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LIVE Course on planning and Managing EU FUnded projects
30 Aug - 31 Aug 2021
​Santorini

Step-by-step strategies for planning and managing European Funded Projects (Beginner to Advanced) (EU Funds-Open)​

A crash course on how to create winning grant applications for EU funds and grants. (There is a way).
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Stress-Free Purchase

In order to have a stress free experience with your purchase, in case you cannot attend  the session for any reason, you can always transfer your participation to another person or attend any other training that year or in the next one. ​
Special price! Purchase now before it expires

Exclusive training offer on EU funds

We aim to offer you  a unique learning experience that stimulates brain as well as emotions and eventually to transform you into a much better person not only knowledge-wise in regards to EU funds but also feeling-wise.  We personally guarantee  that!! (check our 100% guarantee clause at the bottom).
We have combined a vibrant
 venue of unique beauty and energy, i.e. Santorini in Greece, one of the most famous islands in the whole world with its unique volcanic sceneries,  and sunsets,  along with one of the  best trainers in EU funds, Mr. Nikolaos Floratos (see testimonials and profile below) with his unique teaching approach based on the latest scientific results from his Phd Research on student engagement, 
Furthermore in order this face-to-face course to create an eye-opening knowledge for all our participants irrelevant to their expertise and equip them with the energy, the confidence and the step-by-step strategy to apply the acquired skills, we are limiting the participation  only to 15 participants. Places 
will be allocated on a first registered, first served basis. 

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Dates: 30 - 31  August 2021

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This live course  has a duration of two days, 30 August - 31 August 2021.  The structure of the course has been optimized consistently in order to achieve the highest effect at the least possible duration and includes also hands on practice in order to ensure that everyone  will acquire the proper knowledge for mastering the development of winning EU grant applications. The ultimate aim of this course is for participants not only to understand the full recipe with detailed steps on how to develop a successful proposal but also to build them with confidence, energy and joy for achieving breakthroughs in EU funding era. 

Venue: Santorini island at Megalochori, Greece

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Santorini doesn’t need any special references. It has been ranked as one  of the ten most beautiful islands in the world, and its volcanic landscape takes your breath away. Megalochori is located 7 km away from Fira, the capital of the island. It has kept its traditional colours and it is one of the few villages that have been declared “traditional settlements”. It is surrounded by vineyards and has many churches famous for their ornate bell towers, white Cycladic houses and narrow streets.
The training takes place at Helenic Culture Centre in Megalochori. 

Personalised Training

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We expect to achieve the best ever learning experience fully adapted to the learning needs of each participant. Therefore, we keep the number of our course participants to the very minimum in order to facilitate direct interaction between the trainer and each one of the trainees and accommodate all their learning expectations without any compromise in sharing knowledge and networking with other peers. However, since places are limited to 15, you should register now since there are a few places left.​
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Learning Objectives

  1. To think and act like a leader in EU funding maze
  2. To recognize which proposals will fail and which ones will succeed in EU funding
  3. To identify the most promising EU funding call topic according to your resources, experience and determination
  4. To understand the full EU proposal development cycle
  5. To develop great ideas for your EU funding proposal
  6. To connect with key actors in EU funding
  7. To receive easily and quickly critical feedback on your EU proposal
  8. To attract competent partners and supporters for your EU grant application
  9. How to identify highly competent EU proposal initiatives and get involved as partner
  10. To impress the evaluators with your grant application form
  11. To manage successfully your European Funded project like a Pro
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Course Structure and Approach


Monday 30 August 2021, 09:00-17:00
Module 1:
  • Why you cannot afford to fail in EU funding area
  • How to think and act like a leader in EU funding
Module 2:
  • Step-by-step guidance on understanding the EU funding workprogrammes and identifying the most suitable call topics according to your expertise and resources
Module 3:
  • Step-by-step guidance on developing a successful grant application
  • Mastering techniques for impressing the evaluators and the funding programme
Tuesday 31 August 2021, 09:00-17:00
Hands on practice on the latest open calls of any EU funding programme of your selection
Hands on practice
  • ​Work on an idea related to an open call topic in an EU funding programme of your selection (e.g. Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Life, AMIF, CERV, CREA, DIGITAL, INNOVFUND, etc)
  • Work on identifying partners or proposal initiators to a specific call topic in the EU funding programme of your selection
  • Prepare a strategy with detailed actions for your organisation, group or clients for exploiting successfully any EU funding programme of your selection
  • Work on your proposal summary or in sections of your proposal  for a specific call topic in the EU funding programme of your selection
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Specialisation Certificate

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All participants soon after attending the course will receive a specialisation certificate on "Planning European Funded Projects"  issued and delivered directly by Institute of Leadership and Management,  part of City and Guilds group.

