In addition to the general principles of management of INTERREG projects, this training lays special focus on project management from the perspective of the lead partner. The roles within the project, the special responsibilities and with that also the higher requirements on the financial settlement, but also the handling of the EU Secretariat are particularly highlighted here. The training program is made space-specific, so for max. 8 participants, a high learning effect can be achieved. 

Content:

• Partnership Agreement and Fact Sheets
• Reporting (tasks and duties of partners and the lead partner)
• Communication (between the chairs and culturally appropriate)
• Internal organization (financial reporting, regulations, standards)
• PR and public relations (participation of partners, duties of the lead partner, tips and tricks)
• Completion of the deliverable (affection ability to partner specifications, legal possibilities)

The training is also offered as a weekend seminar.

An INTERREG project is successfully applied for and the necessary signatures are put under the project proposal. But what now? This seminar introduces the students to the next steps after the signature of the project proposal and an example illustrates what milestones have to follow now. 

Content:

• Regulating a Partnership Agreements
• Milestone planning
• Financial controlling
• Setting up the formal sheets (time sheets, travel reports, etc.)
• Background to the contract

Participants learn the organizational aspect of events in the framework of known projects so as to plan these as effectively and efficiently as possible. Especially cultural differences and the organization of events with participants from different cultural backgrounds are specially emphasized in this workshop.

Content:

• Coordination of local and international events
• Guidelines for planning
• Planning framework program, arrival and departure, planning cultural differences (e.g., guest gifts, addresses, "no-go` s ")

This training is an introduction to the use of the atene KOM platform to manage projects. The course is run in an 4 hour workshop at the premises of atene KOM or as an in-house seminar for our clients. Trainings for administrators are done separately during the introduction to the system.

Content:

• General administration of the platform
• Creating a project
• Document management
• Data protection & legal issues
• Overview of the functionality (WIKI, Blog, Calendar, Rules Wizard, Dashlets)

Among the decisive factors for personal success and the success of a project an efficient and targeted communication is necessary. Communication is more than just mere words - it takes place on two different levels. The seminar participants learn, using concrete examples, ideal communication in a project and learn about strategies and individual success factors that optimize communication and in so doing lead transnational projects to success. Through concrete examples of ideal relationship management, participants are shown how to nature contacts and establish new ones.

Content:

• Project communication strategies in transnational projects
• Success factors of good communication
• Successful relationship management
• Dealing with agreements & deadlines
• Addressing a partner correctly
• Effective channels of communication

European funding will be thematically combined in community programs or managed in individual structural funds. The sum of all transnational projects is the communication and collaboration as well as mutual learning from and through other transnational project partners.

Besides the content that is more difficult to understand and conditions for eligibility, the individual programs, including cooperation with various transnational partners, is a special difficulty involved in such projects.

In this seminar the participants receive training to get an insight into the current situation and the challenges of transnational projects. The aim of the seminar is effective project management as a key to understanding success and to maintain a systematic overview of the challenges of intercultural collaboration.

Content:

• Learning organizational structures
• Application of specific tools
• Crisis management in failing projects
• Avoiding common errors
• Transnational communication