When there is a will, there is a way – and GTK experts Juha Kaija, Nina Isokorpi and Tuija Villikka know the way when it comes to writing and managing large European Union Framework programme proposals and projects. Their over 40 years of combined project management expertise also brought them to Tallinn, Estonia, last week to share their wisdom with EGT-TWINN project partners staff on a 1-day intensive training session.
_TWINN%20WP4%20workshop%2C%20Tallinn%2C%2018APR2023.jpg "EGT staff getting the basics of the EU project management.")
Delivering
projects on schedule, on budget, and aligned with initial goals is the key to
successful project management. It is vital that people in charge of any project
have comprehensive knowledge of project management, budgeting and legal
matters. “This course, held in Tallinn, provided a good start and a unique
opportunity for the EGT-TWINN partner organisations personnel to prepare future
project proposals and understand practical project work,” said Juha Kaija, the
Senior Specialist and one of the invited lecturers in the course. He added: “When
it comes to taking up EU funding, organizations that want to participate in
future EU projects must invest in project management training for new project
managers, and it is never waste of organization´s money!"
.jpg "The training session was streamed over the web for the partners of the EGT-TWINN project.")
Some
of the fundamental topics covered in this course included, for example, project
planning and consortium building, challenges at the proposal writing and
implementation phases, the importance of strict budget keeping and the legal
issues that can arise during the entire life cycle.
EGT-TWINN is a 3 year international twinning project of the Geological Survey of Estonia (EGT) with partners from Finnish, Danish and British geological surveys and University of Oulu in Finland. Heikki Bauert, the head of the EGT-TWINN project states: "Most of the EGT-TWINN project related EGT staff, including my-self, does not have any or has very little previous EU project management experience." He continues: "It is one of the aims of this project to substantially rise the level of both research as well as project management capacity of our staff." He is confident that: "With such excellent cooperation with our partners that we currently have, we can surely rise from zero to project management heroes in the following 3 years time!"
.jpg "Enthusiastic participants in Tallinn at the Tallink Hotel lobby, waiting to be educated about the Project Management basics. Lecturers Tuija Villikka, Juha Kaija and Nina Isokorpi on left, followed by the Estonian Geological Survey staff members.")
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