1. Project Board meeting 15 th July 2011, Vilnius Kate Fernie MDR Partner This project has been funded with support from the European Commission'

2. Today Welcome Project overview Progress reports on the training opportunities and Stakeholder survey Whole group discussion on establishing the curriculum framework Dissemination and building the stakeholder network Planning project events Round up and what comes next Http://www.digcurv-education.org/

3. Work plan

4. Progress with project deliverables Text (web addresses etc. if applicable) NoLangDelivery dateNature Diss level 1.1Report of the kick-off meetingEn Complete RPU TCAnnex to kick-off meeting reportEnuTorontoRPU 5.2Project web environment En LT, IT, DE TranslationsPPU 5.1Dissemination plan En LT, IT, DE Complete?RPP 7.1Six monthly progress reportEn30/6/11RPP 2.2Profile of training opportunitiesEn30/9/11RPU 3.2Report on focus group meetingsEn30/11/11RPP 7.2Six monthly progress reportEn31/12/11RPP 2.1 Report on the baseline survey of training opportunities and evaluation framework En, LT, IT, DE 31/12/11RPU 3.1Report on the review of sector training needsEn, LT, IT, DE 31/01/12RPU

5. Successful kick-off meeting, report published WP2 Survey of training opportunities has been completed Analysis and profiling work about to start WP3 Stakeholder survey of training needs has started WP5 Project web environment online, translations underway Dissemination plan The network is expanding Progress at month 6 http://twitter.com/#!/DigCurv

6. More progress: network 34 members of the DigCurV network 70 registered users of the website 55 followers on Twitter 50+ responses to training opportunities survey 200 (and rising) responses to training needs survey http://www.digcur-education.org/eng/Partners-Area/Statistics

7. Visits by country

8. Looking ahead to month 13 Profile of training opportunities will be online Report on the baseline survey and evaluation framework will be published Survey of training needs will have been completed and the results analysed, and the report published There will have been a series of focus group meetings and a report will have been published Work on the curriculum framework will be starting The network will have expanded

9. Project admin

10. 6 monthly reporting I need progress reports from all partners after this meeting – Activities by work package – Progress with deliverables – Any highlights – Monitoring of use of resources Supporting documentation will need to be provided for all costs, this will be collected at the end of year 1. Please make sure that you are keeping certified copies of timesheets and documentation (claim forms, receipts, invoices and salaries etc) ready to send. A template for timesheets is available

11. Mid-term report We are due to provide a mid-term report to the EC This will include – a public progress report – a confidential report and cost claim – and copies of all deliverables attached MDR will send you the current version of the official forms for reporting on your costs when they are due

12.  Reasonable, justified and necessary  Directly connected with the project  Generated during project lifetime  Actually incurred and duly recorded in accounts, identifiable and verifiable  Staff costs to be reported on a real basis  Indirect costs, flat rate fixed at 7%  Subcontracting no more than 30%  Equipment no more than 10%  Note the ceilings: ◦ personnel rates per country ◦ per staff category ◦ Travel and subsistence rates per city (actuals or per diems are ok) Eligible costs

13. Ineligible costs VAT unless the beneficiary can prove it is unable to recover it Interest Provisions for future losses Exchange losses Excessive/reckless expenditure If in doubt contact MDR or check the project handbook!

14. Supporting documentation Timesheets for staff costs (salary plus social charges) Same documents as those required by national accounting rules Currency: apply official euro rate for the month preceding the month of the deadline for the report http://ec.europa.eu/budget/inforeuro/

15.  Annex III – guidelines for administrative and financial management reporting  The latest available version is online at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/beneficiaries/2010/index_ en.php Project handbook

16. Project meetings  Focus groups in each participating country to review training needs, M 8-12  Multi-stakeholder workshop, Dublin, December 2012  National meetings, M 18-24  Final conference, Florence, April-May, 2013  Project board meetings: ◦ Kick-off meeting ◦ Vilnius, around July 2011 ◦ Germany, around May 2012 (link to an international event?) ◦ Pre-final conference

17. Kate.fernie@mdrpartners.com www.digcur-education.org