BUSINESS PLAN 2023-2025 FOR THE CROSS-KIC STRATEGIC EDUCATION CLUSTER

Project Information

Edu Cluster

Grant agreement ID: 101113078

DOI

10.3030/101113078

EC signature date 4 April 2023

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Total cost

€ 25 916 948,00

EU contribution

€ 25 916 948,00

Coordinated by

EIT RAW MATERIALS GMBH
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (63)

Description of revised and improved modules developed in 2020-2022

involved beneficiaries: EITRM, EITM, C-KIC, EITF, EITUM, EITD, EITH

Report of the scope and results of the DTTI communications campaign in the Alumni community

Report of the scope and results of the DTTI communications campaign in the Alumni communityDelay: Project kicked off in October, no sufficient data in M12 to present valid results for the report

Communication and Dissemination Strategy

to develop a unified EIT Community brand identity, dissemination strategy, and action plan across the EIT Clusters and in collaboration with EIT to engage with key dissemination audiences, including 1) institutions: EU Commission Services, Member States, etc. 2) researchers and educators: universities, RTOs, etc., and 3) the private sector: start-ups, SMEs, and big companies to promote the Cluster’s activities and foster collaboration.

EIT Alumni Impact Report (2)

report

Report covering the research into the needs for resources of this audience for the database

Lead Beneficiaries: EIT Digital Alumni and EIT Food

WGSF Policy brief (2)

Policy brief

EIT Alumni Governance Model, including a section on Rules of procedures of the EIT Alumni Board covering roles and responsibilities, aligned with call of Interests

Model

Management report including: Meeting minutes of alignment calls with EIT, Meeting minutes of Cross-KIC Consortium meetings, and Detailed timeline for the year

(Due date: M3, M15, M27)

Value Proposition Report including recommendations of activities that have the potential for revenue generation

(Due date: M12, M24)

Report with verification and updates of existing resources

(Due date: M12, M24, M36)

Management report

Management report, including summaries of regular meetings with all Shareholders, Feasibility study report (incl. value proposition and validation of EIT Platform, financial sustainability scoping report) and marketing summary (including materials) Due dates: (M6, 12, 24, 36)Two leading beneficiaries - EIT Food, EIT Health

Annual report of bookings and event (2)

Report

Report of Stakeholder Engagement Plan

report

CONNECT 24 Final report including lessons learnt

Report

Concept note, implementation plan, communications & logistics and revenue generation plan for CONNECT 2025

Due date M26

EIT Virtual Campus 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 summary report

Due date: (M12, M24, M36)

Report 1

EITRM is responsible for the submission of three progress reports to EIT (one per year). To ensure high quality reporting, EITRM will set up a structured process to gather data from the respective WP leaders. Furthermore, EITRM will organise quarterly calls with EIT to provide updates on the Cluster and information needed to report to the CEO Forum. Finally, EITRM will be the first point of contact for requests on the part of EIT and organise/participate in ad-hoc meetings on specific issues whenever needed.Delay: Timeline from EIT side changed, no template provided before 31 December 2023

Financial Sustainability policy report

(Due date: M12, M24)

Demographic data of the participants of the mini-company entrepreneurship programme for academic years 2023

Involved beneficiaries: EITRM, EITF, EITM, C-KIC, EITUM

Management report including Meeting minutes of alignment calls with EIT, Meeting minutes of Cross-KIC Consortium meetings, and Detailed timeline for the year (2)

Report

Annual report on the identification, codification, sharing and dissemination activities 2024

Annual report on the identification, codification, sharing and dissemination activities, including the number of results published on the Horizon Results Platform and the uptake of services offered by the European Commission

Report on gender mainstreaming 1

Including strategies, actions/measures implemented to ensure gender balance and incorporation of gender dimensions in Cross-KIC programmes, and results of these actions

Value Proposition Strategy: Outline of offerings for Key Stakeholder Groups, including Revenue Targets and KPIs, that integrates the Marketplace of Talents approach and ensures alignment with EIT Alumni Governance Model & Financial Sustainability

Strategy

Call of Interests to join the EIT Alumni Board as a Community Representative and Chair

Call

Governance and IPR policy report
Report on gender mainstreaming 2

Including strategies, actions/measures implemented to ensure gender balance and incorporation of gender dimensions in Cross-KIC programmes, and results of these actions

Communications activity report (2)

Report

Junior Alumni activities report

involved beneficiaries: EITRM, EITMdue dates: M24, M36

Report on existing network and business model for EIT Alumni
Revised Marketing and Comms Strategy

