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Review of 1st year MIG-T work and working methods. Michael Lutz, MIG-T meeting, 30 September – 1 October 2014, London, UK. Working procedures. Meetings Meeting frequency Proposals of discussion topics Include more discussions / exchange of good practices?
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Review of 1st year MIG-T work and working methods Michael Lutz, MIG-T meeting, 30 September – 1 October 2014, London, UK
Working procedures • Meetings • Meeting frequency • Proposals of discussion topics • Include more discussions / exchange of good practices? • Are physical meetings good value for money? • Discussions • Have technical discussions in the MIG-T (or only in sub-groups)? • Communication channels (e-mail, collaboration space, meetings, …) • Work programme • Process for updating the MIWP
Tools • Collaboration space • Content mainly provided by JRC & EEA • Seems to be actively used by some groups • Sometimes unclear where information is / should go • Main project vs. sub-projects • Issues vs. wiki vs. documents vs. files vs. forum vs. news • How to notify others? • How to use issues? • MIWP tasks & status updates • Specific issues to be addressed inside the tasks • Meetings and sub-group ToRs • Mailing list • Tele-/web-conference facilities
Active involvement of MIG-T members • Personal impressions • Much of the activity to date is driven by JRC/EEA • There is an expectation that this is the way it should be • Discussions dominated by few MS • Little feedback on proposals and deliverables • Joint work only on few activities • MIWP-5 (validation), MIWP-8 (metadata), MIWP-16 (monitoring) • How to improve the sharing of discussion topics and good practices? • How to encourage wider involvement? • What should be our level of ambition for MIG-T?
Funding of MIG-related activities • MIG activities largely funded by • In-kind contributions (staff time) from MS, EC and EEA • ARE3NA ISA action (study/service contracts) • Support to JRC from DG ENV (reimbursement of experts) • JRC/EEA institutional budget (contracts, reimbursement) • Costs (examples)
Communication • Does information about the MIG-T work reach the “factory floor” (and vice versa)? • Is it well understood/valued by decision makers? • How is MIG-T work being communicated within the MS? • Communication with NCP and MIG-P • Communication with technical/thematic experts • Communication channels • Collaboration space • INSPIRE web site • Social media • Others? • Communication sub-group