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Supporting Cypriot Participation in Horizon 2020. The Role of National Contact Points (NCPs) in Cyprus Litsa Kountouridou National Contact Point for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Future and Emerging Technologies (FET). Presentation Outline.
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Supporting Cypriot Participation in Horizon 2020 The Role of National Contact Points (NCPs) in Cyprus Litsa Kountouridou National Contact Point for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Presentation Outline • The Role of the Research Promotion Foundation • NCP Services at the National Level • NCP Services at the EU Level • Other Useful Information
The Role of the Research Promotion Foundation • Coordinating the activities concerning the participation of Cyprus in Horizon 2020 • Hosting the NCP Network for Cyprus and coordinating Cypriot representation in the Programme Committees • Collecting and processing data regarding Cypriot participation
The Role of NCPs at the National Level • What? • Disseminating Information • Organising Infodays, Training and other Seminars • How? • Through mailing lists for specific areas, H2020 Blog and FB Website, direct communication • General Infodays and Infodays on specific Calls, Customised Training Seminars for newcomers/experienced proposers/multipliers
The Role of NCPs at the National Level • What? • Assisting proposers with preparing proposals • Assisting with partner search • How? • Resolving queries, Pre-screening of Proposals • Customised Partner Search Forms, Organisation of Brokerage Events in Cyprus, Promoting important Brokerage Events abroad
The Role of NCPs at the National Level • What? • Customised support / advice • How? • Assistance based on proposers’ needs (IPR Issues, Consortium Agreements, Grant Agreements, Project Management etc.) • Presentations for different groups at Organisations by one or more NCPs upon request
The Role of NCPs at the EU Level Participation in Thematic NCP Networks: Ideal-ist 2014 – the ICT NCP Network • A unique Quality Labelled Partner Search Tool • An international Quality Team to support proposers • Organisation of international Brokerage Events
The Role of NCPs at the EU Level Ideal-ist 2014 Partner Search Tool Step 1 Register and insert Partner Search (PS) Step 2 PS is checked by local representative & a Quality team Step 4 Expressions of interest are sent & choice of partners is done Step 3 PS is published & distributed to NCP’ newsletters subscribers
Other Information - 1 • Direct Helpline for Horizon 2020: • 22 205050 • Help Desk Email Address: • horizon2020@research.org.cy
Other Information - 2 • Social Media: • https://www.facebook.com/horizon2020cyprus • http://horizon2020cyprus.blogspot.com/ • Participation in specific Brokerage Events is funded by the RPF through the Action “Participation in International Conferences” (www.research.org.cy)
Thank you for your attention..! Litsa Kountouridou Email: lkountouridou@research.org.cy Tel: 22 205020