State Agency for Information Technology and Communications “High Added Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Organisations.

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HAGRID

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

FP7 ICT Information Day16 February 2007

Sofia, Bulgaria

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HAGRID Consortium HAGRID Consortium (1/2)14 partners

11 countries (5 NMS,1 ACCs, 5 EU-15)

4 IST NCPs

4 IRCs

4 scientific partners

1 Communic. expert

Short Name Capacity Country 1. Q-PLAN N.G. Innov. & Manag. Consultant Greece

2. METU Scientific partner Turkey

3. X10D Innovation consultant Scientific partner Hungary

4. ARIES IRC ICT association Romania

5. BME (BUTE) IRC Hungary

6. H&K Communication Expert Estonia

7. APRE IST NCP, IRC Italy

8. TUBITAK IST NCP Turkey

9. ITTI Scientific Partner Poland

10. SAITC IST NCP Bulgaria

11. IPPT PAN IST NCP Poland

12. LTU Scientific partner Sweden

13. IIMC Organiser of IT events IT management consultant Ireland

14. UNI TRANSFER IRC Germany

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Q-PLAN N.G.

ITTI & IPPT PAN

IIMCH&K

UNI TRANSFER

LTU

BME

ARIES

SAITC

APRE

METU & TUBITAK

X10D

HAGRID Consortium HAGRID Consortium (2/2)

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HAGRID Core IdeaHAGRID Core Idea (1/2)(1/2)

AIM:

to provide an innovative Single Point of Access (SPOA) solution to newcomers and beginners in IST …

… so as to accelerate their integration to the ERA in IST

MAIN ELEMENTS:‘GRID’ concept + Longer-lasting effect + post-project exploitation perspective

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HAGRID Core IdeaHAGRID Core Idea (2/2)(2/2)

Main Objectives:

(1)To exploit synergies between the > 25 actual and future EU-funded SSAs supporting participation in ICT research, … for the benefit of European and INCO organisations interested in FP7-ICT.

(2)To provide added value services tailored to the needs of any interested organisation.

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HAGRID CONCEPTHAGRID CONCEPT

HAGRID PORTAL(Single Point of Access)

HAGRIDEvents

HAGRIDAdvanced Services

HAGRIDe-Services

Similar SSAsEvents & Services

CLIENTS

ACC

NMS

INCO EU-15

OTHER‘CLIENTS’

GET ACCESS TO …

… HAGRID & SIMILAR SSAS ACTIVITIES &

SERVICES

THROUGH ITSWEB-PORTAL (SPOA)

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Target groups & countries Newcomers & beginners from NMS, ACC

and INCO countries (either research organisations or enterprises),

SMEs and university spin-offs from the EU-15

Target areas FP7-ICT in general, Converging technologies / applications Multidisciplinary research and socio-

economic issues of importance for the ICT acceptability & commercialisation

HAGRID ScopeHAGRID Scope

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HAGRID Activities & Services HAGRID Activities & Services (1/3)(1/3)

Conventional activities:

Promotion – publicity campaign (including quarterly newsletter)

Info-days / workshops (6)

Networking / partnering events (3, within

major ICT events)

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Info-days / Training / NetworkingInfo-days / Training / Networking

Country Info-days / workshops

Greece, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Germany

0

Turkey 1

Hungary 1

Romania 1

Estonia (Baltic countries) 1

Bulgaria 1

Poland 1

TOTAL 6

Organiser Networking Events

BME (BUTE) (Hungary)

1

IIMC (Ireland) 1 (eChallenges 2007)

UNI TRANSFER (Germany)

1 (CeBIT)

TOTAL 3

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e-Services (through a web-engine in HAGRID

portal): Partner Searches

Collaboration Profiles submission

Proposal ideas submission

Allowing multiple access in the web-DBs of similar SSAs

HAGRID Activities & Services HAGRID Activities & Services (2/3)(2/3)

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S1: ‘PR Research Profile’ (to promote the organisation and improve their image, 1-page)

S2: Research Action Plans (suggest overall strategy and specific actions to improve participation in FP7-ICT)

S3: Tailored Training Course (6months duration, including face-to-face and distance learning modules, training future evaluators and reviewers from NMS & ACC)

Advanced Services (to individual organisations):

HAGRID Activities & Services HAGRID Activities & Services (3/3)(3/3)

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HAGRID Main TargetsHAGRID Main TargetsMAJOR TARGETS of HAGRID

Activity / Event Indicator Target Organisations contacted (European & INCO) 5.500 Visits in the project website 8.000

Publicity / Promotion Campaign Project newsletters 4 Info-days / workshops

Project info-days / participants 6 / 250-300

Established collaborations with similar SSAs 10 Partner searches communicated to similar SSAs 60-90 e-Services Collaboration Profiles communicated to similar SSAs 30-45

Networking / partnering

Number of events / participants 3 / 240-300

Number of ‘PR Profiles’ & ‘Research Action Plans’ 40 Advanced Services Number of Tailored Training Courses (20-25 participants

per course) 8

Number of collaboration cases 50-70 General NMS & ACC organisations coordinators in IST proposals 6

Dissemination Number of participants in the dissemination workshop 80-100

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Work Approach & MethodologyWork Approach & Methodology (1/2)

WP1: Project Management

WP2: Portal Design & Development (detailed requirements, design & content, design and development of web-tools / engine & DBs, Portal development and testing)

WP3: Collaboration Activities with Similar projects (establishment of initial communication, elaboration of the Collaboration Framework, establishment of collaboration, managing collaboration)

WP4: Service Development (detailed specifications, preparation of the training & supporting material and tools, creation of a pool of experts, finalisation of Networking Plans & RAPs, training of the Services team)

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WP5: Promotion, Awareness Creation and Networking Activities (publicity campaign, iInfo-days / Workshops, networking events)

WP6: Portal Operation (operation of the site, operation of the DBs & web-tools / engine, updates and improvements, Collaboration Profiles & partner searches)

WP7: Service Provision (selection of beneficiaries, Networking Plans, ‘Research Action Plans’, training sessions)

WP8: Assessment, Review & Dissemination (Post-project Exploitation & Dissemination Plans, dissemination Activities & Workshop, Project Review & Good Practice)

Work Approach & MethodologyWork Approach & Methodology (2/2)

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Overall TimetableOverall Timetable

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