How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
How to write effective EU project proposals: Introduction to Full application preparation. Application Package for Applicants. Common mistakes.
Natasa Gospodjinacki
Kiev, 3-4 September 2015
PPP for regional development - Michael BURNETT, EIPAOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Michael BURNETT, EIPA, at the 11th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD, Paris, on 27 March 2018
On Thursday 20th November Tim Banfield, Director of Strategy at the Major Projects Authority [MPA] provided some perspective and first hand experience of how projects can be improved.
Tim was introduced by Alan Macklin, Deputy Chair of APM Board and committee member of ProgM SIG, who hosted the latest webinar in the APM series. Alan, who explained that he knew Tim from his time at the National Audit Office described how helpful he had found ‘his’ landmark reports such as; the NAO Guide: Initiating Successful Projects (see Appendix 1 NAO Guide: Initiating successful projects.)
Tim opened his presentation with his tagline “the right projects, done right.” First of all it was about picking the best projects to achieve policy intent and strategic benefit. We shouldn’t try to do too many projects and those that we do choose absolutely need to be prioritised and delivered properly.
The MPA has a comparatively small team (just 80 members of staff) and needs therefore to target its efforts very carefully. Their priority is to identify the best ways to support individual departments with an emphasis on building capability across government. Their objective is to develop understanding rather than push centralised processes.
They have identified 5 key priorities:
1.Challenge, assure and support – Providing expert advice and support to departments ensuring the delivery of major projects
2.Create project based controls through alignment – Providing project teams space to ‘get on and do’ projects
3.Building long term capability – Continuing to build a cadre of experienced project leaders
4.Building the profession – Ensuring that the Civil Service is the ‘place to come’ for project delivery professionals
5.Strategic prioritisation and front end loading – Having the right conversations about department portfolios / ensuring projects are only started when they are ready
Planning and Project Controls under NEC4 – the choice isn’t yours! by "Glenn ...Project Controls Expo
Planning and Project Controls under NEC4 – the choice isn’t yours! by Glenn Hide - Director for GMH Planning Ltd, UK
Hezron Ricketts - Senior Manager, Senior Counsel to the Board for Th3rd Curve, UK at at Project Controls Expo 2017, Arsenal Stadium, London
Developing successful, bankable pp ps through a common languageMark Constable
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) play a key role in delivering major projects and services. Particularly in developing countries, PPPs are critical to major development and infrastructure projects as government budgets alone cannot support them. As is the case in any project environment, effective stakeholder communication and engagement is crucial to an initiative's success.
The PPP Certification Program Guide (referred to as the PPP Guide) is the Body of Knowledge (BoK) on PPPs. An innovation of the World Bank Group and various multi-lateral development banks (MDBs), it’s designed to support public officials and their advisors in implementing efficient, sustainable PPPs.
In this webinar - delivered with our partners at Training ByteSize - we’ll look at how the Guide offers clear guidance and a common language for effective stakeholder communication, supporting successful PPP initiatives and capacity building. The webinar will be relevant to professionals from both public and private sectors involved in PPP projects and initiatives, in particular those with a role in managing and/or communicating with stakeholders.
Watch the recording here: https://apmg-international.com/events/developing-successful-bankable-ppps-through-common-language
New developments in the infrastructure space in OECD countries - Isabel RIAL,...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Isabel RIAL, IMF, at the 11th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD, Paris, on 27 March 2018
NEC4 overview: key changes and impacts - Nottingham, September 2017Browne Jacobson LLP
This seminar looked at changes to the NEC structure, changes in approach following the change to the structure, and the introduction of two new contracts to the suite.
Els fundadors de La Mandarina de Newton, Irene Lapuente i Ramon Sangüesa, van obrir el curs 2014-2015 (organitzat pel Centre de Recursos Pedagògics Sarrià-Sant Gervasi) amb la conferència “Educant per al futur. Més enllà dels ginys tecnològics”.
Més info: www.lamandarinadenewton.com/ca/la-mandarina-de-newton-invitada-especial-a-la-jornada-dinici-de-curs-2014-2015/
PPP for regional development - Michael BURNETT, EIPAOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Michael BURNETT, EIPA, at the 11th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD, Paris, on 27 March 2018
On Thursday 20th November Tim Banfield, Director of Strategy at the Major Projects Authority [MPA] provided some perspective and first hand experience of how projects can be improved.