Revision of the Strategy

EIT Alumni Impact Report

(Due date: M17, M29, M36)Delay: No sufficient data in M12 to present valid results for the report

Programme and participant list of Women and Girls in STEM Forum for each year (2)

Programme

EIT Alumni Membership and Inclusion Policy

Membership

DTTI report 2023
List of participants for 1,000 girls participating in training events per KIC each year

due dates: M12, M24, M36involved beneficiaries: EITM, EITF, C-KIC, EITUM, EITH, EITD

List of participants for 4,000 girls participating in training events each year

Due dates: M12, M24, M36

Junior Alumni Pilot report

involved beneficiaries: EITRM, EITM

Cluster Kick-Off or Mid-term Meeting Agenda and Participant List

An in-person Kick-Off Meeting will be organised in Q1-Q2 2023, depending on future Covid-19 limitations.

Communications and Dissemination Strategy
Concept note, implementation plan, communications & logistics and revenue generation plan for CONNECT 2023

Lead Beneficiaries: EIT Digital

WGSF Policy brief

Due dates: M12, M24, M36

Alumni activity report: An overview of activities and engagement levels, and recommendations for the future

"Second annual deliverable. Name changed from ""Value Proposition Report including recommendations of activities that have the potential for revenue generation"""

External evaluation of the GGC programme

Due dates: M12, M24involved beneficiaries: EITRM, C-KICThis DEL was initially divided into two reports: one for 2023 and one for 2024. However, as we are now in the middle of the MEL framework process, it would be best to have one report for the whole evaluation, which will end in the middle of 2024. Hence, the DEL for 2023 needs to be deleted.

Corda datasheet declaration No. 4 2024

Cross KIC Education Cluster Coordination Team declares to remind all EIT KICs to submit project data to Corda completely and accurate and to confirm to Cross KIC Education Initiative that this has been done.

EIT Youth and EUIPO Collaboration Report

Report

Description of new learning module developed

due dates: M10, M34involved beneficiaries: EITRM, EITM, C-KIC, EITF, EITUM, EITD, EITH

List of participants for 6000 girls (2023-2024)/5550 girls (2025) participating in training each year(2)

List

EIT Youth and EUIPO collaboration report (2)

Report

Communications activity report

due dates: M12, M24, M36

Signing of MOOC solution license(s) Report on final solution implemented
Corda datasheet declaration No. 2 2025

Cross KIC Education Cluster Coordination Team declares to remind all EIT KICs to submit project data to Corda completely and accurate and to confirm to Cross KIC Education Initiative that this has been done.

Report 2

EITRM is responsible for the submission of three progress reports to EIT (one per year). To ensure highquality reporting, EITRM will set up a structured process to gather data from the respective WP leaders. Furthermore, EITRM will organise quarterly calls with EIT to provide updates on the Cluster and information needed to report to the CEO Forum. Finally, EITRM will be the first point of contact for requests on the part of EIT and organise/participate in ad-hoc meetings on specific issues whenever needed.

Minutes and attendance lists of the meetings and consultations organised with the EIT KICs for all meetings within the WP

Due dates (M12, M24, M36)

Corda datasheet declaration No. 1 2025

Cross KIC Education Cluster Coordination Team declares to remind all EIT KICs to submit project data to Corda completely and accurate and to confirm to Cross KIC Education Initiative that this has been done.

DTTI report 2024

DTTI report 2024Delay: As activities are ongoing in December, it would make sense to provide a full report for the year after the end of the reporting period, namely, in January.

Learning pathway creation processes report
Corda datasheet declaration No. 3 2025

Cross KIC Education Cluster Coordination Team declares to remind all EIT KICs to submit project data to Corda completely and accurate and to confirm to Cross KIC Education Initiative that this has been done.

Report with verification and updates of existing resources (2)

report

Programme and participant list of Women and Girls in STEM Forum for each year

Due dates: M11, M23, M35

Annual report of bookings and event

(Due date: M12, M24, M36)

Concept note, implementation plan, communications & logistics and revenue generation plan for CONNECT 2024

Connect 2024, is no longer tied to Innoveit 2024 in Q1. We have received confirmation from EIT that Connect 2024 will instead be held in Q3, so conept note preparation will be shifted into next year to also include follow up and lessons learnt from 2023

Annual social media impact reports

(Due date: M12, M24, M36)

End of year progress report

(Due date: M24, M36)