EU Project Management Module 1: Preparing for EU Projects
Modul
Seminar 1.1: EU Policies - Why does the EU (co-)finance projects and investments
Seminar content
- EU institutions and competences: introduction and overview
- Linking EU policies and funding
- Getting to know the most important EU strategies and frameworks
- From the Treaty of Rome to the European Green Deal: historic development and status quo
- Political key objectives of the EU
- Relevance of EU policies for funding programs and financial instruments
By the end of the seminar, you
- are able to describe the key objectives of the EU, its institutions and leading strategies.
- are able to explain the connection between EU policies and EU funding and financing.
Teaching and learning methods
The following teaching and learning methods will be used: lecture, small group and partner work, discussion, self-study, feedback.
The lecturer: Mag.a Alexandra Schantl
Further literature
Gansch M. / Schantl A.: Introduction into EU-Policies, Skript 2022.
http://eu-learning.net/handbook/
Europäische Kommission, Generaldirektion Kommunikation, Borchardt, K., The ABC of EU law, Publications Office, 2018, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/953190 Maude, J: European Union- Ep 1.2 - EU Institutions.
Seminar 1.2: EU-Funding Structures – How the EU (co)finances projects and investments
Seminar content
- What is a project (general introduction)?
- How to manage a(n) (EU) project
- Project management cycle
- How to structure the project idea
- Elaborating project objectives
- Elaborating a project USP
- Project idea paper (summary of key ideas, USP)
- How to identify potential EU programs
By the end of the seminar, you
- are able to identify the most important project management steps to carry out an EU project.
- are able to sketch a project out of a need.
- are able to relate the project idea to EU funding criteria.
Teaching and learning methods
The following teaching and learning methods will be used: lecture, small group and partner work, discussion, self-study, feedback.
The lecturers: Michael Gansch, MA, Mag.a Alexandra Schantl
Further literature
European Commission, DIGIT Centre of Excellence in Project Management (CoEPM²): PM² project management methodology. Guide 3.0.1. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b8458be2-821d-11eb-9ac9-01aa75ed71a1.
Demir S. / Bryde D. / Fearon D. /Ochieng E.: Three dimensional stakeholder analysis – 3dSA: adding the risk dimension for stakeholder analysis 2015;
Seminar 1.3: Project Development – How to form an idea into a project
Seminar content
- What is a project (general introduction)?
- How to manage a(n) (EU) project
- Project management cycle
- How to structure the project idea
- Elaborating project objectives
- Elaborating a project USP
- Project idea paper (summary of key ideas, USP)
- How to identify potential EU programs
By the end of the seminar, you
- are able to identify the most important project management steps to carry out an EU project.
- are able to sketch a project out of a need.
- are able to relate the project idea to EU funding criteria.
Teaching and learning methods
The following teaching and learning methods will be used: lecture, small group and partner work, discussion, self-study, feedback.
The lecturers: Michael Gansch, MA, Mag.a Alexandra Schantl
Further literature
European Commission, DIGIT Centre of Excellence in Project Management (CoEPM²): PM² project management methodology. Guide 3.0.1. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b8458be2-821d-11eb-9ac9-01aa75ed71a1.
Demir S. / Bryde D. / Fearon D. /Ochieng E.: Three dimensional stakeholder analysis – 3dSA: adding the risk dimension for stakeholder analysis 2015.