If you need highly qualified assistance and support with the development and management of EU funded projects it is advisable to work with (partners of) the EEA because this combination of companies offers you know how and expertise in all sectors of European cooperation from rural development to urban issues and from energy issues to the socio economic impacts of an ageing population.
Many EU cooperation projects require a bottom up stakeholder engagement. These projects also have to contribute to a systemized knowledge transfer. To connect a European project to local issues and also to create real engagement special methodologies and techniques are needed to ensure that results of projects can really be implemented and that they can be beneficial to the daily work and living environment of people.
EU Liaison is specialized in organizing training programmes and individual coaching on: methodologies on how to build up a strong and professional internal organization, how to best organize internal support schemes, how to develop a successful EU financed project and how the management of an EU project has to be organized. The company can deliver the widest possible scope of training services by bringing in knowledge provided by experts from the other EEA companies. Moderation of workshops and seminars related to EU Affairs is always prepared in a detailed way in close cooperation with the client.
I am very impressed by the approach used by Starter. The staff is competent and updated, even on different subjects. They understand science and they are capable to finally translate our often obscure language into something that can be understood and properly evaluated even by non-specialists. Starter made me rethinking to the type of services that members of the European Affairs Alliance will be eventually able to provide also to scientific partners.
Thanks to the advice and the pro-active assistance of our strategic partner companies, HBH Euroconsulting and Grants Europe Consulting, the Municipality management has decided to follow a smart financial engineering based on the optimisation of direct and indirect funding options. As a result we managed to successfully apply for 3 different European cooperation programmes for the past 3 years. These projects aiming at preparing the ground for major economic and infrastructure developments are all in the implementation phase now and we still enjoy the process and content management support of our partners from HBH and Grants Europe.
In recent years we have worked together with Grants Europe on the initiation and execution of several projects in different EU programmes. The approval rate of these projects was very high. Moreover the Grants Europe team hast a very high degree of ownership of the projects in which they are involved. They have an accurate and pleasant way of communication with both ourselves and our project partners.
The European Affairs Alliance (EAA) is a strategic cooperation between four companies highly specialised in EU affairs and EU funding programmes. The member companies are Grants Europe Consulting, EU-Liaison, HBH Euroconsulting and Starter. Cooperation between these companies provides you with a unique range of services mainly targeting public authorities or other public or semi-public organisations. You have access to EU funding programmes, project partners and key decision-makers all over the EU.
The EEA companies are working in all European countries. Starter has also links with clients in North African countries. This Europe wide presence and database of clients guarantees that the EAA has the capacity to establish balanced partnerships for EU cooperation projects
Companies of the EAA are capable to cover the full project development and management cycle. They also have the know how in house to deliver feasibility studies on various topics e.g. linked to urban and rural development, socio/economic development, sustainable transport and healthy growth. In the interest of the client the EAA companies are complementing each other in these tasks to ensure that the client always gets the latest state of the art information.
Matching future investments from companies and public bodies with funding from European programmes requires a strategic approach and profound knowledge on which "buttons" you have to push
The management of European cooperation projects requires very specific competences and a flexible attitude due to the specific (management) cultures of the partners coming from different EU countries. Professional project management always saves time (and money) and provides security and comfort for the project owners
We turn innovative ideas linked to agriculture, rural development, energy and natural resources into pilot initiatives, as well as new products and services fostering balanced growth and sustainable use of the resources. We help our clients to enhance their intervention capacity and foster their growth.
Developing and drafting successful EU cooperation projects requires a lot of creativity and flexibility to be able to bridge the specific requirements of the programme calls with the needs of the various partners.
Amongst various types of strategic management assignments the so called "Hungarian Unit" from HBH is mainly carrying out expert work linked to urban regeneration and sustainable local/regional economic development. The knowledge from our partners in the EAA contributes significantly to the innovative character of the solutions and approaches we are offering to our clients.