EU Fund Raising
Dates: 23-25 November 2011
Location: Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 13, Bonn
Venue: EADI Secretariat
As an interactive workshop, this Masterclass will focus on learning to identify EU funding opportunities, to efficiently prepare a proposal and to write a successful application.
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. Finally, 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: Which EU funds, how to find them and how to get them?
09:00 - 10:00 Getting started, welcome, agenda, course structure and 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 - 12:00 How to find EU Funds: grants overview, by theme or by target groups. Interactive session
12:00 - 12:30 Individual fund finding session (2 participants each 15 minutes)
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Overview of the full project cycle and the institutional support structure
14:30 - 15:30 Overview of the proposal preparation phase 1: project ideas and fund finding, incl. feedback and case studies from participants
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30 Overview of the proposal preparation phase 2: budgeting, registration and submission, incl. feedback and case studies from participants
16:30 - 17:00 Individual fund finding session (2 participants each 15 minutes)
Day 2: Funds for capacity building in Development Cooperation: EuropeAid
09:00 - 10:00 Development Cooperation within the European Commission, general info
10:00 - 10:45 EUROPEAID Funding- proposal preparation 1: how to find a call for proposals, how to register. With exercises
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 EUROPEAID Funding- proposal preparation 2: Prepare your partnership, how to find partners. Eligibility of partners.
12:00 - 12:30 Individual fund finding session (2 participants each 15 minutes)
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 EUROPEAID Funding- proposal preparation 3: proposal structure, budgeting, logical framework and submission.
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:30 Exercise: interactive workshop with group exercise on drafting a concept note based on a case study. Get yourself ready.
16:30 - 17:00 Interactive group session with feedback on the exercise
17:00 - 17:30 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.
Day 3: Research funds for Development Cooperation: FP7
09:00 - 10:00 FP7 funding, general information (subprograms, rules of participation, reimbursement rates, the making of calls)
Coffee break
10:15 - 12:00 FP7 funding- proposal preparation 1: how to find a call and how to register, with exercises
12:00 - 12:30 Individual fund finding session (2 participants, each 15 minutes)
Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 FP7 funding- proposal preparation 2: Prepare your partnership, how to find partners. Eligibility of partners.
14:00 - 15:30 FP7 funding - proposal preparation 3: proposal writing, budgeting and submission. Tips and tricks on writing & budgeting
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45 Exercise: interactive workshop with group exercises on budgeting
16:45 - 17:00 Interactive group session with feedback on the exercise
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 750 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 18-102
Fax: (+49) 228/26 18-103
E-mail: masterclass(AT)eadi.org
