“ Learning from practical experiences ” FP7 Training Workshop

1. “Learning from practical experiences ” FP7 Training Workshop Leonardo Piccinetti

2. 3 Days Intensive Framework Programme Induction and Training • Module 1 Title: “From Idea to Paper” • Module 2 Title: “Understanding the EC calls for Proposal Procedure ” • Module 3 Title: ““Project proposal preparation and writing under FP7” • Module 4 Title: ““Negotiation , Kick-off, project management” • Module 5 Title: ““Communication and dissemination activities within a European Project”

3. TUTORS • Leonardo Piccinetti is Senior Research and Innovation Advisor; he is Managing Director of Europe for Business. Leonardo Piccinetti has twelve years of international experience in the field of EU consulting and academic experience (lecturer in University of Milan, Trieste, Naples, Aquila, Exeter, Bologna, Brussels, Bruges) in regional studies with special interests in Lisbon Strategy, Innovation, and Governance with more twenty publications. Since 2001 he is PhD student in Regional Studies at Newcastle upon Tyne University, focusing in Innovation Policy in enlarged Europe. In 1999, he finished his Master in European Studies at Sussex European Institute in University of Sussex , where the for his thesis he did a research project of Structural Funds evaluation in Italian Objective 2 regions.

4. EXAMINATION PROCESS •  Evaluation by the professors on the participants’ ability to work individually or in groups, on the practical cases that have been submitted to them in the field of project designing and management. •  The professor will assess the following aspects: the involvement and motivation in the group, the originality of the project, the respect of technical standards and the adequate implementing of the various criteria that were exposed during the lesson, the progress that has been made along the work, etc.

5. EXPECTED RESULTS • To be familiar FP7 , Proposal Procedure • Team work (each Group has team leader and reporteur) • Each group will present short presentation to repond 3 questions • Which activities in your proposal you find easier to learn? • Which activities in your proposal you find more difficult to learn? • How to judge a winning proposal ?

6. PONDERATION • Group work average: Marks awarded on the basis of the general performance of each group during the exercises and attributed according to the following grid: • Exercise n°1: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNumber of points awarded • Exercise n°2: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

8. RESULTS Group Results:

9. Before to start • Name • Specific priority Industry of Interest • Previous Experience of Framework Programme • 3 main objectives/expectations from the FP Induction and Training • + write them on post-it notes