Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Having a good time with EU

The 6th of February is the deadline for the corrections of the HANDS proposal and 13th of February do we(Chairman Peter Øhrstrøm, Administrator Henrik Sand and I) have the Grant Agreement Negotations in Bruxelles with our Project Officer Anne Salaun.

The Commision did not have ureasonable critics against the proposal. As a extra exercise, the Commission asks us to change the Proposal to a document called "Annex I"(an Annex to the Grant Agreement document.) This demand forces me to read a couple of EU documents:

  • Negotiation Guidance Notes(57 pages)
  • Grand Agreement Preparation Forms(34 pages)
  • Checklist for a Consortium Agreement for FP7 projects(17 pages)
  • Guide to Intellectual Property Rules for FP7 projects(45 pages)
  • User Guide for Coordinators and Participants(14 pages)
  • Note for attention of the Consortium(15 pages)
I do not find it fun any more. Physically and mentally do I need a change.

People around me are working very hard to. Miklos and his folks in Budapest, Joseph & Julia in London, Peter Øhrstrøm & Henrik Sand and all our consultants. I feel very well supported in this stage of the proces, I need to see the work. See the pupils, having meetings with HANDS partners and so on.

And I need to know for sure, that the Commission wants to sign a contract with us. I can image, that I loose conscious, when negotiation with Project Officer in Bruxelles.




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