Consortium design & coordination
Horizon Europe consortium building and proposal coordination
A good consortium is not a list of impressive organisations. It is an argument that the proposed work can be delivered.
Where we help
Arvacore helps coordinators shape partner roles, work packages, responsibilities and interfaces so the consortium supports the proposal rather than becoming a weakness inside it.
- Capability and partner-gap mapping
- Coordinator and work-package role design
- Partner role descriptions
- Work-package ownership
- Task dependencies and interfaces
- Contribution requests and partner input templates
- Governance and decision logic
- Consortium meeting structure during proposal preparation
- Alignment of partner effort with objectives and outcomes
- Consistency between partner roles, budget logic and implementation narrative
Useful when
- The idea is strong but the consortium is incomplete
- Too many partners appear to overlap
- No partner clearly owns exploitation, validation or integration
- The coordinator is collecting disconnected text from partners
- The work-package structure does not match the actual capabilities in the consortium
- The proposal needs industrial or end-user logic rather than another research partner
How the engagement works
- 1
Capability map
Define what the project must be able to do.
- 2
Gap map
Identify missing capability, geography, validation or value-chain roles.
- 3
Role architecture
Assign responsibilities and work-package ownership.
- 4
Proposal integration
Translate those roles into tasks, deliverables, risks and governance.
- 5
Consistency review
Check that partner effort and proposal claims tell the same story.
Start small
If the consortium already exists, Arvacore can begin with a short structure review rather than a full partner-search engagement.
Building or repairing a consortium?
Share the call, current partner list and the gaps you are trying to solve.