From idea to impact: Webinar shows how Premiere and EU‑FarmBook strengthen multi-actor projects
On February 11, the webinar “From idea to impact: Supercharging your multi-actor proposal” took place with around 80 online participants. A practical session for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 proposal writers and applicants who want to include a strong multi-actor approach and design convincing pathways to impact that meet multi-actor engagement and long-term impact criteria.
How do project ideas become effective results that are findable, understandable, and usable in the long term? This question was the focus of the webinar, which was jointly organized by representatives of the Premiere and EU‑FarmBook projects. Using the two interdisciplinary Horizon projects as examples, the webinar highlighted the path from the application phase to the utilization of results – with a clear focus on making results accessible, reusable, and widely disseminated.
The Premiere project supports projects in their early stages. It provides materials, tools, and services specifically tailored to multi-actor applications for planning proposals. EU-FarmBook comes into play at the end of the project cycle: it ensures that results are accessible, can be reused, and remain visible in the long term.
EU‑FarmBook actually helps with the application process by answering the key question of where the results will end up after the project has ended. If you consider EU‑FarmBook from the outset, you can clearly state in the application that time and resources will be allocated for preparing the results in understandable, practical formats – and that materials and project information will then be uploaded to EU‑FarmBook.
Moderation and insights from both projects
The event was moderated by Lisa van Dijk, who is involved in both projects. Mikelis Grivins gave an overview of Premiere: 15 partners from 12 EU member states are pooling their expertise to support multi-actor projects with tailor-made materials, tools, and services. Susanne von Münchhausen explained the seven requirements that must be met when applying for Horizon funding for a multi-actor project – including interdisciplinarity and the consistent involvement of non-scientific actors from the field. Both Susanne and Lisa are involved in both initiatives, thus bridging the gap between application practice and results transfer.
EU FarmBook: Features and benefits for impact
Laurens van der Cruyssen then presented the key features of EU-FarmBook and showed how they are linked to project impacts. These include multilingualism, AI-powered smart search functions, the FarmAssistant chatbot for targeted information searches, and project pages with advanced analytics and feedback statistics. EU FarmBook helps to disseminate and exploit results, especially for target groups that need accessible, practical knowledge. The platform follows the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and ensures that results remain easy to find and use in both the short and long term.
Making results ready for practice
Felicia van Tulder showed how project results can be prepared to be “ready for practice” – the key here is to consider the target groups from the outset. Comprehensible language, context description, and structured metadata are crucial to ensure that knowledge reaches the people who need it. Susanne von Münchhausen emphasized: “It is important to write in the proposal what happens to your results, another good argument for the EU-FarmBook.” Those who use Premiere for a strong, multi-actor application and plan for EU-FarmBook early on will achieve consistent quality from idea to impact. Projects should allocate time and resources to present their results in a comprehensible manner and then make them available via EU-FarmBook – for sustainable visibility, reuse, and broad impact in practice and science.
