DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3

Agenda

DAY 1 – 29/1/2024

DAY 2 – 31/1/2024

DAY 3 – 2/2/2024

Venue: National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA),
24 Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019

Trainers: George Bonas & Daniele Gizzi
(Global Service Facility of the European Commission)
13.30 – 14.00

Registration and Networking

14.00 - 14.30

Welcome

  • Ms. Silvia Bojinova, European Commission DG RTD
  • Armenian host (tbd)
  • Presentation of Trainers

Introduction to Camp

  • Explanation about the formats and expected activities, openness and limits
  • Participants brief tour de table (previous experiences with HEU; future targets)
14.30 – 15.00

Short overview of Horizon Europe – focus on calls 2024
(Work Programme 2023-2024)

15.00 – 15.30

The Funding and Tenders Portal - How to find the right call (interactive)

15.30 – 16.30

Evaluation of proposals

  • Evaluation criteria
  • Group work to understand evaluation approach
16:30 - 16:45

BREAK

16.45 – 17.15

How to understand a call and decode its content?

17.15 – 18.15

Call/topic decoding and understanding

  • Working groups on specific calls/topics
18:15 - 18:30

Recap of Day 1 & outlook on Day 2 & 3

Venue: National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA),
24 Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019

Trainers: George Bonas & Daniele Gizzi
(Global Service Facility of the European Commission)
09.30 – 09.45

Introduction to proposal’s main parts

  • Excellence and its contents
  • Impact and its contents
  • Implementation and its contents
  • Budget
  • Ethics and other Annexes
09.45 – 10.00

Implementation part overview

  • Ms. Silvia Bojinova, European Commission DG RTD
  • Armenian host (tbd)
  • Presentation of Trainers

Introduction to Camp

  • Explanation about the formats and expected activities, openness and limits
  • Participants brief tour de table (previous experiences with HEU; future targets)
11.00 – 11.15

BREAK

11.15 – 11.45

Presentations of the drafted Work Plans and discussion

11.45 – 12.00

Consortium as a whole and individual profiles

  • Required qualifications, complementarity
  • Individual profiles
12:00 – 12.30

Excellence part overview

  • Project rationale, objectives and the European dimension;
  • Responding to the scope of the call (problem raised in the call), describe solution and expected results
  • Excellence parts: objectives; relation to Work Programme; concept and methodology; ambition
12.30 – 13.00

LUNCH BREAK

13.00 – 14.00

Drafting Excellence

  • Working groups on specific calls/topics
    1.1 Objectives
    1.2 Relation to the work programme
    1.3 Concept and methodology
    1.4 Ambition
14.00 – 14.30

Presentations of the drafted Excellence parts and discussion

14.30 – 14.45

BREAK

14.45 – 15.15

Horizontal issues in Horizon Europe

  • Ethics; IPR; Open science; RRI
    How to integrate these aspects in the proposal
15.15 – 15.45

Identifying horizontal issues in the calls/topics addressed

  • Group work on specific calls/topics on Ethics; IPR; Open Science; RRI
15.45 – 16.15

Presentations on the identified horizontal issues and discussion

16.15 – 17.00

Discussion, Q&A, Wrap-up of the two first days and orientations for Day 3

Venue: National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA),
24 Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan 0019

Trainers: George Bonas & Daniele Gizzi
(Global Service Facility of the European Commission)
09.00 – 09.15

Budget and eligible costs in Horizon Europe

  • Eligible costs, funding rates, direct/indirect
  • Tips for preparing a budget
09.15 – 10.15

Drafting a budget for a work package (or a task)

  • Group work: Calculate costs for work package or task, including human resources (p-m and rates), consumables; travel; other equipment; Sub-contracting
10.15 – 10.45

Presentations of the drafted budgets and discussion

10.45 – 11.00

BREAK

11.00 – 11.30

Impact part overview

  • 1. Expected Impact, impact types, indicators
    Measures to maximize impact (Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation)
11.30 – 12:30

Drafting an impact section and measures to maximize impacts:
Group work on specific calls/topics

  • 2.1 Expected impacts
  • 2.2a Dissemination and Exploitation of results
  • 2.2b Communication
12.30 – 13.00

Presentations of the drafted Impact parts and discussion

13.00 – 13.30

LUNCH BREAK

13.30 – 14.00

Success Story from Armenia (tbc)

Presentation and Discussion with participants and trainers

14.00 – 15.30

Presentation on specific Horizon Europe Programmes

  • Widening (focus on Excellence Hubs; ERA Chairs)
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)
  • EIC
15:30 – 16.00

Final discussion and Q&A