Erasmus+ Social Inclusion Welcome!...2018/11/12 · KA 3- Social inclusion through education,...
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Erasmus+
Social Inclusion
Welcome!
We will start at 14°°
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If you have questions during the session please send them to:
We will answer questions live!
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Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Policy Context of the Call
3. How to Prepare an Application
4. How to submit & Some
Financial Aspects
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Policy
Policy Context of the Call Education & Training
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Erasmus+ Social Inclusion
INFODAY 11 December 2018
Renato Girelli
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Michela t
What I want is for Europe to have a social triple-A rating: that is just as important as an economic and financial triple-A rating.
October 2014
Jean Claude Junker
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/2-years-on-social-europe_en_0.pdf
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Social Summit for Fair Growth and Jobs
Gothenburg, 17th November 2017
http://www.government.se/socialsummit
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Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture
Sets the vision of a European Education Area
Good quality and inclusive education from childhood on lays the groundwork for social cohesion, social mobility and an equitable society.
Education forms the basis for active citizenship, plays a pivotal role for people to experience what it means to be "European". It helps maintaining our cultural community, our common values and identity
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union/european-pillar-social-rights_en
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EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS
Equal opportunities and access to the labour market
1. Education, training and life-long learning : Everyone has
the right to quality and inclusive education, training and
life-long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills
that enable them to participate fully in society and manage
successfully transitions in the labour market.
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European Council 14th December 2017
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/32204/14-final-conclusions-rev1-en.pdf
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Our instruments
The European semester
The Policy dialogue
The EU programmes (Erasmus+)
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The European semester
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The European Semester As of 2010, it enables the EU MSs to coordinate their economic policies and address the challenges facing the EU.
The 2018 autumn package insists on:
………
• structural reforms that improve the business environment, ... supporting innovation,
• boosting investment, fighting corruption,
• strengthening education systems,
The European semester
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The European semester
• EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS
• TERTIARY EDUCATION ATTAINMENT Labor markets and skills
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Europe 2020 strategy
2020:
decrease by 20.000.000
~ 1.7 points
10% early school leavers
40% Higher Education attainment
2020:
decrease by 20.000.000 ~ 1.7 points
10% early school leavers
40% Higher Education attainment
2015
201255
2015
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24%
at risk of poverty and exclusion
24%
at risk of poverty and exclusion
39.1%
Higher Education attainment
39.1%
Higher Education attainment
10.7 %
early school leavers
10.7 %
early school leavers
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23.5
22.5
2008 > 2017
GR + 0.8 => + 6.7%
SP + 1.5 => + 2.8%
IT + 2.4 => + 3.4%
NL + 0.4 => + 2.1%
At risk of poverty and exclusion
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https://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/et-monitor_en
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EUROPE 2020 TARGETS
foreign born 19,7 > 19,4 women 9,2 > 8,9 – men 12,2 > 12,1
foreign born 35,3 > 36,3 women 43,9 > 44,9 – men 34,4 > 34,9
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EUROPE 2020 TARGETS
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The policy dialogue
• OMC: Working groups ET 2020
(promoting common values and inclusive education)
• Mutual learning: peer learning peer counselling
• Forum (meeting with the stakeholders)
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KA 3- Social inclusion through education, training Specific objectives of the current call
acquisition of social and civic competences, knowledge, understanding and ownership of common values and fundamental rights,
enhancing critical thinking and media literacy among learners, parents and educational staff,
The EU programmes (Erasmus+)
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promoting inclusive education in particular for disadvantaged learners,
supporting the inclusion of newly arrived migrants in good quality education,
fostering digital skills and competences of digitally excluded groups
The EU programmes (Erasmus+)
KA 3- Social inclusion through education, training Specific objectives of the current call
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Better knowledge and good practices and a wide dissemination.
Innovative approaches, implemented and assessed.
Educational staff and managers aware and willing to practice inclusive educational approaches.
New or updated mechanisms and services to support learning providers in implementing inclusive education approaches.
