Representatives of the Office continue to provide support to potential applicants and National Contact Points

On June 11, consultation for the WINWIN EdTech Center of Excellence, including partnership manager Svitlana Bakhshalieva was held. The Center’s team intends to participate in Horizon Europe and has turned to the employees of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, for help on certain aspects of participation in it.

Thus, the questioner and her colleagues consider the possibility of joining the consortium within the Cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society call: HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-04The impact of the use of digital tools outside school and for communication on educational opportunities and mental health.

In the process of preparation, the team, among other things, had questions about creating a strong competitive consortium for the call. In particular, they were interested in the parts of the consortium, the search and geography of partners, as well as coordination issues.

Specialists of the Office, namely: Deputy Head of the Department Nataliia Didenko and Leading Officer Oleksandr Moiseiev, provided detailed answers to all raised questions and offered to conduct additional consultations in case of such a need for the questioner and her team.

Also, on June 12, representatives of the Office joined a webinar dedicated to the preparation of a successful application for participation in the Horizon Europe calls. The event is organised by the NCP network on Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, and Climate, Energy and Mobility as well as Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU.

Tayisiya Symochko, Leading Officer of the Office, informed the participants about the financial rules of participation in the Horizon Europe projects, from the algorithm for calculating the cost of a person-month taking into account Ukrainian legislation on wages to the calculation of indirect costs and other features of budgeting. The specialist revealed the topic of her report with the examples from the Annotated Grant Agreement.

Other issues that were considered during the event included:

• the practical way of an international project from a project idea to its successful implementation (format of a successful project, verification of the relevance of the project idea, formation of a balanced consortium, structure of the call application, control results of the project, etc.);
• practical recommendations for the preparation of a project proposal for Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment and EU Missions calls (challenges for Ukrainian participants in the calls of 2021-2025, target to Ukraine calls, recommendations to participants, etc.).

The team of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine continues to work and provide consulting and information support to requesters. Please e-mail your appeals and questions: horizoneurope.info@nrfu.org.ua