Celtic has prepared a Handbook as a general guideline and tool to assist projects and participants in preparing proposals and for successfully running projects. The Handbook should be regarded as a living document. Described processes may be improved, new processes may be added if it turns out that this would be useful for the projects.

Some processes are mandatory and have to be considered by the project participants. However, most of the described processes should be regarded more as recommendations and suggestions for good practise.

The purpose of the Celtic Handbook is to provide information about established processes related to the

•  Definition and submission of proposals

•  Evaluation and labelling of projects

•  Definition of project consortia and set-up of a project

• Requirements for managing Celtic projects

• Reporting and quality assurance of results