What we expect from projects
The EU programmes (Erasmus+)
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Application
How to Prepare an Application
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Erasmus+ Social Inclusion
INFODAY 11 December 2018
Erik Ballhausen
EACEA/10/2018
• Call documentation
• Evaluation Process
• Some tips
Key Action 3 - Support for Policy Reform
Planning
Stages Timing
Publication of the Call Online InfoDay
EACEA Funding Page 11th December 2018
Submission Deadline 26th February 2019 at 12:00 (noon Brussels time)
Evaluation period March – June
Notification of Results June/July
Project start dates 1st November or 1st December 2019 or 15th January 2020
Budget Amounts
Total Budget 10.000.000€
Education & Training (lot1) 10.000.000€
Maximum financing EU 80%
Maximum grant per project 500.000 €
Call documentation
ApplicationProcess
Steps 1 & 2 Registration: EULogin & PIC
Step 3 create eForm; select action, language & input PICs of partnership
Step 4 Fill in eForm
Step 5 Fill in & attach annexes to eForm
Step 6 Validate the eForm
Step 7 Submit the eForm
ApplicationProcess
Preliminary checks
Eligibility
Exclusion criteria
Expert evaluation
Individual
Consensus
Commission selection
Selection of Projects
Funding available
Selection criteria
Eligibility
Applicants
Activities & duration
Capacity
• The minimum partnership requirement is 4
organisations from 4 different programme
countries.
• The 28 Member States of the European Union
• the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein,
and Norway
• EU candidate countries: the FYR of Macedonia
and Turkey
Partnership criteria
• Regular partners
• Associated partners
• National Agencies
• Networks
• Affiliated partners
Partners Partners Partner-
ship?
Partnership
Partners Partners Partner-
ship?
Associated: In general no grant
National Agencies:
Networks:
Affiliated:
Not the E+ part
At least 2 non-members
Lead & affiliates mandated
Partnership
What do we ask them to do?
Expert evaluation
Individual
Consensus
• Understand the call and all its procedures
• Read the briefing material
• Follow remote briefings
• Perform a guided & overlooked exercise
evaluation of a mock-application
• Write individual assessments (remotely; no
contacts in-between them)
• Reach consensus (on comments &
scores)
• Attend consolidation & final panel
meeting
Award Criteria
Relevance
• Purpose
• Consistency
• Upscaling
• EU added value
Quality designs implementation
• Strategic plan
• Structure
• Management
• Evaluation
Partnership cooperation
• Configuration
• Commitment
• Cooperation
Impact dissemination
• Dissemination
• Exploitation
• Impact
• Sustainability
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Application Process
Commission selection
Selection of Projects
Funding available
• The Evaluation Committee decides
which projects will be funded
• At least 60% total score & 50% of
each award criterion
• No duplication
• No double funding
• Selection taking into account the
call priorities and objectives
• According to available funding
• Possible reserve list
Decide which general and specific objectives the project proposal addresses:
1. General objectives of the Call
2. Specific Objectives of the Call
PART 1 - Call objectives
Objectives
Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive learning
initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call,
scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale or
transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a
higher/systemic level;
Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to
foster inclusive education and/or youth environments in specific contexts.
1 – Aims & activities
2 – Role of partner(s) in the project
3 – Operational capacity
4 – List of associated partners
PART 2 –Presentation of partnership
1. Relevance
2. Quality of projects design and implementation
3. Quality of partnership and the cooperation arrangements
4. Impact, dissemination and sustainability
PART 3 - Award Criteria
PART 4 - Work plan & work packages
• Work package type
• List of activities
• Contributing partners
• Balanced attribution
• Outputs
• Description and envisaged results
• Upscaling
• Dissemination
• Target groups
• Expenditure
PART 4 & 5 & 6 Tables to be filled out
PART 4 - Work plan & work packages
• Consistency
• Coherence
• Well thought through structure
• Clear purpose
• Succinct formulation
PART 5 – Overview of partners
• Coherence with eForm
• Complete
• Well planned
• Expertise
• Meaningful contributions
PART 4 & 5 & 6 Tables to be filled out
PART 6 – Logical framework matrix
1. Project general objectives
2. Projects specific objectives
3. Results
4. Activities
• Intervention or logic
• Indicators of achievement
• Indicator measurement
• Assumptions & risks
Should provide a comprehensive overview!
