ALIGN E+: Action-based Learning for ImprovinG Needs analysis in Erasmus+
Main Info
TCA Description
This is an action-based learning and exchange event for individuals looking to improve capacity and understanding of what a high-quality needs analysis should comprise in Erasmus+. The focus will be on Erasmus Key Action 2 and Cooperation Partnerships, but knowledge and insights will be easily transferable to other contexts. ALIGN E+ is open to participation from existing beneficiaries, as well as those looking to apply to Erasmus+ in the future, with participants welcomed from the fields of adult, higher, school and vocational education. Plenary inputs will be complemented by field-based and multi-field groupwork and exchanges, through an action-based learning approach.
Activities:
During this event, participants will be prompted to consider needs from a programme, field-based and multi-field perspective, reflecting on the scope, extent, quality and sufficiency of needs analysis in Erasmus+, on transnationality and proportionality, and on needs analysis methods and tools that are relevant to Erasmus+ and Cooperation Partnerships.
By the end of this exchange, partnership and capacity-building event, participants will be able to:
- RECOGNISE the expectations of Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships for proposals based on a genuine and adequate needs analysis;
- COMPARE insights and expectations across different educational fields, to determine the expected scope, extent, quality and sufficiency of needs analysis activity in Erasmus+;
- CREATE a credible and convincing needs analysis within future Erasmus funding applications, particularly within Key Action 2 Cooperation Partnerships.
[1] OUTLINE DRAFT PROGRAMME
DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2025 (AFTERNOON ONLY)
Registration and Lunch (13:00)
Formal Welcome and Introductions (14:30)
Programme and Policy Landscapes (15:00)
Field-based Development Goals and Priorities (15:30)
Mapping Existing Practices: Strong Roots and Areas for Growth (16:30)
Close of Day One (17:00)
COMMON DINNER (19:00)
DAY TWO: THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2025 (FULL DAY)
Welcome Back, Energiser and Goals for the Day (09:00)
Inspiration: Expert-Practitioner Input (09:30)
Big Data versus Small Data (10:00)
Coffee Break (10:45)
Stakeholders and Beneficiaries (11:15)
Plenary Review (12:15)
Lunch Break (12:30)
Practices, Gaps and Inadequacies (14:00)
Coffee Break (15:00)
Initial and Continuing Needs Analysis (15:30)
Conclusions and Open Discussion (16:30
Close of Day Two (17:00)
COMMON DINNER (19:30)
DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025 (MORNING ONLY)
Welcome Back, Energiser and Goals for the Day (09:15)
Needs Analysis Methods (09:45)
Coffee Break (10:30)
Transnationality and Proportionality (11:15)
Readiness Check and Open Discussion (12:00)
Close of Event (12:30)
LUNCH-OPTIONAL (12:45)
Partners and participants
Applicants for KA2 programme in the 4 sectors: SCH, VET, AE, HE. International cooperation and educational practitioners looking to build capacity and understanding of what a high-quality needs analysis should comprise in Erasmus+. Participation welcomed from existing beneficiaries, as well as those looking to apply to Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships in the future. Open to applicants from the fields of adult, higher, school and vocational education.
Pending booked places
Accepted places