Funding of implementation projects by organizations of economic and social partners within the framework of international vocational education and training cooperation (WiSoVET)
Nationwide funding of implementation projects for the realization of bilateral vocational training cooperations by chamber and employee organizations. Financing of up to 100% of eligible expenses for projects with a duration of up to 36 months. Guideline valid until 31.12.2029, applications by invitation only.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The objective of the directive is to support the active involvement of chamber and employee organizations in the design and implementation of existing bilateral vocational training cooperations. Funding is provided for individual and joint projects aimed at the development and pilot testing of training and continuing education programs, curricula, examination models, participation procedures of social partners, and other formats to improve dual vocational training, as well as an accompanying meta-measure for the professional support of umbrella organizations.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel expenses
- Project-related material costs
- Contracts with third parties
- Travel expenses
- Workshops
Non-eligible expenses
- Usual basic equipment of the participating institutions
- Projects that are already funded by other federal, state, or EU programs
Eligible to apply
- Educational Institutions
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Chamber organizations or their institutions
- DGB districts, regions, and non-profit trade union education providers
- Commercial educational providers as implementation partners in joint projects
- Written cooperation agreement of the joint partners
- No simultaneous funding from other federal, state, or EU programs
Documents required for application
- Detailed project description
- Work and schedule plan
- Financing plan
- Submission via easy-Online
Evaluation criteria
- Formal funding requirements
- Compliance with funding objectives and subject matter
- Technical quality and originality
- Relevance to the BMBF programmatic framework
- Qualification of applicants and partners
- Scientific connectivity
- Contribution to bilateral vocational education cooperation
- Experience in international collaboration
- Sustainability of bilateral partnerships
- Quality of collaboration
- Plausibility and feasibility of the project
- Securing overall financing
- Adequacy of the work and time schedule
Description
With the WiSoVET program, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research supports the operational implementation of bilateral vocational education and training cooperation through chamber and employee organizations. Nationwide, individual and joint projects are eligible for funding if they aim at the development and testing of company-based training and further education programs, cooperative curricula, competency-oriented examination models, as well as participation procedures of the social partners. Accompanying this, a meta-measure for the professional support of umbrella organizations is financed. Funding is possible for a project duration of up to 36 months, covering up to 100% of eligible expenses. The guideline is valid until December 31, 2029; applications are submitted by invitation to the DLR Project Management Agency via easy-Online.
Eligible to apply are chamber organizations and their institutions (e.g., foreign chambers of commerce, chambers of industry and commerce, and chambers of crafts), DGB districts and regions, affiliated trade unions, as well as non-profit educational providers as implementation partners in project consortia. A prerequisite for funding is a written cooperation agreement among all consortium partners and the exclusion of parallel funding from other federal, state, or EU programs. Selection is based on formal funding requirements, alignment with funding objectives, professional quality and originality, experience in international cooperation, sustainability of bilateral partnerships, plausibility of work and time plans, as well as secured overall financing. For application submission, a detailed project description, a work and time schedule, and a financing plan are required.
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