WP1 - International Knowledge exchange to support the integration of Ukraine into ERA
• Assessment and analytical evidence of UA participation in H2020 programme (in total, 6 comprehensive analytical reports (on 6 months bases) about the current participation of the Ukrainian R&I institutions in Horizon 2020 were produced)
• Assessment of current bilateral support actions between EU MS and Ukraine in the field of STI
• Database (online) and report on all projects funded under H2020 with UA participation
• Input paper on new materials as possible PPP initiative for Ukraine
• Input paper on Research and Development (R&D) partnerships of the European Union in Ukraine
• Support document showing evidence of Ukrainian strengths in H2020 published
• Monitoring concept for assessing the implementation of PSF recommendations for Ukraine
• Progress report on policy support activities including a collection of assessment reports about Ukrainian participation in H2020 and short reports about support actions from EU MS to Ukraine published
• Two stakeholder fora organised in Kyiv to further support the policy dialogue
• Final Monitoring report on the implementation of the Policy mix peer review recommendations published
WP2 – Widening, promoting and encouraging Ukrainian participation in Horizon 2020
• To further distribute knowledge about Horizon 2020 and its specific thematic areas, 26 Horizon 2020 promotion events including info days, trainings and webinars and a H2020 Summer School for young researchers were organised (initially only 5 info days and 10 webinars were planned in the project)
• Organisation of four proposal writing trainings for UA stakeholders
• Organisation of one SME instrument training for UA SMEs
• Exchange of good practices between the EU MS and MESU concerning the nomination and performance of the Horizon 2020 Programme Committee Members
• Establishment and launch of a project preparatory support mechanism (project preparatory grants for Ukrainian stakeholders. Launch of three public calls, resulting in 17 full applications and six funded applicants
• Preparation of the organisation of the RI-LINKS2UA summer school on H2020 for 28 young UA researchers in Odessa
WP3 – Governance of Ukrainian participation in Horizon 2020
• Setting up of a methodological framework for the Ukrainian monitoring system for H2020
• Guiding documents for the implementation of training visits of UA NCPs in EU MS were set up
• Supporting the NCPs network in Ukraine by organising in-house in EU MS and exchanges
WP4 – Innovation support
• Report on the innovation support measures currently in place in Ukraine published
• Organisation of a cluster management training together with Black Sea Horizon project
• Policy brief on how to accelerate the process of bringing knowledge to the market including promising practices from EU and Ukraine and recommendations published
• Organisation of two SME Instrument info days and one training dedicated to SMEs in Horizon 2020
WP5 – Dissemination, Exploitation and Quality assurance
• Dissemination and communication plan for steering all project communication/dissemination activities published
• Web portal as the main information hub for EU-UA STI cooperation launched
• Quality Assurance and Exploitation Strategy document published
• Social media channels to promote the project activities established & maintained
• Eight project eJournals published & disseminated by all partners (and in cooperation with MESU and EU Delegation in Ukraine)
WP6 - Projects Management and Coordination
• Six Project Management Board Meetings organised
• Communication channels between project partners and the project coordinator and external stakeholders, such as the project advisory board, the project officer and various other strategic cooperation partners established
• Cooperation with partners beyond the project consortium, such as the EU Support Group for Ukraine, the EU Delegation to Ukraine and other EU funded project targeting the country (EaP PLUS, Black Sea Horizon etc.)