Tim was introduced by Alan Macklin, Deputy Chair of APM Board and committee member of ProgM SIG, who hosted the latest webinar in the APM series. Alan, who explained that he knew Tim from his time at the National Audit Office described how helpful he had found ‘his’ landmark reports such as; the NAO Guide: Initiating Successful Projects (see Appendix 1 NAO Guide: Initiating successful projects.)
Tim opened his presentation with his tagline “the right projects, done right.” First of all it was about picking the best projects to achieve policy intent and strategic benefit. We shouldn’t try to do too many projects and those that we do choose absolutely need to be prioritised and delivered properly.
The MPA has a comparatively small team (just 80 members of staff) and needs therefore to target its efforts very carefully. Their priority is to identify the best ways to support individual departments with an emphasis on building capability across government. Their objective is to develop understanding rather than push centralised processes.
They have identified 5 key priorities:
1.Challenge, assure and support – Providing expert advice and support to departments ensuring the delivery of major projects
2.Create project based controls through alignment – Providing project teams space to ‘get on and do’ projects
3.Building long term capability – Continuing to build a cadre of experienced project leaders
4.Building the profession – Ensuring that the Civil Service is the ‘place to come’ for project delivery professionals
5.Strategic prioritisation and front end loading – Having the right conversations about department portfolios / ensuring projects are only started when they are ready
Planning and Project Controls under NEC4 – the choice isn’t yours! by "Glenn ...Project Controls Expo
Planning and Project Controls under NEC4 – the choice isn’t yours! by Glenn Hide - Director for GMH Planning Ltd, UK
Hezron Ricketts - Senior Manager, Senior Counsel to the Board for Th3rd Curve, UK at at Project Controls Expo 2017, Arsenal Stadium, London
Developing successful, bankable pp ps through a common languageMark Constable
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) play a key role in delivering major projects and services. Particularly in developing countries, PPPs are critical to major development and infrastructure projects as government budgets alone cannot support them. As is the case in any project environment, effective stakeholder communication and engagement is crucial to an initiative's success.
The PPP Certification Program Guide (referred to as the PPP Guide) is the Body of Knowledge (BoK) on PPPs. An innovation of the World Bank Group and various multi-lateral development banks (MDBs), it’s designed to support public officials and their advisors in implementing efficient, sustainable PPPs.
In this webinar - delivered with our partners at Training ByteSize - we’ll look at how the Guide offers clear guidance and a common language for effective stakeholder communication, supporting successful PPP initiatives and capacity building. The webinar will be relevant to professionals from both public and private sectors involved in PPP projects and initiatives, in particular those with a role in managing and/or communicating with stakeholders.
Watch the recording here: https://apmg-international.com/events/developing-successful-bankable-ppps-through-common-language
New developments in the infrastructure space in OECD countries - Isabel RIAL,...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Isabel RIAL, IMF, at the 11th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD, Paris, on 27 March 2018
NEC4 overview: key changes and impacts - Nottingham, September 2017Browne Jacobson LLP
This seminar looked at changes to the NEC structure, changes in approach following the change to the structure, and the introduction of two new contracts to the suite.
Els fundadors de La Mandarina de Newton, Irene Lapuente i Ramon Sangüesa, van obrir el curs 2014-2015 (organitzat pel Centre de Recursos Pedagògics Sarrià-Sant Gervasi) amb la conferència “Educant per al futur. Més enllà dels ginys tecnològics”.
Més info: www.lamandarinadenewton.com/ca/la-mandarina-de-newton-invitada-especial-a-la-jornada-dinici-de-curs-2014-2015/
Videomarketing en empresas, aplicacion del video a un negocio. Enrique Serrano
Presentación de Enrique Serrano para VIDEOSLOWCOST, videomárketing para pymes.
http://videoslowcost.es
En colaboración con Andalucía Lab se presenta un taller para explorar el mundo del vídeo y la empresa.
Hace varios años se decía que era imprescindible tener una página web. Hoy, se empieza a escuchar lo mismo del vídeo.
