BPS Interim ‘Best Practice Guide’.

Over the years individual NCPs have developed expertise in specific areas. These specific knowledge and expertise will be shared in Best Practice Seminars with the whole network. A large audience (35 or more NCPs) will attend the seminars and thus complement the smaller-scale knowledge-sharing of the Twinnings (Task 2.3). As compared to Task 2.2 (where one or two NCPs/external experts act as trainers) up to 5 or more NCPs will contribute to the Seminars, depending on the subject. The task leader (IUA) will develop a first work plan (M06) describing the schedule, contents, locations and the responsible supporting partner. Six Seminars are planned (two per year) and to reduce travel costs, they will be organised taking into account other project or NCP events. Each supporting partner will be responsible for managing one Seminar, in close collaboration with the Task Leader. The task members will define the content and presenters for each Seminar, taking into account (1) the Benchmarking results from Task 2.1; (2) best practices identified during Twinnings (Task 2.3); (3) input from the open questions in the Google Group (Task 3.1); (4) input from the working group REA-EC-NCP (Task 4.2) and other input as deemed appropriate by IUA. IUA will liaise with APRE to ensure that the content does not mirror that of the trainings in Task 2.2. The format of the 1-day Seminar will be flexible depending on the topic, but it is likely to include the following: presentation of best practice examples by NCPs; discussion and Q&A sessions; demonstration of tips or techniques by NCPs; working in groups. The organiser will assess the seminar quality and efficacy using feedback forms filled by participants. The outcome of each seminar will be a best practice report prepared by the responsible supporting partner, and will be distributed among MSCA NCPS after each seminar. The reports will be included in the overall Best Practice Guide to be prepared and maintained by IUA and published on the dedicated project website.