This 4-day intensive course will help you to develop more competitive proposals for Horizon 2020 and face the challenges arising from the differences between 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 EU financial period. European Funding Academy provides a deep insight to the new major EU Programmes of 2014-2020 and draws on the lessons learned from 2007-2013 proposals and projects. It focuses on developing successful project proposals in response to Horizon 2020 calls.This course is built on our direct experience gained over the past 15 years from developing and submitting proposals and implementing projects under the EU Programmes, in particular, FP5, FP6, FP7, CIP, LIFE/LIFE+ and LLP. We are also developing project proposals in response to the first calls of Horzion 2020.Our lecturers and workshop leaders are flesh-and-bone project managers and coordinators, whose day-to-day work is to turn innovative project concepts into competitive proposals and implement projects according to EC Grant Agreement, tackling problems promptly, and assisting project partners in legal, technical and financial management issues.European Funding Academy 2014-2020 goes beyond the text of the Multiannual Financial Framework and Programme Regulations – it will present real-life examples, analyse actual proposals and evaluation summary reports as well as show success and failure stories.