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We All are Europe - AESAEC

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7.1.2. Stakeholders of an EU project<br />

Listen / Read / Discuss / Exercise<br />

One of the secrets of successful project management is the art of satisfying as many stakeholders as<br />

possible to the highest possible degree. The difficulty is in identifying all relevant stakeholders involved<br />

during the project’s lifetime, in identifying their interests and demands in relation to each<br />

others and finding a way of satisfying them properly.<br />

Some of the stakeholders <strong>are</strong> easier to be identified, others <strong>are</strong> more difficult. Also their interests<br />

and demands <strong>are</strong> not always easy to distinguish. As an exercise, please think about the <strong>AESAEC</strong> project,<br />

during which this training course was developed. Who do you think its stakeholders <strong>are</strong> What<br />

<strong>are</strong> their interests and how could they be satisfied<br />

Stakeholders of EU projects, using the example of the <strong>AESAEC</strong> project:<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

___________<br />

Should you already have your own project or project idea, explain who the stakeholders of your<br />

project <strong>are</strong> and how their interests and demands can be satisfied<br />

Listen / Read / Discuss<br />

7.1.3. Contractual relations and their possible impact on the project management<br />

Some of the main stakeholders in EU projects <strong>are</strong> even connected to each other by contractual relations.<br />

Usually, this includes the funding body (<strong>Europe</strong>an Commission, EACEA, National Agencies<br />

etc.), the promoter or beneficiary (lead partner) and the project partner(s). At least the relationship<br />

between the funding body and the promoter is always regulated by standardised contracts issued<br />

by the EC and there is little to discuss about them. Also the partner(s) and promoter can be<br />

linked to each other by more or less standardised written agreements. In general, there <strong>are</strong> three<br />

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