This 2-day training course will introduce the first crucial steps for getting a Horizon 2020 project started on the right foot, provide practical tips to ensure a sound technical implementation of the project, and go into the issues of financial management and reporting.  R&I Project Management and Technical Reporting-Grant Agreement negotiations – road to success and things that could go wrong.-Getting started – models on Consortium Agreement, advance payment, bank guarantees, and the kick-off meeting.-Efficient project management systems in practice – eligible and non-eligible costs, cost statements. Upgrading your system for FP7 and for Horizon 2020.-IPR issues in practice – how to protect you background and how to benefit from the foreground-Technical reporting – what to report and how?-Technical reviews – Prepare for the best and worst opinion of the EC and the reviewers.Workshop: Technical ManagementDuring the workshop participants discuss real case scenarios related to coordination, budget, dissemination, modifying the project, etc.  EU R&I Financial Management and Reporting-Financial rules of FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects – how to harmonise EU rules with you national taxation and internal accounting principles?-Eligible and non-eligible costs, cost statements – upgrading your financial admin system.-Different calculation methods of Personnel costs – employees and consultantsAllocation of Travel costs, Equipment, Other costs, and Overheads based on practical examples.-Subcontracting and third parties – how to avoid rejection of costs?-Pragmatic approaches in reporting – point-by-point assessment of the prepared financial reports. Format, content, overall principles, possible bottlenecks-Uploading of reports to the Participants portal – hints and tricks to control your partners’s spending.