Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NGI Enrichers (NGI International Collaboration – Transatlantic Fellowship Programme)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-09-01 do 2024-02-29
NGI Enrichers aims to be the EU gateway for NGI innovators to both the US and Canada. By implementing an agile and flexible programming and management of a Transatlantic Fellowship programme, the NGI Enrichers’ consortium reinforces established collaboration ties between EU-US NGI innovators and create new ones, while developing a whole new collaborative network of Internet innovators and researchers between the EU and CA and integrates them into the NGI community.
The NGI Enrichers programme supports European NGI researchers and innovators to spend 3-6 months in the US or Canada to work and collaborate with US and Canadian hosts, to promote knowledge-sharing and establishing long-term collaborations on NGI technologies, services, and standards. The programme provides travel funding, living allowance, and visa for visiting fellows from Europe, and supports both fellows and their hosts, with bootcamps, mentors, visibility, community building and more.
The main outcomes of the project are as follow:
• Up to 70-90 fellows making expeditions to the USA or to Canada
• Enhanced EU-US and EU-Canada cooperation in the development of Next Generation Internet technologies, services and standards
• Supporting the EU internet policy objectives by sharing the EU vision and values with US and Canadian counterparts and forging bonds through concrete collaborations
• A transatlantic ecosystem of top researchers, high-tech start-ups / SMEs and Internet-related communities collaborating on the evolution of the Internet according to a human-centric approach
The NGI Enrichers programme supports European NGI researchers and innovators to spend 3-6 months in the US or Canada to work and collaborate with US and Canadian hosts, to promote knowledge-sharing and establishing long-term collaborations on NGI technologies, services, and standards. The programme provides travel funding, living allowance, and visa for visiting fellows from Europe, and supports both fellows and their hosts, with bootcamps, mentors, visibility, community building and more.
The main outcomes of the project are as follow:
• Up to 70-90 fellows making expeditions to the USA or to Canada
• Enhanced EU-US and EU-Canada cooperation in the development of Next Generation Internet technologies, services and standards
• Supporting the EU internet policy objectives by sharing the EU vision and values with US and Canadian counterparts and forging bonds through concrete collaborations
• A transatlantic ecosystem of top researchers, high-tech start-ups / SMEs and Internet-related communities collaborating on the evolution of the Internet according to a human-centric approach
NGI Enrichers successfuly put in place a fellowship programme allowing top reasearchers and innovators to pursue a 3 to 6 months fellowshop programme in the US or in the CA for their NGI related projects.
A multiple actions and activites were performed to put in place such a vibrant community, both with the fellows and the hosts. The following list presents those activities and actions that have been undertaken:
• 54 fellows have been selected: 32 fellows for the first cohort and 22 fellows for the second cohort.
• Two rounds of open calls have successfully conducted.
• NGI Enrichers team funded 90 Tranches (4 tranches per complete fellowship) and 14 travel costs reimbursement have been received and processed.
• 14 new partnerships with US host organisations have been established.
• 5 new partnerships have been established with CA host organisation.
• 21 partnerships with former host organisations have been reconducted.
• 28 expert evaluators were selected
• The First Virtual Award ceremony took place on January 17th 2024 for the 11 fellows who finished their expedition and pitched their projects.
• Two in person pre departure bootcamps have been held during 2 days in Rome: the first on the 15th and 16th of May 2023 and the second bootcamp on the 28th and 29th of February 2024.
• 8 peer to peer meetings were organized with the first cohort in order to build the community.
• NGI Enrichers team realised 43 personalized technical assistance sessions.
• 20 mentors and 45 mentoring sessions were put in place.
A multiple actions and activites were performed to put in place such a vibrant community, both with the fellows and the hosts. The following list presents those activities and actions that have been undertaken:
• 54 fellows have been selected: 32 fellows for the first cohort and 22 fellows for the second cohort.
• Two rounds of open calls have successfully conducted.
• NGI Enrichers team funded 90 Tranches (4 tranches per complete fellowship) and 14 travel costs reimbursement have been received and processed.
• 14 new partnerships with US host organisations have been established.
• 5 new partnerships have been established with CA host organisation.
• 21 partnerships with former host organisations have been reconducted.
• 28 expert evaluators were selected
• The First Virtual Award ceremony took place on January 17th 2024 for the 11 fellows who finished their expedition and pitched their projects.
• Two in person pre departure bootcamps have been held during 2 days in Rome: the first on the 15th and 16th of May 2023 and the second bootcamp on the 28th and 29th of February 2024.
• 8 peer to peer meetings were organized with the first cohort in order to build the community.
• NGI Enrichers team realised 43 personalized technical assistance sessions.
• 20 mentors and 45 mentoring sessions were put in place.
The NGI Enrichers project aims to have short, medium and long-term impacts on EU-US and EU-Canada cooperation in NGI topics at the same time contributing to a human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies. NGI fosters the vision that “The Internet of the future should be more open, provide better services, more intelligence, greater involvement and participation, and reflect the social and ethical values: free, open and more interoperable”.
Maximisation of the impact is expected to be achieved via increased inclusiveness, by supporting a human-centered apoproach to technology development. NGI Enrichers fellows are encouraged to develop the projects that comply the NGI vision, supporting human-centric internet values: autonomy, humanities, cooperation, openness, inclusivity, data protection, data sovereignty, data privacy, transparency.
The other important expected impact includes sustainable, high-qulity jobs by targeting skills mismatches , the need to empower workers, and ethical considerations realting to technological progress. To maximise the impact fellows are supported to develop their projects, engaging with various investors, creating start-ups etc.
An interlinked and humancentric NGI Enrichers community is paramount to achieve NGI Enrichers objectives and to maximise the positive impact on the EU community. A strong desire to connect with one another have been witnessed from the fellows and the NGI Enrichers team facilitates putting community at the place, taking advantage of the mentors and team partners.
Furthermore, the NGI Enrichers developped numerous connection with hosts in the US and in CA, with mentors, ambassadors, evaluators and even thematic experts who interviened during the bootcamps. The community has been growing, but more importantly with people who are fully relevant and activly sharing and networking with the other members.
Maximisation of the impact is expected to be achieved via increased inclusiveness, by supporting a human-centered apoproach to technology development. NGI Enrichers fellows are encouraged to develop the projects that comply the NGI vision, supporting human-centric internet values: autonomy, humanities, cooperation, openness, inclusivity, data protection, data sovereignty, data privacy, transparency.
The other important expected impact includes sustainable, high-qulity jobs by targeting skills mismatches , the need to empower workers, and ethical considerations realting to technological progress. To maximise the impact fellows are supported to develop their projects, engaging with various investors, creating start-ups etc.
An interlinked and humancentric NGI Enrichers community is paramount to achieve NGI Enrichers objectives and to maximise the positive impact on the EU community. A strong desire to connect with one another have been witnessed from the fellows and the NGI Enrichers team facilitates putting community at the place, taking advantage of the mentors and team partners.
Furthermore, the NGI Enrichers developped numerous connection with hosts in the US and in CA, with mentors, ambassadors, evaluators and even thematic experts who interviened during the bootcamps. The community has been growing, but more importantly with people who are fully relevant and activly sharing and networking with the other members.