{"id":47634,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/?p=47634"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:47:04","slug":"ukrainian-partners-horizon-europe-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/de\/ukrainian-partners-horizon-europe-coordinators\/","title":{"rendered":"European Coordinators Looking for Ukrainian Partners: How to Find and Assess Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"47634\" class=\"elementor elementor-47634\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103e9abf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"103e9abf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06133a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d06133a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Munich, 9 October 2026 \u00b7 Nexuswelt Group<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Most writing on Ukraine and EU funding addresses Ukrainian organisations. This one addresses the other side of the table: the coordinator in Munich, Barcelona or Helsinki assembling a consortium, who would consider a Ukrainian partner and does not know how to find one or how to evaluate what they find. For the Ukrainian applicant perspective, see <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/eu-funding-ukrainian-startups\/\">how Ukrainian organisations approach EU funding<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The difficulty is rarely finding candidates. It is assessing delivery capacity and continuity in a way that satisfies your own accountability for a multi-year project. This guide covers the case on the merits, where to look, and a due diligence framework that treats the question seriously rather than sentimentally.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>The case on the merits<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Including a Ukrainian partner is not a gesture, and framing it as one leads to weak <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/how-to-build-horizon-europe-consortium\/\">consortium design<\/a>. There are four arguments that stand on their own.<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li value=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Technical capability. Ukrainian expertise is well established in software and AI, energy systems, agritech, materials, and increasingly in dual-use and resilience technologies &#8211; several of which are areas where European programmes are expanding funding.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Widening participation. Ukraine is a Widening country, and Ukrainian involvement contributes to the geographic and participation breadth that evaluators assess and that many topics actively encourage.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Relevance to current priorities. Reconstruction, resilience, energy security and dual-use themes carry weight in the present work programme, and a Ukrainian partner brings operational credibility to claims in those areas that no other partner can supply.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cost of entry. Ukraine&#8217;s financial contribution to Horizon Europe was waived, so association carries no cost barrier, and Ukrainian entities receive funding directly from the Commission on terms equivalent to those in Member States.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>What does not work is including a partner for the country rather than for the work. Evaluators identify that quickly, and it is the same criticism they make of any partner added for a logo.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Where to look<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><table width=\"624\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\"><thead><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#1f3864\" width=\"180\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Channel<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#1f3864\" width=\"418\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>What it gives you<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The national support office. The most direct route, and the one most likely to produce a matched introduction rather than a list<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Ukrainian National Contact Point network<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sector-specific contacts who know which organisations are active and ready<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>CORDIS<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ukrainian organisations already in funded projects. Prior EU participation is the strongest single signal of delivery readiness<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Funding &amp; Tenders Portal partner search<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Published Ukrainian profiles against specific topics<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Brokerage events and info days<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Increasingly hybrid, which removes the travel barrier that previously limited Ukrainian attendance<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Ukrainian innovation hubs, clusters and university networks<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Depth in a specific domain, and organisations that have not yet published a portal profile<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"180\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Partners with presence in both systems<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"418\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Assessment as well as introduction, which is the part that takes coordinator time\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Due diligence: what to actually check<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is ordinary partner assessment applied carefully, not a special regime. The questions below are the ones you would ask about any organisation you had not worked with, plus two that are specific to the context. For the broader non-EU perspective, see our guide to<a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/finding-european-partners-non-eu-companies\/\"> partner search from outside Europe<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47637\" src=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ukrainian-partner-due-diligence-checklist-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Eight-point due diligence checklist for European coordinators assessing Ukrainian Horizon Europe partners, covering PIC, eligibility, EU experience, decision-makers, language, administrative capacity, continuity and data protection\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ukrainian-partner-due-diligence-checklist-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ukrainian-partner-due-diligence-checklist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ukrainian-partner-due-diligence-checklist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ukrainian-partner-due-diligence-checklist.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>The continuity question, handled properly<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is the question coordinators hesitate to ask and Ukrainian organisations expect. Asking it directly is professional; leaving it unasked and unresolved is what actually causes problems later.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What a satisfactory answer contains:<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where the work is performed, and whether that location can change without the work stopping.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Whether key personnel can work from more than one location, and whether some are already outside Ukraine.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How data and results are backed up, and in which jurisdiction the backups sit.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What the fallback is if a deliverable is delayed by circumstances outside anyone&#8217;s control, and which tasks have schedule flexibility.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who the second contact is if the first becomes unreachable.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ukrainian organisations delivering in EU projects have generally thought about all of this in more detail than their European partners have. A partner who answers these points crisply and in writing is demonstrating operational maturity, and that is how the answer should be read. The same continuity and backup-contact logic is part of sound <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/horizon-europe-consortium-management-year-one\/\">year one coordination<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>A note on proportion: disruption risk is real and it is also not unique. European projects absorb partner insolvency, key-person departure, laboratory closure and institutional reorganisation routinely. The appropriate response is documented planning, not exclusion.