Development and management of transnational projects
Are you interested in accessing EU funding
for local projects in your borough?
The European Commission offers funding opportunities for the development
and delivery of innovative projects that address social exclusion and
economic development. In order to spread best
practice, encourage cross fertilisation of ideas and reduce duplication,
there is an increasing focus on transnational projects.
What is a transnational project?
Transnational projects are projects that operate simultaneously across more than one country.
Examples of funding streams that have encouraged this approach are:
EQUAL, LEONARDO and INTERREG.
What makes a successful transnational project?
A successful project will identify similar, but not necessarily identical, economic and social needs in several countries. Partnerships will be developed between the cities or regions to enable quality project delivery. This simultaneous delivery allows comparisons to be drawn between approaches to work.
As each partner develops best
practice, the knowledge is shared to promote innovation. Another important
element of transnational projects is dissemination: the lessons learned and
the findings are shared with the relevant policy-makers, agencies and organisations
within each of the participating countries.
How GLE can help every step of the way
Step one - identify funding
- We offer support to identify appropriate funding streams for your organisation
- Our extensive network of contacts will
help you highlight relevant EU and non-EU organisations that are willing,
interested and able to participate in transnational partnerships. This
facility can also be used for partner searches.
- GLE premises in London, Brussels and Prague offer you the perfect location from which to meet strategic partners
Step two - tailoring the project
- Our innovative project design will
effectively match the requirements of the funding programme to your organisation’s
aims
- GLE offers a facilitation service for the development and submission of applications for funding for organisations wishing to undertake transnational partnerships.
e.g. GLE has helped the London borough of Lewisham to win a €8.7m project from the EU’s LIFE Environment fund
Step three - assistance in running the project
- Our transnational partnership
management service includes partnership management, monitoring, financial management and administration for organisations who do not have the resources or capacity to administrate a transnational project
- If you require training in
transnational partnership management, we offer our practical experiences
to advise and inform all clients to the best of our ability.
For instance,
GLE delivered a series of training in transnational partnership development
and management to the London borough of Lewisham. GLE also delivers lectures
in European project management at MSc level at the Charles University of
Prague
- We run seminars to
help you get to grips with EU funding streams and transnational partnerships.
e.g. GLE organised and delivered - in cooperation with the London Councils European Service – the following events:
A workshop on INTERREG IIIB and IIIC programmes London, 16th July 2004
Step four - dissemination and evaluation
- Transnational project dissemination strategies and support
- Transnational project evaluation
Our credentials
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We are leading the Early Stage Investors Action for Growth of Innovating Businesses (EASY) project which aims to accelerate the international growth of knowledge-based businesses by bringing together investor organisations in Europe to co-ordinate the exchange and transfer of shared practices and tools.
- We are an experienced Lead Partner of the European
Learning Network (LNet), an INTERREG IIIC project which joins
seven partners from five major EU cities
- Experience as Lead Partner of Building Sustainable Communities an
URBACT project spanning three major EU cities.
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- Extensive experience in delivering training in EU funding streams,
project development and transnational project management
- Experienced in working at European level and working closely with
European institutions
- A comprehensive network of contacts across the EU
If you would like further information, contact Nathalie, nathalie.g@gle.co.uk