| Day 1 Framework 6 - An Introduction WORKSHOP -MONDAY 7 APRIL 2003 PRAGUE Agenda | |
| 09:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| EC R&D PROGRAMMES: AN INTRODUCTION | |
| 09:30 | Technologies to be funded by the IST Priority; main action types. |
| 10:15 | Group exercise: participants decide where example project ideas fit in the IST Priority |
| 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Example: an EC-supported project in Czech Republic |
| RESEARCH PROJECTS IN FRAMEWORK 6 | |
| 11:30 | Integrated Projects, Specific Targeted Research Projects, activities included, financial conditions, evaluation criteria, evaluation process |
| 11:30 | Group exercise: 20 questions about Integrated Projects |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Finding partners |
| NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE | |
| 14:00 | Joint Programme of Activity, financial conditions, evaluation criteria, evaluation process, monitoring |
| 14:45 | Group exercise on Networks of Excellence |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| OTHER TYPES OF EC RESEARCH SUPPORT | |
| 15:45 | Co-ordination actions, Specific support measures, the CRAFT scheme for SMEs |
| 16:15 | The way forward: Expressions of Interest, Calls for Proposals |
| 16:30 | End of formal Workshop |
| Day 2 Co-ordinating EC Research Projects WORKSHOP -TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2003 PRAGUE Agenda | |
| 9:00 | Registration and coffee |
| DECISION TAKING | |
| 9:30 | Project management structure, roles and responsibilities - how to operate a large, multi-organisation, multi-national project |
| 10:15 | Group exercise: key questions in consortium agreements |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION | |
| 11:15 | Project plans, milestones, deliverables, quality control, management reports, project handbook |
| 11:45 | Payments, audits, cash flow: Framework 5 v Framework 6 |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Qualities of a good Euro manager: group exercise and feedback |
| CONTRACTS in FP6 | |
| 14:00 | Key differences between FP5 and FP6: rolling plans, allocation of funding, joint and several financial liability, adding partners to a project, IPR |
| 15:00 | Coffee break |
| CONSORTIUM AGREEMENTS IN FP6 | |
| 15:15 | Group exercise: delegates identify the main areas where existing consortium agreements need strengthening |
| EC PROGRESS REVIEWS | |
| 16:00 | External reviewers, review format, progress reports, concertation and clustering |
| 16:30 | End of formal workshop |
