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A Tailor-made Masterclass can be shaped to the specific needs of internal staff of enterprises, Universities, organisations and associations.
The Agenda of the Masterclass will be made in consultation with you to match your needs in terms of content, length and level of the training. The training designed will be then held by our Experts on the date and the location of your choice.
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Course Overview

    • event Date: 20-22 January 2015
    • location_on Location: INDRA headquarter, Madrid, Spain
    • person Trainer: Nikolaos Floratos
    • person Trainer: Roberta Mancia
    • person Trainer: Dino Babić
    • group Audience: 30 participants
    • library_books Programme: The course has been focused on H2020 opportunities and proposal design. The participants had the opportunity to understand which are the main opportunities the programme offers to the Institute and how to develop an H2020 proposal. The training has been concentrated in particular on Intellectual Property Regulation, financial and legal aspects and success award criteria. The entire course has been characterised by both theoretical and practical modules, in order to enhance the learning outcomes of the participants and to give them practical suggestions useful for their work.
Course contents
DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3
  • H2020 Logic and Structure
  • Securing your proposal idea and engaging your partners
  • IP regulatory framework in H2020
  • IPR management: project proposal stage
  • 10 steps for Successful H2020 Proposal submission
  • Practical Session (teamwork)
  • Success Award Criteria in H2020
  • Two practical sessions
  • Discuss Findings
  • Training Evaluation
Master - European Project Design - Obiettivo Calabria

Course Overview

    • event Date: 08-11 May 2013
    • location_on Location: Obiettivo Calabria Association, Cosenza, Italy
    • person Trainer: Roberta Mancia
    • group Audience: 30 participants
    • library_books Programme: Participants to this Tailor-made course have had the possibility to enhance both their theoretical and practical knowledge on EU funding opportunities. The programme included all the steps of a project: elaboration of proposals, the creation of consortium, eligibility criteria, the evaluation of proposals and all the financial, communication and dissemination issues. The participants learned also how to find an open call for proposals and how to analyse its main features, in order to be able to find a pertinent call for their project idea. The course included also practical exercises on the contents of the course, in order to give to the participants some practical insights on the development of project proposals.
Course contents
DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4
  • Introduction to the European direct funding system and what is a European Project?
  • How to find & read a call for proposal
  • How to build a consortium: how to find partners, role of project coordinator & role of partners, third parties, subcontracting parties
  • How to draft a project proposal: description of the project activities
  • Implementation of work plan & project objectives, work package break down
  • Project management : internal managing bodies
  • Evaluation procedure of project proposals (eligibility criteria; criteria of evaluation for proposals; the evaluation process, the scientific relevance, consortium management, impact..)
  • Evaluation procedure of project proposals (eligibility criteria; criteria of evaluation for proposals; the evaluation process, the scientific relevance, consortium management, impact..)
  • Negotiation and granting system of European projects.
  • Legal aspects of EU funded project: contract with the EU Commission and obligations between partners ( Grant Agreement, Consortium Agreement)
  • Financial issue and budget follow up , transfer of Eu funds role of the coordinator
  • How to draft a project budget
  • Dissemination of Information & Communication activities
  • Project Reporting: the Financial and Administrative report, the activity report
  • Call for proposal search and analysis of main objectives(publication date, deadline, working documents, how to identify a pertinent call for proposal, how to read a Work Programme)
  • How to identify a pertinent call for proposal?
  • Practical exercise 1: how to build a consortium - stakeholders identification and partnership building ( including drafting of pre contractual agreements)
  • Practical exercise 2: Break down of project activities (description of work plan & project objectives, work package break down, task and sub task implementation)
  • Practical exercise 3: Structuring a management plan for a European project
  • Practical exercise 4: How to draft a project budget and exercise on personnel cost identification and break down
  • Practical exercise 5: Exercise on other cost voice identification and break down
  • Practical exercise 6: How to build a dissemination and communication plan
  • Evaluation of the work performed, question and answers session
  • Learning outcomes: a draft project proposal to be realised
Université de Cergy-Pontoise - Master EERI projets européens

Course Overview

    • event Date: 22–26 October 2012
    • location_on Location: University of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France
    • person Trainer: Nikolaos Floratos
    • person Trainer: Sean Fitzgerald
    • group Audience: 30 students
    • library_books Programme: This course has been specifically created to familiarise the participants with the writing of a successful project proposal, starting with fundamentals. The programme included also an analysis of the different sections of a proposal and of the success factors of a proposal. The course then moved to how to write a perfect Project Proposal Outline, with a theoretical section followed by a practical one, in order to increase the understanding of the participants of the LEARN-IT-EASY™ methodology. EU project Vocabulary and project writing skills have also been at the core of the course, to improve the chances of success of the future proposals of the participants.Lastly, budget and communication issues have been presented, in order to complete the project writing skills of the participants. Before its start, the participants have been given some pre-arrival tasks on the My-Europa platform, to increase the impact and the outcomes of the course.
Course contents
  • Fundamentals on writing Successful Proposals
  • Familiarisation on different proposal sections and how to address them professionally
  • Familiarisation with success factors on writing successful proposals
  • Familiarisation with the LEARN-IT-EASY™ methodology on writing the Project Proposal Outline / a well structured summary as the basis for a successful proposal
  • Formulation of Proposal ideas based on the Pre-arrival Task posted in My Europa platform (www.my-europa.eu)
  • Work in groups or individually on creating a Project Proposal Outline
  • Project Proposal Outline practical session with the support of the trainer
  • Presentation and discussion on the worked Project Proposal Outline
  • EU Projects Vocabulary
  • Project Writing Skills
  • Project Management and Budget
  • Meeting / Telephoning / Email Writing / Presentations / Negotiations

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