The SNS OPS organisational and support goals outlined above can be broken down into many individual activities, examples of which are listed below, which will all contribute to achieving the overall project objectives:
• Development of a Europe wide forum for addressing the Communication Network Technologies and systems in the context of 6G global developments.
• Support for the identification of strategic R&I orientations including at global level, the coordination of R&I results/initiatives at EU scale including Member State level initiatives, the dissemination and web presence, the organisation of Europe's contribution to standards, and the identification of international cooperation priorities across key regions.
• Generation, publication, and promotion of common technical papers showing the work and consensus of the SNS projects, in particular via the support to the various SNS related Working Groups.
• Stimulation of future R&I actions - "grow a project pipeline".
• Periodic updates of the SRIA to determine the SNS future directions
• Support for the SNS European partnership and the related programmatic organisation through cross SNS projects coordination.
• Organisation of the SNS as a coherent programme with clear links to the 6G Infrastructure Association and the EC via the partnership board and the JU Office and their strategic policies.
• Maximised output and exploitation of SNS project results in key domains, e.g. standardisation, spectrum
• Inter JU coordination and joint actions.
• Continual improvement process based on regular assessments of SNS KPIs and strategic actions via future workplans to improve the achievement of the SNS goals;
• A strong cooperation with the operational process of the private Member of the JU, notably in support of R&I, events and stakeholder management at large.
The main achievements in period 2 have been the continued support of the collaborative inter-project activities in the SNS JU by supporting the bodies in the SNS-Initiative (SB, TB and project-initiated Working Groups) and their activities, the monitoring of plans and assessment of achieved progress as well as the update of the SNS vision, supporting the SNS communication activities including e.g. the SNS website, newsletters and social media channels, supporting the evolution of the Collaboration Agreement and ensuring all beneficiaries in SNS acced to it, maintaining the SNS IT infrastructure, organising and participating in a large number of events, and making significant progress with implementing the stakeholder involvement strategy, to build a robust SNS community.
