Creating a transnational network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for EU Missions
- Proposals should aim to facilitate transnational cooperation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for EU Missions with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.
- The network will organise NCP Information Days, NCP trainings, brokerage events for potential participants and provide suitable tools and instruments to support NCPs, as well as to Missions’ target group (government, researchers and innovators, education institutions, small and large businesses, investors and civil society). Other matchmaking instruments may be used as appropriate. Where relevant, synergies should be sought with relevant networks targeting the Missions’ target group. Activities supporting the societal dimension of the Missions should be put forward.
- To achieve its expected outcomes and objectives the NCP network should establish close cooperation and exploit synergies with other relevant thematic and horizontal HE NCP support structures. Close coordination and/or integration with the current Horizon Europe NCP Portal is expected to maximize synergies and efficiency in this respect.
- The proposed structure and activities of the EU Missions NCP network should interact with the mission hubs established within Member States and Associated Countries, which will build national structures (at national and regional level) between ministries and agencies for example, in ways that foster information exchanges related to the missions.
- Special attention should be given to enhancing the competence of NCPs, including helping less experienced NCPs rapidly acquire the know-how built up in other countries.
- In this sense, contributions from this network to the Virtual Campus hosted under the Horizon Europe NCP Portal is more that welcomed to achieve such objective.
- The consortium should have a good representation of experienced and less experienced NCPs.
- Submission of a single proposal is encouraged and it should cover the whole duration of Horizon Europe.