PART 4 & 5 & 6 Tables to be filled out
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Application
Do's & dont's
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Erasmus+ Social Inclusion
INFODAY 11 December 2018
Erik Ballhausen
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Purpose of your project
Why? What? When? Who? Whom?
Innovate through FLC
Why
EU added
value Policy collaboration
Education,
Training & Youth
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Are you convincing?
Why? What? When? Who? Whom?
• Motivation
• Scope
• Expertise / Interest
• Need
• Timing
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The circumstances that form the
setting for a project and in terms of
which it can be fully understood.
Coherence - Context
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Analysis • Analysis of needs of target groups; of impact
Rational • Justified up-scaling or innovation
Provision • Evaluation to provide evidence to inform policy
Policy • Recommendations for improvements
Wider Context
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Scaling-up or Innovating
What ?
• Outcome
• Result
• Impact
When? How? Which level?
• Onset
• Peak
• End
• Vertical
• Horizontal
• Institutional
• Local
• Regional
• National
• EU
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Who?
• Ensure willingness & ability to participate
• Target Groups
• Participants
• Stakeholders
• Politicians
How ?
• Pre-define their roles & tasks
• Institution
• Organisation
• Public Body
• Ministry
When ?
• Evaluate at which stage which desired impact is expected.
• To be done before roll-out.
What ?
• Define expected outcomes.
• Measure them against the expected impact.
Scaling-up or Innovating
How?
• Pre-define their roles & tasks
• Institution
• Organization
• Public Body
• Ministry
Who?
• Ensure willingness & ability to participate
• Target groups
• Participants
• Stakeholders
• Politicians
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Relevant Methodology
• Focuses inquiry • Challenges
assumptions
• Opens new possibilities • Evokes more
questions
• Continuous evaluation process
SMART = specific => measurable => achievable => reliable => time framed
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Relevant Methodology
• Focuses inquiry • Challenges
assumptions
• Opens new possibilities • Evokes more
questions
• Continuous evaluation process
SMART = special => meaningful => attractive => reasonable => teaching & learning
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ACTIVITIES
OUTPUTS
OUTCOMES
IMPACT General Call Objectives
PARTNERSHIP
Specific Call Objectives
Operational Objectives
What is the expected impact, from Social Inclusion Call projects?
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Measuring Achievements
• Activities / policies improving ETY systems 3 countries or more;
• N° of new providers or new approaches mainstreamed in ETY
• N° of innovative approaches successfully piloted & upscaled;
• Methodologies / approaches / good practises agreed with respective policy-making institutions / decision takers
Improved Education Training & Youth Systems
• % reported increase of number of enrolled learners of disadvantaged backgrounds
• % reported increase of marginalised learners in the participating organisations with improved learning performance
• % reported increase of improved participation of disadvantaged learners in the life of learning communities
• % reduction of drop-outs in the participating ETY systems
Enhanced Quality of Education Training & Youth Systems
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Structural Indicators Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe
Which European countries provide specific guidelines and guaranteed places for early childhood education? Do schools receive additional resources for disadvantaged students? Where in Europe do teachers receive trainings to tackle students' early leaving and underachievement? Is informal learning recognized everywhere in Europe for entry into HE? How common are work placements as part of HE programs? The information covers 40 European education and training systems.
Early childhood education & care Achievement in basic skills Early leaving Education &T raining Higher Education Graduate Employability
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Evidence-based Policy-Making in Education
Support Mechanisms
This report describes the mechanisms and practices that support evidence-based policy-making in the education sector in Europe. It provides an initial mapping of a complex area. It compares institutions and practices in evidence-based policy-making, as well as the accessibility, and mediation, of evidence. The report also presents more detailed information, with specific examples of the use of evidence in policy formulation for each individual country. The report covers the 28 EU Member States as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the FYR of Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey.
