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Module 6 – The Art of Successful Project Proposal Writing I: the Technical Part
Due to the importance of continuous project monitoring and evaluation the following key principles
should be undertaken by the partners from the beginning:
Agree as a group how you will monitor and evaluate your project and how your monitoring
mechanism should function!
Be clear what you mean by evaluation and promote its benefits. Some partners may not be
very familiar with evaluation activities and could view them with suspicion!
Make sure that everybody involved understands that evaluation and monitoring are essential
to identify whether or not the project is still on track at any stage of its lifetime. This also
helps to analyse where problem areas in the project are, and the process should be the basis
for taking decisions about how to continue with the future implementation of the project.
Be clear from the outset what information you require from the partners, in what format
and by when!
Unit 6.4.
Unit in a nutshell
Achievements
The dissemination plan
Understanding the function and necessity of dissemination
Introduction of best practice instruments and methods
Discussion of key criteria for good project dissemination
Understanding levels, perspectives and stakeholders of dissemination
After this unit you will be able to:
develop a comprehensive dissemination strategy from the outset of the
project until its end
define the target audience for dissemination activities
define how to sustain the project’s results after the end of the project.
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if
a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. (John Donne)
Warming up:
What do you think the tangible and intangible outputs of an
EU project could be
Why do you think the European Commission places great emphasis
on the importance of the dissemination activities
Listen / Read
6.4.1. Purpose of dissemination and exploitation activities
The results generated, the lessons learned and the experience gained by each project team should
be made available to the widest possible audience.
The primary means of making this happen are the twin activities of dissemination and exploitation,
also known together as valorisation. Their key objective is to maximise the impact of project results
by optimising their value, strengthening their impact, transferring them to different contexts, integrating
them in a sustainable way and using them actively in systems and practices at the local,
regional, national and European levels.
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