EC funding


We Upset the Status Quo in Planning European Projects by Doings Things Simpler!
Most of us consider New Year as a new window of opportunity to change our way of own thoughts and actions and we have our resolution during the first days of New Year. For most of the people, it works as follows: We think what we want to change and […]

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Horizon 2020 champions per projects
  Have you realised that Horizon 2020 has been running already for more than 3 years? Do you want to know who are the champions in Horizon 2020 either based on the number of projects that they are involved or based on the awarded EC contribution? (hint: There are some […]

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eu audit
Financial Management of european funded projects as your sweetest dream I consult a lot of organisations and individuals across Europe on how to deal successfully with the financial management and the EU external audit of their funded european project. I always start my engagement with one phrase ” An expertise […]

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Main funding opportunities
First inspiration from my Horizon 2020 SME instrument course I have just come back from Brussels that I have delivered an advanced 3-day course on SME instrument under Horizon 2020. With the help of the participants, we went through in detail the different steps that are needed in order to […]

The Manifesto of Funding Experts


Funding Expert Transformation Process
I will not be long since the video below is very extensive and explains in detail the amount of money that are spent in preparing failed not winning proposals for requesting funding but also uncovers some other interesting staff. More specifically, in this video I prove that based on very conservative […]

Why you cannot afford to fail and how to succeed ...


Stop being SMART 8
Consultancy companies, training organisations, project managers,  proposal writers and many actors in the area of EU funding have been endorsing in their approaches for years now and unfortunately for the upcoming years SMART objectives. SMART objectives are based on the following 5 principles, Specific Measureable Achievable or Attainable Realistic or […]

Why SMART Objectives are NOT really Smart in EU ...