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KISS
• Keep it short & simple
• To the point
• Organise & structure text
• Information / context
• Concrete / descriptive / defining
• Audience
• Proof reading
For content questions:
For technical questions:
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Application
How to Submit & Some Financial Aspects
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Erasmus+ Social Inclusion
INFODAY 11 December 2018
Michela Beeati & Jehan Laroch
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Summary
1. Call page
2. Steps in the submission procedure
3. eForm & Annexes
4. Tips and hints
1. Detailed budget table
2. Questions & Answers session
Steps in the submission procedure
Financial Aspects
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1. Call - EACEA/21/2018
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Timetable
Stages Date and Time or indicative period
1 Deadline for submitting applications 26th February 2019 at 12:00 (noon Brussels time)
2 Selection period March to June 2019
3 Information to applicants June to July 2019
4 Signature of gran agreement August to November 2019
5 Starting date of the action 1st of November 2019 , 1st December 2019 or 15th January 2020
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Before starting, read carefully: • Guidelines for Applicants EACEA/21/2019 • Instructions for Applicants • eForm User Guide
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2. Steps in the submission procedure
Steps 1 & 2: Register organisations (EU-
Login-PIC)
Step 3: Select programmme, funding and participants -> eForm
Step 4: Fill in the eForm
Step 5: Attach Annexes to the eForm
Step 6: Validate the eForm
Step 7: Submit the eForm
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Step 1 • Applicants must have an EU Login account.
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Step 2 • Each organisation must register in the Participants’ portal and receive a
Participant Identification Code (PIC).
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Compulsory documents to be uploaded in the Participants' portal:
1. Legal entity form. 2. Financial identification form. 3. Your VAT registration (when applicable)
Important! Each applicant organisation should use only one PIC code.
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Step 3 • Create your official electronic application form (eForm)
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How to create eForm 1. Create new application for funding
2. Select from drop-downs: Programme: Erasmus+
Funding opportunity: Call for Proposals 'EACEA-21-2019'
Language: English
List of participating organisations (PIC numbers)
3. Then create eForm Important! Once you have created your application form, it is not possible to switch the role of Applicant Organisation to a different organisation.
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Step 4
• Fill in the eForm
• Test your connection
Important! Save the eForm on every step of the process!
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• Attach the compulsory Annexes
• Note that the templates provided for this are compulsory
Step 5
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Step 6 • Test your connection
You can test your connectivity to verify if technically you can submit your eForm by clicking on the "Test your connection" button at any moment during the preparation of your application.
• Validate the eForm • The "Validate Form" button appears at the bottom of each page of the form.
• This allows you to check the validity of your data for each page as you fill it in.
• The errors will be highlighted in colour in the form.
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Step 7 • Submit the eForm
The "Submit this form" button turns from grey to green when validation has been
carried out successfully.
When you complete the process, the submission number will be added to the eForm:
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1. Call page
2. Steps in the submission procedure
3. eForm & Annexes
4. Tips and hints
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3.Electronic application Form - eForm (1/4) Part A - Identification of the applicant and other organisations participating in the project
- Part A.1 - Organisation
- Part A.2 - Person responsible for the management of the application (contact person)
- Part A.3 - Person authorised to represent the organisation in legally binding agreements (legal representative)
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3.Electronic application Form - eForm (2/4) Part B – Organisation and activities
- Part B.1 – Structure
- Part B.2 – Aims and activities of the organisation
- Part B.3 – Other EU grants
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Part C - Dates, Budget and Description of the Project
- Part C.1 - Dates and duration
- Part C.2 - Summary budget
- Part C.3 - Summary of the project
3.Electronic application Form - eForm (3/4)
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Part D - Erasmus+ Programme topics
3.Electronic application Form - eForm (4/4)
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Annexes:
• The Annexes are:
1. Detailed project description 2. Detailed budget table 3. & 4. Declaration on Honour and Mandate letters (as one single document)
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Annex 1. Detailed project description
• Applicants are recommended to read carefully the Guidelines and the Instructions before filling out the Detailed Project Description.
