Training and capacity building on Horizon 2020 – Agenda

Venue: Lavender & Lime

Venue: Lavender & Lime

Prof. Dr. Hazem Mansour, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Scientific

Research

Claudio Bogliotti, CIHEAM (Coordinator of MedSpring)

Zeinab ElSadr, H2020 Coordinator NCP, Egypt

Venue: Lavender & Lime

Simona Deluca, CNR

Venue: Lavender & Lime

Dr. Heba Gaber

Research and Innovation Officer, EU Delegation to Egypt

Venue: Lavender & Lime

This session will provide a detailed insight of call-topics relevant

to Euro-Mediterranean research cooperation. Identified calltopics will be analysed and possibly used as a base for preparing a

frame of interests expressed by Mediterranean researchers to be

published on-line through the MedSpring AGORA and be visible to

EU researchers. Outcomes will be used as a base for Day 3

activities. The presentation will be followed by open discussion

and expression of interest in specific topics by participants.

Raniero Chelli, UNIMED/ Virginia Belsanti, CIHEAM/ Omar

Amawi, HCST

Venue: lavander and Lime

Venue: Lavender & Lime

The trainer will work with participants surfing the H2020 Portal,

getting acquainted with the web-map, finding calls, learning rule,

building a consortium

Davide Meinero, ID consulting

Venue: Lavender & Lime

Showcase of best practices from EU and third country NCPs

concerning their experiences in supporting the researchers of

their countries. The outlines of previous successful EU projects

from MPCs and Middle East countries will be also presented by

NCPs or Thematic Focal Points. This will stimulate the discussion

to highlight success factors and lessons learned that could be of

interest. The audience is expected to play an active and crucial

role by bringing their successful experiences and expectations

regarding the new FP into the discussion.

Facilitator: S. Deluca, CNR

Speakers: Valentina Fioron, APRE , Z. El-Sadr, MoSR

Venue: Napa Grill

Venue: Lavender & Lime and Scarlet & Maroon

This session foresees practical training/exercise on proposal

writing for two parallel working groups. The workshop will deliver

tips and tricks on what makes a good proposal, familiarize

participants with the main phases a partner should undertake

when joining a proposal preparation. It will also reflect on

requirements and standards of a proposal contribution under

H2020. Finally, the session will include a fast-track exercise on

proposal coordination by an MPC/Middle East project participant:

based on the stocktaking of H2020 call-topics presented in Day 1.

Two trainers will support each working group that will develop a

case to be presented in plenary session.

Working group 1 (Lavender & Lime): R. Chelli, UNIMED/Moez

Jbara, MESRS

Working group 2 (Scarlet & Maroon): C. Polidori C&S Europe

Consulting/Z. El-Sadr, MoSR

Venue:

Lavender & Lime

focal points

V. Fioron, APRE

Venue:

Lavender & Lime

V. Fioron, APRE

Venue: lavander and Lime

Venue: Lavender& Lime

This session will focus on the EU initiatives aimed at enhancing the

competitiveness of the industrial sector. The trainer will discuss the

H2020 opportunities intended to promote research and innovation

on the linking of the physical and digital worlds. Particular emphasis

will be placed on the calls designed to foster cooperation between

Middle East and Mediterranean industries and their EU counterparts

and on how to embed socio-economic sciences and humanities in

proposals.

D. Meinero, ID consulting

Venue: Napa Grill

Venue:

Lavender & Lime and scarlet and Maroon

This session includes practical training/exercise on project

implementation and management for two parallel groups. The

training will aim at successfully tackling the different issues and tasks

to be addressed when managing and implementing the project,

particularly partners management, Work Package management, task

management, financial/resources management, reporting (technical

and financial), dissemination and outreaching etc. (two trainers for

each working group)

Working group 1: C. Polidori, C&S Europe Consulting/ D. Meinero, ID

consulting

Working group 2: O. Amawi, HCST

Venue:

Lavender & Lime

Venue: Saigon Lounge

“Role of Local Innovation in Sustainable Development”