How do you create Impact for a Horizon 2020 project? This presentation will give you the essentials as well as some tips. Presentation created by Sparks & Co, the European Science Communication Agency www.sparksandco.com

1. Promote
innovation & expertise
Deepen
engagement & collaboration
Raise
awareness & understanding
Foster
exchange & networks
Circulate
information & knowledge
Attract
users & investors
Creating impact in Horizon 2020
SPARKS & CO | CAMILLE COCAUD | CAMILLE@SPARKSANDCO.COM

2. Why communicate about your project?
1. To show how European collaboration
has achieved more than would have
otherwise been possible
2. To show how the outcomes are
relevant to our everyday lives
3. To make better use of the results, by
insuring take-up by decision-makers, the industry
and the scientific community.

3. Idea Consortium Proposal Validation Implementation
Deadline
GA
signature
Include science communication experts from
the proposal stage as partners
within the consortium to increase the strenght
of your Impact section.
When should you worry about communication?

4. How much do communication cost?
R&I: Research and Innovation
actions
• Communication and dissemination
activities are 100% funded
• and account for ~5% of the total
budget
C&A: Coordination and Support
Actions
• Communication and dissemination
activities are 100% funded
• and account for ~10% of the total
budget

5. The communication strategy of your project

6. European Science Communication Agency
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Health
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7. Some clients…

8. Our team
PROJECT MANAGER PROJECT ASSISTANT
Camille Cocaud
Jeremy Zuber Lucie Revoux
CEOPROJECT MANAGER
Caroline Estephan
COOPERATION MANAGER
Mariana Carrillo
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9. Contact
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Paris, FRANCE
camille@sparksandco.com