Course code

RIJ6004.YK

old course code

RIJ6004

Course title in Estonian

Euroopa Liidu ja rahvusvahelised projektid

Course title in English

European Union and International Projects

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give kowledge of EU funding systems and support funds to support developing skills and abilities for creating EU funded and international projects, for applying for EU grants, for implementing funded projects, evaluating and reporting.

Brief description of the course

Rules and norms of EU’s international funded programmes. 2007-2013 EU funding period: finances, programmes, funding mechanisms. The 7th Frame Programme. Structural funds and solidarity: functioning mechanisms and ways of applying. Decentralised implementing system: strategic source documents and implementing documents, implementing agencies and units and their responsibilities. Project evaluation procedure: technical evaluation, content and funding evaluation; evaluation experts. Entering into a financing agreement. Structure of project application. Project partners. Detailed and aggregate budget. Typical mistakes of project applications. Report to the funder.
Independent work: to draw up an application for financing an international project from structural funds.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the EU funding system: funds, funding and applying mechanisms, typical parts of EU project applications and project budget, typical requirements for EU funded projects;
- has skills how to find proper funding possibilities for the project, how to find partners;
- has skills for applying resources to the project successfully;
- has competence for preparing, applying, implementing, evaluating and reporting international and EU funded small projects.

Teacher

Katri-Liis Lepik

Prerequisite course 1

Project Preparation and Project Management Software (RIJ6003.YK)

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