Challenges and Advices in COST Action IS0906 Management by Emilie Vossen

Workload challenges, budget management tips, and advice on data collection in managing COST Action IS0906. Emphasis on flexibility, anticipation of expenses, and tool preparedness. Recommendations on eCOST usage and evolving COST rules for effective management. Highlights rewards of gaining expertise and networking opportunities in European network management.

• Management
• Challenges
• Budget
• Data collection
• European network

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1. COST Action IS0906 Management - what we would have liked to know before starting Emilie Vossen Grant holder officer

2. Challenges and advices (1/2) Workload due to the large size of the Action & its intense activity Advice: flexibility within the management staff (flexible planning, help from students, etc.) Budget management: difficult anticipation (meetings, outputs, etc.) Advice: anticipate the expenses (meetings not too close to the end of grant period and outputs invoiced on time); and aim for completing the outputs and activities during the grant period; tools Collecting data on members and outputs: what data? Advice: think about it from the beginning of the action and think in advance about the necessary tools (check out with the COST office what s needed)

3. Challenges and advices (2/2) eCOST: needs >< tools Advice: support from eCOST help desk, development of one s own tools (forms, etc.), use eCOST mainly as the financial reporting tool Evolving COST rules and procedures Advice: communication with the administrative officer from the COST Office in order to address the difficulties and develop solutions that respond to both administrative/financial constraints and scientific/network logics

4. What we can say afterwards Rewarding work: networking, meeting people, positive feedback Gain in expertise (both administrative and scientific) for the institution in the management of a European network and possibility to share it with you today!