peer reviews
                                     • Develop social enterprises and
  and dialogue
                                       a social investment market
• Support social experimentations
                                     • Provide guidance for the
  and build up the stakeholders’
                                       development of social
  capacity to transfer and upscale
                                       infrastructure
  social policy innovations
                                     • Support transnational
• Support EU-level networking
                                       cooperation to facilitate the
  among relevant stakeholders
                                       upscaling of innovative
• Support the implementation of        solutions
  international social and labour
  standards
EaSI strand – eligible actions
Eligible Actions:                   Eligible Entities from:
• Analytical (surveys, studies,     (i) EUMS (incl. OCT);
  experimentation)                  (ii) associated country
• Policy implementation (cross      (EFTA/EEA, ACs, CCs,
  border partnership, transnational PCCs);
  cooperation, support for          (iii) 3rd country listed in
  microfinance and social           EaSI work programme -
  enterprises)                      specific conditions apply
• Capacity building (networks at
  Union level, NCPs)                + any legal entity
• Communication &                   created under Union law
  dissemination (mutual learning or any international
  by exchange of good practices,    organisation
  guides, reports, info. material
  and media coverage)
4. How can you get involved?
ESF+: How to get involved?
• Calls for proposals and project selection – in the
  hands of your regional or national authorities → get
  in touch:
  https://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=45&langId=en

• ESF+, incl. EaSI strand: programming of new
  priorities ongoing now, including consultation of
  partners and stakeholders

• EaSI strand: calls launched by EC, check:
  https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/esf
  procurement published on :
  https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=624&langId=en
Conclusions
Conclusion
• The ESF+ will remain the EU’s key instrument
  for investing in people, including skills.
• New ESF+ 2021-2027 – programming ongoing.
• Implemented mostly through shared
  management – by national or regional authorities
  in partnership with COM and relevant
  stakeholders.
• Get in touch with managing authorities – for
  programming and for projects.
• EaSI strand – directly managed by COM.
Jessica Curtis

                                                  Senior Fund Manager
                                                      and Head of
                                                  Education and Health

Practical example of investment in upskilling &
reskilling

Rethink Ireland (EVPA member)

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Jessica Curtis
Head of Education and
Health (Senior Fund
Manager)
Who we are
Rethink Ireland is a venture philanthropy
fund, providing cash grants and business
supports to the most innovative civil
society organisations and social
enterprises.

Every euro we raise in philanthropy is
matched by the Department of Rural and
Community Development via the Dormant
Accounts Fund.
Our Vision             Our Mission                Our Impact

Our vision is a more   Our mission is to          Create an evidence-base for the impact
inclusive, equal and   identify the best social   of Rethink Ireland Funds and awardees
sustainable Ireland    innovations and            We want to improve as well as prove
because of social      provide the business       our awardees’ social impact
innovation.            supports they need to
                       help address our most      Work with academic partners and
                       pressing social needs.     awardees to demonstrate the social
                                                  value of the Funds and awardee
                                                  projects
Strategic Plan
Education

● More students progress along the
  national education framework across
  their lifespan
● More people experiencing disadvantage
  progress into employment
● More people are lifted out of poverty,
  often bringing their families with them
● Ireland becomes a learning society
  (beyond formal learning institutions)

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Why invest in Education?
●   To respond to the Impact of COVID 19

● To improve our literacy achievement gap

● To support the implementation of 21st century
  skills across the life span

● Bringing innovators together - peer networking
  leads to further innovation

●   To create an evidence-base for Public
    Education on what works

● To improve and scale great ideas                 68
● €22m +investment to date. Funds are made up
  of 50% private philanthropic funding, self-
  raised by almost 40 Awardees and 50% is a
  contribution from the Government of Ireland,
  through the Dormant Accounts Fund

● We open funds in response to pressing needs
  i.e. intersectionality of educational
  disadvantage and poverty, impact of COVID 19

● Our goal is to support 25,000 people per
  annum to have equitable access to, and
  support for, their education and wellbeing

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Education Investment 2016 -2021

    €22m                 5+            40 +             31,000 +               3
                                                         reached          Evaluations
                        funds         innovations

One third over all   Delivered 5   Backed 40 social   Reached 31,000   Partnership with
of 65 m fund         Funds, more   innovations        people           UNESCO Child and
                     under                                             Family Centre in
                                                                       National University
                     development
                                                                       of Ireland, Galway
Rethink Ireland Education Snapshot

● Supported 6056 learners to achieve a qualification (national framework)
● Supported 567 learners to achieve a Junior Cert
● Supported 1680 learners to achieve a Leaving Cert

In 2020, our Ed projects expanded their reach and connected with a further 97,735
people through online, multimedia and television engagement.
Rethink Ireland Education projects
Technology and Education Tech2Students collaboration

STEM Education Midlands Science CLG
Scaling good ideas - TCPID
Education Research emerging
Implementation of Education Awardees models resulted in improved education progress
(15% higher than existing support system for marginalised young people!)

Need for a new model of educational progression - supports on individual and structural level

Formal recognition of the role of alternative education provision and adequate funding is key

Showcasing the evidence to share the learnings on diverse pathways to education will be a gamechanger.
Rethink Ireland Education Funds 2021
    Education Innovation Fund 2021 - applicant breakdown
        17% Transitions in Education (autism, secondary to 3rd level)
        33% 21st Century Models of Education (wellbeing, STEM, digital upskilling)
        50% Reversing the effects of poverty on educational outcomes (literacy inclusion, training for work
        and access to 3rd level, addressing suspension)

    Funds Under Development…

●   Engage and Educate Fund Intersectionality of poverty and education

●   Transitioning to the Workforce Fund          Supporting early school leavers on the margins of society to access
    workforce-focused education
Educational progression the words of a
 beneficiary...
                               self-confidence and study
                               skills that they developed
                               through project activities
                               helped them to transition to
                               third-level education
                               successfully (teacher)

I would have left school with no formal certificates, I
didn’t have a junior cert, I didn’t have a leaving cert,
and now I am more than halfway through my second
year of a degree. So, it is absolutely fantastic for me.
(Student)
I am the first child in my entire family to go to Trinity College,
which was an amazing experience for me. And I got to
become a student mentor to the first-year students. (Student,
with an intellectual disability)
Thank you

Contact Jessica@rethinkireland.ie ore information
Marie Boscher,
Policy Officer
- DG GROW
                    Lyubomira Derelieva,
                    Policy Officer
                    -DG EMPL

Luka Juros,
Policy Officer
- DG EMPL

                    Jessica Curtis,
                    Head of Education and
Anna Nikowska,      Health, Senior Fund Manager
Seconded National   - Rethink Ireland
Expert
- DG EMPL

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