The community offers varying types of project management and coordination on a local, regional and international level. The established European Desk enables valuable pre and post-award aid for European community projects, including:

a) Development of the proposal

• Assistance with interpretingforeign documentation and forms.
• Support in research project formulation.
• Identifying and organizing the “Consortium”.
• Defining the work plan and project budget.

b ) Coordinating the proposal

• Defining the Gantt charts (timeline and milestones) and Consortium.
• Helping with scientific contribution preparations, including project management (“exploitation, dissemination and IPR”).
• Assistance in formatting final draft submissions and proposal management.

c) Project Coordination & Management

• Contract negotiations and Consortium Agreement preparation.
• Meeting organization (i.e. agendas and minutes).
• Funding agency relations.
• Managing relations with the funding agencies.
• Deadline monitoring.
• Progress and final report preparation.
• Coordination with partners.
• Financial budget management.