Kyiv, 28 August 2024

Seven new projects involving 20 organisations-VET providers from Ukraine have been selected for funding under the European Union Erasmus+ Programme for Capacity Building in the Field of Vocational Education and Training (VET). In total, out of 299 submitted applications 72 projects were recommended for funding.

Ukrainian organizations will benefit from the experience of European partners and expand their capacity to implement reforms in the field of Vocational Education and Training.

The projects will be implemented jointly with 55 partners from 16 Counties: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Czechia, Georgia, Germany, Greece Italy, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Out of 20 partners from Ukraine, 17 will act as full partners and 3 – as associated partners and represent 7 higher education institutions (Dnipro, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson), 3 VET Centers (Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi), 3 VET Schools (Lutsk, Lviv, Rivne), 4 VET Colleges (Dnipro, Lviv, Ternopil), NGO “Institute of Professional Qualifications”, NGO “EDUCATION 360” and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

EU grant amounts from 100 up to EUR  400.000,00 per each project and will fund professional training of staff working together with international partners on modernisation of curricula, development of innovations and methodological resources, implementation of events and study visits, creation of modern infrastructure etc. The duration of project activities is from 1 till 3 years.

Since 2022, 25 partners from 12 countries with 7 VET providers from Ukraine in partnerships have been implementing 3 Capacity Building in the Field of Vocational Education and Training projects, jointly.

Additional information

Erasmus+ is the European Union Programme that aims to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond. It provides opportunities for learning mobility, projects and partnerships, policy development and cooperation. The Programme is inclusive for people of all ages and backgrounds and almost 40 calls for proposals are open to different types of organisations from Ukraine.

For more details on the Erasmus+ Programme please visit the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine website and Facebook page.