One of the best tactics for better application is the analysis of your project evaluations. When I studied them this year, I found a significant new trend.

In this video and text, I will explain five steps to make your project application instantly getting more points.

1. Pre-analysis

In the previous years’ projects, we can say – we made initial desk analysis, and we will do an in-depth study in the project.

Now, this is not possible any more. In all 2019 projects, we either get application refused, or IO was not approved. So, what is the tactic? 

You need to do 3, but possible four pre-analysis! 

1. Analysis of the problem – evidence from a trusted source. 
2. Analysis of final recipient needs. 
3. Analysis of target groups needs. 
4. Cost-effectiveness analysis. 

It would be best if you showed that you know the problem in detail, you know what your final recipients and a target group’s needs are. Along with that, you need to have evidence about your claim from the trusted source (official statistics, article form the academicians, etc.).

The new trend is cost-effectiveness analysis. This analysis shows that your project application is worth funded not just because you have a high qualitative impact, but also is cost-effective. That means that the benefit of your project will have a more significant monetary impact than investment in funding on the project. For example, every NEET cost Europe 16.000 Eur per year. If you can show that with this application you will get a specific number of NEETs either in education or in job placement, you will spare this money for the EU, and that’s why this application is another reason for funding.

2. A partner who never been in the E+ program before

I didn’t take care of this until last year. It is clearly written in the program guide that extra points will be given to the application, which involves a partner without previous Erasmus Plus experience.

Hm, now I saw it in my last project evaluation under the section “Negative points.”

So, involve partners without previous Erasmus plus experience.

3. e – Twinning

If you look at your project application, you will see that there is a question about eTwining. This question is shyly written and does not you force to commit; that’s why I didn’t care much about it until now. Now I saw in my last year evaluation, that evaluators are questioning about dissemination over this free platform. So I suggest that you check it and find out how you can share your project results to the greater audience over this media. This action will have two different effects – you will get more points in the evaluation, but you’ll also get a more significant impact when you disseminate your project results.

4. Impact tool / table

As you know, you need to define the impact of your project. You can try to figure it out with your text, but there are more efficient ways to do this. You can use Impact tool, a tool developed by the Erasmus Plus project. It is a quick process where you will define 

• Desired impact,
• Outcomes of the project in terms of skills and knowledge,
• Indicators,
• How will you measure them?

Try it, especially if you don’t know what to write in the impact section of your application.

Click for the tool here: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/impact-and-evaluation

5. Sustainability

This is another section which often gets neglected because project managers don’t know what is right there. The main keyword, the magic word here is – mainstreaming.

Here would be best if you can define:

“Where the project results can be used without your knowledge.” 

This statement is a little confusing but think about it that way. If you are intellectual outputs are free to use, then it is your best option to share it everywhere where it can be of great value.

Some options are:

• Use  your results /training as part of the official country teacher training programme
• Use results and training as part of your institution daily practice or use it to train others
• Use your research in articles you are preparing
• Use reference, results and researches as a bibliography entry in any academic paper, master or doctoral thesis