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HORIZON ACADEMY: CONNECTING AND TRAINING NCPS TOWARDS A UNIFIED SUPPORT SYSTEM

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Activities and services to support National Contact Points

The National Contact Points (NCPs) network offers information and assistance on all aspects of participating in Horizon Europe. NCPs are also established in third countries. The EU-funded NCP4HE project aims to support the needs of NCP national coordinators and legal and financial NCP communities, fostering coordination and cooperation among different NCP configurations. The project will support the development of the HE NCP Portal and the NCP Virtual Campus, expanding their content, functionalities, and user base, to facilitate the convergence of the NCP networks and create a unique entry door to NCP knowledge and services. NCP4HE will also provide training and meeting opportunities to support the NCP community, enhance mutual learning, and prepare for the transition to the next Framework Programme.

Objective

The NCP4HE project has been designed, on one hand, to bring together and support the needs of the NCP National Coordinators and Legal & Financial NCPs communities and, on the other, to boost a closer and more efficient coordination and cooperation among the different NCP configurations through the infrastructures inherited by the Bridge2HE project, namely the HE NCP Portal and the NCP Virtual Campus, which the project will continue maintaining and developing, enlarging them in content, functionalities and userbase.

A large series of activities involving training events, e-learning courses, pre-meetings, meet and exchange workshops, coffee-talks, and mentoring activities, have been planned to provide horizontal support to the whole NPC community, improve mutual learning, and create a structured space for exchange, with a particular focus on newcomers. NCP4HE will also prepare the ground for NCPs in the transition from Horizon Europe to the next Framework Programme working closely with the European Commission and their agencies to ensure a proper interaction with NCPs during that preparatory process.

NCP4HE brings together a wide and comprehensive consortium of 36 NCPs host organizations from 22 MS and 9 AS countries, spanning three continents. Additionally, 11 of the 15 widening member countries are represented in the consortium. The project includes a balance mix of NCPs from countries with extensive participation in Horizon 2020 with NCPs coming from countries with low level of participation. This wide spectrum of partners is there to ensure that the project activities and outputs serve as many NCPs as possible, but also that the whole community needs are taken into account when designing and implementing the planned actions.

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Call for proposal

HORIZON-EURATOM-2022-NCP-IBA

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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FUNDACION ESPANOLA PARA LA CIENCIAY LA TECNOLOGIA, F.S.P., FECYT
Net EU contribution
€ 1 147 658,93
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CALLE DEL PINTOR MURILLO NUMERO 15
28100 Alcobendas
Spain

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