A new project management publication called “Survival Kit. Managing Multilateral Projects in the Lifelong Learning Programme” has been released. The title may sound a little sarcastic, but many educators who got involved and sometimes entangled in EU-funded projects have felt the need for tailor-made project management support in their endeavour. This is what the “Survival Kit” – which is the second of its kind – aims to provide for actors in Multilateral Projects in the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). Much of its content will be useful for other types of transnational co-operation, too.

The “Survival Kit” is itself the product of a LLP-funded project lead by the Austrian education and consultancy provider “die Berater”. The publication is available in print (English), and as PDF document in English, German, French, Romanian, and Italian.

It can be downloaded free of charge from the website www.european-project-management.eu, together with many useful project management tools: templates, examples and resources like partner agreements, planning forms, reporting sheets, checklists, or aids for evaluation and dissemination.

Many stakeholders, consulted in a focus group process, contributed to the publication and tools by sharing their experiences, practice examples and support tools they found useful.