Understand framework programmes functioning: Socrates case study

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Advice

• How to increase your chances for eligibility? :

  To make sure that your project will retain the attention of the European Commission, it is crucial to highlight its innovative character, its European dimension and its impact on the long term, while setting it within the context of the EU policy objectives.

• The contribution of financial partners in the budget of the project :

  The role of financial partners is essential for the implementation of your project. Although nearly inactive they secure both the smooth progress of the project and the financial situation of your enterprise.

• Mastering the language of european projects :

  Deliverable, outputs, outcomes, objectives… project leader language can be really nonsense for those who are not used to this specific vocabulary and can be a serious impediment to an application to a European-funded project.

• Meet the Financial monitoring obligation :

  Projects leaders who have received Community aid must meet the reporting obligations that compromise the financial section. The European Commission thus checks that the grant was used as per rules.

• The importance of planning :

  Why planning? Each project is a unique and complex process. A detailed and comprehensive planning is essential to work effectively and ensuring the objectives are adequately met.Solid planning allows the project coordinator and partners to clarify the complex tasks, to anticipate and be flexible ...