On 18 and 19 November 2024, the TESTARE project organized with great success the 1st Research Management Workshop on ‘Sharing good practices for EU project management’, in the framework of project task 2.7. “Boosting research management and administration for a healthy research ecosystem at UCY”.
The overall aim of the workshop was to contribute to the development of skills and tools for effective EU project management for the participants, and particularly the Widening partner University of Cyprus. To this end, this workshop brought together speakers from the TESTARE advanced partners, imec and Fraunhofer ISE, as well as experienced project managers and consultants from Politecnico Di Torino, FORTH, PNO Consultants, VAMK and UPOL, to engage in the exchange of experiences and practical tips in the topic of research project management.
The instructors of the hybrid training were Dr. Maria Hadjipanayi (UCY), Veroni Ballet (imec), Kris Limpens (PNO), Valentina Romano (Politecnico di Torino), Eleni Petala (FORTH), Christina Stangel (FORTH), Roland Kunert (Fraunhofer ISE), Tanja Oravita (VAMK) and Andrea Nogova (UPOL). The invited speakers were supported by the EU funded projects APPROACH (GA 101120397) and TRIUMPH (GA 101075725), as well as Twin2Expand, funded by the EU (GA 101078890), and UKRI (10052856, 10050784). TESTARE is funded by the European Union (Grant agreement number 101079488).