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How to Manage Your Project

23 March 2017

Tatiana Niskacova Programme Manager, A1, EACEA

Who we are?

PROJECTS

Project Coordinators

PROJECTS

Project Coordinators

PROJECTS

Public authorities/ Ministries

Project Coordinators

PROJECTS

Public authorities/ Ministries

Research organisations

Actors

Agency Commission Project

Actors

• Project officer

• Financial officer

• DG EAC

• DG EMPL

• Coordinator

• Co-beneficiaries

• Other stakeholders

Agency Commission Project

Project purpose

Experimentation

Field trials Target groups

Public authorities

Methodology

EU Agenda

Results Systemic impact

Testing

Quality assurance

Up-scaling

Disseminate Innovate

Improve

Monitoring

Strategic leadership

Policy measure

Experimentation

Field trials Target groups

Public authorities

Methodology

EU Agenda

Results Systemic impact

Testing

Quality assurance

Up-scaling

Disseminate Innovate

Improve

Monitoring

Strategic leadership

Policy measure

Protocol

Planning

Development

Transnational

Ethical issues

Intellectual property rights

Assessment criteria Evaluation

Measurements Design

Validity

Hypothesis

ET2020

Research

Networking

Peer learning Transferability

Effective cooperation

Involve stakeholders from the beginning

Partnership agreement

Communication tools

• Different stakeholders/ different views

• Partners' committment

• Partners' motivation

• Project partner related risks

• Best channels

• Plans and instructions

• All know thier responsibilities

Legal

•Consensus: which has been agreed & formalised with all partners as a legal act & is therefore signed by each legal representative.

Formal

•Concise: Sets out the rules & regulations for the project & includes all required annexes (such as: Application, EU contract, mandate letters, key templates, project management manual).

3rd party

• Coherent: Sub-contractors; associated partners; external evaluators; external steering committees, their need & contribution are clear to everyone.

Content

•Complete: Key features of management, working approaches, pedagogical methodologies, evaluation methods have been well defined & agreed-upon.

Smart Partnership Agreement

Working Together Effectively

• Share good management practise

• Address common problems

• Find commonly agreed solutions

• Enhance peer reviewing

• Facilitate the exchange of information events, publications, outcomes using relevant channels

How to develop a relevant methodology?

Ensure willingness and ability to participate

Define precisely what is expected

as impact and how to measure?

Evaluate efficacy before deciding to

scale up

Target population

Set of outcomes

Evaluation method

Up-scaling or not?

Dissemination

For the project For general public

Increase visibility

Project strength and opportunity

Stimulate interaction with stakeholders & policy & public

Be innovative

Make sure that contributions are meaningful

Thank You!

Q & A