The workshop will provide guidance for ERA-NET Cofund coordinators and core partners. The participants will be introduced to the ERA-NET Cofund scheme, the rules for the Certificate on the Financial Statements (CFS), the ERA-LEARN website and the ERA-LEARN online toolbox. Interactive Group Work sessions will focus on the management and financing of the consortium, the implementation of a cofunded call as well as the communication and interaction with other networks. Additionally basic information and guidelines on monitoring and impact assessment in ERA-NET Cofund will be presented, along with an overview of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe.

Target Group: New and advanced ERA-NET Cofund practitioners

The workshop is free of charge but the participants will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Agenda

The life of an ERA-NET Cofund: Horizon 2020 requirements from proposal preparation to implementation and reporting Andrei Lintu, European Commission, DG RTD

Introduction to ERA-LEARN, Roland Brandenburg, FFG, ERA-LEARN coordinator

ERA-NET Cofund in practice: Financial aspects, consortium agreement, additional activities, Roland Brandenburg, Ursula Bodisch, FFG

How to establish, manage and finance the consortium, Kristin Elisabeth Thorud (RCN), ERA-NET Cofund on Blue Bioeconomy

How to communicate and interact with other networks, Johannes Bockstefl (FFG), JPI Urban Europe (ENSCC, ENSUF, EN-SUGI)

Audit of ERA-NET Cofunds, Andrei Lintu, European Commission, DG RTD

How to implement the joint call, Monika Frenzel (ANR) ERA-NET Cofund in Personalised Medicine

Monitoring and impact assessment in ERA-NET Cofund, Effie Amanatidou, ERA-LEARN

Outlook to European partnerships in Horizon Europe, Andrei Lintu, European Commission, DG RTD