"Organisational Baseline Questions for Partners" is based on Lesson 1.2 — Organisational Baseline — from Module 1, Framing the Need Analysis, in the EU KA2 Need Analysis course. In this blog post we share what more information we need to learn from partners rather...
You submitted the application. You waited months. Then the rejection arrived — again. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. "Erasmus+ project funding - 19 Rejections to 10 Grants" is based on a personal journey of discovering how Erasmus+ project funding...
Most KA2 proposals do not fail because of a bad idea. They fail in the first paragraph. This post (Core Need: KA2 Need Analysis) is based on Lesson 1.1 — Core Need — from Module 1, Framing the Need Analysis, in the EU KA2 Need Analysis course. In this lesson, we...
Most project managers are working harder than ever. Yet somehow, they are falling further behind. The gap between professionals who have embraced AI and those who haven't is no longer theoretical — it is showing up in proposals, promotions, and project outcomes...
Why do some Need Analysis Structure feel powerful from the first page while others read like a list of activities searching for a problem The difference usually starts much earlier than most people think. It starts with the need analysis. A strong need analysis is...
You chose a framework, wrote your gap analysis, and submitted the application. Yet the evaluator flagged your needs analysis as imprecise. The problem was not what you said. It was the framework you chose to say it with. This post is based on Lesson 3.2 from Module...
You wrote "our target group lacks digital skills" — and the evaluator gave you a 3. Here is exactly why that sentence cost you points. Erasmus plus gap analysis is the foundation of a strong Needs Analysis section, yet it is where most applications lose ground....
Your KA2 proposal could be perfectly written — and still get rejected. Not because your idea is bad, but because you failed to prove anyone actually needs it. In this post "KA2 Needs Analysis Evidence" we do a research on it. This post is based on Lesson 2.3 —...
Your stakeholder consultation evidence was there — the survey responses, the findings, the numbers. Yet the evaluator still marked your Relevance score down. You have no idea why. This post draws on Lesson 2.3 from Module 2 — European Evidence Sources and Data...
Most applications fail not because the idea is weak — they fail because the evidence is. When it comes to needs analysis policy sources, the difference between a strong application and a rejected one almost always comes down to choosing the right references, not...