The current European, regional and national funding landscape provides researchers and innovators with a wide range of opportunities to support their research and innovation projects. The majority of funding programmes, above all Horizon 2020, show a new strategic focus which is more challenge- and impact driven than their predecessors. In addition to scientific or technological innovation, initiatives will have to meet European, regional or national policy goals and consider strategic priorities.

Many project applicants make the disappointing experience that despite the positive evaluation of the project idea, its scientific excellence and a potentially great impact funding is not granted. Evaluators often found this on poor project planning or because applicants fail to demonstrate the effective exploitation of results to maximise the project impact.  While poor project planning usually is the result of a lack of methodology and critical self-assessment during the project planning process, the inconclusive exploitation measures are down to insufficient involvement of consortium members and important stakeholders during the project design process.

The PCM with its main tool, the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), is an approach designed for the planning and execution of complex projects with multiple stakeholders and today is used by most multi-lateral and bi-lateral funding bodies, including the European Commission who adopted the PCM in 1992 as its primary set of project design and management tools.

The two-day workshop will provide participants with the theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice necessary to apply Project Cycle Management and the Logical Framework Approach to their individual project development process to thereby maximise their chances in various funding programmes.

The workshop is organised by Eurida Research Management, Berlin. Workshop language is English and includes practical exercises performed in small groups. The number of participants is limited to fifteen.