Important Note

The above structure is of high value for organisations and individuals irrespectively to their experience on EU funding area. More specifically
  • Beginners will master the essentials and how to identify and involve their group into potentially winning proposals, 
  • Intermediate and advanced experts will be able to improve significantly their approach in EU funding and increase their success rate. 
  • All participants will get the full recipe on how to develop step-by-step a successful EU proposal

Available Unique Resources

In addition, we will make available  to all participants the following powerful tools and templates that are based on best practices from more than two hundred successful applications in EU funding:
  1. The Full-Module Training Handbook™ with the training slides for each one of the modules above
  2. The EU funding Champion compass™ that is a two page* workbook template for making each participant to think and act like a leader in Horizon 2020
  3. The EU C.R.I.T.E.R.I.A. toolkit™ that is a∗ snapshot with key resources, templates and examples for impressing the EU evaluators
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Stress Free Purchase

In order to have a stress free experience with your purchase, in case you cannot attend  the session for any reason, you can always transfer your participation to another person or attend any other training that year or in the next one. ​

Course fee

The fee for participating in this course starts from €697 without the CIty and Guilds/ILM specialisation certificate on "Planning European Funded Projects" or with this  certificate at €960.  However, there is for now a special price for the post-Covid-19 period. 
​This fee includes
  • 2 days training,
  • all education material in pdf format,
  • Attendance Certificate
  • Specialisation Certificate on "Planning European Funded Projects" issued by ILM part of City and Guilds Group
  • Coffee breaks
  • Lunch on both training days in a traditional tavern with a choice of meat/fish or vegetarian main course
  • Use of the Internet and secretary facilities (Printing, photocopying, etc)
It doesn't include accommodation and any meals outside the training, travel insurance and transportation costs that you should arrange them on your own but we can suggest some affordable options.  It doesn't include the cost of  our cultural activities that you can choose to experience and we can arrange for you. Such cultural activities are guided and walking tours, ceramics hand-on lesson, wine tasting of the famous santorini wines, cooking class of greek foods, greek  dancing classes, greek singing lessons and music, santorini landscape hands-on painting lessons, iconography (Byzantine) painting lessons, etc and can take place right after the end of each training day. We can provide you more details during the first training day and their cost(they are very affordable). 

100% Satisfaction Guarantee 

We are the only training organization that our approach is based on results and not on effort. We are so confident of the high value of our training that we personally guarantee on its quality, effectiveness and distinct value. In case, after our training, you  believe you haven't managed to experience the transformation we promise you, then we will return not only the course fee but also we will pay back all your other expenses (e.g. your accommodation, subsistence and travel costs)!! That confident we are on the quality of our training and the transformation experience we can create!
Who else can do that!!?
Even if some of the participants have already participated in a similar training session, we are committed to deliver an eye-opening session for all participants from novices to senior experts in the topic since we apply unique teaching approaches based on science. ​

Travel info

Travel by Plane
There are daily several flights from Athens to Santorini all year long with the following airlines including low cost ones  AegeanAirlines, Ryanair: ,  Ellinair, Volotea, Skyexpress . It is a 30-40 minutes trip. Prices depend on the period and they start from 15 euro. Check regularly for offers from the companies. In the summer there are also charter flights from more than 30 European cities.​
Travel by Ferry
The journey from Piraeus takes 6-8 hours and the tickets start from 37,50 EUR. During the summer period there are also fast ferries reaching Santorini in 4-5 hours. In the summer there are also ferries from and to Crete, Rhodes, Thessaloniki and most of the Cyclades. Check Blue Star Ferries,  and Hellenic Seaways, . 

Accommodation info

We can make  proper arrangements for you for affordable accommodation near the training venue for all needs and desires but always at the most economical prices. According to your needs, we can arrange your accommodation  from a basic room in a clean and safe old hotel up to a more modern hotel with pool and breakfast but still at a fraction of what you normally pay for accommodation.

About the Trainer - Nikolaos Floratos

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​Nikolaos is ranked by Google and Linkedin in the top three positions as funding expert. His passion is education and training and his mission is to transform the life of individuals and make them better persons with his training. He is also a Phd researcher in student engagement and eLearning. He is a lifelong learner with B.Eng and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Imperial College, London, an MBA from National Technical University & Athens University of Economics and Business and recently completed his Bachelor of Arts in history of civilizations as a hobby. The last 10 years, he has transformed thousands of individuals from more than forty countries into successful grant application developers through outstanding training and coaching practices. He is the author also of the ebook "Who are the champions in Horizon 2020 and what you can learn from them" and he is also the host and organiser of the Horizon 2020 Virtual Summit (www.horizon2020summit.eu) the largest annual virtual training event with more than 35 top experts in Horizon 2020 as trainers and more than 2500 participants. He is an expert on behalf of the European Commission on evaluating and reviewing projects and proposals since 2003 and currently, through his research, he focuses on student engagement and he has proved that anyone can master even complicated subjects very fast by receiving training and support in an engaging way and with the proper instruction strategy. He delivers all his courses and seminars based on continuous interactions with his audience and based on “recipes” and practical steps that allow them to absorb easily what they should master and achieve extraordinary results very quickly. He has trained thousands of organisations, universities and research institutions from all over Europe on how to exploit successfully EU funds and has received more than 100  recommendations at his linkedin profile as a funding expert, coach and trainer. Recently, he has founded the Funding Expert Academy for transforming individuals into great grant application developers. A list of indicative universities and other european or international organisations that Nikolaos has supported  individuals on EU funding follow below:
  • Open University of Catalonia (Spain)
  • Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
  • Sabanci University (Turkey), 
  • University of Bergen (Norway),
  • Seinajoki University (Finland)
  • Satakunta Univesity (Finland)
  • Cergy Pontoise University (France)
  • European Academy (Ireland)
  • Center for Research and Technology (Greece)
  • National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (Greece)
  • Technical University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
  • University of Malta (Malta)
  • KU Leuven (Belgium)
  • Louvain University (Belgium)
  • University of Perugia (Italy)
  • Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
  • European Academy for Education and Social Research (Ireland)
  • Olympic Committee of Serbia (Serbia)
  • European Regions Research and Innovation Network (European)
  • European Platform for Rehabilitation (European)
  • South Africa Research and Innovation Management Association (South Africa)
  • Western Africa Research and Innovation Management Association.

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