Call for tenders
“Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges (EVE)” - EACEA/2017/05
(2017/S 133-271327)
Objectives and description
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission has published a call for tenders for the “Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges (EVE)” - EACEA/2017/05.
The general objective of the contract is to set
up and implement the "Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges" initiative, called
EVE, linking countries' young people (aged 18 to 30 years), youth
workers, youth organisations, students and academics from European and
Southern Mediterranean using online learning activities and
technology-enabled solutions in order to strengthen people to people
contacts and intercultural dialogue.
The specific objectives of the contract are the following:
· encouraging
intercultural dialogue and increasing tolerance through online
peopleto-people interactions, building on digital, youth-friendly
technologies;
· promoting
various types of virtual exchanges as a complement to Erasmus+ physical
mobility, allowing more young people to benefit from intercultural and
international experience;
· enhancing
critical thinking and media literacy, particularly in the use of the
Internet and social media, to develop resistance to discrimination and
indoctrination;
· fostering
the soft skills development of students, young people and youth
workers, including the practice of foreign languages and teamwork,
notably to enhance employability;
· supporting
the objectives of the 2016 Paris declaration to promote citizenship and
the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through
education;
· strengthening the youth dimension of the EU neighbouring policy with South Mediterranean countries.
The
EVE initiative will cover Erasmus+ Programme Countries and the South
Mediterranean region as defined in the European Neighbourhood Policy
(Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine,
Syria and Tunisia). EVE is aimed at young people aged between 18 and 30,
irrespective of their work status (students, workers, jobless) and
those working with young people such as youth workers, or teachers in
higher education.
Eligible activities
The selected consortium will carry out 3 main activities:
1. Managing and coordinating contract.
2. Carrying out transversal activities (Hub creation, monitoring and reporting, communication plan, etc).
3. Implementing Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges (EVE projects).
Eligible participants - Minimum conditions
Natural and legal persons
from one of the EU Member States and all natural and legal persons in a
third country which has a special agreement with the European Union in
the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that
agreement.
The
tenderer will be set up in a consortium composed by a lead member (the
"coordinator") and the other consortium members ("project promoters").
Funding conditions and duration
The estimated value is 1 950 000.00 EUR excluding VAT.
The maximum duration of the tasks is 12 months. The contract may be renewed two times
for further a period of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory
performance on the part of the contractor and budget availability.
Deadline of proposals' submission
The deadline for submission of tenders is 22 September 2017.
You
must submit your tender on paper, in one original and two copies. A
copy of the offer on a USB stick has also to be submitted.
Tenders must be submitted:
- Either by post. In this case the postmark will be proof of compliance with the deadline.
- Or by Courier. In this case the deposit slip of the courier office will constitute proof of compliance with the deadline.
- Or by Hand Delivery.
In this case Proof of receipt, signed and dated by the official in the
central mail department who takes delivery will constitute proof of
compliance with the deadline.
Post – Courier Services – Hand Delivery:
CALL FOR TENDERS
EVE – ERASMUS +
Virtual Exchanges
EACEA/2017/05
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Unit R2-Finances, Accounting, Programming
Office SPA2 06/099
Avenue du Bourget, 1
BE-1049 Brussels,
Belgium
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Further information
Please find attached the documentation of the call for tenders.
More information is available at the following link: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about-eacea/calls-for-tender-eacea/eve-erasmus-plus-virtual-exchanges_en
Kind regards,
Flora
Flora Stavropoulou
Intern
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000, Brussels
Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy
THE GREEK TRANSLATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:271327-2017:TEXT:EL:HTML&tabId=0