We will transform you into an Impact expert in Horizon in order to scale-up your personal development and the success of your organisation in Horizon Europe!

 In this 1.5 days workshop (Including half day outdoors training), you will master how to deal successfully with Impact in Horizon Europe
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We guarantee 100% to transform you into an Impact expert, else we return the fee

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Based on live recordings of total duration one day and a half at the vibrant place of Santorini , you will have the opportunity to participate in the most practical  with specific actions and strategies live training on Impact in Horizon Europe. WE PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT, ELSE WE WILL RETURN YOUR FEE!
No matter what is your experience in European Research, in this fully practical workshop, you will  master how to write the Impact section in an Horizon Europe collaborative grant application and impress the evaluators.  The structure of the work is based on three Module as follows: 


  • Module 1: Impact Intelligence in Horizon Europe: Master public resources related to Impact in Horizon Europe and exploit them to your advantage
  • Module 2: Impact Strategies in Horizon Europe: Action plans (Tips and best practices) related to the expected impacts in Horizon Europe workprogrammes
  • Module 3: How to impress evaluators with your Impact section in the proposal grant application of Horizon Europe: Examples and templates aligned with the norms and expectations from the Impact section in the grant application

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. ​
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Exclusive Workshop for Impact in Horizon Europe based on the latest pedagogical and engaging techniques (Including outdoors training)

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 Impact in Horizon Europe  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 exploiting European research programmes, Dr. Nikolaos Floratos (see testimonials and profile below) with his unique coaching 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, there is also outdoors training and we are limiting the participation . Places will be allocated on a first registered, first served basis. 

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Workshop Learning Objectives

In brief, after the workshp, you will be in a position to master among others: 
  • What is the purpose of Impact in Horizon Europe
  • What are the three different types of Impacts and how to deal successfully with each one
  • What is the impact focus in each subprogramme of Horizon Europe
  • Which are the key documents you need to read for understanding the focus and the details of the targeted impacts (spoiler: It is not the Strategic Plan)
  • What is the difference between expected outcomes, impacts, outputs and how to deal with each one effectively
  • What is the timeline for achieving the expected outcomes and impacts
  • How to deal with expected impacts in a bottom-up but especially in top-down calls in Horizon Europe
  • How to use the targeted workprogramme and call topic descriptions for designing your impact strategy easily and effectively
  • How to deal successfully and convincingly with the "Scale" and "Significance" for the expected impacts and outcomes
  • What else to use instead of TRLs in Social Science and Humanities projects
  • When and how to address effectively and convincingly the Strategic Development Goals by United Nations in a measurable approach
  • Cross-cutting impacts (Mandatory and recommended ones) and how deal convincingly with them
  • How to identify and involve end-users and policy makers in your proposal for increasing your impact
  • How to suggest realistic but impressive impact targets
  • How to structure the Impact section of your proposal
  • Templates and examples for addressing the expected impacts and outcomes
  • How to identify and prioritise the intended target groups
  • How to develop a strategy for engaging the target groups
  • How to identify barriers and related strategies for overcoming them and achieving the expected outcomes and impacts
  • Actual example from a proposal with real-case scenarios and actions to deal with expected outcomes, impacts and barriers
  • What is the difference between Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation and how to formulate proper strategies for each
  • Examples/templates of Dissemination & Exploitation stategy
  • Examples/templates of Communication Strategy
  • How to deal convincingly with the IPR
  • How to use the Impact Summary/Canvas to your advantage and create a credible outline
  • Actual ESR on Impact from a winning Horizon Europe proposal
  • Impact checklist before submitting
  • Dos and Dont's in Impact

Dates: 16-17 June 2023

This face-to-face workshop  has a duration of 1.5 days, with one full day on 16th June 2023 (from 09:00 till 17:00) and a half day outdoors training on  17th  June 2022 (from 09:00 till 12:30) .  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 Horizon Europe  Impact sections in the grant applications.  The second day will take place outdoors for exploiting the physical vibes of the island.
The ultimate aim of this course is for participants not only to understand the full recipe with detailed steps on how to deal successfully with Impact in Horizon Europe but also to build them with self-confidence, energy and joy for achieving breakthroughs in Horizon Europe  funding era. 
High Value of the Workshop: The workshop will take place based on the latest workprogrammes of Horizon Europe and the upcoming calls and it may be adapted according to the needs and the expectations of the participants.