En un mundo globalizado y conectado donde la comunicación va mas allá de las palabras, el vídeo es tan polivalente que resulta necesario observar y razonar las características y contextos del vídeo para posteriormente identificar de un modo mas sencillo como nos viene bien a nosotros usarlo.
Tratamos de profundizar en las posibilidades que nos ofrece el vídeo en el ámbito del funcionamiento de un negocio, además de dar una serie de conocimientos mínimos para aprovechar esta herramienta de forma útil y sencilla.
OBJETIVOS:
-Tomar conciencia del poder del vídeo, así como de sus usos y utilidad
-Explorar formas de generar contenidos para vídeo
-Conocer razonamientos para hacer un guión, que es lo mas importante en un vídeo
-Reconocer las características que hacen que un vídeo tenga mas posibilidades de tener éxito según que contextos
-Romper el hielo audiovisual con la cámara
Webinar with Lee Odden Author of Optimize and David Alston of Radian6 on how to optimize your Content Marketing Strategy. Optimize for customers, experiences and outcomes transcends SEO, Social Media and other tactics. This is a strategic approach to building a customer centric content marketing program that leverages both search and social media as discovery and engagement channels.
El vídeo como herramienta para diversos fines empresariales se encuentra en un imparable proceso de democratización. En este taller tomarás conciencia de lo que está pasando en el mundo y explorarás posibilidades de cómo usarlo.
Además, aportaremos formas de razonar para identificar contenidos sobre los cuales puedas generar contenido audiovisual, desde el punto de vista estratégico de la empresa
Escenario, evolución e integración del vídeo online en el mundo.
Posibles usos del vídeo en tu empresa
Identificando contenidos en tu negocio, génesis del vídeo
Lo que SI y lo que NO en un vídeo
La vida del vídeo tras ser creado
Canales de difusión
El anuncio de youtube ideal
Midiendo el éxito de un vídeo
Esquema básico de un guión para vídeo explicativo
Què són els miratges? Somni o realitat? Què li passa a la llum fins arribar a les nostres pupil.les? Existeix el Monstres del Llac Ness? Són algunes de les preguntes a les que intentem respondre en aquesta presentació.
PMP - Project Initiation Template for ProfessionalsDaniel_Mccrea
WHAT
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A helpful guide for Project Management Professionals who are at the beginning of their projects in 'Project Initiation'.
FOR
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Written in plain English for use in the real world (not just for study). If you're a professional who's rusty on Initiation or have fallen into bad habits - this guide will remind you what questions to ask,...and why!
BY
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Daniel Mccrea a PRINCE2(R) and PMP(R) certified Project Manager specialising in online Software/ & Content Delivery.
Visit me here:
ie.linkedin.com/in/danielmccrea/
BPP Training on Project Management - Day 1Imoh Etuk
This training was about exposing the employees of the Lagos State Public Service to the Contemporary Project Management Practices they can adopt to Enhance Project Delivery in the Pandemic Era for the Lagos State Public Service.
Upon successful completion of the training, participants s were to apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to successfully manage projects by:
• Getting started with project management fundamentals.
• Identifying organizational influences and project life cycle.
• Working with project management processes.
• Initiating a project.
• Planning a project.
• Planning for project time management.
• Planning project budget, quality, and communications.
• Planning for risk, procurements, and stakeholder management.
• Executing a project.
• Managing project work, scope, schedules, and cost.
• Controlling a project.
• Closing a project.
The process of bidding and estimating, from MnDOT e-learning on website, to historical
Bidding data, where to find bids and guide to bidding.Search websites to bidding opportunities with different agencies. Presenter: George Costilla, MN Department of Transportation
The funkiest PRINCE2 Processes revision guide on the internetKnowledge Train
A PRINCE2 Foundation course lasts about 3 days - that's a lot of information to take in. This e-book has been designed with the anxious student in mind, using simple descriptions and a graphical, cartoon-style mind map for each PRINCE2 Process.
