1. www.interreg-npa.eu Introduction to eMS & workflow Christopher Parker, Joint Secretariat April 20th, 2016 – Faroe Islands

2. What is eMS? eMS is a programme monitoring system with a communication portal, which allows programmes to collect and store all necessary project and programme information and communicate with beneficiaries electronically via a secure online communication portal. INTERACT has developed this software for the benefit of all ETC programmes.

3. What does it mean for projects? Formal communication with Desk Officer through eMS Activity reporting in eMS  from project partner, via FLC, to LP and on the NPA side, from JS, to MA & CA Change (modification) requests Future applications

4. eMS access and registration eMS is accessible on: ems.interreg-npa.eu To use eMS, you must first register by clicking on “Register” on the welcome screen. As the user, you will then be asked to provide a set of credentials.

5. eMS access and registration

8. Project handover You will receive a notification that your project is ready for the next stage Further details in your project session later today Share your user name and password to your Desk Officer

9. Workflow – Supplementary information Project Management Bank Information FLC User assignment Documents

10. Workflow Input details for project management Input Bank Account details Input FLC details for all partners before reporting in eMS User assignment  project partners need to register in eMS first! Location where documents are stored

11. Project Management

12. Bank Information

13. FLC

14. User Assignment

15. Documents

16. General tips and tricks eMS allows you to save your work and resume a data entry session at any time, To avoid a loss of data, please remember always to save your information regularly, always before leaving a section! Certain fields are mandatory

17. General tips and tricks You are working in a browser: careful with keys like Enter, PageUp/Down When copying information from Word/ Excel files, use command keys: Ctrl + C: copy Ctrl + V: paste Alt + Tab: switching between open windows

18. Disclaimer eMS is a new system for both the programme and the applicants, and it is partially still under development For this reason, we ask for your understanding in case something should not work quite as it should.

19. Thank you for listening Christopher Parker christopher.parker@interreg- npa.eu