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TECNOMAN perspectives

• Transnational project management
• Focus management

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Transnational Project Management (TPM)

• Transnational project management
• 5 work packages in TECNOMAN perspectives
• Project manual
• Transnational project steering committee
• 4 transnational workshops
• Work and time plan
• TECNOMAN perspectives process
• Network instruments
• Progress reports

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Transnational Project Management

• 5 work packages in TECNOMAN perspectives
• WP 1 Project management network coordination,
  dissemination PR
• WP 2 Focus 1 Dealing with existing structures
• WP 3 Focus 2 New business locations
• WP 4 Focus 3 Integrated spatial and development
  strategies for functional agglomerations
• WP 5 Transnational synthesis and policy
  recommendations

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Transnational Project Management
Allocation of regions to WP 2, 3 and 4
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Transnational Project Management

• Work package 1
• WP 1 Project management network coordination,
  dissemination PR
• Project development ?
• Transnational network management and coordination
• Reporting to EU
• 4 transnational workshops
• Promotion, marketing and dissemination
• Responsible Partner Styria
• All partners

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Transnational Project Management

• Work package 2
• WP 2 Dealing with existing structures Focus 1
  
• Definition of regional contributions in the
  regions
• Elaboration of regional results in the regions
• Accompanying activities on focus level
• Responsible Partner Thessaloniki
• Partners Styria, Vienna, Thessaloniki,
  Carinthia, Pieria, Graz, Hungary

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Transnational Project Management

• Work package 3
• WP 3 Development of new business locations
  Focus 2
• Definition of regional contributions in the
  regions
• Elaboration of regional results in the regions
• Accompanying activities on focus level
• Responsible Partner Chemnitz-Zwickau
• Partners Upper Austria, Halkidiki, Carinthia,
  Vienna, Chemnitz-Zwickau, Hungary, Romania

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Transnational Project Management

• Work package 4
• WP 4 Integrated spatial and development
  strategies for functional agglomerations Focus
  3
• Definition of regional contributions in the
  regions
• Elaboration of regional results in the regions
• Accompanying activities on focus level
• Responsible Partner Upper Austria
• Partners Styria, Upper Austria,
  Thessaloniki-Halkidiki-Pieria (a common
  contribution), Romania

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Transnational Project Management

• Work package 5
• WP 5 Transnational synthesis and policy
  recommendations
• Extra presentation
• Responsible Partner Styria
• All partners

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Transnational Project Management

• Project manual
• Guidelines for implementation of the project ?
  project bible
• Explains processes in the project, e.g.
• Lists members of transnational project steering
  committee (TPSC) ? one member per financially
  contributing region
• Defines proposed financial flows
• Defines proposed thematic information flows etc.

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Transnational Project Management

• Transnational project steering committee (TPSC)
• One representative per financially contributing
  region
• LP chairs TPSC

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Hungary

Tamas Gyurcsek


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Romania

Sorin M
axim


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Transnational Project Management

• Responsibilities in the project
• Lead Partner ? responsible towards EU
• Project partners / regions ? respect deadlines
  ? elaborate their regional results ? support
  Lead Partner? communicate results to FM and TPM
• Consultants? support Lead Partner and partners

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Transnational Project Management

• 4 transnational workshops
• Kick off Workshop in Graz, Styria, 25. - 27.
  September 2003 ?
• 2nd Workshop in Thessaloniki, proposed for 18.
  20.3.2004asked to take place in April. 29. / 30.
  April 2004 (proposed)
• 3rd Workshop in Germany, proposed for 25.
  27.11.2004Asked to take place 2. / 3. December
  2004 (proposed)
• Final Workshop in Styria, proposed for 30.9.
  2.10.2005

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Transnational Project Management

• Kick off Workshop in Graz, Styria, 25. - 27.
  September 2003 ?
• Presentation of partners ?
• Presentation of contents and focuses ?
• Presentation of transnational activities
  transnational project management and focus
  management, network instruments etc. ?
• Agreement on procedures - deadline for comments
  24. October 2003
• Set up of TPSC ?
• 1st session of TPSC ?

