Education Call: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Courses 2025

  • Action type: EIT Culture & Creativity
  • Opening date: 11 February 2025
  • Closing time: 11 April 2025 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 150 000 of total € 2 250 000
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Scope

EIT Culture & Creativity invites you to submit proposals for 2025 continuous professional development (CPD) courses, designed to upskill professionals in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI), address critical skills gaps and foster innovation in all EIT CC priority areas (Fashion, Architecture, Cultural Heritage, Audio-Visual Media, and Gaming) in support of Europe’s green, digital, and social transitions. 

EIT Culture & Creativity financial support allocated as follows: 

  • 10 EIT-labelled courses: Up to €150,000 per course  
  • 10 non-EIT-labelled courses: Up to €75,000 per course

EIT-labelled CPD courses

  • Course 1, Entrepreneurship & Creative Thinking: Foresight, strategic innovation, and creative leadership. 
  • Course 2, Entrepreneurship & Emerging Technologies: AI, AR, and VR for creative processes and digital mentorship. 
  • Course 3, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Architecture: Circular design, bio-based materials, and climate-resilient urban planning. 
  • Course 4, Entrepreneurship & Gaming: Emerging gaming technologies, market competitiveness, and platform integration. 
  • Course 5, Youth Entrepreneurship: Targeted training for young people (ages 15–24), focusing on entrepreneurial skills, digital tools, and sustainable practices. 

Non-EIT-labelled CPD courses

  • Course 1, Architecture: Sustainable renovation, circular design, and bio-based materials. 
  • Course 2, Audio-Visual Media: AI, data analytics, IP protection, and content monetisation. 
  • Course 3, Cultural Heritage: Digital tools for archiving, storytelling, and craft preservation. 
  • Course 4, Fashion: Circular design, digital supply chain optimisation, and SME growth strategies. 
  • Course 5, Gaming: Advanced technologies (AI, AR/VR), global market strategies, and diversity promotion.

KPIs requirements

 EIT-labelled CPD courses: 

  • EITHE07.1 – Graduates from EIT-labelled programmes: Minimum 30 graduates per course, including detailed reporting on participant demographics and programme details. 
  • EITHE07.2 – EIT RIS Graduates from EIT-labelled programmes: Minimum 9 RIS graduates, with similar reporting requirements.
  • EITHE09.1 – Students enrolled in EIT-labelled programmes: At least 55 students enrolled per course, tracked and reported.
  • Additional KPI CCSI02 – Students / professionals with new entrepreneurial skills: Minimum 20 participants demonstrating new entrepreneurial skills, with supporting data and evidence provided in reporting.

Non-EIT-labelled CPD courses: 

  •  EITHE08.1 – Participants in non-labelled education and training: Minimum 290 participants successfully completing courses, with breakdowns of enrolment and completion by demographics and programme type.
  • EITHE08.2 – EIT RIS Participants in (non-degree) education and training: At least 87 participants from RIS countries completing the courses, with detailed reporting, with supporting data and evidence provided in reporting.
  • Additional KPI CCSI02 – Students / professionals with new entrepreneurial skills: Minimum 20 participants demonstrating new entrepreneurial skills, with supporting data and evidence provided in reporting.

Who can apply?

  • Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): Universities and academic institutions providing tertiary education and professional training. 
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers: Institutions focused on skills-based learning for career development.
  • Business sector entities: Startups, scaleups, micro entreprises, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and large companies, particularly those involved in CCSI innovation. 
  • Knowledge and innovation institutions: Research institutions, innovation and technology centres engaged in applied or technological research and education, or cultural institutions with sectoral insights to enhance project outcomes may also be part of the consortium as third additional partner for EIT-labelled courses. 

EIT-labelled CPD courses 

Proposals may be submitted by a consortium of 2-3 partners, including: 

  • Consortium partner 1 and project lead: Educational partner (HEI or VET provider).
  • Consortium partner 2: Business partner (e.g. startup, scaleup, micro entreprises, SME, or large company). 
  • Consortium partner 3 (optional): Research institution, innovation and technology centre engaged in applied or technological research and education, or cultural institution with sectoral insights to enhance project outcomes.

Non-EIT-labelled CPD courses 

Proposals may be submitted by a single applicant or a consortium of 2 partners: 

  • Single applicants: Only HEIs or VET providers. 
  • Consortium: HEI or VET provider as the educational partner and project lead, one business partner (e.g. startup, scaleup, micro entreprises, SME, or large company) as consortium partner 2.

Remarks

All proposals must have a minimum co-funding rate of 30% across the project. Partners within a consortium may have different individual co-funding rates, as long as the overall co-funding for the entire project meets the required minimum of 30%.

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