EU Fund Raising
Dates: 16-17 June 2011
Location: Bonn
Venue: EADI Secretariat
As an interactive workshop, this Masterclass will focus on learning to indentify EU funding opportunities, to efficiently prepare a proposal and to write a successful application. Every participant will have the opportunity to discuss his or her proposal with the trainer in individual sessions.
The participants will be able to establish consortia, work on the content of the proposal, define budgets and steering the consortium towards a successful submission. The workshop is highly interactive with room for discussion of experiences, case studies and exercises. In the end, the participants have gained a full overview and knowledge on what it takes to acquire EU funding.
Trainer
The trainer will be Mrs. Theresia Twickler, a freelance consultant with twenty years of experience in the field of acquiring and implementing EU funds for research (amongst others in the development cooperation). She has acquired experience in all facets of EU funding (legal financial and managerial). Her special interest lies in the overall management of acquiring funding and controlling it in a professional way, not only from the perspective of a project consortium, but also from an institutional point of view. When a project is successfully implemented and managed by a consortium with efficient support from their institutions, it will generate a professional track record and image towards the funding organization, which in itself generates new, future successes.
Program
Day 1: 09:00 - 17:30 h
Which EU funds, how to find them and how to get them?
09:00 - 10:00 Welcome, introduction and course methodology.
10:00 - 10:45 Characteristics of EU funding, budget lines, co-financing rules, rules of participation, how calls for proposals are made. Grants and tenders
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 How to find EU Funds: grants overview, by theme or by target groups. Interactive session
11:45 - 12:00 Overview of the proposal preparation phase
12:00 - 12:30 Individual fund finding session (2 participants each 15 minutes)
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 EUROPEAID Funding- proposal preparation: how to find a call for proposals and how to register, with exercises
14:30 - 15:30 EUROPEAID Funding- proposal preparation: check project ideas, consortium building, proposal structure, budgeting and submission.
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30 interactive workshop with group exercises, drafting a proposal outline with a timeline for submission and information needed. Get yourself ready.
16:30 - 17:00 Interactive group session with feedback on the exercises
17:00 - 17:30 Individual fund finding session (2 participants, each 15 minutes)
Day 2: 09:00 - 17:00 h
Institutional support and proposal writing skills
09:00 - 10:00 Fund raising and institutional support, managing the project cycle: who is involved, who needs to do what. Internal procedures on acquisition, contract negotiations, financial administration, approval procedures, authorized signatories, internal supporting policies or the lack thereof.
10:00 - 11:00 FP7 funding, general information (subprograms, rules of participation, reimbursement rates, the making of calls)
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 FP7 funding- proposal preparation: how to find a call and how to register, with exercises
12:30 - 13:00 Individual fund finding session (2 participants, each 15 minutes)
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 FP7 funding- proposal preparation: check project ideas, consortium building, proposal writing, budgeting and submission. Tips and tricks on writing
Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:00 interactive workshop with group exercises on budgeting, including feedback.
16:00 - 16:30 Wrap up
16:30 - 17:00 Individual fund finding session (2 participants, each 15 minutes)
Participants will leave the workshop armed with lots of practical skills, templates and tools they will be able to put to immediate use.
Preparation for this course comes in the form of a questionaire which can be filled out to prepare for the individual training.
The workshop will be held in English.
A laptop is required. Internet access is provided by EADI.
Participants will receive
- An USB stick with relevant documents and weblinks
- An overview of information sources
- Case studies and exercise material
- Certificate of participation provided by EADI
Terms and conditions:We reserve the right to cancel any class with insufficient registration, in which case, the tuition fee will be refunded.
Registration
For registration please complete this form and send it to us via email or fax. The Participation fee is 650 EUR. There is a special discount of 100 EUR for EADI members and partners and also for students with valid student ID. Lunch and refreshments are included. Please be aware that EADI does not offer any funding.
Contact
Golo Kronenwerth and Miriam Zeh
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 11
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: (+49) 228/26 18-962
Fax: (+49) 228/26 18-103
E-mail: masterclass(AT)eadi.org
