1. Open "Strategic development" 

Click on Strategic development in the Content menu. The Strategic development screen opens.

The section contains two subsections, which both must be completed:

• Objectives 
• Overview of planned activities

Open Strategic Development

2. Fill in "Objectives"

2.1. Provide basic information on why you apply and what you aim to achieve

Provide information in the section about the main motivation to participate and the foreseen goals and issues you seek to address.

Provide basic information on Motivation

2.2. Provide and describe key objectives 

In this section you need to provide information for each objective, you want to address with your projects.

By default, an empty mandatory Objective 1 is already available to fill in the required information. 

Complete all required information in the dedicated fields. Mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk (*). 

Further objectives may be added by clicking the blue Add objective button. 

You may delete wrongly added objectives by clicking the red bin. 

Define key objectives

2.3. Provide additional information on the intended impact and the methods applied in achieving the objectives

Complete all other required information in this subsection.

Additional information on objectives

3. Provide overview of planned activities

3.1. Specify the years in which you plan activities

In the header of the Activities table you need to specify the years that you plan your activities for. 

You are requested to make a plan for at least 3 years. Should you wish to submit a plan for more years, you can do so by adding more columns.

1. Select the first year of your project in the drop-down list.
2. Depending on the number of years you plan for this activity, you can add additional years by clicking the blue + icon.
3. If you have defined too many years, you can remove the last year listed by clicking the red bin icon.

Specify years for activities

3.2. Add activity types 

In the table you need to add a line for each activity type you foresee.

By default, an empty row is already available for the first activity type. 

1. For each Activity type you must specify:

• Activity category (from a drop-down list)
• The Target number of activities you foresee for each year for this activity type
• The Target number of participants you foresee for each year for this activity type
• The objective(s) targeted, the objective(s) you want to achieve by this activity type (from a drop-down list with your key objectives) 

2. Further activity types can be added by clicking the blue Add activity button. 

3. You can remove an activity from the table by clicking the red bin icon associated with the activity you want delete, and confirm.

Add activity types

3.3. Provide additional information about the planned activities and your organisation's approach

Complete the remaining required information in this subsection.

Additional information for activities

4. Example of a completed "Strategic Development" section

Once you have correctly completed all sections and subsections, the section is marked with a green check.

Strategic Development complete