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Transform the EU projects proposals failures in successes. Lessons. Copy Rights ©, ®, The authors. 2010. The authors:

Gheorghe Mincu SANDULESCU, University Professor Dr. , Mariana BISTRAN, Principal Scientist, both from IPA SA, Romania

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Overcoming failure and project rejection.

Capitalizing upon the experience of failure

in project re-subission. Failure as a step

toward future success. Revision of the

failed project and compliance to new

evaluation criteria. Part 1 - Transform

the EU projects proposals failures

in

successes.

Authors & Editors:

Gheorghe Mincu SANDULESCU, University Professor Dr., IPA SA & UE-B University, Bucharest, Romania,

[email protected]

Mariana BISTRAN, Principal Research Scientist Eng., IPA SA, Bucharest, Romania,

[email protected]

COPYRIGHTS © ® Gheorghe Mincu Sandulescu & Mariana Bistran, 2010

BUCHAREST 2010

mailto:[email protected]





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Transform the EU projects proposals

failures in successes.

COPYRIGHTS © ® Gheorghe Mincu SANDULESCU & Mariana BISTRAN, 2010




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The Handbook: Transform the EU projects

proposals failures in successes.

The HANDBOOK’S ToC:

THE LESSON 1:

„FAILURE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS, ....each person can

transform failure to success”. (The time interval for presentation: 1,5 to 2 hours).

THE LESSON 2:

„THE PROPOSALS ELABORATION AS THE

ART OF PERSUASION AND OF THE QUALITY

ASSURING „ (The time interval for presentation: 1,5 to 2 hours).





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Important Notices:

1. - Each word of this handbook includes one long experience and history, therefore look at each sentence with patientia and try to understand the implications.

2. Despite this handbook includes crucial recommendations for the success in projects elaboration and submission, following the big number of factors which generate the risks, the authors, and also this handbook, do not guarantee the success in projects proposals competitions.

3. The lessons cover 3 to 4 hours of training: about 1,5 to 2 hours per each lesson.

4. This Handbook and lessons are object of the copyright and IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) of the authors.

All rights reserved. Copyrights of all intellectual works are protected, irrespective of the form of

expression, genre, merit or destination. This protection is acquired without formality.

It is prohibited to reproduce this work (handbook) completely or partially, on any media what so ever (for instance in the article L122-4 and L122-5 of the Intellectual

Property Code) without the written, in advance, authorization of the editors. It is prohibited also the printing, webbing or storing of this works without the

written, in advance, authorization of the editors.





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THE LESSON

1

The Title of the Lesson:

„Failure is the key to

success ....each person can transform failure to success”.

[http://www.vip-qualitysoft.com/articles/failure-is-the-key-to-success.html\]

Motto: „Don't be afraid of failure as it is a part of our lives.” [http://www.vip-qualitysoft.com/articles/failure-is-the-key-to-

success.html\]

„ However, almost 60% of the initiated projects are failed – these projects have not achieved even the planning phase.

This project management failure statistics is terrible.” [http://www.taskmanagementguide.com/setting-

tasks/project-management-failures-and-pm-software.php?sphrase_id=255101]

Authors:

Gheorghe Mincu SANDULESCU University Professor Dr., IPA SA , Bucharest, Romania,

[email protected]

Mariana BISTRAN

Principal Research Scientist Eng., IPA SA, Bucharest, Romania, [email protected]

COPYRIGHTS © ® Gheorghe Mincu Sandulescu & Mariana Bistran, 2010

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THE LESSON’S PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES. 1. To lead the elaborators at the re-submission of the failure projects proposals. 2. To assess the situation after the project proposal failure. 3. To assess some of the failures causes. 4. To learn about the organizing and planning the re-submission. 5. To learn the strategy elements of the re-submission.

THE PLAN OF THE LESSON 1. THE EU PROJECTS PROPOSALS FAILURES.

1.1. INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS. 1.2. SOME OF FAILURES CAUSES. 1.3. EXAMPLE. 1.4. WHY TO PERSISTS ? WHY TO INSISTS? 1.5. WHEN TO INSISTS WITH THE RE-

SUBMISSION? 2. ORGANISING THE PROPOPSAL REVIEW AND THE

STRATEGY FOR THE NEW SUBMISSION. 2.1. INITIAL ACTIONS AND PLANNING. 2.2. THE REVIEW OF PC_MN /

„ PROJECT CONCEPT & MODEL NOTE”. 2.3. THE PHASES OF THE REVIEWED

PROPOSAL ELABORATION. 2.4. ONE VARIANT TO ORGANIZE THE REVIEW

WORK (FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND SOURCES) FOR THE PHASES: 8. PLANNING AND 9. WRITTING AND SUBMISSION.

2.5. BRAINSTORMING 2.6. CROISE THE DOIGTS AND GOOD LACK.

3. CROISE THE DOIGTS AND GOOD LACK. 4. CONCLUSIONS.

5. QUIZZES.




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Important Notices:

1. - Each word of this handbook includes one long experience and history, therefore look at each sentence with patientia and try to understand the implications.

