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IPMA ITALY Journal of Applied Project Management
Volume 1 no. 2 (July 2015)
market applications (Space, and the possible enlargement of the
Automotive, Rail Transportation, Project Portfolio. It has to be however
Naval…) then the Partners interacts reminded that the competition in EC
differently with each other, at framework is particularly high: it is
different level and roles then a usual that for a single topic of the EC
Consortium regulation is needed. call for tender, several tens of
In Section 2 the concept of proposals are submitted! Everyone in
opportunity is reminded: every project Europe can submit a proposal, due to
can lead to other future or parallel the very general requests of the
initiatives that can increase the tenders and the multiple
industrial market and/or the interpretations of the text: this can be
capabilities in specific innovative considered one of the fundamental
fields. In EC framework the differences between the EC and the
opportunity is strongly encouraged by Commercial framework. To enhance
the multiple interfaces of the project the probability of funding it’s
manager with the other coordinators, important to deeply understand the
with research entities, with the evaluation process: each proposal is
partners of other Consortia; during the evaluated by a pool of European
proposal preparation phase the experts who read the proposal and
exploitation of the past projects jointly assign a score during the
heritage and interfaces is a certain Evaluation Member Meeting
add on for the consortium members organized by REA. It has to point out
and for the project chances to be that these experts are chosen among
funded. This habit in exploit this a long list of self-candidates European
opportunity contributes to the citizens that are screened at the
Company’s continuity of research beginning of the evaluation process
by REA and EC, following specific correctly. When the proposal is
rules. The nominated expert could be chosen the Negotiation phase starts:
aware or not in the technical filed during this phase the European
exposed in the proposal so it is Commission and REA assign to the
important in the text to not include proposal a Project Officer in REA who
too long technical descriptions, not to will constitute with the project
go in much technical details, to be Manager the unique interfaces
short and clear in the description of toward the Commission of the
the activities and to the be credible in Consortium. The PO will directly
the management of the project. At interface only with the project
the end of the Evaluation Meeting Manager (figure 3), no internal
each proposal has a score and the Consortium regulation arrive to EC or
highest will be chosen for funding. to REA and no other documents but
Deeply knowing the evaluation the Grant Agreements are of interest
process the proposal/project in EC/REA.
manager can dimension the proposal
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