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Network of National Contact Points for the five EU Missions

Project description

Capacity building for more consistent Mission National Contact Points and their services

The National Contact Points (NCPs) network offers guidance and assistance on Horizon Europe participation to 5 EU Missions, which represent 19 Member States and Associated Countries. The EU-funded NCP4Missions project aims to enhance the capacity of NCPs in delivering more uniform Mission NCP services. It will support less experienced NCPs with e-learning, deep dives, meet & share sessions and Mission updates, while offering brokerages, workshops and digital tools to potential Mission applicants. NCP4Missions collaborates with relevant Mission stakeholders to identify synergies and promote joint activities. The overarching goal of NCP4Missions is to facilitate better information exchange and informed political decision-making. By ensuring consistent NCP support, it will contribute to equal opportunities and increased civil participation in Mission proposals.

Objective

NCP4Missions is a networking project of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the five EU Missions, representing 19 Member States or Associated Countries (MS/AC).
The project provides continuous capacity building measures for NCPs (e.g. E-learnings, Deep Dives, Meet&Share, Mission Updates) to support less experienced NCPs and to provide more consistent Mission NCP services to applicants. Adding to this, brokerages, workshops and digital tools are offered to potential Mission applicants. The project will establish important collaborations with all relevant Mission stakeholders (e.g. Mission Hubs, Mission Implementation Platforms, NCP networks) to detect synergies and to foster potential joint activities.

The projects’ activities pursue the following objectives:
• Improving and professionalizing NCP support services for the EU Mission Calls
• Lowering entry barriers for applicants and raising the quality of proposals
• Enhancing the visibility of the Mission NCPs and the cooperation with other relevant stakeholders and networks

Long-term impacts can be expected in the fields of policy, science and society. As NCP4Missions will function as interface between the European Commission (EC), MS/AC and the NCPs, a better exchange of information on the EU Missions will be triggered. This will affect political decisions on EC and national level in support of the implementation of the Missions.
The consistency of NCP support services in Europe and beyond will lead to more equal opportunities of applicants of different countries. Through an enhanced knowledge base on Missions in R&I organisations, higher participation rates and a better quality of Mission-tailored proposals can be expected, resulting in innovative projects.
Awareness raising and civil engagement activities will impact the environmental awareness, health and well-being of citizens. The projects’ actions will generate an increased participation of civil actors and social innovations in the Mission proposals.

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Programme(s)

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Topic(s)

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Funding Scheme

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2022-NCP-01

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Coordinator

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
Net EU contribution

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€ 371 756,25
Address
WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE
52428 JULICH
Germany

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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren
Activity type
Research Organisations
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Total cost

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€ 371 756,25

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