Rome 3-4 Feb 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media GaLA Game and Learning Alliance The European Network of Excellence on Serious Games WP1-10 Success stories 1 Collaboration

Rome 3-4 Feb 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Feedback from RR Lack of Collaboration ! But, –There are several good examples of collaboration among partners –How to set up the community and MarketPlace was done in collaboration with 4 WPs –Also the work carried out in WP 2 and 1 and are cross- WP oriented already –Much of the other work is carried out within the WPs as collaborative work 2

Rome 3-4 Feb 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Strength and Weaknesses of Gala Strength High competence and knowledge level among the partners within different disciplines needed for SG Variety of topics to be covered Gives opportunities for multi-disciplinary work outside own working group Different cultures, gives different insights and perspectives Weaknesses Large project Difficult to have an overview of all activities Low level of communication Low level of engagement among some partners 3

Rome 3-4 Feb 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Impact We do not manage to get as much out of our work as possible Sometimes lack of quality We sometime reinvent things done in a different WP Work we are not aware of cannot be considered Loss of opportunities Many publications are not cross-disciplinary 4

Rome 3-4 Feb 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media What to do? Strengthen the communication Regularly meetings among the WP leaders (so that we know what we are doing in different tasks) Foster collaborative activities (defining JRAs interesting for partners, so that they are engaged and motivated (ROI)) Prepare a plan with this so that the mgt can monitor it Regularly updates from the WPs to everybody More pro-activeness among all partners! Collaboration should be considered as one of the KPIs to measure, so we should discuss what to measure SNA and analysis of who doing work and who is collaborating Implement actions based on the outcome of the analysis –ANY other ideas are welcome 5