Good practices of project management with PM² at the ‘V4 Training for Research Project Managers’

For third time in a row, the Methodologies Office (Centre of Excellence in PM²) presented the European Commission’s open Project Management Methodology PM² at the ‘V4 Training for Research Project Managers’, which took place in Brussels from 11 to 13 March 2024. The 15th edition of the event was organised by the Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research (CZELO); the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD); the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary (NRDIO); and the Polish Science Contact Agency (PolSCA). 

Gregory Whye, PM² Methodology Consultant, led a session on ‘Good practices of project management’. It targeted a community of research project managers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, as well as participants from Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania, and Ukraine invited through the broader Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices in Brussels. 

The focus of the session was the use of PM² Methodology when implementing projects funded by the European Commission. It included a presentation on the European Commission’s open project management methodology and terminology, followed by a workshop on drafting a project proposal using PM² as a good practice. 

The ‘V4 Training for Research Project Managers’ is an intensive capacity-building event that aims to raise awareness of the political contexts of the EU's research and innovation programmes and initiatives.  

Zuzana Černáková, EU R&I Policy Advisor at the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development, shared that in the last two years the interest in the event has been growing and the session on PM² has been very positively acclaimed by the participants.  

‘I think that the session is still very up-to-date, and it is important for understanding the vocabulary of the European Commission so that our project managers can communicate more effectively with the Commission’, added Zuzana.  

After the event, all participants will have access to open resources at the Publication Office of the European Union, the EU Academy and the EC dedicated page on PM² where they can learn more about the methodology, complete additional trainings and make use of the PM² artefacts.