Organisers
Marie-Luise Neitz, TUM, Germany
Francesco Maurelli, TUM, Kosmo Strategio, Germany
An increasing number of Horizon 2020 calls include cascading funding (financial support to third parties, FSTP) in order to allow for a light touch integration of representatives of relevant target groups at any time to address the needs of a project. Cascading funding is a huge opportunity for the joining partners, but it also means a challenge for the partners coordinating such a project. These challenges include the definition of the call targeted towards specific stakeholder groups, their successful motivation, the attraction of strong evaluators (from industry and research, with full consideration of ethical issues, gender aspects, legal requirements etc.). The workshop is focused on hands-on issues, knowledge transfer from successful coordinators of past Open Call projects, and an open discussion about the challenges in implementing the new scheme (risk management).
Agenda of the workshop
00.00 : Welcome from the organisers, open call mechanism
00:10 : Overview of projects and calls with FSTP, Cécile Huet, EC
00.20 : Potential of cascading funding to address the interests of SMEs, Marie-Luise Neitz, TUM
00.35 : Presentation of successful Open Call projects (FP7 and H2020), from robotics and related fields, with a focus on the traps and pits:
• Fortissimo and Fortissimo II, Mark Parsons, UoEdinburgh
• Echord and Echord++, Francesco Maurelli, TUM
• Horse and EuroCPS, Christophe Leroux
00.50 : World cafe on selected challenges in Open Call management (10 minutes in each group):
• risk management and safeguarding cash-flow for SMEs; moderator: Marie-Luise Neitz
• relevant stakeholders, partners and consortia, gender aspects; moderator: Christophe Leroux
• open call platform; moderator: Francesco Maurelli
01:20 : Wrap up and conclusions