1. C-P LUS P ROJECT W ORLD - CLASS C LUSTERS IN C ENTRAL E UROPE Giulia Righetti, CNA Emilia Romagna Steering Committee meeting 17 th of April 2012 Prague, Hungary

2. THE PROGRESS REPORTS START UP REPORT – OK INCEPTION REPORT (PREPARATION COSTS) – OK 1 st PROGRESS REPORT – Submitted and paid 2 nd PROGRESS REPORT – Submitted and paid 3th PROGRESS REPORT – under evaluation

3. PROGRESS REPORT 4th PROGRESS REPORT – to be developed in May THE TEMPLATE WILL BE UPLOADED IN THE WEB SITE

4. THE PROGRESS REPORTS Please provide precise inputs for the Indicators section Please provide inputs for the description of the performed activities in the WPs Fill in the budget section with precise data Please indicate the outputs as by the AF Remember list of participants signature

5. B UDGET MANAGEMENT B UDGET MANAGEMENT Analysis of the expected expenditures by the on going period and to the end of the project by the partners Due to the partner change procedure, the JTS indicated that for C-PLUS the rule should consider exceptions, as well as the delay we had in the implementation of some activities. High level of expenditures must be however granted by all the partners

6. OPEN DISCUSSION Plan of the expenditure to the next periods Action plan for future activities Other comments 6

7. ACTION PLAN WP1 – MANAGEMENT Finalisation of PROGRESS REPORT NR.3: please send asap the requested clarifications Start to prepare the certifications for the PR4 Next project meeting is in Berlin in November 2012 WP2- COMMUNICATION send to PP8 materials to be uploaded in the web site International Conference in Berlin In case of dissemination events keep all the materials: Agenda, list of participants, minutes. Meeting in Stockholm with the ECO – date? 7

8. ACTION PLAN WP3 – MAPPING Finalisation of the evaluation of the International mapping WP4 - BENCHMARKING LP in contact with Campus for the finalisation of the benchmarking document Videos: to be finalised by the end of June 2012 Register: the partners will send to Campus02 the material by the end of May and then they will be finalised by the end of June 8

9. ACTION PLAN WP5 – EASW Finalisation of the workshops by the end of June Preparation of the LAP by the end of June Preparation of the TAP after 1 month after receiving the last LAP 9

10. ACTION PLAN WP6 PILOT ACTIONS Identification of the cluster managers and setting up of the cluster manager club: end of April Identification of the 3 objectives out of the LAP: it will start by the end April At least 6 months for pilot actions implementation: by the end of October/November 2012 1 international meeting – conference call end of June and other possible dates will be defined 1 international meeting – Berlin meeting in November 2012 10