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BUSINESS PLAN 2023-2025 FOR THE CROSS-KIC STRATEGIC EDUCATION CLUSTER

Project description

Deep tech training of talents

The Green Deal and the Deep Tech Talent Initiative (DTTI) aim to promote solutions for global challenges. However, the emerging deep-tech sector is increasingly demanding well-trained and talented aspiring innovators. The EU-funded Edu Cluster project will integrate, systematise and harness educational activities from various knowledge and innovation communities (KICs). The project aims to create joint offerings and open up new opportunities to enhance the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s visibility and market penetration. Furthermore, the project will facilitate interactions and synergies among KICs’ educational activities, promote peer learning and enhance efficiency. Edu Cluster's goal is to train 1 million deep tech talents by 2025 through the DTTI programme, extending resources to all EU Member States.

Objective

The Cross-KIC Strategic Education Cluster (Edu Cluster) is an unprecedented endeavour to integrate, systematise and leverage education activities from different KICs, create joint offerings, and open new opportunities for raising EIT’s profile and market penetration. By ensuring interactions and synergies between KICs’ educational activities, the Edu Cluster creates cross-cutting opportunities, fosters peer-learning, and allows efficiency gains. As a result, EIT partners are equipped to innovate solutions to global challenges tackled by European policies, most notably the Green Deal and the Deep Tech Talent Initiative (DTTI). The different Work Packages (WPs) comprising the Edu Cluster reflect the need for transversality of EIT’s educational offer. WP2 will develop, execute, and scale the DTTI by training one million deep tech talents by 2025, therefore contributing to the new European Innovation Agenda. WP3 will build on its success with the Girls Go Circular project by expanding its educational resources and reach to all EU member states. WP4 will support the long-term sustainability of the EIT Alumni community while ensuring inclusion and diversity. WP5 will scale up the EIT Virtual Campus (VC) through upskilling or reskilling learners with competences in line with market demand. EIT VC will become the go-to educational portal to address knowledge needs in Europe and complement the resources of higher education institutions. WP6 will explore a mode of operation with the platform consortium (hereafter InnoNext)for the EU Next Generation Innovation Internship scheme and coordinate integration into the scheme with the KICs. The Edu Cluster, in synergy with other Cross-KIC Clusters and the HEI Initiative, will keep strengthening the Cross-KIC offering along the entire education value chain.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIT-KIC - HORIZON EIT KIC Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIT-2023-2025-KIC

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Coordinator

EIT RAW MATERIALS GMBH
Net EU contribution
€ 7 809 602,50
Address
KNESEBECKSTRASSE 62
10719 BERLIN
Germany
Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 8 170 852,50

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