Introducing the Program

Dr. Alan Bruce - ULS Ireland

Brussels 15 October 2015

Objective

The main objective of Blue Plan Project: Blue

Growth, Aquaculture and Fisheries is to provide

participants with the skills to successfully work in

the field of European planning and management,

using funding made available by the European

Commission.

Approaching Projects• Valuable resources for learning and competence

• Stimulus for innovation, added value and networking

• Incentive for critical thinking and reflection in community

development

• Focus on sustainability

• Meeting targets and vision of the European Union

Understanding Projects• Including strategy and development trajectory

• Dealing with requirements: financial, administrative, legal

• Forming teams

• Using partnership

• Creating sustainable outcomes and benefits

• Tracking and monitoring results

• Demonstrating leadership

• Understanding rationale

Focus• To provide participants with the skills to successfully work successfully in the field

of European planning and management

• To provide analysis of available European Union funding streams (current and

future) and identification of the most likely matches between participant needs

and potential relevant EU funding sources.

• To develop capacity to undertake a set of recommended actions for most likely

routes for success, including identification and assessment of required

partnerships and associated requirements.

• To develop competence in developing the techniques and methods

of project proposal preparation in response to European opportunities in the

context of BLUE GROWTH.

Target Sectors

• Fishing,

• Aquaculture

• Shipbuilding

• Tourism

• Maritime Transport

• Energy

• Research

• Competitiveness of Enterprises.

Support Structure

• The EU planning and management in Blue Plan Project is led by

NetEConsulting in Brussels.

• Cooperation with Federpesca and Federpesca Ricerca & Sviluppo

associated with Confindustria.

• The course program includes three days of theoretical and practical

training in a classroom setting. This provides a toolkit of the knowledge,

skills and techniques necessary for successful access to appropriate

European funding resources.

• Academic and program context coordinated by Universal Learning

Systems.

ULS Background

• International consultancy

• Offices: Dublin, Barcelona, Helsinki, Chicago, Athens, Sao Paulo

• Mission: providing solutions in a time of change

• Profile:

– Social inclusion, research and training

– Development, Project management and evaluation

– Labor market analysis

– E-learning, innovation and education

– EU policy

Modules

1. The map of European Funding

2. Project Management tools

3. Budgets

4. Expert Workshop

Target Regions

• Coastal communities

• Fishing industries

• Geographic areas: EUSAIR macroregion

4 Pillars of EUSAIR

• Blue Growth

• Regional connectivity in transport and energy

• Environmental quality

• Sustainable tourism

Creating sustainable advantage

• Creating linked initiatives

• Improving quality

• Improved competitiveness

• Added value and creativity

• Resources and capacity

• Charting excellence

Creating capacity

• Project management skills

• International know-how and partnership

• Communications expertise

• Developed learning skills

• Demonstrated resource management

Creating innovation

• Research and added value

• Sustainable community benefit

• Profitability for shared use

• Networked thinking and action

Thank you!

Dr. Alan Bruce