WP1: Organisational model, Governance and Management Planning
The legal status determined was of a public establishment. All partners have collectively decided to organize the CoE in a relatively flat structure for less emphasis on a hierarchical priority and more focus on decision-making involvement. In managing the Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer as whole, the we have concluded that a standard procedure will only be in place once the legal entity has been established. It has been collectively decided that, the differences in IPR and TT regulations between the partners serve as guidelines for the different policies which will be involved during the early stages of CoE implementation.
WP2: Planning and adaptation of resources
All partners supplied material on their infrastructure and equipment to be used for CoE purposes. We defined the existing situation of the research centers of the consortium members. This allowed us to ensure that current resources available were in line with the requirements outlined in the Long-term research and innovation strategy (LTRIS). The main insight and suggestion for administrative resource planning for CoE agreed upon by the partners is to follow the project-oriented path. Due to RISE’s innovation-based organization structure, CoE adopted financial experiences of running a research centre and its resources, providing a more concrete idea of the allocation, potential acquisition of funding and revenue.
WP3: Strategic planning in research and innovation
Task was fulfilled through performing an audit of the research and innovation capacities and capabilities of the partners and a thorough assessment of the segmentation, geographic and competitive landscape of each markets of each of the topics to create a solid foundation for the development of research and innovation agenda for the CoE. The LTRIS relied on the detailed assessments of the consortium’s current research and innovation performance and the contextual background of the center's thematic priorities.
WP4: Risk management planning
Ethical issue regulations developed have been based on the best practices of the LT, EU and other international regulations. CoE procedures were formulated in compliance with Lithuanian law on Legal Protection of Personal Data and proper GDPR expectations. The quality management methodology was based on the best practices and the international quality management standards. The risk management plan was aimed to identify external and internal risks and prevention, and mitigation methods for the Phase 2.
WP5: Project marketing and communication
The competing European and regional clusters and networks, centers of excellence and competing organizations were identified, including the CoE's position against direct competitors, the business model definition and description of the business model components and the definition of CoE services price calculation method. We've agreed upon the dissemination and exploitation, resulting in the communication strategy, set specific targets and have prepared communication sources from the beginning of the project. CoE was then promoted to a variety of ICT and scientific audiences. All estimated dissemination targets were reached.
WP6: Business plan production and Project management
The business plan was produced using details from WP1-WP5 results. During project meetings, the partners discussed the outputs of the previous work of the project through the contents of the deliverables and made suggestions of which areas would be important to adapt during the preparation of the business plan. We've regularly discussed the progress and reviewed content which were incorporated into sections of the final version. The project coordination was successful following the completion of all activities.
WP7: Ethics requirements
We ensured that the project will comply with the EU ethics policies and personal data protection by revision and approval of all project results, deliverables, and dissemination materials.
