Syllabus Management of European Projects Abstract
Syllabus Management of European Projects Abstract
Course Syllabus
Lecturer
Name: Thomas Schmalzer (Main contact person for the course) & Valerija Čuček-Schmalzer
Address: Eggenberger Allee 11, A-8020 Graz
E-Mail: thomas.schmalzer@fh-joanneum.at, valerija.cucek@gmail.com
Phone: +43 (0)316-5453 6811
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will:
- understand theoretical foundations of International project management
- understand the basic structure of the EU funding landscape and its programs
- be aware of the new programming period 2014-2020
- be able to apply standard project management tools and methods in EU project planning,
management and execution, as well as administration, documentation and reporting
- understand the structure and contents of specific calls for proposals within funding
programmes and be able to conceptualize a project eligible for EU funding
- be aware of administrative and documentary obligations and tasks that need to be performed
- be familiar with project applications’ structures and required contents
- be cabable of matching a project idea with overall EU-, funding programme-, and call priorities
and objectives
Course Contents
- Introduction to international project management
- EU Project Cycle
- EU Project Specifics
o project organizational structures
o international consortia
o important regulations and rules
o administration in EU projects
o controlling and monitoring systems (focus on technical aspects)
o reporting (focus on technical reporting)
- Project Planning Tools (Structure Plan, Gantt, Netplan, Critical Path analysis, etc.) ,
- The process of project development: From the project idea to the kick-off
- Overview of project applications - different forms, procedures, regulations
- Example applications
- Examples of EU funding programmes and calls (Details building on EU Reg. Policy Course
and to be extended later on by the Project Finance and Funding course, from a technical - not
financial - perspective) including specific examples for funding opportunities
- Call documents in detail, how to understand and analyse
- How to match an idea to a call
- Call search & analysis
Teaching Methods
The face to face course will involve presentations of relevant theoretical contents, especially on the EU
project cycle, the PM tools and techniques, important aspects in management, administration and
documentation etc.
Further, real life cases and examples of calls and applications as well as management tools and
documents will be discussed in class and group work will be used to deepen the insight and
knowledge of participants on selected topics. In class presentations will be used to share analysis
results of group activities.
The course will involve 3 to max 4 E-Learning assignments (in total 12,5 units) designed to develop
practical know how in students. Course participants are required in the e-learning assignments to
perform individual reading, research, analysis and writing of short reports or text components. A
preliminary (can still change) overview of the e-learning assignments:
- Assignment 1 (4 course units): Call research and selection
- Assignment 2 (4 course units): Matching a project idea to call priorities
- Assignment 3 (4,5 course units): Needs analysis and innovative character of a project
• TOTAL – 100%
Late submission of assignments, papers and other course requirements as stated in the syllabus
leads to a deduction of points according to the following calculation scheme:
Per week of delay 5% of the points awarded to the specific course requirement are deducted from the
points awarded.
Example:
Assignment A:
Maximum Points 100
Achieved Points 80
Delay 2 weeks: -10%
Final points: 72