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HAGRID “ H igh A dded Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Use of the Concept of “ Grid Computing”. PROJECT OVERVIEW FP7 ICT Information Da y 16 February 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria. HAGRID Consortium (1/2).
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HAGRID“High Added Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Use of the Concept of “Grid Computing” PROJECT OVERVIEW FP7ICT Information Day 16 February 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
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
LTU IIMC H&K ITTI & IPPT PAN BME UNI TRANSFER ARIES SAITC Q-PLAN N.G. METU & TUBITAK APRE X10D HAGRID Consortium (2/2)
HAGRID Core Idea(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
HAGRID Core Idea(2/2) • Main Objectives: • 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. • To provide added value services tailored to the needs of any interested organisation.
‘CLIENTS’ GET ACCESS TO … THROUGH ITS WEB-PORTAL (SPOA) HAGRID CONCEPT … HAGRID & SIMILAR SSAS ACTIVITIES & SERVICES
HAGRID Scope • 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 Activities & Services (1/3) • Conventional activities: • Promotion – publicity campaign (including quarterly newsletter) • Info-days / workshops (6) • Networking / partnering events (3, within major ICT events) • HAGRID website
HAGRID Activities & Services (2/3) • 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 (3/3) • Advanced Services (to individual organisations): • 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)
Work 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)
Work Approach & Methodology(2/2) • 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)
Overall Timetable • 21 months