Title: LEA - the Learning Technology Accelerator
EU funds to the project: 1,920,093.75 €, out of which 87,062.50 € to the City of Torino (100%)
Partners: Halmstads Kommun (SE), Inovamais - Servicos de Consultadoria em Inovacao Tecnologica S.A. (PT), Jyvaskylan Yliopisto (FI), E.N.T.E.R. GmbH (AT), Oulun Yliopisto (FI), Konneveden Kunta (FI), Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (DE), Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg (DE), Goteborgs Regionens Kommunal Forbund (SE), Iclei European Secretariat Gmbh (Iclei Europasekretariat GmbH) (DE), Bedin Sara (IT), Startup Europe Regions Network (BE), Ayuntamiento de Viladecans (ES), Município de Braga (PT), Innova Eszak Alfold Regionalis Fejlesztesi es Innovacios Ugynokseg Nonprofit Kft (HU).
Period: 24 months (March 2018 – February 2019)
Contact: Smart City Office and Education Department
Description: LEA project’s target is to accelerate and share knowledge, dialog and awareness based on the innovative procurement, within the learning technology sector, by creating a European wide learn-tech procurers’ network. LEA is the first joint European PPI (Public Procurement of Innovative solutions) in the educational sector and will be providing excellent opportunities for innovation procurement in this sector. These innovative processes put users in a leading role as far as technology development is concerned. The project brings competitive advantage to EU companies providing innovation at business level. Solutions created by PPI can have valuable social impact, e.g. early identification of school dropouts and steering pupils towards STEM careers. LEA will prepare a PPI call for tender continuing the challenges identified in the previous PCP (Pre-Commercial Procurement) “IMAILE” project as well as one extra PCP.