Venue: Santorini island at Megalochori, Greece

Santorini doesn’t need any special references. It has been ranked as one  ofthe 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 workshop takes place at Helenic Culture Centre in Megalochori but it is subject to change according to the number of participants at the workshop

Personalised Training

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 just 10, you should register now since there are a few places left.​
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Specialisation Certificate

Participants that paid the full fee soon after attending the course will receive a specialisation certificate on "Specialisation in Planning European Research Projects​"  

Important Note

The above structure is of high value for researchers and individuals irrespectively to their experience on Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programme. 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 Horizon Europe and increase their success rate. 
  • All participants will get the full recipe on how to develop step-by-step a successful Horizon Europe proposal
No matter how big or small is your organisation (from a small SME to a large institute), you have the choice to be a leader or a follower even in huge Research and Innovation programmes such as Horizon Europe. Now is the time to start intelligently your strategy for your organisation or on how to support other to exploit successfully the current programme Be proactive and not reactive and make a difference in your organisation with the 5Ps. Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. 

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 one hundred successful applications in European Research  & Innovation programmes:
  1. The Full-Module Training Handbook™ with the training slides for each one of the modules above
  2. The Horizon Europe Impact Preparation Toolkit that contains key resources, examples and  templates for building the impact section in an Horizon Europe. grant application 
Special price! register now before it expires

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 is at a special price with a significant discount.  This fee includes
  • 1.5 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 (Only applicable for the ones that participate with the full fee!)
  • Coffee breaks
  • Lunch on the first training day 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. 

