NEWS | Wednesday, 05 March 2008

Making your way through the EU Funding Maze

Forum Malta fl-Ewropa and the European Parliament Valletta Office are organising an intensive and interactive one-day training session entitled ‘Making Your Way Through the EU Funding Maze: Proposals, Evaluation and Project Management’ to be held on 5 March at the Westin Dragonara Hotel, St Julians.
The seminar will focus on the practicalities of EU funding and topics covered will include how to build a strong project proposal and provide an insight into the evaluation and management of EU-funded projects.
It is targeted at voluntary and community organisations, NGOs, local councils, managers of EU-funded projects, programme managers, representatives of trade unions and employer bodies and members of the business community.
The training will be delivered by Maria Rauch, an independent international consultant with extensive experience in EU funding, with particular focus on the fields of Local Development, Employment and Vocational Training.
Having advised several organisations including the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs, DG Education and Culture and DG Information Society) and the Portuguese Labour Ministry, Rauch has delivered training on EU funding in several countries and prior to consultancy, she spent eight years in the Portuguese Labour Ministry where she was projects coordinator in DGEFP (General Directorate on Employment and Vocational Training).
She was also President of the Vocational Training Centre for Electronics (CINEL) and spent five years as training director in a private Portuguese company.
This is the second training session being organised by Forum Malta fl-Ewropa. The first session was organised in collaboration with the Parliamentary Secretariat for Small Business and the Self-Employed.