Writing a strategic partnership project

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What I wrote about

Project's Dissemination

Is a fundamental phase for every research and innovative project. Dissemination is the process of sharing projects' results and outputs to the widest audience possible and relevant stakeholders. Its goals are to raise awareness through communication plans, educate and inform communities about the project's aspirations, and engage with stakeholders in various communities. In this project, most of the dissemination will be made by interacting with the grand public through social media.

Project's Sustainability and Impact

Is highly dependent on the project's proper dissemination. Ensuring the project's sustainability on the short-term and long-term, and determining the desired project's impact on a local, regional, national, and European level are essential pre-requisites for any project to be accepted for a grant by Erasmus+. This project aims to reach self-sustainability through the revenue generated from viewers and advertisement on video-sharing platforms.

Acquired Skills

Planning

Occurred on two levels:

  1. Personal level that consisted in planning weekly workload and tasks over the seven given weeks of the remote professional practice. Meetings always had to be properly scheduled, since team members were in different time-zones.

  2. Project level that consisted in planning the actual proposal over the 36 given months to produce it.

For proper communication and the assignment of tasks between team members, online tools such as, Microsoft Teams and Monday.com, were utilized.

Budgeting

The budget constitutes the back bone of any project. A successful project is defined by being delivered on time and within the budget. A good budget will win you a grant and will guarantee an efficient project performance. Following the Erasmus+ guidelines, three sectors require funding:

  1. Implementation support - funding for material and salaries;

  2. Travel costs - funding for business travels;

  3. Subsistence costs - funding for accommodation and food when travelling or participating to project's activities.

Networking

Played a major part in this project's realization. The team had to work as a unit, which required a certain degree of familiarity between members. The relationship formed between team members will last beyond the completion of this project.

The project's network was further expanded by individuals working in the film making industry after sending a message on Facebook to receive information on how the budget of a documentary series should be calculated.

Writing

The writing style of a grant proposal is very different from the writing style of a scientific report. A grant proposal needs to be written in a clear and concise manner to make it intelligible for anyone reading it.

Personal Experience

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