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Transnational Project Management

• 2nd Workshop in Thessalonikiproposed for spring
  2004 29. 30. April 2004 (requested by Greek
  partners)
• Presentation of first regional results
• Presentation of coordinated outline of
  transnational synthesis coordinated between LP,
  partners and synthesis group
• Focus workshops
• TECNOMAN seminar
• 2nd TPSC session

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Transnational Project Management

• 3rd Workshop in Germanyproposed for fall 2004
  2. 3. December 2004 (requested by German
  partners)
• Presentation of further regional results
• TECNOMAN seminar
• Focus workshops
• 3rd TPSC session

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Transnational Project Management

• Final Workshop in Styriaproposed for fall 2005
  30.9. 2.10.2005
• Presentation of focus results
• Presentation of transnational results
  transnational synthesis handbook and policy
  recommendations
• 4th TPSC session

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Transnational Project Management

• Work- and time plan (1/2)
• List of transnational activities and interface to
  regional level
• Deadlines for formal reports for LP to EU First
  progress report3 months after signed subsidy
  contract ? 29. Oct 2003Regular progress report
  periodsJanuary June ? 30. September July
  December ? 31. March
• Possible dates for payment requests for LP at
  EU1. April, 1. July, 1. October, 1. December

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Transnational Project Management

• Work- and time plan (2/2)
• Defines interface between transnational and
  regional level
• Deadlines for formal progress reports for
  partners31. October 2003 / 15. Feb. 2004 / 15.
  Aug. 2004 /15. Feb. 2005 / 15. Aug. 2005 / 15.
  Feb. 2006
• Deadlines for thematic reports for partners to
  FM12. Jan. 2004 / 16. Aug. 2004 / 23. May 2005

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Transnational Project Management
TECNOMAN photo minutes
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Transnational Project Management
TECNOMAN perspectives process
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Transnational Project Management

• Network instruments
• Transnational workshops
• Focus workshops Regional contents and results
  according to focuses
• TECNOMAN seminar partners nominate topics of
  common interest
• Task Force / synthesis group elaboration of
  transnational synthesis

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Transnational Project Management

• Progress reports (1/3)
• No form sheets yet will be provided by JTS
  (preliminary draft by OEROK, suggested to use)
• Will probably divide into financial and activity
  report
• - Activity report Short reports based on facts
  to be used for monitoring comparison of what
  really happened and what is stated in application
  form- Financial reportBasically consists of
  one signed statement of partners auditor you
  do not send single invoices to the LP

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Transnational Project Management
Progress reports (2/3)
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Transnational Project Management

• Progress reports (2/3)
• (Program and) Project language is English. All
  documents are only accepted in English language.
• All documents have to reach the project
  management, respectively the Lead Partner at the
  defined deadlines.
• (Then) provided form from program level is used
  for formal reports to EU.

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TECNOMAN perspectives
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Focus Management (FM)

• Focus Management
• Three thematic focuses
• Focus management ? methodological approach for
  work in regions
• Different focuses ? different contents
• Results in midterm and final reports
• Focus synthesis outline

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Focus Management

• 1st thematic focus
• 1. Dealing with existing structures
• Responsible partner Thessaloniki
• Focus Management Dorte Hundahl, Euroconsultants

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Focus Management

• 2nd thematic focus
• 2. Development of new business locations
• Responsible partner Chemnitz-Zwickau
• Focus management Manuela Töpfer, Regionomica

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Focus Management

• 3rd thematic focus
• 3. Integrated spatial and development strategies
  for functional agglomerations
• Responsible partner Upper Austria
• Focus Management Andreas Resch, Regional
  Consulting International

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Focus Management

• Focus management ? methodological approach for
  work in regions
• Common approach for all 3 focuses according to
  outline of transnational synthesis
• Produce comparable and compatible results for
  transnational synthesis
• Focus syntheses according to outline of
  transnational synthesis

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Focus Management

• Different focuses ? different contents
• Focus built according to features, topics of
  regional contributions
• Summarize regional results

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Focus Management

• Results in midterm and final focus synthesis
• Partners send their individual regional results
  to FM
• These individual regional results get summarized
  and processed according to outline of
  transnational synthesis by FM to midterm and
  final focus focus syntheses
• Focus syntheses serve as input for transnational
  synthesis

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Focus Management

• Results in midterm and final reports
• That is why we need
• to define quality parameter according to outline
  of transnational synthesis
• to coordinate the outline of the transnational
  synthesis among partners as a base for the focus
  report structure
• Coordinate the focus report structure among focus
  managers and synthesis group

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Focus Management

• Focus synthesis outline
• Will be set up in coordination with the outline
  of the transnational synthesis (presentation
  this afternoon)
• After partner commented on proposed outline for
  transnational synthesis
• Then proposed focus outline is presented
• Focus manager will use regional results to
  formulate focus synthesis that serves as input
  for transnational synthesis