The first Americas Summer School was a success!

The first AMERICAS Summer School started on a lovely sunny winter day in Buenos Aires. It was attended by more than 28 potential future "Project Angels" from Argentina and Chile. Coorganised by MINCyT/ABEST, the morning showed learning modules on EU funding principles and essential parts of proposal writing. Guided by AMERICA partners and Project Angels with diploma (from Argentina and Brazil), in the afternoon participants worked enthusiastically on their first exercise: How to transform a project idea into a pre-proposal?

More information about the modules and the results of the Summer School 2012

Project Angels Summer School #PASS2012

While Project Angels Summer School is being prepared, Americas team has posted new documents for registrants. They are all available at this address: click here. More background documents will be coming soon. 

You can still register online - click here - to participate to Project Angels Summer School 5 & 6 July 2012 in Buenos Aires.

Successful Project Angels Skype Conference

The first Project Angels Skype conference was held on 19 January 2011 and it was attended by Project Angels from Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico.

The main issues addressed in the conference were focused on the new Call 9 and on ideas about how to better collaborate and work to increase the participation of Latin American partners in European FP7 ICT projects.

The Project Angels are specifically trained in the understanding of the EU's ICT Programme and EU funding mechanisms. Having received their diploma of having successfully followed the course, they will act locally to help potential project participants with advice on how to participate in EU research programmes.

The - new- AMERICAS project will continue with these efforts and will offer Project Angels summer schools in several Latin America countries during the next two years. 

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18 new Project Angels successfully trained in FP7 ICT programme and EU funding mechanisms

18 Project Angels from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Bolivia have just received the Project Angels Diploma for their success in the last on-line Project Angels coaching course.

The “Project Angels” network in Latin America is a distinctive contribution of the PRO-IDEAL and the PRO-IDEAL PLUS project that set up a mechanism to train experts (“Angels”) in the understanding of the ICT programme and EU funding rules, thus being able to help potential partners from their countries to become part of a cooperation project. It is an innovative approach to create a sustainable network in the target countries that can provide their acquired special knowledge to potential project partners in their respective countries, and that eventually, will effectively promote the ICT cooperation between the EU and Latin America.

Following the coaching courses and awareness raising events held in the PRO-IDEAL and PRO-IDEAL PLUS target countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Cuba – More than 100 candidates to Project Angels have been recruited and coached so as to attain the “Project Angel” certification. After 3 coaching course editions, the network counts now with more than 45 active Project Angels in Latin America.

Future of the Project Angels

The Project Angels coaching courses where part of the Pro-Ideal and Pro-Ideal Plus projects funded by teh EU FP7 ICT programem and which are now going to the end. However, in order to keep the network and continue the collaboration between Latin America and Europe in the ICT R&D field, new initiatives and activities will be offered from 2012 onwards: Project Angels Summer Schools will be organized within a new project “AMERICAS”, Some Project Angels courses will be continued in several Latin American countries (Run by project partners and/or public institutions), a monthly SKYPE call on Q&A will be offered to the active Project Angels from January 2012 onwards and some Project Angels will be invited to join the external advisors network of EMF.

Consult the list of active Project Angels
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Diploma for 18 Project Angels

18 participants of the Project Angels coaching course from Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and Guatemala obtained the Project Angel Diploma after 7 months of study.

The Project Angels are specifically trained in the understanding of the EU's ICT Programme and EU funding mechanisms. Now that they are trained, they will act locally to help potential project participants with advice on how to participate in EU R&D programmes.

The Project Angels course is one of the activities supported by the Pro-Ideal and Pro ideal Plus projects, funded by the European Commission to reinforce the ICT collaboration between Europe and Latin America.

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31 participants from 11 Latin America and Caribbean countries selected for the last edition of the Project Angels coaching course

31 participants from Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua and Bolivia have been selected to follow the on-line coaching course on the FP7 ICT Work Programme and become Project Angels in their countries.

The Project Angels are specifically trained in the understanding of the ICT Programme and EU funding mechanisms. Once they are trained, they will act locally to help potential project participants with advice on how to participate in EU R&D programmes. They are supported by a team of expert Project Managers in Europe.

The free of charge on line course is one of the activities supported by the Pro-Ideal and Pro ideal Plus projects, funded by the European Commission to reinforce the ICT collaboration between Europe and Latin America.

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Applications for the Project Angels coaching course open

Pro-Ideal and Pro-Ideal Plus projects open the applications to participate in the 3^rdedition of the Project Angels coaching course. The new on-line coaching course focused on understanding of the ICT Programme and EU funding mechanisms will start the 1rst April 2011.

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A Pro Ideal Plus Project Angel received grant to ICT2010

Patricia Sanchez a Project Angel from Costa Rica, has received a Travel grant from the ENLACE project to assist at the ICT2010 event in September.

The ENLACE travel grant scheme promotes exchange between Central American and European researchers. One of the Pro Ideal Plus Project Angels will travel to Brussels in September to assist and participate in the biggest ICT event in Europe.

PRO-IDEAL project

PRO-IDEAL stands for "Promotion of an ICT dialogue between Europe and America Latina". It is a project that promotes the ICT programme of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission.
What does it mean?
The ICT programme funds innovative research project in a broad range of research involving new technologies, e.g. semantic web, RFID, e-health, e0inclusion etc. This programme is open to partners from third countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, the target countries of PRO-IDEAL. Partners from these countries enjoy the same treatment as European partners, i.e. they receive funding for their activity in the project. Upon specific calls, consortia can submit project proposals.
How can one submit a project proposal?
PRO-IDEAL will familiarise research institutes, companies, public institutions as well as decision makers in the ICT sector with the ICT programme, to enhance participation from the target countries, for the mutual benefit of Europe and the countries of the Cono Sur.

PRO-IDEAL will start on 1 November 2008, and will have its own website at: www.pro-ideal.eu
towards the end of 2008. Until then, news will be published here.