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European Mobility Folktales (EUMOF) 510224-LLP-1-2010-1-CY-COMENIUS-CMP Advices and tips for writing a successful proposal Panayiotis Angelides University of Nicosia Cyprus. Summary. Short presentation of a project How to write a successful proposal
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European Mobility Folktales (EUMOF)510224-LLP-1-2010-1-CY-COMENIUS-CMP Advices and tips for writing a successful proposalPanayiotis AngelidesUniversity of NicosiaCyprus
Summary • Short presentation of a project • How to write a successful proposal • How to coordinate a successfully a Comenius project
EUMOF project • Collection of folk tales for promoting intercultural education • Characters who travel in "foreign" places and meet "other" people, creatures, cultures. • Exploration, Labor, Commerce, Tourism, War, Politics, Culture, Communication, Collaboration, Immigration… • The EU has always promoted the "mobility» of people, goods, ideas, cultural projects, etc. between member states.
24 Stories from 5 Countries in 5 languages and 1 Dialect
How to write a successful Comenius proposal • Project idea –Innovative idea (Simple ideas are the best ideas. What are the priorities of the EU?) • What are the regulations of the LLP? • Structure the proposal (Clear objectives, clear WPs) • Select partnership (spread across EU, different types of organizations) • Share the idea with partners (Preparatory meetings, through e-mails, skype meetings)
How to write a successful Comenius proposal • Writing up (Be explicit and don’t take anything for granted, clear and not too many deliverables) • How long it takes to write a proposal? (start early, 1-4 months) • Preparation of the budget (Estimate the cost, think about everything, be realistic) • Deliverables and budget (Correspondence between budget and deliverables)
How to coordinate a Comenius project • Good communication with partners (involve them in decision making, WP leaders to lead their WPs) • Clear tasks-clear deadlines (make clear the deadlines to all partners) • Keep deadlines (prepare a document with all deadlines and send reminders to partners) • Follow the proposal (The proposal is the bible of the project but you have to strictly follow it)
How to coordinate a Comenius project • Keep evidence of what you do (tasks, deliverables, presentations e.t.c) • Dissemination – Exploitation (start early, choose carefully) • Financials (follow the proposal) • Good internal and external evaluation (involve the external early enough)
Thank You!!! Angelides.p@unic.ac.cy