Modular Health NCP Handbook and other support material

The already existing “Health NCP Net Handbook” that was a result from the previous Health NCP Net will undergo major adjustments, and will be updated to Horizon 2020. Since the SC1 Challenge under Horizon 2020 is more than just a continuation of FP7, the handbook will be enlarged and also adapted to the minimum guidelines for NCPs for Horizon 2020. It will include the work done by the Ethics Advisory Workgroup in the previous HNN project, to summarize how to address ethical issues in Health research projects. Changes that need to be taken up are for example: collaboration with EEN, better support to SMEs, better support of service multipliers, health-related transnational programmes, etc. In order to make it more user-friendly and easier to “digest”, the updated Handbook will be developed in a modular scheme, where chapters will be presented as modules that can be downloaded in the joint workspace on the homepage. The Handbook will also be presented to the NCPs via a webinar. The Handbook will be updated in three major rounds: 1st round (Year 1): Roles and Responsibilities of an NCP, Getting started, how to build your website, how to organize a training activity, person-to-person consultation, proposal preparation, etc. 2nd round (Year 2): To provide all NCPs with important background information for their daily work and to assure quality and the same level of standardized information within the NCP network, factsheets on health-related programmes and initiatives will be created and included in the modular Handbook: • Joint Programming Initiatives (JPND, JPI HDHL, JPI MYBL, JPI AMR) • Innovative Medicine Initiative-2 • Article 185 Initiatives (EDCTP 2, AAL 2, Eurostars) • EIT KIC Active and Healthy Ageing • Health-related ERA-NETs • European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing 3rd round (Year 3): Analysis of Evaluation summary reports - most frequent errors