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Practical questions coordinators ask<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><table width=\"624\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\"><thead><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#1f3864\" width=\"214\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Question<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#1f3864\" width=\"384\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Short answer<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Do Ukrainian partners receive EU funding directly?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes. Ukraine is fully associated, and Ukrainian entities receive funding directly from the Commission on equivalent terms<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Is an EU-registered entity required?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">No. The Ukrainian entity itself is eligible. Some organisations have established EU entities for commercial reasons, which is a separate decision<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Can a Ukrainian partner coordinate?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes, though as with any first-time participant, joining as a partner first is the sensible route<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Are there calls they cannot join?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some topics restrict participation to protect the EU&#8217;s strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security. This applies to associated countries generally and is stated in the topic text<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Does it complicate the consortium agreement?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Not structurally. Give the usual attention to results ownership, access rights and confidentiality, and consider adding explicit force majeure and communication-failure provisions<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Are there additional reporting obligations?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">No. The same grant agreement rules apply to all beneficiaries<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>What about travel to consortium meetings?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Plan for hybrid participation as standard and treat physical attendance as variable. Most consortia now operate this way regardless<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"214\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Is Ukraine a Widening country?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#f2f5fa\" width=\"384\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes, which is relevant to topics that encourage or reward Widening participation<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Structuring the role well<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><ol><li value=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Assign work that plays to demonstrated strength rather than distributing tasks evenly. A partner delivering something they are genuinely good at absorbs disruption better than one stretched across unfamiliar work.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Avoid placing a Ukrainian partner on the critical path for a single, unsubstitutable deliverable in the first reporting period, unless the continuity arrangements specifically support it.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Build schedule flexibility into their tasks where the work plan allows, in the same way you would for any partner with a known risk factor.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Under<a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/horizon-europe-lump-sum-funding-explained\/\"> lump sum funding<\/a>, avoid concentrating their contribution in one long work package. Splitting across reporting periods protects both their cash flow and the consortium&#8217;s payment schedule.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Give them a substantive role rather than a peripheral one. Peripheral partners disengage, and a partner brought in for breadth without real work is a criticism waiting to be made at review.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Include them in dissemination and exploitation planning from the start, since Ukrainian stakeholder access is a genuine asset in reconstruction, resilience and energy topics.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>What not to do<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Including a partner for the country rather than the work. It is visible and it is criticised.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Avoiding the continuity conversation out of discomfort. The unasked question is the one that causes problems in year two.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Assuming a Ukrainian partner needs less budget or a smaller role. Equivalent terms mean equivalent treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Leaving eligibility unchecked because the country is associated. Association is general; topic restrictions are specific.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Approaching three weeks before a deadline. As with any partner, relationship-building precedes the call.<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Treating the partnership as temporary. Consortia re-form, and a partner who delivered once is the easiest partner to include next time.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #1f3864;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>How Nexuswelt works with coordinators on this<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nexuswelt is a European company headquartered in Munich, with presence in Cyprus and Ukraine. For a coordinator, that structure means partner identification and assessment can happen on the European side of the table, with the practical questions resolved before they become consortium-level uncertainties. Nexuswelt also contributes to funded projects as a partner for communication, dissemination, stakeholder engagement and exploitation. The full landscape is in our <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u>complete guide to EU funding and innovation cooperation with Ukraine<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, and more on the firm is on the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/about-us\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u>Nexuswelt about page<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2811fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e2811fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85a07e elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"c85a07e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2100\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2100\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How can a European coordinator find a Ukrainian partner? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2100\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5dfea1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f5dfea1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2100\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e871b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29e871b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff34796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ff34796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through the Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Contact Point network, CORDIS searches for Ukrainian organisations already in funded projects, the Funding &amp; Tenders Portal partner search, hybrid brokerage events, Ukrainian innovation hubs and university networks, or organisations with established presence in both systems. Prior EU participation visible in CORDIS is the strongest single signal of delivery readiness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2101\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2101\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Do Ukrainian partners receive EU funding directly? