These capacities building courses objective is to strengthen the Grant International Cooperation Offices (GICO) service delivery and foster international cooperation. Participants will be trained and coached in the process of building successful proposals and collaboration with EU partners.

The first part addresses more specifically project design to foster innovation and fundraising management with the EU as well as the implications arising from this, partnerships development in the process of building successful proposals and collaboration with EU partners.

The last part addresses more specifically digital marketing, attractiveness. It answers more specifically GICOs need regarding their difficulties to communicate efficiently to better respond EU call of tenders, consequently giving them more funds. Being better organised and more efficient could also help them in partly resolving their human resources problem.

These 2 online courses have been elaborated with training materials based on the two Academies content, to allow other or new staff to access knowledge and develop their skills. The main goal is to allow replication and sustain access to relevant training to increase the potential reach.

After having completed this course, participants will be able to:

• Better understand the types of EU funding and the EU instruments.
• Communicate with EU and partners to manage international cooperation projects:
  • Pull together a multifaceted consortium
  • Create a brand and marketing messages
  • Get the right marketing mix
  • Find end users
  • Work with current funding streams and calls
• Build a bid
• Identify opportunities to carry this work forward

Course Language : English ‎(en)‎

Start date for participant : anytime

Time required: 8 hours over 4 weeks

Course fee: Free of charge