For your PRINCE2 exam, you will need to master the PRINCE2 Principles, Themes and Processes. You can download the full set of PRINCE2 mind map e-books here:
http://www.knowledgetrain.co.uk/project-management-ebooks.php
Here is what others have said about the PRINCE2 revision e-books:
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4. Proper planning of a software project unless the project is trivia.pdfeyevisioncare1
4. Proper planning of a software project unless the project is trivial in size, is obviously
important for a software project to succeed. What information must be included in software
project planning document? Explain in a paragraph or two (15pt.) 5. Risk management is one of
CMMI KPA (Key Process Area). Explain its concept in a paragraph or two (10pt.)
Solution
Typically many of the project\'s key stakeholders, that is those affected by both the project and
the project\'s end result, do not fully understand the nature of the project plan. Since one of the
most important and difficult aspects of project management is getting commitment and buying,
the first step is to explain the planning process and the project plan to all key stakeholders. It is
essential for them to understand the importance of this set of documents and to be familiar with
its content, since they will be asked to review and approve the documents that pertain to them.
Components of the Project Plan Include:
Baselines. Baselines are sometimes called performance measures, because the performance of
the entire project is measured against them. They are the project\'s three approved starting points
and include the scope, schedule, and cost baselines. These provide the \'stakes in the ground.\'
That is, they are used to determine whether or not the project is on track, during the execution of
the project.
Baseline management plans. These plans include documentation on how variances to the
baselines will be handled throughout the project. Each project baseline will need to be reviewed
and managed. A result of this process may include the need to do additional planning, with the
possibility that the baseline(s) will change. Project management plans document what the project
team will do when variances to the baselines occur, including what process will be followed,
who will be notified, how the changes will be funded, etc.
Other work products from the planning process. These include a risk management plan, a quality
plan, a procurement plan, a staffing plan, and a communications plan.
Step 2: Define roles and responsibilities. Not all key stakeholders will review all documents, so it
is necessary to determine who on the project needs to approve which parts of the plan. Some of
the key players are:
Step 3: Hold a kickoff meeting. The kickoff meeting is an effective way to bring stakeholders
together to discuss the project. It is an effective way to initiate the planning process. It can be
used to start building trust among the team members and ensure that everyone\'s idea are taken
into account. Kickoff meetings also demonstrate commitment from the sponsor for the project.
Here are some of the topics that might be included in a kickoff meeting:
Step 4: Develop a Scope Statement. The Scope Statement is arguably the most important
document in the project plan. It\'s the foundation for the rest of the project. It describes the
project and is used to get common agreement among the sta.
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A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
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Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
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Quick view of a 7th Framework Program Project
1. 7FP, a review of a project process in 4 stages
By Enrique Serrano www.enriqueserrano.es
About
This document explores the process of application, management, monitoring and
justification of a European Union project from the Seventh Framework Programme
for Research and Development.
Application process
Most likely, this is the most important stage of the global process since there is a
wide variety of factors and many choices to evaluate. It’s the beginning of a long
process and a previous analysis of the following main points will contribute to avoid
future problems and the best success in stages coming after the project start.
1. Find the call your project needs.
• Wide range of participants is supported.
• FP7 offers basically 3 funding schemes, (collaborative, network of
excellence and coordination&support action), and 4 different
objectives that are grouped in categories. These categories have
several levels of subcategories and under them calls are launched
regularly.
• Make sure your project objective meets the call workprogramme
objectives.
• Info days and brokerage events are organized regularly around
Europe. Attending will help to understand the call, find/meet partners,
show your project ideas in quick presentations, networking, etc.
2. Building the consortium:
• Be the lead consortium partner of the project, and find your partners,
or be a partner and join a consortium.
• Register for CORDIS.
• A minimum of 3 participants from 3 different EU countries or
countries associated with the program.
3. Preparing the project proposal:
• The project Co-ordinator (leader) will carefully read the information
package and documentation required by the call.
• The Co-ordinator organises meetings where all partners meet and
discuss about:
i. Work Packages and interactions, activities, deliverables..
ii. Budget.
iii. Implementation management.
iv. Consortium agreements, drafting legal documents (Letter of
Intent, Non Disclosure agreements...).
v. Dissemination plan and impact.
vi. Etc.
• The Co-ordinator will receive the contributions and budgets from
each partner, integrating this information and fulfilling all sections of
the application form; the proposal gets ready to be sent.
4. Sending the proposal from a computer: EPSS (Electronic Proposal
Submission Service) is a web based electronic online tool, the channel for
submission of proposals.
