The past year has seen a surge in generative AI tools, delivering updates at an unprecedented pace. These tools empower creators to produce a variety of content types, from text to images, videos, and even music.
However, alongside these capabilities come questions about their impact on Interreg communication and the need for a basic knowledge on AI models and their capabilities.
Who is it for?
The training primarily targets programme communication officers. Anyone working for an Interreg programme is welcome to sign up.
Overall learning objective
This training aims to build a basic capacity for Interreg programme staff in understanding and using the various AI models and tools for communication purposes.
At the end of the training we aim to equip you with the knowledge to generate and refine communication outputs from the beginning to the end, using AI tools.
- Trainer: Nebojsa Nikolic
- Trainer: Arkam Ograk
Overview
This certified training is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of SCOs, including their types, advantages and disadvantages, when to go for which type of SCO, and the regulatory requirements. Different combinations of SCOs and practical examples will also be explored to further enhance participants' undestanding. By the end of the training, the participants will have been given the essence of SCOs theory and practical tips regarding SCOs implementation issues.
Who is it for?
If you are a beginner in the field of SCOs, this certified training is for you! It is designed for staff members from various programme bodies such as managing authorities, joint secretariats, controllers and audit authorities, seeking fundamental knowledge about SCOs.
Overall learning objective
After completing the training, you will have become familiar with working with SCOs across all stages of the project life cycle. This includes effectively communicating SCOs to beneficiaries, assessing project proposals with SCOs, implementing SCOs, and verification and auditing processes related to SCOs.
Agenda
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Overview
This certified training includes in-person training in Bucharest, Romania 23 - 24 Apr.
During the training you will get familiar with all stages of the life cycle of Interreg projects. You will go through the content together with a cohort of other participants from other Interreg programmes across Europe.
The first part of the training is focused on Interreg project management in theory. We will have an online introductory meeting on 3. April where we will all meet and discuss practical things as well as get to know each other a bit. Then you can start working on our dedicated self-paced online course. We will also have an optional Q&A online meeting where you can ask us about anything related to the content and practicalities.
The second and most important part of the training is taking what you've learned about Interreg project management in theory and applying it in practice. This you will do at our in-person training in Bucharest on 23.-24. April. Here you will meet us and your fellow participants. We will spend these two days together doing practical and engaging group work while discussing and exchanging ideas.
After the in-person training you will take a short quiz to verify your new gained knowledge, after which you will receive a certificate of completion in Interreg project management.
Who is it for?
The training is mainly for project officers in Interreg programmes, particularly in Joint Secretariats or Managing Authorities, who work with projects applicants and beneficiaries on a daily basis. The training covers fundamental aspects of project management, thus it's aimed at inexperienced colleagues who either started their work recently or have never experienced project management from the partner's point of view.
Overall learning objective
At the end of the training, participants (project officers) will be able to better assist and advise project applicants and beneficiaries through all stages of the project life cycle.
Agenda
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This certified training is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the project assessment, monitoring and verification processes which would allow for projects to be effectively implemented at programme level. The focus of the training is on the daily work of a project and/or finance officer in an Interreg programme.
Who is it for?
If you are a beginner in the field of assessment, monitoring and verification, this certified training is for you! It is designed for staff of various programme bodies, such as managing authorities and joint secretariats, who wants to learn the basics of these specific processes in Interreg project management.
Overall learning objective
After completing the training, you should be familiar with performing objective assessment of project applications, effectively applying project monitoring and verification methods and links between them. You should be able to suggest solutions to the most common challenges projects have during implementation, and have learned about the different approaches Interreg programmes apply to the same procedures (e.g., 1step - 2step assessment of project proposals, etc.)
Agenda
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Please make sure that your details in Interact database are updated and correct.
Why? Because these are the details that will appear on your Certificate of completion at the end of the training.
- Trainer: Monika Balode
- Trainer: Severina Bloemberg
- Trainer: Jasmina Lukic
- Trainer: Robert Mazurkiewicz
- Trainer: Lamprini Tsoli
This training will gear you up with the necessary knowledge on communication rules, tools, practices and approaches that you will likely need in carrying out your programme communication duties. We will build up the knowledge with the online learning courses, and build on that knowledge with practical assignments, networking, interactive webinars and events.
Who is it for?
The priority will be given to the active communication officers of programmes in joint secretariats and managing authorities, both the beginners and the experienced ones. In principle, the course is open to any Interreg programme staff who wants to learn about programme communication.
Overall learning objective
When finished, the learner would have the knowledge on regulatory requirements about programme communication, approaches to communication in an Interreg programme (what has worked, what could be improved), and would be familiar with tools, platforms and networks for communicators.
- Trainer: Gianluca Comuniello
- Trainer: Nebojsa Nikolic
- Trainer: Arkam Ograk
Evaluation foundation
Overview
This is the second edition of the Evaluation Foundations Certified Training. Within the Foundations Evaluation Training Programme, participants will be acquainted with the legal requirements for evaluation. They will also get an overview of the complete evaluation life cycle. This goes deeply into fundamental evaluation concepts, including intervention logic, theory of change and evaluation criteria. It covers a spectrum of topics, ranging from the appreciation of the role of evaluation to the effective use of lessons learned, the development of well-structured evaluation plans, the establishment of robust evaluation criteria, and navigation of Monitoring - Evaluation - Reporting (MER) procedures.
Who is it for?
This course is designed for all Interreg programme officers who are actively involved in the field of evaluation, or are interested in the field of evaluation.
Overall learning objective
At the end of the training, participants will have become familiar with the fundamental evaluation concepts and should be able to complete evaluation tasks within the context of the 2021-2027 programming period.
Agenda
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- Trainer: Daniela Minichberger
- Trainer: Besiana Ninka
- Trainer: Bernhard Schausberger
Storytelling in Interreg communication
Overview
Thousands of Interreg projects communicate what they do in a dry technical language. But this makes the information unrelatable and ineffective. Which means that millions of people will never discover all the remarkable work Interreg is doing for their communities.We are masters of formal reporting, but we need to learn how to tell our stories to people beyond Interreg in a way that is more interesting and allows them to connect with the story. Storytelling is an incredibly effective communication technique for doing this, and it is used by all your favorite brands, good teachers, world leaders and public institutions. This certified training will guide you through the logic, the structure and the practical application of storytelling, showing you how to turn your boring project descriptions into captivating project stories.
Who is it for?
This certified training is open to all communication experts and anyone else who needs to communicate effectively, and is interested in doing so. The storytelling method can easily be applied to promote your project story on social media and to communicate the story of your programme results in front of a Monitoring Committee. The training offers you a clear structure for writing stories, applying the methods of plain language and journalism. The first part of the training is beginner-friendly, while the in-person workshop will challenge even the more experienced colleagues.
Overall learning objective
At the end of the training, you will have a clear methodology for applying the storytelling method. You will take away one project story which you have written and improved with the help of the trainers and your fellow learners. Together, we will regularly publish the best project stories that come out of our storytelling workshops.
- Trainer: Nebojsa Nikolic
- Trainer: Arkam Ograk
- Trainer: Linda Ring