• Use the same language as in the eForm
• Respect the characters limit
• Limit the use of pictures and diagrams to avoid problems during submission (the maximum capacity of the Application Package (eForm + annexes = 10 MB)
Annex 2. Detailed budget table
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Annex 3. Declaration on honour • For applicant organisation only
• Attests to applicants' status as a legal person and to their financial and operational capacity to complete the proposed activities
Fill in: – the Legal representative name – details of the organisation (name, legal form, VAT, etc.) – the grant amount (not the whole application budget!) – project title – check in the "yes/no" boxes regarding the situation of exclusion – the Legal Representative name, function, signature, stamp of the
organisation and signature date
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Annex 4. Mandate letters
• Filled in by each organisation listed in the eForm, except the applicant organisation
• Give mandate to the applicant organisation for the Grant Agreement
• Signed and stamped by the Legal Representative of each partner organisation
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1. Overview call documentation
2. Steps in the submission procedure
3. eForm & Annexes
4. Tips and hints
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4. Tips and hints (1/3)
COHERENT in its entirety; avoid contradictions; avoid "patchwork"
SIMPLE: better a few well-chosen words than long/vague explanations
CONCRETE: use examples, justify your statements, bring proofs
CLEAR: Follow the questions and answer them in the right order
EXPLICIT: do not take anything for granted; don't assume: experts cannot read your mind; avoid abbreviations or explain them
RIGOROUS: the application is the basis on which your project will be implemented; it is also the cornerstone of your partnership commitment
FOCUSED: stick to what is asked
The project proposal
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4. Tips and hints (2/3)
Skilled project manager and team
Clear idea of the ideal mixture of skills to form partnership
Ensure that partners involvement in the project proposal (work packages and budget) has been fully discussed and agreed
Partners who provide low quality input to the drafting of the application may not provide high quality input into the project!
Co-operates on every step of the process
The partnership
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4. Tips and hints (3/3)
Have the project idea firmly in mind before completing the documentation
Take time to understand the different steps of submission, how the form and annexes are constructed
Allow time for drafting and reviewing and redrafting the texts
Test your draft application on an outsider
It is a time-intensive process and will require dedicated staff time
Don’t wait until the last minute of the last day before submitting the eForm!
Advice on completing the form
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Application
Some Financial Aspects
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Detailed budget table (1/3)
• Respect the rules in the instructions for applicants,
• Spend time on your budget,
• All figures must be presented in Euros,
• All figures must be entered manually into the budget table
(no copy/paste and linking of tables)
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Detailed budget table (2/3)
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Detailed budget table (3/3)
• Sheet 1: Consolidated Budget (summary sheet)
• Sheet 2: A. Staff (The number of working days will be validated)
• Sheet 3: B1. Travel & subsistence (for staff members)
• Sheet 4: B2. Equipment (rent, purchase, lease)
• Sheet 5: B3 Subcontracting (specific tasks not performed by the consortium)
• Sheet 6: B4 Other (Audit certificate, dissemination, T&S non-staff,…)
• Sheet 7: Indirect costs (flat rate up to 7% of the eligible costs)
• Sheet 8: Revenue
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Contact
For content questions: [email protected]
For technical questions: [email protected]
Good luck with your application!
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Detailed budget table (1/3)
• Respect the rules in the instructions for applicants,
• Spend time on your budget,
• All figures must be presented in Euros,
• All figures must be entered manually into the budget table
(no copy/paste and linking of tables)
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Detailed budget table (2/3)
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Detailed budget table (3/3)
• Sheet 1: Consolidated Budget (summary sheet)
• Sheet 2: A. Staff (The number of working days will be validated)
• Sheet 3: B1. Travel and subsistence (for staff members)
• Sheet 4: B2. Equipment (rent, purchase, lease)
• Sheet 5: B3 Subcontracting (specific tasks not performed by the consortium)
• Sheet 6: B4 Other (Audit certificate, dissemination, T&S non-staff,…)
• Sheet 7: Indirect costs (flat rate up to 7% of the eligible costs)
• Sheet 8: Revenue
For content questions:
For technical questions:
Thank you! Q & A
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