4 SOS Group organisations are looking for host partners – Erasmus+ 2021 accreditation, Action 1: Partnership in adult and vocational education and training

This year, 4 SOS Group organisations have obtained an Erasmus+ accreditation. This tool granted by the European Union allows easier access to the  Erasmus+ programme’s funding for mobility activities and cross-border exchanges. Our 4 accredited organisations can now receive funding for mobility activities for a sevenyears period, starting in 2021.   

Keen to engage with European peer organisations, our associations are currently  looking for host partners to carry out mobility activities in their respective fields: 

1) ACTA VISTA: an organisation specialised in professional integration through the preservation of endangered historical heritage sites. ACTA VISTA conducts professional inclusion projects targeting people far from employment by teaching them restoration techniques of cultural heritage. Through its training programmes ACTA VISTA sets the stage for its learners social and professional inclusion and helps them regaining self-confidence. As part of its mobility activities, the organisation is eager to meet partners abroad working in the employment or training sector, with a link to the heritage field.  in order to improve the support and training practices of its learners. For more information on the organisation‘s activities, click here.

2) Pulse: Pulse manages a network of incubators designed to support project leaders with impact, and develops social entrepreneurship support programmes dedicated to aspiring entrepreneurs wishing to implement inclusive and sustainable projects. Thanks to mobility opportunities provided by the Erasmus+ accreditation, Pulse wants to meet and exchange with organisations specialising in social entrepreneurship to improve the pedagogical quality of its training contents and to diversify the skills of its professionals. For more information, you can visit the organisation’s website.

3) Plateforme i : an organisation developing programmes to meet the challenges of inclusion in employment. By getting in touch with European colleagues and peers, Plateforme i wants to diversify the target groups of its training programmes to maximise the social impact of its activities in the field of inclusion in employment and to increase the skills of the its professionals. If you are interested in collaborating with this organisation, click here.

4) Silver Fourchette: an awareness-raising programme targeting the elderly (over 60 years old) which promotes a gourmet, sustainable, adapted and balanced diet to improve their health. Through mobility, Silver Fourchette wishes to improve the educational quality of its contents and create new formats, as well as enabling staff to gain expertise in the field of nutrition for the ageing population. For more information, you can visit the organisation’s website.

Do not hesitate to contact these organisations if you too are interested in an Erasmus+ mobility project! For more information on Erasmus+ accreditations, you can visit the official website.

 

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Open-up to Europe thanks to the Erasmus+ accreditation !

EU’s Erasmus+ programme is becoming more accessible and easier to implement, thanks to new tools that facilitate the application process for organizations. Four SOS GROUP structures have seized this opportunity and obtained an Erasmus+ accreditation, a simpler way to access European mobility activities.

The Erasmus+ Accreditation: an easier gateway to Erasmus+ mobility 

For more than 30 years, the Erasmus program has offered the possibility to European students, apprentices, trainers, job seekers and young graduates to go abroad and do travel and study trips throughout Europe.  

Since 2021, the Erasmus+ program has become even more open and accessible thanks to the Erasmus+ Accreditation, a simplified way to apply for grants from the Erasmus program. Once accredited, organizations can ask mobility grants during seven years (2021-2027) without having to apply for a mobility grant each year. That gives the possibility to awarded candidates to travel in Europe and around the world, in order to open up to cross-border exchanges, observe new practices, carry out training periods and cooperate between professionals of the same sector in foreign countries. 

The Erasmus+ Accreditation shows the European Union’s political will to open mobility opportunities to a larger number of participants and a wider range of organizations.   

Thanks to the Erasmus+ accreditation, four SOS GROUP organizations will have access to European mobility opportunities 

In October 2020, four SOS GROUP organizations obtained the Erasmus+ accreditation. 

Plateforme-i, Acta Vista, Pulse and Silver Fourchette now have the possibility to send their staff and beneficiaries on training and professional trips throughout Europe between 2021 and 2027.  

Focus on the accredited organizations: 

Plateforme-i implements programs for inclusion in employment, in order to offer support to young people who are struggling to enter the professional world. Through European exchanges, Plateforme-i aims to improve social inclusion by spreading its programs beyond the Paris region. 

Acta Vista is a non-profit organization specialized in professional integration and training through the preservation of endangered historical heritage sites. Acta Vista’s staff and trainees will discover complementary training methods in the field of heritage renovation, thanks to European mobility opportunities. 

Silver Fourchette is a program that promotes a balanced and environmentally friendly diet for seniors. By opening-up to Europe, Silver Fourchette’s teams will improve the educational quality of their content and create new pedagogical teaching methods. 

Pulse is a non-profit organization that aims to create pathways towards entrepreneurship as a lever for inclusive and sustainable development, in Africa and Europe. By sending its staff abroad, Pulse will adapt its expertise to the international context and increase the skills of its teams.  

The four organizations will therefore discover new working methods and benefit from cooperation between European partners.  

Save the date!  

Erasmus+ Accreditation next application deadline is 19 October at 12:00 p.m.  

Your organization wishes to benefit from Erasmus+ mobility opportunities with one of the SOS GROUP accredited organizations? Please reach out to: 

Contact: chloe.gallien@groupe-sos.org – Director of European projects at SOS GROUP 

or 

europe@groupe-sos.org 

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