The European Police College and H2020: key insights from a recent workshop Tim Heilbronn, Business & KT Manager, SIPR
The European Police College eu/science- research/european-police- research-institutions/ In 2003 about 40 activities / yr In 2014, 140 activities and an 8.5 m euro budget
“Initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU funded policing projects” 19 th – 21 st January 2015 German Police University, Münster
Errors to avoid in: The proposal evaluation The type of project Roles and consortium agreement Building a consortium Developing Work Packages Administrative issues Horizon 2020…lessons learnt from FP7
H2020…lessons learnt from FP7
The Evaluation… Three criteria: Excellence /5 Impact /5 Quality & efficiency of the implementation /5 __ /15
The Evaluation… Three criteria: Excellence /5 Impact /5 Quality & efficiency of the implementation /5 __ /15
The Evaluation…
The evaluator is not necessarily an expert in “my” field The evaluator is often not a native English speaker Do not repeat Ask a non expert to read the proposal
The type of project…
Research & Innovation Action (RIA)
The type of project… Innovation Action (IA)
The type of project… Coordination & Support Action (CSA)
The type of project… FCT : Ethical/Societal Dimension Topic 3: Better understanding the role of new social media networks and their use for public security purposes Specific challenge: The internet has become a central part of modern life…these instruments attract more and more attention from public security planners. Scope: This topic shall look at the role and purpose of social media and the relationship between the new social networks and public security. Research to be coordinated by this activity may focus on analysing the following issues: To what extent are social media likely to influence public security planning? … What are ethical and legal implications…? Expected impact: Better understanding among research organisations across Europe… The action is expected to proactively target the needs and requirements of users…
Roles and consortium agreement… Know your place!
Roles and consortium agreement… Roles: Coordinator
Roles and consortium agreement… Roles: Work Package Leader
Roles and consortium agreement… Roles: “Normal” Partner
Roles and consortium agreement… Roles: Board member
Roles and consortium agreement… Error – underestimate time and cost
Building a consortium… Finding new friends to work with! View of consortium size depends on role Complementarity of the participants Don’t include unnecessary people SIPR money available for project development: Engagement in European Policing Research Programme
Building a consortium… You really need two consortia The trick is to achieve high overlap…
Developing Work Packages…
Don’t make it overcomplicated
Developing Work Packages… Don’t make it overcomplicated Simple plans are less likely to fail Things tend to get complicated by themselves…so better to start simple Simple structure…sophisticated research!
Developing Work Packages…
Deliverables vs. Milestones Deliverable : you have to present something Milestone : you just report the date you achieved it Evaluators love milestones as they have the feeling of control without having to read boring reports! Make milestones, not deliverables!
Administrative issues… /ref/h2020/legal_basis/rules_participation/h20 20-rules-participation_en.pdf 23 pages of rules!
Administrative issues…
The European Police College and H2020: key insights from a recent workshop Tim Heilbronn, Business & KT Manager, SIPR