EUknow.co.uk offers resources and advice for those who support organizations in European planning on a daily basis. Let’s find out how, with Antonella Licata
Our fellow travelers: the experience of Antonella Licata, European planner for third sector entities, municipalities and microenterprises
European design is an exciting but often lonely journey, amid deadlines, forms to fill out, and partners to coordinate. We want to tell you how the new Guide can accompany you on your European design journey, and to do so we have chosen exceptional traveling companions from the world of European design, academia, local government and civil society, as well as our partners.
In this second installment, Antonella Licata, a freelance professional working in European social impact design, tells us why the Guide is a resource that can be critical in operationalizing professionals in the field.
Antonella Licata is a professional specializing in social impact design, with almost 10 years of work experience gained in Italy and abroad at consulting firms, Non-Governmental Organizations and startups. In May 2025 she completed the Executive Master in Third Sector and Social Enterprise (EMTeSIS) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – ALTIS Graduate School of Sustainable Management, thanks to which she acquired skills and tools useful to develop ideas of social impact business initiatives. Since 2023, she has been a member of Antan Progetti, a team of freelance professionals that supports Third Sector entities, including Cultural Associations (APS), Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Cooperatives, public entities at the local level (municipalities) and micro-enterprises to submit project proposals, obtain funding (grants) and manage approved interventions. It deals with the development of project proposals in response to national and international calls and public notices, with a focus on European funding programs Erasmus+ (KA2), Creative Europe and CERV. Collaborates in the implementation of initiatives in the areas of Arts and Culture, social inclusion and activation, education, vocational training, guidance and job placement.
The Guide: an operational tool to accompany organizations in European planning
EUknow.it is a valuable resource for those involved in European planning for third-sector organizations, public bodies, microenterprises.
If you reflect yourself in this profile, here are some reasons why the Guide is the tool for you.
- EUknow.it helps you in your search for the most suitable calls for organizations: the Guide publishes new funding calls each month in the Calls Portal and, through the accompanying monthly article in the news section, helps you navigate your way to propose the most suitable opportunities, in a wide range of sectors, for nonprofits, public entities, and businesses.
- In addition to helping you stay on top of new funding opportunities, the Guide allows you to have all the key information on calls and individual programs at your fingertips thanks to the program fact sheets, nimble, operational tools for having a single point of access to the most important sources, links and official documents.
- The Guide assists you in providing qualified support to the organizations you accompany in European planning. Resources to support organizations from the most common doubts, such as those published in the questions and answers section, a design manual that can always be consulted, but also more specific insights, in the guides and tools section, with official resources for specific sectors or programs(such as the creative sector) and tools to develop projects of increasing quality, for example, improving the communication of European projects or measuring social impact.
- EUknow.co.uk helps you stay connected and inspired, thanks to the stories section where interviews, experiences, and best practices from European projects in the field are published to be inspired and compare with the experience of other professionals. Sector tags allow you to refine your search thematically, such as on the environment and sustainability, or by organization type, such as SMEs and social enterprises and the third sector.
- And, to offer organizations not only operational but also strategic support, the Guide publishes, in the news section, updates on European planning policies and trends: articles on key issues such as the new European budget and new programming, insights and news on specific funds, and updates on program info days to keep you informed.
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