What every EU-funded project website should include
A practical checklist for project coordinators and communication partners, from identity and partner pages to deliverables, news and long-term dissemination.
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Start from the project’s communication objectives
Most EU-funded projects describe their communication and dissemination objectives in the proposal. A good project website is the operational expression of those objectives, not a separate creative exercise. Begin by mapping every objective to a concrete part of the website: who reads it, what action it supports and how it will be updated.
This avoids a common pattern: a project website that looks impressive at launch but cannot be sustained or measured during the project lifecycle.
The structural minimum
Every EU project website should clearly present:
- The project identity and abstract
- The consortium and partners
- The work packages and objectives
- The news and events stream
- The deliverables and publications library
- The results and impact pages
- A contact route for stakeholders
These are not decorative sections. Each one has a specific audience and reporting purpose, so the information architecture should be designed around them before any visual design begins.
Long-term dissemination, not just launch
Communication partners often inherit project websites that were optimised for launch and ignore the long tail of the project. A sustainable site assumes regular updates, planned content milestones and clear ownership for each section.