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HAGRID
““HHigh igh AAdded Value Soft Actions Facilitating dded Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO
Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Use of the Concept of “Use of the Concept of “GridGrid Computing” Computing”
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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