Aspect Works

  • DACUM For Construction Managers

    Aspect Works Director Jason Petrait hosts CMs, building DACUM chart for industry and education. Over three intensive sessions with Construction Managers in Washington State, Aspect Works Director Jason Petrait facilitated a group representing industry across Washington State, including union and non-union represetatives, all experts in the field. The result: a DACUM Research Chart for Construction…

  • Support to the Pact for Skills

    Forward Looking Project Topic 4 will support adult learning through the Pact for Skills. With a budget of EUR 4 000 000 and a due date of 27 May, this project is intended to foster governance structures for the Pact for Skills, “enhancing collaboration between large companies and SMEs, and advancing commitments like skills intelligence,…

  • Strengthening Worker Organisation Capacity

    Grant will address challenges in employment, working conditions and effective participation in social dialogue across the EU. With a deadline of 15 April and a funding amount set at 5.661.382 EUR, the action is meant to prioritise European social dialogue across industries and sectors in order to strengthen collective bargaining and the involvement of social…

  • This Week’s Webinars

    With work happening all over the world, webinars are a helpful (if flawed) way to stay up-to-date. Aspect Works Director Jason Petrait reports out on 3 from this week. On Monday the European Trade Unions Institute (ETUI) hosted “Bridging the gap between climate policy and social justice.” Attendees heard from ETUI staff, and hosted two…

  • Forward Looking Projects VET Topic 2

    Funding available to promote and enable support for vocational excellence nationally or regionally. With EUR 4 000 000 available and a due date of 25 May, Erasmus+ will support reforms to foster high-quality skills, career opportunities and innovation. Projects should align with the European Skills Agenda and support “sustainable, inclusive economies and social needs.” Read…

  • Development of joint VET qualifications and modules

    Forward Looking Project Topic 3 applications are due 27 May, with a total funding size of EUR 4 000 000. Vocational education and training qualifications, modules, work-based learning and mobility, mutual recognition and fostering a skilled and mobile EU workforce are all supported within this Erasmus+ funding opportunity. Objectives of this call include: What kind…

  • Career Connect Washington Industry Sector Leaders

    RFP for Sector Leaders is now open, with proposals due March 28th and announcement of successful bidders April 25th. Washington’s Employment Security Department is seeking proposals from, “highly qualified entities with established connections to employers in specific industry sectors” to take on leadership in specific sectors, working with industry to develop and implement sector strategies…

  • Improving career guidance to support adults

    Erasmus+ funding of EUR 4 000 000 available, with proposals due 27 May 2025. With a full title of Forward Looking Projects Adult Learning Topic 5 Improving career guidance to support adults’ participation in training, EACEA and Erasmus+ intend to fund a project that will improve,  “adult guidance and counselling services, especially for small and…

  • Community College Initiative Program

    DOS’s Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs will make one grant of $5.625 million, with applications due February 18th. Open to public and private higher ed institutions and non-profits, the Community College Initiative (CCI) Program is designed to fund one cooperative agreement that will bring foreign emerging leaders to the US for intensive programs at…

  • Centres of Vocational Excellence

    Call for implementation of international collaborative networks to reform the VET sector closes 11 June. With 60 000 000 EUR total available, and 4 000 000 EUR per project, Erasmus+ is seeking organisations active in vocational education to ensure high quality skills through flexible and learner-centered VET. Objectives include: The call will support 3 clusters:…

  • Women’s Amplified Voices in the Economy

    Funding opportunity from the US Department of State’s Office of Global Womens Issues closes February 24th. With two grants available for an estimated total program funding amount of $3.5 million, Women’s Amplified Voices in the Economy (WAVE) resources are available for programs to, “…address systemic barriers impeding women’s access to economic opportunity and decision-making over…

  • Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills

    Due 6 March, this Erasmus+ programme supports large-scale partnerships under the Pact for Skills. With the objective of supporting large-sacle partnerships, the Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills will support the development of sector skills strategies along with revising and developing job profiles and related training.  By creating new strategic approaches and cooperating for concrete…