Key findings from the report indicate a high level of satisfaction among project coordinators who have utilised professional project management services, acknowledging a significant reduction in their workload. The survey, which gathers 64 responses, reveals that coordinators could save 3-5 days a month, emphasizing the crucial role of professional project management in enhancing project implementation.
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Furthermore, the report highlights the greater need for professional project management support within the private sector compared to Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and other public sector entities. Internal communication, good management practices, and a focus on exploitability are also among the essential components for the successful implementation of EU-funded projects.

The EAIC's report also offers valuable recommendations for the European Commission, such as further simplifying the financial and contractual rules and applying a standard reimbursement rate of 100% for management activities, among others. These insights aim to foster a more efficient and effective project management practices across European collaborative projects.

The European Commission’s DG for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) has launched a Manifesto for EU COVID-19 Research, which aims to maximise the accessibility of COVID-19 research results that benefit from EU funding.

Today, EWGIC has signed this manifesto and commits to sharing research results related to COVID-19 prevention, testing and treatment.

By signing this manifesto, EWGIC and its members commit to

• Make the generated results, whether tangible or intangible, public and accessible without delay, for instance on the Horizon Results Platform, on an existing IP sharing platform, or through an existing patent pool.
• Make scientific papers and research data available in open access without delay and following the FAIR principles via preprint servers or public repositories, with rights for others to build upon the publications and data and with access to the tools needed for their validation. In particular, make COVID-19 research data available through the European COVID-19 Data Platform.
• Where possible, grant for a limited time, non-exclusive royalty free licences on the intellectual property resulting from EU-funded research. These non-exclusive royalty free licenses shall be given in exchange for the licensees’ commitment to rapidly and broadly distribute the resulting products and services under fair and reasonable conditions to prevent, diagnose, treat and contain COVID-19.

​This initiative is in line with the Coronavirus Global Response, launched by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC, as well as with the Solidarity Call to Action, established by the World Health Organisation.

Read the full Manifesto here.
More information here.

We've just received the 100th signature of our Manifesto! The European Working Group of Innovation Consultants is looking to expand throughout Europe. Do you represent an Innovation Consulting firm Active in Europe? Would you like to actively participate in the #EWGIC actions? ​

European Consultants in Innovation ask for greater recognition of Professional project management in Horizon Europe. In 35% of cases, organizations have relied on consulting companies to prepare their proposals for the current R&I funding programme - Horizon 2020.

​As the R&I Days kicked-off in Brussels on 24 September, fifteen consultants in Innovation Management from six European countries gathered together to foster a discussion about common interests with a possibility of future collaborations and actions.

The representatives of Innovation Management Consulting Firms addressed the issues concerning the management of European research and innovation projects. The discussion among European consultants also covered the preparations for Horizon Europe, the upcoming Framework Programme.
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​Currently and as it was revealed during the Research and Innovation Days held last week by the European Commission in Brussels, organizations have relied, in 35% of cases on consulting services to prepare their proposals for Horizon2020, the largest funding and research program in the EU. ​