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 have made proper arrangements 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 Floratos (PhD Researcher): Nikolaos has a multidisciplinary education with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from City University London, a Bachelor of Humanities in Greek Civilisation from Open Hellenic University, a master of science in Telecommunications and Signal Processing from Imperial College, London and he is currently a PhD researcher in Humanities on student engagement in massive open online courses from Open University of Catalonia. After his undergraduate and postgraduate studies with distinction as engineer in London (Imperial College, City University), UK, has been working for a number of consultancy and Information Technology companies as consultant and project manager across Europe. He has also an MBA (Master in Business Administration from National Technical University of Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business) and the last 23 years he is involved in planning, managing and evaluating large and small projects in the area of research, education, ICT (Information Communication Technologies), social inclusion, entrepreneurship, standardization and consumer issues.  As a funding expert, personal trainer and coach, he has supported hundreds of individuals and organisations mainly from Europe but also from all over the world on managing state funding (e.g.  from European Commission, National Funds, etc) and receive support for deploying their business idea or mission and he has proved that anyone can become a great proposal writer or project manager of european funded projects through proper guidance, training and coaching. He is an expert on behalf of the European Commission on evaluating and reviewing projects and proposals since 2003 and  currently, he researches through a PhD how eLearning courses can increase students' engagement and motivation. He is the creator of the Funding Expert Transfomation Process™ system that can transform anyone to a great proposal writer and project manager of european funded projects. He has received more than 500 recommendations and endorsements at his linkedin profile (www.linkedin.com/in/floratos) as a funding expert, coach and trainer. He is also listed in the top first three search results by google as "Funding expert.
A list of more than 100 indicative universities and other european or international organisations that Nikolaos has supported  researchers and individuals in European Research follow below:
1.     Krems University (Austria)
2.     KU Leuven (Belgium)
3.     Louvain University (Belgium)
4.     VITO nv (Belgium)
5.     Antwerp University (Belgium)
6.     Vocal Europe (Belgium)
7.     European Projects Association (Belgium)
8.     Euresearch Network Office (Belgium)
9.     Fundação Arthur Bernardes (Brazil)
10.   Medical University – Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
11.   Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“ (Bulgaria)
12.   Central European Institute of Technology - Masaryk University (Czech Republic)
13.   Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague (Czech Republic)
14.   University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic)
15.   University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
16.   University of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic)
17.   Technical University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
18.   Center for Technology Research and Innovation (Cyprus)
19.   University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
20.   Seinajoki University (Finland)
21.   Satakunta University (Finland)
22.   The University of Tampere (Finland)
23.   VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland)
24.   Cergy Pontoise University (France)
25.   NEXA (France)
26.   Reunion University (France)
27.   Sorbonne University (France)
28.   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (Germany)
29.   FORTISS Research Institute (Germany)
30.   Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (Germany)
31.   Hochschule Wismar University of Applied Sciences Technology (Germany)
32.   Center for Research and Technology (Greece)
33.   OTE- National Telecommunications Operator (Greece)
34.   National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (Greece)
35.   National Hellenic Research Foundation (Greece)
36.   Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway (Ireland)
37.   European Academy for Education and Social Research (Ireland)
38.   IDI (Ireland)
39.   University of Perugia (Italy)
40.   The University of Padova (Italy)
41.   University of Torino (Italy)
42.   University of Cagliary (Italy)
43.   Polytechnique of Milan  POLIMI (Italy)
44.   Sistematica S.p.A. (Italy)
45.   Jordan University (Jordan)
46.   Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (Latvia)
47.   Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology – MITA (Lithuania)
48.   Kaunas Technical University (Lituania)
49.   Vilnius University (Lithuania)
50.   The University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
51.   University of Malta (Malta)
52.   THE MALTA COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Malta)
53.   Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
54.   Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
55.   The University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
56.   Maastricht University (Netherlands)
57.   University of Groningen (Netherlands)
58.   University of Twente (Netherlands)
59.   University of Bergen (Norway),
60.   Polish Academy of Research  - PAN (Polland)
61.   The University of Coimbra (Portugal)
62.   Santarem Polytechnic Institute (Portugal)
63.   Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian/Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Portugal)
64.   Nova University (Portugal)
65.   Magellan - Associação para a Representação dos Interesses Portugueses no Exterior (Portugal)
66.   University of Aveiro (Portugal)
67.   Olympic Committee of Serbia (Serbia)
68.   Open University of Catalonia (Spain)
69.   Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
70.   Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
71.   University of Girona (Spain)
72.   FUNDACION PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INVESTIGACION SANITARIA Y BIOMEDICA DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA -FISABIO (Spain)
73.   IRBLLEIDA – Institut de Recerca Biomedica (Spain)
74.   IISPV (Institut d’Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili (Spain)
75.   Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta (IDIBGI) (Spain)
76.   EQUINOCCIO (Spain)
77.   Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB (Spain)
78.   Fundacio TICSALUT (Spain)
79.   Fundacio Parc Tauli (Spain)
80.   UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI (Spain)
81.   Universitat de Barcelona - Institut de Neurociències (Spain)
82.   Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia (Spain)
83.   BCAM-BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS (Spain)
84.   INSTITUT RECERCA CONTRA LA LEUCÈMIA JOSEP CARRERAS (Spain)
85.   Fundació Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (Spain)
86.   FUNDACIÓN VICOMTECH (Spain)
87.   Karlstad University (Sweden)
88.   Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
89.   Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Sweden)
90.   Sabanci University (Turkey),
91.   Middle East Technical University – METU (Turkey)
92.   TUBITAK (Turkey)
93.   IMMIB – Istanbul Maden Ve Metaller (Turkey)
94.   Eskisehir University (Turkey)
95.   Anadolou University (Turkey)
96.   University of Nottingham (UK)
97.   University of Sheffield (UK)
98.   DCU St. Patrick's College (UK)
99.   European Regions Research and Innovation Network (European)
100.European Platform for Rehabilitation (European)
101.European Association of Research Managers and Administrators – EARMA (European)
102.University of Pretoria (South Africa)
103.South Africa Research and Innovation Management Association (South Africa)
104.Western Africa Research and Innovation Management Association (West Africa)

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