Trans-national cooperation among Marie Skłodowska-Curie National Contact Points (NCP)

Objective:

Facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for the Marie

Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA), with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and

raising the general standard of support to applicants, taking into account the diversity of

actors.

Scope:

Support will be given to a consortium of formally nominated NCPs in the area of MSCA. The

activities will be tailored according to the nature of the area, and the priorities of the NCPs

concerned. Various mechanisms may be included, such as benchmarking, joint workshops,

enhanced cross-border brokerage events, training sessions linked to MSCA as well as to

gender dimension of Research and Innovation, twinning schemes, etc. Special attention will

be given to enhancing the competence of MSCA NCPs, including helping less experienced

NCPs rapidly acquire the know-how accumulated in other countries. It will be also

encourage