New! HORIZON 2020 TRAINING COURSE  MASTERING THE ART OF PREPARING AN EXCELLENT PROPOSAL IN THE ENERGY CHALLENGE (2018-2020)

XLNCE (Excellence) is an independent consulting company located in Belgium operating European wide with:HORIZON 2020 GRANT PREPARATIONHORIZON 2020 TRAININGEXPERTISE IN ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.View all our Services at: http://www.xlnce.eu

XLNCE Energy efficiency & EU funding consultancy

<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">A 2-day hands-on, participant centred training with ‘post-care’ offer on 16 & 17 November 2017 Ghent, Belgium (35 min. by train from Brussels Centre)</H2>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">All Info & Registration: http://www.xlnce.eu/services/horizon-2020-training/ </H3>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">795 EUR (VAT Excluded). Early Bird 695 EUR (VAT Excluded) * Organisations that send more than one participant will get 20% fee reduction.</H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">WHY THIS TRAINING?</H2>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">The challenge-based Horizon 2020 is the largest programme of publicly funded Research & Innovation in the EU. Within, the newly published Work Programme of Societal Challenge ‘Clean, Secure and Efficient Energy’ 2018-2020 opens many excellent funding opportunities requiring excellent research and innovation collaborative actions across Europe devoted to building a low carbon, climate resilient future.</H3>
However, the Results of Horizon 2020 Interim Stakeholder Consultation and the “Report on the first results of H2020 projects on Energy Efficiency and System Integration” shows that the programme is:
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<H3>Very popular with high number of applicants competing for the limited resources</H3>
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<H3>Only the excellently prepared project proposals are selected, and</H3>
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<H3>Most project participants (over 70%) spent up to 40 days in grant preparation, with some even up to over 60 days!</H3>
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With this in mind, the 2-day- training “Mastering the art of preparing an excellent proposal in the energy challenge (2018-2020)” by XLNCE Consultancy, was developed to give the participants the benefits of:
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<H3>Strengthening your knowledge on preparing a successful project</H3>
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<H3>Increasing your skills with efficiency of the overall grant preparation process, and</H3>
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<H3>Deepening your understanding on the H2020 Energy Challenge call</H3>
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<H3>Networking opportunity to meet fellow applicants from various countries, interested to apply in the same call</H3>
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<H3>‘On-site’ project ideas outline review & recommendations from the XLNCE Consultancy Expert</H3>
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<H3>‘After-care’ of project idea outline check by e-mail within 2 weeks after the training date</H3>
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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?</H2>
This training is highly recommended for professionals from academia, researchers, research support services, SMEs, start-ups, large companies, public administration, professional associations, NGOs, consultancy companies, with some familiarity of the Horizon 2020 programme.
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">DETAILS OF THE EVENT</H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">DAY 1 PROGRAM</H2>
08:30-09:00 Arrival & Registration               
09:00-09:15 Welcome and event opening
09:15-09:30 Participants ‘Tour de Table’      
09:30 – 10:00 Grand Tour of Horizon 2020
Programme Purpose; Structure of Pillars; Main Rules; Funding Rates; Types of Action; Partnership Requirements; Application Procedure; H2020 Interim Evaluation Key Results.
10:00 -10:30 Navigating through the Energy Challenge Work Programme 2018-2020
Aim, Policy Background and Challenge; Activities Focus Areas; Call for Proposals Overview; Call Topics Content
10:30-10:50 Refreshment break
10:50-11:30 Group Work 1 “How to develop a project idea matching a call topic”
Work in small groups to learn a technique to fast analyse a call topic, extract the most valuable information to be addressed in a project proposal, evaluate suitability of a call topic for different project ideas.
11:30-12:30 Group Work 2 “Developing a project idea outline” Work with project idea outline template, to exercise a way of quickly putting together ideas on paper for a concept that covers all the core elements as basis of further proposal development.
12:30-13:00 Discussion of Group Work results
13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Preparing a winning project: Technical and Scientific Excellence, Impact, Implementation
Developing SMART Objectives, Addressing the Specific Challenge and Scope of a Call Topic, Defining Target Groups and Key Actors; Contribution to the Expected Impact, Measures to Maximise Impact; Effective Work Plan, composing a Pert Diagram, Gantt Chart, Defining Deliverables, Project Management.
15:00-15:20 Refreshment break
15:20-15:50 Building a Consortium roles, complementarity, management, decision making
15:50-16:10 Project Best Practices for: planning, milestones and risks
16:10-16:30 Effective Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation routes for outcomes
16:30-16:50 Good practice in estimating resources and preparing budget
16:50 – 17:00 Q&A
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">DAY 2 PROGRAM</H2>
08:30-09:00 Arrival
09:00-09:30 Learning from examples of successfully funded projects from H2020 – Energy (2016-2017)
Presentation with highlights from recent H2020- Energy projects having overall excellence to be selected for funding.
09:30-12:30 Group Work 3 “Crafting a successful project step by step” using the H2020 project development canvas.
Trainer: Erwin Mlecnik, innovation specialist
Hands-on exercise where participants work in small groups around the H2020 project development canvas. The canvas is purpose-adapted for an H2020-Energy project. excellent proposal. Emphasis is given to achieving overall excellence and tackling innovation.
(10:30-10:50 Refreshment break)
12:30-13:00 Discussion of Group Work results
13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00-14:30 Understanding the Evaluation Process & Award Criteria
Presentation from an experienced H2020 Evaluator.
14:30 – 15:00 From an Evaluator’s perspective: Advice ‘How to increase chances for success!’
Presentation from an experienced H2020 Evaluator with typical mishaps in proposals leading to lower score; advice for b results in each evaluation criteria.
15:00-15:20 Refreshment break
15:20-16:30 Group Work 4 “Ask the Expert”: project ideas review & recommendations
XLNCE Consultancy Expert provides ‘on-site’ review with recommendations.
Post-Care Offer for the Participants included in the training fee: project idea outline check by e-mail within 2 weeks after the training date.
16:30-17:00 Final Q&A, Training Certificates and closure of event
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Irena Kondratenko is the founder of XLNCE Consultancy and has 14 years of extensive hands-on experience with EU funded research projects.
As Training Leader, Irena will deliver presentations, lead interactive Group Work on “How to develop a project idea matching a call topic” and “Developing a Project Idea Outline”, and review project ideas of the participants. She has worked in research organisations in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium and has been project proposals evaluator, reviewer and expert group member for the European Commission in the Horizon 2020.
She brings to the training the extensive experience with project proposals preparation from ‘A to Z’, in depth knowledge of the Horizon 2020 and the Energy Challenge programme, and inside knowledge on the evaluation process, criteria and success factors. 
LinkedIn Profile: 
<A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenakondratenko/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenakondratenko/</A>
 Erwin Mlecnik is a Civil Engineer-Architect, PhD; currently working as a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at Technical University Delft, the Netherlands.
He is an architect with over 25 years of experience in the development of sustainable construction and energy efficient solutions for buildings, and has worked on numerous European funded research projects.
He brings to this training expertise in research and innovation, specifically the transition problems for the market development of sustainable innovations using integrated concepts and process innovation. As Trainer, Erwin will lead the Group Work on “Crafting a successful project step by step: using the H2020 project development canvas”, present the lessons learnt from recently funded projects in H2020 -Energy, and be available for questions on process innovation and innovation diffusion.
LinkedIn Profile: 
<A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwin-mlecnik/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwin-mlecnik/</A>
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