Why participate in the "H2020 Project Management and Finance" course?

1. Trainers are actual H2020 Project Managers and Coordinators

This 2-day training course is built 100% on H2020 project experience and real-life examples. Our trainers and workshop leaders are flesh-and-bone project managers and coordinators, whose day-to-day work is to make sure that their multiple projects are implemented according to EC Grant Agreement, problems are promptly tackled, and project partners adequately assisted in legal, technical and financial management issues.

Over the years we have helped almost 1,000 project managers and coordinators in understanding the legal, technical and financial rules of the Research Framework Programme and managing European projects

2. Lectures and practical workshops on H2020 project implementation and financial management

Experience Europa Media's unique "learning-by-doing" approach. Lectures and presentations with practical tips and stories are complemented by hands-on workshops and exercises throughout the two days.

Project Management and Technical Reporting

• Grant Agreement Preparation – road to success and things that could go wrong.

• Getting started – models on Consortium Agreement, advance payment, bank guarantees, and the kick-off meeting.

• IPR issues in practice – how to protect your background and how to benefit from the foreground.

• Technical reporting – how to fill in the online forms and compile the Part B of your report.

• Technical reviews – Get prepared for the best- and worst-case scenarios.

Workshop: Project Management Role-Play

Each participant will represent a beneficiary in a project which is facing various challenges. Your trainer will represent the European Commission, whose goal is to make sure that the project is implemented according to the GA. You will tackle – as a consortium or individually – challenges that frequently arise in an H2020 project: budget transfers, inadequate budget, poorly performing partner, conflicts on IPR, GA amendments, technical reviews, etc. All case studies are based on real issues which we went through in our past and ongoing H2020 projects as coordinator or partner. Learn by doing and learn from others!

Financial Management and Reporting

• Financial rules of Horizon 2020 – how to harmonise EU rules with your national taxation and internal accounting principles.
• Eligible and non-eligible costs, cost statements – upgrading your financial admin system.
• Different calculation methods for Personnel costs – employees and consultants.
• Allocation of Travel costs, Equipment, Other costs, and Overheads based on practical examples
• Subcontracting and third parties – how to avoid rejection of costs.
• Uploading reports to the Participant Portal – hints and tips to control your partners’ spending.

Workshop: Budget monitoring and financial reporting

You will go through specific exercises to simulate budget planning, budget monitoring and financial reporting in an H2020 project. You will tackle budget transfers and reallocations, controlling overspending, managing underspending and conducting reporting. You will prepare a financial statement for a virtual H2020 project based on specific project documentation with salary slips, invoices, receipts, timesheets and other proof of costs.

Is this training for me?

Over the past 14 years, our training courses have been attended by over 7,000 participants from leading research institutions, universities, SMEs, industry and other public and civil society organisations from all over Europe and beyond.

Feedback from previous participants show that this course is equally useful for

• Project managers and coordinators
• Research advisers, EU grant advisers
• Researchers
• Financial managers
• Grants offices, NCPs

coming from

• Public institutions
• Universities and research institutions
• SMEs and large companies

Thanks to our learning-by-doing approach and the unique workshops, participants with different backgrounds will meet all their expectations. One of the strengths of our courses is the diverse backgrounds of the participants, so we can all learn from each other’s different approaches and stories.