Courses

E-learning self-placed courses available on the Virtual Campus

Welcome to your new role as Partner Country NCP

The course will provide and explain the minimum standards and guiding principles for setting up systems of National Contact Points, and it will outline the main support services that EU Partner Countries NCPs should guarantee to their clients to ensure that Horizon Europe becomes accessible to all potential users.

This is a self-paced course aimed at informing EU Partner Countries NCPs about their role within the Horizon Europe programme and the expected activities that will be required of them. 

The course will provide and explain the minimum standards and guiding principles for setting up National Contact Points systems. It will outline the main support services that EU Partner Countries NCPs should guarantee to their clients to ensure that Horizon Europe becomes accessible to all potential users. 

The course also covers fundamental elements of the NCP life, such as main communication channels, the means to provide essential information for events organization and cooperation with stakeholders of the NCP systems.

Course overview:

  1. Welcome to your role as an EU Partner Country NCP for Horizon Europe
  2. Support and resources for EU Partner Country NCPs
  3. Strategic vision behind Horizon Europe

Target: National contact points

Themes: NCP skills, Cross cutting elements within Horizon Europe

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