EUknow.co.uk offers easy-to-follow resources for working with European projects. Let’s find out how, with Ada Fama
Our fellow travelers: the experience of Ada Fama, European planner for third sector organizations and public bodies
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 fourth stage, Ada Fama, a European planner with experience in structural funds and community programs, tells us how the Guide can be a versatile and dynamic solution for one’s professional growth as a European planner.
Ada Fama is a young professional working in the legal field. After graduating with a law degree from Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna and a master’s degree in transnational law from King’s College London, she discovered the world of European planning through her employment in the European Funds and Special Projects Office of the Municipality of Rieti. He has drafted and managed PNRR and PNC projects, as well as projects funded by the Lazio Region with ERDF, ESF+ and regional funds. He drafted the Territorial Strategy of the Municipality of Rieti under OP 5 of the ERDF PR 2021-2027, also serving as monitoring manager. She holds two master’s degrees in management of EU funds and EU projects and funding for public administrations from the Universities of Parma and La Sapienza. She is currently an administrative clerk at the Study Service of the Constitutional Court. In her spare time she is dedicated to supporting nonprofit entities and associations in the preparation of project proposals.
The Guide: an agile operational support for European design
EUknow.it is a valuable resource both for those who want to build their first foundations in European design and for those who have been working in the field for longer. If you reflect yourself in any of these profiles, let’s try to explore: here are some reasons why the Guide is the tool for you.
- EUknow.co.uk walks you through European project planning starting with the basics. The Guide offers resources to independently acquire the basics of writing your first European projects. The Handbook is designed to guide you on the “what” and “how” of planning, with an initial overview of funds and programs and the organization of EU institutions, treaties, and EU policies, and then moves on to the method for working on projects to turn theoretical foundations into operational skills. The audio and video section includes a wide selection of multimedia materials to continuously enrich one’s knowledge.
- The Guide helps you quickly find key information on European funds and programs. Dedicated program factsheets provide a clear and concise description of each program, from EU programs to structural and regional funds, with links to official EU documents and regulations, while the Glossary allows you to find definitions of European design terms.
- EUknow.it supports you in answering questions about the operational aspects of the project process. The Guide is a ready-to-use tool for answering technical and operational questions regarding European projects, from the simplest to the most complex. In addition to the Handbook, EUknow.co.uk provides an up-to-date list of questions and answers on many aspects of European project design, accompanied by in-depth articles: from the right questions for drafting a good European project, to how to manage partnerships in projects, from how projects are evaluated to how the European budget is defined. For questions not included in the list, you can send a question directly to the Guide for feedback.
- Knowing what’s current in European design is key to developing current and impactful projects. The in-depth section of the Guide allows you to keep up to date with news and trends in European design. Browsing independently, you can find in-depth coverage of topics closely related to European policies and projects in the News section, while free resources for continuing design training, such as European Commission webinars, are shared in Guides and Tools. Many articles recount trends in European design and give updates on specific sectors, such as agrifood and environmental sustainability, or on the use of innovative methodologies, such as civic monitoring.
- So that you don’ t miss any of the European opportunities, EUknow.co.uk provides the calls portal, which is updated monthly, while the Q&A section features articles devoted to strategies for searching and finding calls and why there is no such thing as the “perfect call.”
- Finally, EUknow.it is an open and inclusive tool: our platform has always adopted the best solutions to make its content as accessible as possible, through the services provided by Accessiway. The content is usable through various accessibility profiles, helping people with visual and cognitive difficulties and disabilities, and includes a read aloud function.
These are just some of the resources you can find by browsing EUknow.co.uk. Newsletter Subscription allows you to stay informed about new content being published. Keep following us in the upcoming videopills to learn more about the sections and content of the Guide, along with new companions on the journey.
