Innovative Teaching Labs – MIUR: 2014-2020 National Operational Programme (PON) for Schools. Project submission January 8 – February 26, 2018.
Ref. 37944 of December 12, 2017: Notice on Innovative Teaching Labs (signed). Technical sheet ref. 37944/17, Attachment 01 – Addresses relating to upper-secondary labs. Ref. 38316 of December 27, 2017 – Erratum: replacement of art. 11.1 – TYPE A INTERVENTIONS – LABS FOR DEVELOPING BASIC SKILLS IN UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS (LANGUAGES, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ETC.). MIUR notice ref. 0000150 of January 10, 2018.
MIUR published a new notice under the 2014-2020 PON program — the over €3 billion National Operational Programme, co-financed by European structural funds — with note ref. 37944 of December 12, 2017. The notice is aimed at submitting projects to build labs for developing basic and vocational skills in a digital format, or to renovate existing ones. It aims to build new labs, or renovate existing ones, in upper-secondary schools. If you’re interested in carrying out these projects, contact us and we’ll be glad to help.
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1. Who can apply for the PON
State upper-secondary schools in the following regions can apply: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto. Schools in the Aosta Valley Region and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano will instead be subject to a specific procedure, following agreements to be signed with the Ministry of Education.
2. Funding amount
Each school can submit two projects, one per sub-action, for a total amount not exceeding €100,000. A maximum of €25,000 can go to Type A projects, while the maximum contribution for Type B is €75,000.
3. Which projects can be funded?
The notice sets out two possible intervention types:
Type A – Labs for developing basic skills (languages, mathematics, science, etc.) – for all upper-secondary schools. Projects to build/upgrade digital-format labs for developing basic skills in upper-secondary schools, equipped with cutting-edge tools that support and strengthen the key skills required by the labor market.
Type B – Vocational labs, for arts high schools and technical/vocational institutes. Projects to build/upgrade digital-format vocational labs for technical, vocational and arts high schools, to acquire cutting-edge tools that support and strengthen the professional skills required by the labor market.
With the MIUR notice of 01/10/2018, the following clarifications were made: a. Each upper-secondary school may submit one or two projects in the same application, one for Sub-Action 10.8.1.B1 (Type A) and one for Sub-Action 10.8.1.B2 (Type B). b. Each Type A project may cover building and/or upgrading one or more basic-skills labs. c. Each Type B project, submitted by technical/vocational institutes and arts high schools, may cover building and/or upgrading one or more vocational labs, for at least one of the three-year specialization tracks.
4. Timeline – Project submission deadline
The procedure has two distinct phases: from 8:00 AM on January 8, 2018 to 3:00 PM on February 26, 2018, schools can log into the PON Scuola platform and upload the documentation required by the grant notice. In the phase following data entry and submission of the project proposal, the school must submit the digitally signed application on the “Sistema Informativo Fondi (SIF) 2020” financial platform from 8:00 AM on February 27, 2018 to 3:00 PM on March 5, 2018. See further clarifications of 01/10/2018. New submission deadlines: a. The information system area for submitting proposals will remain open from 3:00 PM on January 15, 2018 to 3:00 PM on March 5, 2018. b. The SIF 2020 area for transmitting digitally signed plans will remain open from 8:00 AM on March 6, 2018 to 3:00 PM on March 12, 2018.
For detailed information: http://www.istruzione.it/pon/avviso_laboratori-didattici-innovativi.html
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