Last week, Prof. dr. Rose-Marie Dröes was named Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Amsterdam alderman, Simone Kukenheim, due to her great scientific and social commitment to dementia field. Our colleague received the Royal award at the 1st International BestCare4Dem congress at the DeLaMar Theater (Amsterdam). This congress was the 25 years commemoration of the first Meeting Center inauguration in the Netherlands.
Congratulations!
As training manager of INDUCT, I am responsible for the overall coordination and organization of the individual and network-wide training of our 15 ESRs. My main task is the organization of five INDUCT Summer and Winter Schools. Together with the local and management team, we identify needs and interests among the ESRs, compose a varied program for the week including training sessions, project meetings and social and networking events, invite academic and non-academic expert speakers, organize practical matters, and afterwards we evaluate the event, write a report, and try to incorporate all suggestions in our future training events.
As the INDUCT project manager, most of my tasks have been ‘behind the scenes’. I have been responsible for submitting scientific deliverables, writing reports for the funder, negotiating deadlines and updating the EU Portal. A project manager functions as a middleman between the EC Project Officer, beneficiaries, partners and ESRs.