During this project duration, the following activities were undertaken:
WP1: Four in-person meetings and a plethora of ad-hoc online meetings were held, while all deliverables were completed in time, or with minor delays. No management or financial issues rose, and the overall project’s objectives and impact were met.
WP2: Similar/ mature ecosystems in Cyprus and Malta were analysed, the national stakeholders and actors (Cyprus and Malta) within the quadruple helix were mapped and a Governance Assessment Tool (GAT) has used to analyse the state of current governance of Cyprus and Malta.
WP3: The stakeholders identified in WP2, were invited to take part in the workshops. A total of 9 workshops were held, 5 in Cyprus and 4 in Malta. The first workshops identified the R&I priority areas that stakeholders consider important, and which can support achievement of the NECP targets. The remaining workshops identified the barriers and resources needed to provide R&I support. The workshop results fed into the development of the R&I Action Plans.
WP4: An action plan template, as well as guiding principles, for islands, regions, or locations based on an in-depth review of the outputs of WP2 and WP3 was created. The action plan template was divided into the following sections: a multiannual work program, baseline data, identified targets/objectives, activities, resource mobilization, indicative budgets (including potential source of funding), stakeholder interaction and monitoring of progress. The Actions Plans for both Malta and Cyprus were prepared based on the template.
WP5: The Quality Assurance Plan, that included very detailed quality assurance protocol for the design and reporting of the different scientific and administrative activities of the project, was drafted and implemented throughout the project. It was deemed that the project’s’ actions resulted to the desired outcomes.
WP6: As part of the communication and dissemination activities MICIE raised the profile of the project by participating in 3rd party external events, organising national events and 1 European level event. It also created further visual promotional material (video, infographic) and was active on social media.
The progress results are aligned with the overall scope of the project, and all objectives have been met.
