EC Communications Campaign: Horizon 2020 Financial Rules
Date: 9th November 2017
Venue: MCST, Villa Bighi, Kalkara
This communication campaign organised by the Malta Council for Science and Technology with the cooperation of the European Commission aims to provide explanations on the financial rules applicable to Horizon 2020 Programme in context of the H2020 Model Grant Agreement. The campaign provides an excellent opportunity for participants to exchange and share good practices on the financial management of Horizon 2020 projects as well as obtain first-hand information from the EC.
Speakers: Carmen Madrigal Jimenez, DG RTD
Cristina Moldovan, DG RTD
09:30 | Registration and Coffee |
10:00 | Welcome – Introduction |
10:05 | EC introduction |
10:30 | H2020 Model Grant Agreements
– Structure – Forms of costs – Budget transfers |
10:45 | Types of Staff Costs
– Employees vs other staff – What contract under what budget category |
11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:30 | Personnel Cost Calculation
– Time recording requirements – Annual personnel costs vs unit costs – How to calculate actual personnel costs: annual vs monthly rates – Options for annual productive hours |
13:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 | Additional Remuneration
– Definition – Basic remuneration vs additional remuneration |
14:45 | Direct Costs
– Identification and measurements – Eligibility conditions |
15:15 | Third Parties
– Types of third parties: classification and characteristics |
15:45 | Subcontracting
– Subcontracts vs contracts – Characteristics and eligibility criteria – Conflict of interest and best value for money |
16:15 | Synergies with other grants
– Basic principles – Concept of “cost item” |
16:30 | End of session |
Due to the limited seating capacity, registration is required on h2020.mcst@gov.mt
This article was last updated on: October 26, 2017