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2101\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c1cc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6c1cc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2101\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa3c630 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fa3c630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e1fb10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53e1fb10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes. Ukraine is fully associated to Horizon Europe, and Ukrainian legal entities receive funding directly from the European Commission under conditions equivalent to entities established in EU Member States. Ukraine&#8217;s financial contribution to the programme was waived, so association carries no cost barrier.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2102\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2102\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Does including a Ukrainian partner complicate the consortium agreement? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2102\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c44a744 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c44a744\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2102\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f9ca49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72f9ca49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fafe456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fafe456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Not structurally &#8211; the same grant agreement rules apply to all beneficiaries. Give the usual attention to results ownership, access rights and confidentiality, and consider explicit force majeure and communication-failure provisions, which is sensible practice for any partner with an identified risk factor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2103\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2103\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What should a coordinator check before including a Ukrainian partner? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2103\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593acce4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"593acce4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2103\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ecfa73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32ecfa73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f12deb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f12deb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Legal status and a valid Participant Identification Code, whether the specific topic restricts participation on strategic-autonomy grounds, prior EU project experience or a credible substitute, a named decision-maker and a responsive contact, working language capability, administrative and financial capacity for reporting, continuity arrangements, and how data and results are protected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2104\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2104\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How should the continuity question be raised? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2104\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6605e16f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6605e16f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2104\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-833fe1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"833fe1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223fb724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"223fb724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Directly and early, in writing. A satisfactory answer covers where the work is performed and whether that can change, whether key personnel can work from more than one location, how data is backed up and where, what the fallback is for delayed deliverables, and who the second contact is. Partners delivering in EU projects have usually thought this through in more detail than their European counterparts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2105\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2105\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is Ukraine a Widening country? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2105\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a913788 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a913788\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2105\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c79500 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65c79500\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ff9f3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ff9f3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes, which means Ukrainian participation contributes to the geographic and participation breadth that evaluators assess and that many topics actively encourage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2106\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2106\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Are there Horizon Europe calls Ukrainian entities cannot join? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2106\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2934981c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2934981c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2106\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf03da6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cf03da6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c92227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73c92227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some topics <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/european-technology-sovereignty-deep-tech-eu-funding\/\">restrict participation<\/a> to protect the EU&#8217;s strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security. These restrictions apply to associated countries generally rather than to Ukraine specifically, and they are stated in the individual call or topic text, which should always be checked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2107\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2107\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How should a Ukrainian partner's role be structured in the work plan? <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2107\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c5962f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64c5962f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2107\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765b60c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"765b60c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a398dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a398dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Assign work that plays to demonstrated strength, avoid placing them alone on the critical path for a single unsubstitutable early deliverable unless continuity arrangements support it, build schedule flexibility where the plan allows, and under lump sum funding split their contribution across reporting periods rather than concentrating it in one long work package.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How can a European coordinator find a Ukrainian partner?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Through the Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Contact Point network, CORDIS searches for Ukrainian organisations already in funded projects, the Funding &amp; Tenders Portal partner search, hybrid brokerage events, Ukrainian innovation hubs and university networks, or organisations with established presence in both systems. 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This one addresses the other side of the table: the coordinator in Munich, Barcelona or Helsinki assembling a consortium, who would consider a Ukrainian partner and does not know how to find one or how to evaluate what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqvfKDA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[831,82],"tags":[818,428,853,167,817,343,431],"class_list":["post-47634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-cooperation-associated-countries","category-eu-funding-insights-horizon-europe-news-project-blog","tag-associated-countries","tag-consortium-building","tag-due-diligence","tag-horizon-europe","tag-international-cooperation","tag-partner-search","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian Partners for Horizon Europe: How to Find &amp; Assess Them<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How European coordinators can find and assess Ukrainian Horizon Europe partners: search channels, due diligence, continuity, eligibility and role design.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nexuswelt.com\/de\/ukrainian-partners-horizon-europe-coordinators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking for Ukrainian Partners? 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