What We Do

• Explain the scope and the modalities of the whole spectrum of funding schemes to be used in Horizon 2020 program.
• Advise on administrative procedures and legal issues (e.g. role and responsibilities of participants in a consortium, costs, rights and obligations of participants, respect of ethical rules and for the principles laid down in the Commission Recommendation C(2005)576 on the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment).
• Assist in partner search activities notably by disseminating calls for proposals (using Community tools such as CORDIS, co-operation networks, business support network services etc.).
• Assist organisations, in particular new actors and SMEs, with a view to increasing their participation in Horizon 2020 program.
• Organise training sessions on RTD programmes for intermediaries and information multipliers to ensure high quality of advice.
• Organise training seminars for specific target groups (SMEs, universities, professional organisations, women in science etc.) or on specific topics (legal aspects, modalities for participation, research areas covered by several specific programmes, ethical rules etc.).
• Provide information for and advise participants, in particular smaller organisations and SMEs, on the setting up of appropriate management and legal structures in projects with large budgets and/or numerous participants.
• Assist the Commission services in assuring transparency and equal access to calls for new partners in on-going Horizon 2020 Projects.

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