2. Despite this handbook includes crucial recommendations for the success in projects elaboration and submission, following the big number of factors which generate the risks, the authors, and also this handbook, do not guarantee the success in projects proposals competitions.

3. The lessons cover 3 to 4 hours of training: about 1,5 to 2 hours per each lesson.

4. This Handbook and lessons are object of the copyright and IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) of the authors.

All rights reserved. Copyrights of all intellectual works are protected, irrespective

of the form of expression, genre, merit or destination. This protection is acquired without formality.

It is prohibited to reproduce, or to copy, this work (handbook) completely or partially, on any media what so ever (for

instance in the article L122-4 and L122-5 of the Intellectual Property Code) without the written, in advance, authorization

of the editors. It is prohibited also the printing, webbing or storing of this works without the written, in advance, authorization of the

editors.

THE COMPLETE LESSONS ARE AT AUTHORS [email protected]

[email protected] THE COMPLETE LESSONS ARE OBJECT OF COPY RIGHTS.






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1. THE EU PROJECTS PROPOSALS FAILURES.

1.1. INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS.

The project proposal elaboration, submission and success accomplishment represent the most important part of the important and large field of EU projects management.

From this most important part, the extremely important part consists in

the right achievement and accomplishment of the project proposal.

Every day, many people face with EU projects failures.

What they do in these cases? They have 3 ways of the new steps:

- Pessimistic Position: To blame the people, or /and the evaluators,

This behaviour may to lead at the future: Poor goals, Poor plan of the project tasks, New possible projects proposals failures.

- Optimistic Position: To forget the failure and to go forward,




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In these, above cases, many important aspects of previous actions are not enough learnt.

- Realistic Position: To learn from what it is passed and to combat forward. This behaviour may to lead at:

The possibilities to set clear goals and focus on them. The possibilities to create a clear plan with tasks and deadlines. The possibilities to create the virtual bridge to the evaluators waited

aspects, The possibilities to create one realistic financial plan, The possibilities to accomplish a good notations and to overpass the

tender conditions.

.

1.2. SOME OF FAILURES CAUSES. EXCERPT

„Look at a failure as at the possibility to learn some useful information from your mistakes, the possibility to grow and to know more information you need to

reach the success. ...

Learn from mistakes you have made and get the experience. ... Mind that failure is just a lesson and learning this lesson you will be able to make things better

next time „ [http://www.vip-qualitysoft.com/articles/failure-is-the-key-to-success.html\]

The failures causes are many, too many.





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SISTEMATIC PRESENTATION OF THE FAILURES CAUSES.

A. The Goals / Objectives.

B. The Division on Tasks. The compliance between the tasks and objectives.

C. The results and the compliance between the results and objectives.

D. The treatment of SELECTION / EVALUATION CRITERIA, inclusive of the

weights and thresholds.

E. The Project Planning.

F. The Project Organization.

G. The Tasks Division between / on the Partners. The connection between the task s division and the financial support.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

V. The content do not correspond and not comply with the commission and /or evaluators expectations.

„Give to the Cesar what is own of the Cesar !” or

what expect the Cesar.

The proposal is necessary to satisfy , firstly, the judging rules, NOT other aspects,

even these other aspects are brilliant or of exceptionally importance for the entire world.




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X. The proposal structure is unclear.

……………………………………………………

Y. The pleading and the arguments are not enough, or not so good, or not in line, to convince the evaluators.

………………………………….

Z. Too many grammar mistakes.

A1. Sentences formats. The complexity of sentences.

A2. The spelling has changed the sense of the phrases.

A3. Other.

1.3. EXAMPLE.

………………………………………………………………..

.

1.4. WHY TO PERSISTS ? WHY TO INSISTS?

…………………………………………………………………………………..

1.5. WHEN TO INSISTS WITH THE RE-SUBMISSION?

……………………………………………………………..

In general, the writing project is necessary to not appear as one only GEM project.

The GEM project signifies Get European Money.




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2. ORGANISING THE PROPOPSAL REVIEW AND THE STRATEGY FOR THE NEW SUBMISSION.

2.1. INITIAL ACTIONS AND PLANNING

…………………………………………………………………………………..

2.2. THE REVIEW OF PC_MN / „ PROJECT CONCEPT & MODEL NOTE”.

………………………………………………………………………………………

2.3. THE PHASES OF THE REVIEWED PROPOSAL

ELABORATION. …………………………………………………

Are many cases in which, at the new Call (inside the same programme),

the previous topics are not present.

Are many cases in which, at the new Call, the previous topics are strong changed or inexistent,

and the topics is focused toward other aspects than in previous Call.




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2.4. ONE VARIANT TO ORGANIZE THE REVIEW WORK (FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND SOURCES) FOR THE PHASES:




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8. PLANNING AND

9. WRITTING AND SUBMISSION. …………………………………………………………….

BRAINSTORMING




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3. CROISE THE DOIGTS AND GOOD LACK.

4. CONCLUSIONS.

4.1. Indifferent how the big is the level of bed appreciation and notes, from the part of the evaluators, you may to re-submit, one improved proposal, if you consider, that now you may to write this better proposal.

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