5. Evaluation and selection (1 to 3 months)
• A panel of experts will evaluate the proposals sent, in three
categories (scientific content, implementation and impact).
From this point, the project can be approved or rejected.
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6. Negotiation stage (3-9 months); Getting your project approved is great
news but still there is important work to do with 2 important documents:
• A Grant Agreement with the Commission: the Co-ordinator will
negotiate with the Commission (via PO Project Officer) issues such
as the content of work to be done, the timetable, funding
arrangements, rights, etc
• A Consortium Agreement, which will be signed between
participants and Co-ordinator. This document provides the legal basis
for the internal relationship and responsibilities among the
beneficiaries, always consistent with the provisions of the Grant
Agreement. The Consortium Agreement is signed before the Grant
Agreement.
Project starts!
6 - 9 months 1 - 3 months 3 - 9 months
Find the call Building consortium Preparing proposal Sending proposal Evaluation Negotiations
Project
1 2 3 4 5 6 start!
The process from project planning to project start can take between 9 - 18 Months (or more)
Fig 1. Application process
Take in account:
- Financial support from regional and national governments is often available.
This support mainly targets the preparation for the application stage. Pre-
award expenditure is not an eligible cost.
- Stay tuned for important info: create email alerts from CORDIS and
subscribe to free bulletins that different regional agencies offer.
- In FP7, missing deadlines means you are out.
- Participant Identification Code (PIC) is required for FP7 participants
- The more partners, the harder management of the project.
- In a consortium, being the leader (co-ordinator) takes extra responsibility
and normally leaders had previous experience by being just partners.
- Get support through your NPC (National Contact Point).
- Do networking by joining frameworks such as COST or ESF.
- Projects that lead to an advance in the “state of the art” of certain research
area are well seen by the Commission.
- The negotiation process is supported by an online tool (NEF)
Management process
Management is an eligible cost for the Co-ordinator of the project (management
costs are about 7% of the overall budget), it means this is a significant task) and
includes issues such as changes in the consortium, list project meetings, assisting
partners with advice, keep record of all money transfers made to partners,
arranging partners meetings, communications and coordination of interim reports,
managing agreements, controlling procedures and other incidences/problems that
may appear during the project, for instance a change of legal status of one of the
participants. All this info is written in management reports.
Basically, the project management is a project leadership.
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These tasks managed by the Co-ordinator are often tasks related to monitoring
stage. For instance when a project meeting or workshop has to be arranged (hotel,
restaurants, agenda, information coordination...) this also meeting helps the Co-
ordinator to monitor.
Other tasks within the management of the project are to give support and
coordinate partners with auditing and financial reporting, as well as scientific
reporting, that are submitted as periodic reports by the Co-ordinator.
Take in account:
- Management of the project is a core task so it cannot be subcontracted.
- The Co-ordinator has to agree and oversee transfer budget between partners
Monitoring process
This is a necessary process to measure the health and real status of the project in
terms of realization; Monitoring shows/minimizes risks of future problems.
Monitoring all partners in the project is a responsibility of the Co-ordinator.
There are indicators to monitor project partners:
- Are deliverables and milestones achieved and met by partners?
- What periodical reports (technical and financial) tell?
- Written confirmation from partners confirming they realised something
- Signed copies of external audits, etc
The Co-ordinator and the project are also monitored by the European Commission
via the PO. Project can be monitored with reports and performance indicators that
the EC provides. The EC may conduct reviews of the progress of the project.
If monitoring a problem is detected, action is required from the Co-ordinator or the
PO.
Justification process
This process is a coordinated action among PO, Co-Ordinator and partners, just to
verify that things were finally done as were written and agreed, and especially it is
a financial audit.
The period of justification starts when the project begins, with yearly basis (as
payments are from EC). There is also a final justification with more requirements,
happening at the end of the project.
The justification process basically has a financial side and a technical side. Financial
side is all about expenditures and how money was spent.
This process is carried with reports that Co-ordinator and partners need to fill and
pass to the PO, who will pre-approve or reject.
Technical side of the justification is focused on handbooks, websites, documental,
workshop information, research results, etc. Monitoring stage already took some
control over this.
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