7th Information Multipliers Workshop H2020: MSCA COFUND and ITN Schemes

This workshop was organised in Ankara on the 13th and 14th of July 2017. The overall concept of the training was to provide IMs with practical knowledge on MSCA schemes like Cofund and ITN.

The objectives of the event were the following:

• To train IMs on objectives of COFUND and ITN schemes in MSCA.
• To provide IMS with practical knowledge on project preparation.
• To enable IMS to provide support to their customers to improve the quality of their proposals.

Overall Concept

The overall concept of the training is to provide IMs with practical knowledge on COFUND and ITN schemes under MSCA in H2020.

Session 1: Objectives of the COFUND scheme:

• What is COFUND Action, Aims and Objectives, Compulsory activities, Deliverables, Eligibility criteria, Evaluation criteria, Who is experienced researcher, Financial regimes in short, Policy aspects and strategic considerations.

Session 2: Proposal preparation for COFUND Scheme

• Defining your core idea for fellowship programme, innovation aspects and considering other aspects: gender, ethics, RRI
• Content of the proposal: How to write Excellence part
• Financial regimes and budget preparation
• Content of the proposal: How to write Impact part
• Content of the proposal: How to write Implementation part;
• Demonstration of Smart Work Packages

Session 3: Administrative part of proposal preparation and submission.

• Administrative Part A of the proposal
• Submission of the proposal

Session 4: Objectives of the ITN Scheme.

• What is ITN Action, Aims and Objectives, Compulsory activities, Eligibility criteria, Evaluation criteria, Financial regimes in short, Policy aspects, Strategic considerations, Some statistics.

Session 5: Proposal preparation for ITN Scheme.

• Defining your core idea for ITN proposal
• Content of the proposal: How to write Excellence part
• Financial regimes and budget preparation
• Content of the proposal: How to write Impact part
• Content of the proposal: How to write Implementation part;
• Demonstration of Smart Work Packages

Session 6: Administrative part of proposal preparation and submission.

• Administrative Part A of the proposal
• Submission of the proposal

In addition to presentations covering topics of the session there will be interactive exercises and didactic games.

Agenda & Presentations