Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo da Vinci

Transfer of innovation
Focus, structure and rules
14/10/2008 Kick-off meeting

The aim of Transfer of Innovation Projects

to improve the quality and attractiveness of the European VET system by adapting and integrating innovative content or results from previous Leonardo da Vinci Projects, or from other innovative projects into public and/or private vocational training systems and companies at the national, local, regional, or sectoral level.

The process include the following: Identifying and analysing targeted user requirements Selecting and analysing innovative content to meet these requirements and analysing the feasibility of transfer integrating (or certifying) it in European, national, regional, local and/or sectoral training systems and practices. This implies: Adapting it to the training systems, culture, needs and requirements of targeted users (updating the product, etc.) Transferring it to new socio-cultural and linguistic contexts Using it in new sectors or new target groups, including piloting it in public or private training structures

Contracting in Leonardo program

European Commission Leonardo da Vinci National Agency

Contractor

Partner

Partner

Partner

Follow-up activities of the NA

Monitoring visits
Participating on

partners meeting

Monitoring seminar
National Agency, experts

Reports

Interim Visit colleagues of the NA financial unit, expert

Final

Thematic monitoring
NA, EC

Content report
coordinator

Feedback
(to the promoter)

Financial report
Financial unit

Audits
NA, EC, CofA

Feedback to the promoter

on the result of the evaluation NA and financial unit

Product assessment
Independent expert

Content assessment
all the activities and products are compared to the proposal and the contract external evaluator measure of
quantity quality usability for the target group

exploitation and dissemination

to be documented

Financial rules
Administrative and Financial Handbook
version 2007
(http://www.tpf.hu/download.php?doc_name=LLP/Leonardo/innovacio_transzfer/2007 /apk_hu.pdf)

All copies of evidences and invoices should be sent to the Contractor (certified copies with English summary)
If these amounts are in other currency, than Euro, method of exchange should be attached

Costs from the project period are eligible Analytical accounting system should be set for identifying all the costs and income of the project

Eligible costs staff costs

Staff costs
evidence on the payment evidence relating to how the daily rates are calculated (and the related documentation eg. contracts, etc) registration of work done amount of total staff costs and LdV support for staff costs is set by the contract, changes are possible

Eligible costs operating costs

Operating cost
travel and subsistence costs
copies of invoices, tickets, boarding pass only directly related to project aims, minutes of meetings are requested to eligible countries subsistence: maximum daily rate table / method: daily allowance or actual costs

equipment (up to 10%)

depreciation for the project period only equipment bought within the project eligibility period

production costs
invoice

other costs
invoice

indirect costs
(up to 7 % of total costs set in the contract) no evidences required, though attention should be paid on eligibility

Eligible costs - subcontracting

Subcontracting (up to 30%)
activities carried out by external body invoices and contracts evidences should be attached to interim and final report

Amendments
Should be requested in writing (official letter or Contract Amendment Request Form), previously discussed with the NA Amendments cannot have effect on the main objectives of the project

Thank you for your attention!

JAKABN BAJN Ilona (ilona.bajan@tpf.hu)

Tempus Public Foundation

Unit of Vocational Training and Adult Education

Hungary