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IPMA ITALY Journal of Applied Project Management
Volume 1 no. 2 (July 2015)
1. Introduction to increase the European quality of
life improving the knowledge and the
To increase the growth and the security of European citizens.
The European Commission is
capabilities of the Member States the supported in the management of the
projects by devoted Agencies and,
European Commission, with the among these the Research Executive
Agency (REA) acts to monitor and
support of specialized Research control each single project, verifying
the execution and the correct
Entities, identifies several themes in application of the European
regulations in the standard of Program
which developments of products and Management methodologies. De
facto the Project Manager is
services are needed to increase the controlled by his/her corresponding
Project Manager (or Project Officer –
quality of life of European citizens. PO) in REA.
The Industrial interests are perfectly
Several Programs are then inserted in the above framework,
contributing to the European
configured, divided in different areas. development of capabilities and
services both at National and
Between the 2007 and the 2013 a European Level. The main
stakeholders in EC projects are then
specific Framework Program 7 (FP7) the industries, the research entities,
the citizens (often named as “Users”),
was developed in several the National entities involved in
supporting EC in the FP7 themes
technological fields and a plenty of definition. All of them participate to
the economic developments of the
projects produced valuable projects with financial contribution
and industrial R&D budgets. In what
outcomes and services in a plethora follows the author would like to
describe the complex frame in which
of market fields from the environment the Project Manager is inserted,
considering the often conflicting
to arts, from science to technological interests of the stakeholders and the
industry business.
developments for the increasing of
citizen’s life and their security. To
better individuate the themes, the
European Commission was supported
by specialized European Research
Entities and National Institutions of the
Members States. The access to FP7
and the management of the derived
projects were regulated by a
complex set of legal documents
issued by the European Parliament.
This set of Lex was adapted to the
projects and each Project Manager
was responsible for their application.
In the figure 1 the FP7 Program is
schematically reported to understand
the hugeness and the complexity of
the framework. The European
Commission issued the program
including several different and cross
cutting activities in different market
field for the growth of capabilities and
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