Activities

Liaison Office in Brussels
Tailor-made meetings with the EU institutional representatives, international organisations, associations and networks, national, regional and local representations based in Brussels. Organization of thematic study visits for regional and local delegations or business delegations to Brussels and Belgium. Dedicated partner search service for projects of high value, partnership building and project development roundtables.

Professional Improvement Programme
The aim of the programme is to offer a selected number of students and graduates the opportunity to improve their knowledge of European funding and project development. Participants in the programme are placed either at EPA Headquarters in Brussels, its Territorial Contact Points (TCPs) or partner organisations. The programme is open to universities and organizations that would like to become our partners. (www.europeanprojects.org/EducationAndTraining/PIP).

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The principal activities of the European Projects Association are divided into three sectors:

My Europa is a research project implementing tools and services shaped to improve efficiency and effectiveness in developing European projects following a scientific methodology. It researches, through a multidisciplinary approach, the influence of the multimedia communication on the perception of the effects of EU polices by the citizens in order to identify the best practices adopted by the different actors involved.
The project expects to identify and implement useful methodologies for the focalization of the development efforts. Through the application of the results of this research the efficiency of the dissemination of EU policies can be positively influenced.
The research is pointing to identify the different actors that have a role in the process of communication of the EU polices and instruments and their target groups in order to realize a mapping of the communication processes; to analyse the relations between the identified actors with the aim of individuating the sectors, the clusters and the networks; to research the information flows in order to identify the best communication channels; to analyse the communication methodologies in order to individuate the models of efficient communication; to research the impacts of the different models on the population in order to identify the best practices in use; to analyse the relation between the communication model used and the type of perception obtained in order to enhance the influence of the communication models on the real impact of the EU policies on the citizens. 
Thanks to our research we are able to constantly develop opportunities for public and private organizations, entrepreneurs, freelancers, small businesses, NGOs, researchers, and students.
The platform is offering the opportunity to change the way of developing projects by adopting innovative methodologies and techniques.

European Academy for Education and Social Research – Patron of European Projects Association

The European Projects Academy was established by EPA in collaboration with European Academy for Education and Social Research (EPA Patron) in 2011 with the aim to provide training courses on EU funds management (Master in Technologies for the Development of European Projects) including the use of My Europa web platform as lifelong eLearning lab.

 

In 2013 the European Projects Academy developed into the European Projects Accelerator Live courses, an innovative initiative that supports the development of projects from the identification of the call and the partner search to the project design and implementation. Signing up for any of the courses gives the opportunity to benefit from multiple professional development opportunities.

 

The aims to create a new generation of professionals able to use the EU funds more efficiently, enhancing the absorption capacity of the stakeholders and lowering the overall costs of the entire process.