The European Commission (EC) programmes are a significant potential source of funding for NGOs, but navigating the complex rules and budget lines, and deciding what will work in a given situation is often daunting. NGOs don’t always realise that there is a technique and degree of control behind it. This training will help participants to develop that technique and maximise their organisation’s chances of obtaining funding.

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The course will help organisations:

• Be able to identify and understand the relevant funding programme in the field of development aid and external actions
• Understand which are the relevant documents that you need to get familiarised with
• Understand how to adapt your own project to the guidelines of the call for proposals
• Acquire techniques to draft an attractive and highly competitive concept note following the EC format
• Enhance your skills to draft a sound full proposal using as a basis the logframe and to develop the accompanying full proposal and the budget
• Better structure and present the content of your projects

Training methodology:

The course is based on an interactive approach using practical exercises based on real proposals and numerous examples. The course will enable participants to better understand the perspective of the evaluator that assesses the proposals and thus become able to better tailor their proposals. The course will be carried out in a small group of 15 to guarantee accessibility and an interactive learning environment.

In order to work with examples directly relevant to participants, if desired, participants can send their own EC funding proposals to the trainer in advance.

Date: 13th and 14th of February 2012, from 9:00am to 5:00pm

15th of February, from 9:00am to 12:30pm

Venue: Mundo-B, Aquarium room, Rue d'Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels

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Organiser: inProgress (Anklamerstr. 6 10115 Berlin. Tel.: +49 30 555 77 118). www.inprogressweb.com

Fee: 500 Euro (+ 19% VAT). Rates include the official training material, a manual on how to draft a concept note, a full proposal, a logframe and a budget, coffee breaks and two lunches, as well as a subscription to our online forum, where you will find direct follow-up support from our team of trainers and other participants. inProgress' forum aspires to facilitate knowledge sharing not only among the non-profit community, but also between non-profits and the donors.

Special Discounts:

-You will be greanted a 10% discount if you are one of the first to book this training.

-We offer group discounts to members of the same organisation for

bookings for the same training course (same date and location).

1st spot - full price

2nd spot - 10% discount

3rd spot and thereafter - 15% discount

If you have a larger number of people with a similar training requirement, you may wish to consider an in-house course. Please note that group discounts cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount.

Also remember that with our loyalty card programme, anyone from your organization will be entitled to a fifth FREE training for every four events attended.

Registration: Send an e-mail to training@inprogressweb.com. The course will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis up to a maximum of 15 participants. Please sign up early to ensure a space in the training.