Class Seminar II/ Seminar Analysis, Management and Evaluation of Investment and Innovation Projects

This course has two main aims. The first is based on the study of European public policies and support for their implementation, often supported by investment programmes and projects. Attention will also be paid to international and European financial institutions and the legal instruments that regulate and implement them. The second objective focuses on identifying business opportunities and national, European and international financial support, as well as knowledge of the techniques used to design, analyse, finance and manage innovation and investment projects.

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PART I - Introduction 1. National, European and International Sources of Information 2. EU policies 3. EU funding 4. International funding 5. Economic Diplomacy PART II - Project Management 6. Managing Projects 7. Project Management Methodologies 8. Economic and Financial Analysis of Projects 9. Case Studies

The active methodology used in this seminar, one of the innovative methods in the teaching-learning process, is based on the active role of the students. The access to information that is always available, the content of the syllabus, the academic research, the always updated syllabus blog, the defended theses on the topics that are available online, similar research papers, all this turns the teacher into a mediator, a tutor who tries to transform all this information into knowledge. In order for this method to work, the learning objectives and the assessment model are defined from the outset and are known to the students so that they can prepare themselves in advance. In each lesson, there is a period when students are encouraged to take part in debates, express their opinions and thus develop their critical thinking.

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