Project Board meeting15th July 2011, Vilnius

Kate FernieMDR Partner

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission'

Today

WelcomeProject overviewProgress reports on the training opportunities and Stakeholder surveyWhole group discussion on establishing the curriculum frameworkDissemination and building the stakeholder networkPlanning project eventsRound up and what comes next

Http://www.digcurv-education.org/

Work plan

Progress with project deliverables

Text (web addresses etc. if applicable)

No Lang Delivery date Nature Diss level

1.1 Report of the kick-off meeting En Complete R PU

TC Annex to kick-off meeting report En uToronto R PU

5.2 Project web environment EnLT, IT, DE

Translations P PU

5.1 Dissemination plan EnLT, IT, DE

Complete? R PP

7.1 Six monthly progress report En 30/6/11 R PP

2.2 Profile of training opportunities En 30/9/11 R PU

3.2 Report on focus group meetings En 30/11/11 R PP

7.2 Six monthly progress report En 31/12/11 R PP

2.1 Report on the baseline survey of training opportunities and evaluation framework

En, LT, IT, DE

31/12/11 R PU

3.1 Report on the review of sector training needs En, LT, IT, DE

31/01/12 R PU

Successful kick-off meeting, report publishedWP2

Survey of training opportunities has been completedAnalysis and profiling work about to start

WP3Stakeholder survey of training needs has started

WP5Project web environment online, translations underway Dissemination planThe network is expanding

Progress at month 6

http://twitter.com/#!/DigCurv

More progress: network

34 members of the DigCurV network70 registered users of the website55 followers on Twitter50+ responses to training opportunities survey200 (and rising) responses to training needs survey

http://www.digcur-education.org/eng/Partners-Area/Statistics

Visits by country

Looking ahead to month 13

Profile of training opportunities will be onlineReport on the baseline survey and evaluation framework will be publishedSurvey of training needs will have been completed and the results analysed, and the report publishedThere will have been a series of focus group meetings and a report will have been publishedWork on the curriculum framework will be startingThe network will have expanded

Project admin

6 monthly reporting

I need progress reports from all partners after this meeting– Activities by work package– Progress with deliverables– Any highlights– Monitoring of use of resources

Supporting documentation will need to be provided for all costs, this will be collected at the end of year 1. Please make sure that you are keeping certified copies of timesheets and documentation (claim forms, receipts, invoices and salaries etc) ready to send.

A template for timesheets is available

Mid-term report

We are due to provide a mid-term report to the ECThis will include – a public progress report – a confidential report and cost claim– and copies of all deliverables attached

MDR will send you the current version of the official forms for reporting on your costs when they are due

Reasonable, justified and necessary Directly connected with the project Generated during project lifetime Actually incurred and duly recorded in accounts, identifiable and

verifiable Staff costs to be reported on a real basis Indirect costs, flat rate fixed at 7% Subcontracting no more than 30% Equipment no more than 10%

Note the ceilings: ◦ personnel rates per country◦ per staff category◦ Travel and subsistence rates per city (actuals or per diems are ok)

Eligible costs

Ineligible costs

VAT unless the beneficiary can prove it is unable to recover itInterestProvisions for future lossesExchange lossesExcessive/reckless expenditure

If in doubt contact MDR or check the project handbook!

Supporting documentation

Timesheets for staff costs (salary plus social charges)Same documents as those required by national accounting rules Currency: apply official euro rate for the month preceding the month of the deadline for the report

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/

Annex III – guidelines for administrative and financial management reporting

The latest available version is online at:http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/beneficiaries/2010/index_en.php

Project handbook

Project meetings

Focus groups in each participating country to review training needs, M 8-12

Multi-stakeholder workshop, Dublin, December 2012National meetings, M 18-24Final conference, Florence, April-May, 2013Project board meetings:◦ Kick-off meeting◦ Vilnius, around July 2011◦ Germany, around May 2012 (link to an international event?)◦ Pre-final conference

Kate.fernie@mdrpartners.comwww.digcur-education.org