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Digital EUPM2 Guide

• 1 Introduction
• 2 EU-funding Programs and Projects
• 3 Overview
• 4 Governance and Project Organisation
• 5 Initiating Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 6 Planning Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 7 Executing Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 8 Closing Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• Post-closing obligations
• 9 Monitoring and Control – Activities and Artefacts
• Appendixes

2.2 Project Cycle Management: linking EU-funding Programmes and Projects

Regardless of the management modes, EU-funding Programmes generally follow a common framework used to guide project planning, implementation, and evaluation, called Project Cycle Management (PCM). The PCM framework ensures that projects funded by the different EU funding Programmes are well-planned, implemented efficiently and effectively, and monitored and evaluated to improve their impact. It also helps ensure that the projects are aligned with the overall strategy of the organisation as well as with the EU-funding Programmes objectives.

While PCM was initially introduced in the field of development cooperation, where programmes are mainly implemented through direct arrangements, it provides - with the appropriate adaptations - a helpful framework for those involved in managing the EU-funding programmes implemented through the calls for proposals.

PCM generally includes six steps:

1. Programming.
2. Identification.
3. Formulation.
4. Financing.
5. Implementation.
6. Evaluation.

Figure 2.1.- The Project Cycle Management steps

Programming

The Programming step has a multi-year duration and leads to the elaboration of the EU funding Programme. The strategic objectives and overall Programme priorities are set out in this step.

• Output: Multi-year EU-Funding Programme.
• Responsible organisation: European Commission (or delegated authority) / National Authority.

Identification

The Identification step includes all the necessary activities leading to elaborating and publishing the calls for proposals.

• Output: Calls for Proposal.
• Responsible organisation: Implementing organisations/Leader organisations.

Formulation:

The Formulation step includes all the activities needed to submit a project proposal in response to a call for proposals published in the previous (identification) step.

• Output: Project proposal.
• Responsible organization: Implementing organizations/Leader organizations.

Financing

The Financing step includes the selection of the project proposals submitted which better meet the evaluation criteria identified in the call for proposal.

• Output: List of projects eligible for funding.
• Responsible organization: European Commission (or delegated authority)/National Authority.

Implementation

The Implementation step includes the management of the project to achieve the project objectives as defined in the project proposal.

• Output: Project deliverables.
• Responsible organization: Implementing organizations/Leader organizations.

Evaluation

The Evaluation step includes all the activities to assess the effective and efficient realization of the project, in terms of respect of the financial rules, the correct delivery of the project outputs as well as the achievement of the project results. It provides feedback, lessons learned, and recommendations to be incorporated in the following programming exercise, closing the cycle.

• Output: Evaluation Report.
• Responsible organization: European Commission (or delegated authority)/National Authority.

2.1.3 Shared Management

2.3 Integrating EUPM² Guide in the Project Cycle Management