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Patron can be the institution interested in social research and companies interested in new technologies investments.
01The Patron status provides the respective organization with the following rights:
- honorary membership in the association,
- Supporting Education and training activities
- Logo and name on top of Network’s stationary and in all EPA publications;
- Promotional pages and priority link to Patron’s portal at EPA Website;
- Distribution of promotional publications at all Epa conferences, and meeting
- Other services, arranged individually with EPA Secretariat.
- Free access to our platform
02The obligations of the Patron:
- To honor The Statute, mission and values of EPA
- To Support the research activity of EPA
- To cooperate on expanding their members’ community.
The European Academy for education and social research is a Limited Company based in Dublin, Ireland. The company provides education and social research services with special edge in technology. The activities of this company are being conducted following the principles of social ethic management.
As a patron of EPA, the Academy has signed 10 year agreement with the EPA. Thanks to it the Academy will be able to reinvest benefits on its account for further development, investments, grants and social contribution models provided from of European Project Association.
European academy offers the expertise backed up with high-technology ideas and present new era of education in order to grow into new educational institution based on the ethical values and ideas backed up with the modern technological advancements as essential tool. European Academy will penetrate the markets and present new and more advance way of education and project management in order to show the dominating nature of its ideas and position that would lead to brighter future.
The Academy is an institution aiming to develop a better Europe through the knowledge sharing and a research based use of information and communication technologies.
The educational aim is being achieved through the European Projects Academy, a set of services for knowledge sharing and best practices transfer. The social research is being conducted through MyEuropa platform, a set of Internet based tools for social cooperation, networking and projects development.
The educational program is composed by a set of training courses and practical experience based on the learning by doing methodology.
01Training: Training aim to update knowledge and deepen understanding of European funding opportunities included in the Community programmes such as FP7, CIP, LIFE +, Lifelong Learning Programme, Youth in Action, Culture and many more. Participants will gain practical skills on how to become a European Project Manager able to achieve the successful absorption of European funds. Training is tailored to provide a collaborative and stimulating environment for learning through theoretical knowledge of Community programmes, case studies and working groups led by experts and consultants who are daily involved in the European project management field. In addition, our staff can customize training according to your particular needs and priorities.
Training in using the MyEuropa technologies for project management, dissemination of EU funding information, and step by step project creation and project application by using these technologies.
02Master Course: The challenge for the EU 2007 - 2013 programming period is to create economic prosperity and stability, through more growth and jobs in all regions and cities of the European Union. The new stage of European financing instruments (Community programmes, Structural and cohesion policies, pre-accession support and neighbourhood initiatives) for growth and development opens new and important opportunities for private, public and not for profit organizations. Successful absorption of EU funds depends on having adequate skills for programming, managing and implementing of financial resources. The European Projects Academy offers a Master course in Technologies for the Development of European Projects.
03E-Learning: The European Academy offers a wide range of eLearning courses in order to overcome your budget restrictions or lack of time for traditional in-class lectures. Our trainings are streamed on-line with high quality audiovisual broadcast thanks to a user friendly eLearning platform. It can also be used as an interactive preparation tool before participating in frontal training and as a web-based support after the end of the course, or as internal SME’s and International Organizations to train their staff on international level.
Special eLearning for Private entities: European Academy provides special service for private entities that want to use the eAcademy for educational purposes of their teams. Meaning they could train their own employees online, with European Academy support and assistance in preparing the required material for this matter. Every employee will be able to access the trainings just by logging in and the employer will have testing tools in order to receive feedback regarding how well the employees are advancing.
The Master course in Technologies for the Development of European Projects is a specific program composed by 5 courses and the Professional Improvement Program (PIP).
Fostering the use of information and communication technology tools and with a correct ethic approach the Master in Technologies for the Development of European Projects is aiming to create a new generation of professionals able to use the European funds more efficiently, enhancing the absorption capacity of the stakeholders involved and lowering the overall costs of the entire process.
The courses are developed in order to improve and enhance the professional level of the European stakeholders with the most up-to-date knowledge regarding funding opportunities and developing their project writing skills in a goal-oriented way.
The PIP is giving to the attendees a chance to put the recieved knowledge in practice the, applying the acquired know-how and developing opportunities for the hosting organization and the partners community.
Spreading the use of the My Europa tools among the European projects stakeholders through an effective communication, networking, knowledge sharing and education, the PIP is stimulating the participation of the youth in the development processes and facilitating the live interaction and complementary work of young enthusiastic professionals and experienced managers.
