Capacity-building and transnational cooperation for National Contact Points (NCPs)

Expected outcomes

• Improved professionalisation/skills of NCPs across Europe, helping to simplify access to Horizon Europe calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals submitted.
• Harmonised and improved trans-national cooperation between NCPs.
• Enhanced support to NCPs and potential applicants in widening countries and countries that participate at lower levels in the share of proposals and projects.
• Increase the participation of women.
• Assist in developing a pan-European Innovation Ecosystem.

Scope

• Proposals should aim to facilitate transnational cooperation between National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.
• Special attention should be given to enhancing the competence of NCPs, including helping less experienced NCPs rapidly acquire the know-how built up i