FP7 – Project Management and Audits in Brussels

Scandic Grand Place****
Brussels, Belgium

The event will be held at the Scandic Grand Place Hotel**** and will begin with registration at 9.00 on 22 March and the course will end approximately at 14.00 on 23 March 2012.

The training will introduce a hands-on approach to FP7 project management, highlighting the changes in the financial framework and implementation guidelines for FP7.

Day 1

* Coordinating a project – how to deal with the difficulties.
* Negotiating an FP7 Grant Agreement – hints and typical mistakes. Successful and unsuccessful negotiations. What went wrong?
* Consortium Agreement – how do you protect your interests and Intellectual Property Rights?
* Getting started – set up communication and decision-making system, quality assurance. Organise the kick-off meeting…
* Keeping your records – efficient project management systems in practice, eligible and non-eligible costs, cost statements. Upgrading your system for FP7.
* Financial Rules of FP7 – all you need to know about eligibility, guarantee fund, payment methods, overhead calculation and a lot more…
* Reporting – milestones and deliverables, critical path. What to report and how – financial and technical reporting.
* WORKSHOP: Management case-scenarios: Participants are divided into groups to solve real life cases

Day 2

* Project closure and monitoring – getting prepared for EC audits.
* Getting the maximum out of your FP7project – direct and indirect benefits. Making your project go beyond just the deliverables.
* WORKSHOP: Financial reporting – Participants prepare a financial report for FP7, based on ”dummy” invoices and time records generated for each participant

Attendance cost: 1350 Eur

Event organizer: Europa Media Non-Profit Ltd.

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