Putting together an EC project proposal
This course is most suitable for people responsible for fundraising from the European Commission and proposal writing for the European Commission. Delivered in-house for your organisation.
This course will teach you how to write a concept note that fits with EC objectives and what to include in a full proposal.
What you will learn
- What is special about EC proposal writing
- The key stages in preparing a two-stage EC application
- How to use the logical framework approach in your application
- What to include in a full proposal
- The essentials of an EC budget
Programme
- What a programme could cover:
- Introductions, expectations and course overview
- Update on EC funding
- Calls for proposals, PADOR, eligibility rules and EC formats
- Partnership issues
- Writing concept notes
- Establishing relevance to EC objectives, target groups and need
- Appraising a concept note
- Checking for impact, added value, and relevance
- Appraising a concept note
- Checking for fit with the logical framework
- Inputs, outputs, outcomes and results
- Full proposals
- Using indicators of change to show project impact
- Management, monitoring and evaluation
- Appraising a full proposal for coherence
- Assumptions, risks and sustainability
- EC budgets
- Unit costs, VAT, eligible costs and effective cost allocation
- EC budgets
- Match funding
- Justifying costs
- Overview and evaluation