WP 1 - Project Management
DIHnamic technicians worked on the coordination of the project from the administrative, contractual and financial point of view: reporting, contract management and communications with the European Commission. Internal procedures mechanism and a quality and risk register of the actions developed were established and constantly updated.
WP 2 - Planning and design of an open call at DIHs
The work was aimed at the definition of the Regulatory Bases, the call regulations, the RCT protocol, the monitoring methodology to control the outcome data from SMEs, the recruitment materials, the evaluation process and criteria, and the establishment of the ethical framework.
The Data Management Plan (DMP) addressing issues related to Responsible Research Innovation (RRI), providing responsible guidelines, including ethics, and ensuring proper handling of data protection and privacy issues and compliance with the new GPRD in relation to participants was completed.
WP 3 - Implementation of the funding call at DIHs
Work was focused on the launching of the call for proposals, the evaluation of the received proposals, randomise those which were above the threshold and had the higher score, grant the awarded services and carry out the required administrative processes. Establishment of the baseline outcome data for the RCT trial during the application to the call was carried out and Final resolution and acceptance process were done.
WP4 - Experimentation in innovation, monitoring and controlling
Work was focused on carrying out the granted actions with the support of the DIHs. After the Final Resolution and the acceptance process forty-two SMEs received the services provided by the DIHs, randomly assigned in the randomization process.
Compliance with the established obligations and targeted KPIs and on collecting the outcome data for the RCT trial according to the defined methodology (in WP2) was made.
Other innovative facilitation mechanisms in Europe were mapped and deep analysis of one of the facilitation schemes in a comparison exercise was made.
WP5 - Analysis and reporting
The outcome data and the results of the RCT were collected and produced and the impact of the facilitation actions were quantify. A guide was elaborated to be followed by other innovation agencies to support technicians for the replication of the best practices. Compliance with the established ethical framework and EU data protection regulations for the publication of the RCT results was checked.
WP 6 - Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication
The work focused on identifying the appropriate exploitation strategies for the sustainability of DIHnamic's results. Thus Exploitation and communication plan was completed.
Several newsletters were published and made available through international networks such as Galactea and renowned websites and different news were published on ICE and DIHs social media profiles for different audiences: society (Twitter), professionals (LinkedIn). European innovation and networking events organized by NESTA and EURADA were attended to disseminate the innovation practices implemented in DIHnamic and the usefulness of the RCTs.
ICE organized four online infodays with other regional DIHs to disseminate the call and a reactive online workshop to train technicians from other innovation agencies in the best innovation practices pivoted around the DIHs derived from the DIHnamic project, as well as in conducting RCTs to quantify the effectiveness of the innovation actions established.
WP 7 - Ethics requirements
Regarding the Ethics section, the development of the topics requested in the delivery requirement D7.1 POPD was finalised during the first period, confirming that it complies with our Institute's Personal Data Protection Rules. All this work was carried out under the supervision of ICE's Data Project Manager.
