1. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 The DeSurvey website Véronique BRUNIQUEL First Annual Meeting – April 4-7, 2006 Vasto, Italy

2. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Objectives The official DeSurvey website is http://www.desurvey.nethttp://www.desurvey.net Objectives To present the project in terms of concepts and methodologies To promote the availability and visibility of the project outcomes To present the consortium To inform users/partners (e.g. news, events, …) To coordinate the actions (e.g. meetings, administrative reports, …) To centralize information (e.g. internal/official documentation)

3. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Website status (1/2) During the 1st year, NOVELTIS has implemented the website including A public section to present the project at the international scale A private section to support the coordination of actions  In addition, this section allows to test modules presentation, before transferring them to the public section Statistics ~ 2900 connections to the website during the 1st year Probably, most of them are from the partners In the next weeks, more statistics will be compiled  Information concerning the persons who connect to the web site will be available: for example, country domain

4. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Website status (2/2) Registration of the website in the main search engines DeSurvey is properly registred in Yahoo The registration in Google and MSN needs to be improved

5. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Public section (1/5) What can you find in the public section ? Description of the objectives Project organisation with a list of modules and WPs List and coordinates of participants  Focal point: Prof. Juan Puigdefabregas Description of the test sites Executive summary List of news and events  DeSurvey meetings, International conference announcements, Publications, … Public project documentation Links to websites related to desertification Forum (not used yet)

6. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Public section (2/5) Required and missing information for the public section concerning … the objectives A regular rereading of the text of presentation (objectives, background, approach and introduction) is required to fit best the project developments Project manager and Module/WP leaders are asked to contribute

7. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Public section (3/5) Required and missing information for the public section concerning …the project organisation For each module/WP, a summary is expected (1/2 page + illustrations) Module/WP leaders have to provide this summary

8. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Public section (4/5) Required and missing information for the public section concerning … the list of participants Several partners (25 %) have not provided a logo of their institute and not checked their information yet (mail, address, e-mail and involved people)  Evora Univ., KCL, CAS-IRSA, DLR, NRD-UNISS, UAL, CRF, IRA, UCH

9. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Public section (5/5) Required and missing information for the public section concerning …the description of the test sites A template has been proposed to present the test sites including a photo album Status of the 5 European test sites :  Re-organisation of the photo album with legends Status of the 3rd country states sites,  only 1 site (over 7) is documented but without photos  Information is required for the test sites according to the same template and illustrations

10. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Conclusion of the public section Status of the public website : The website is reduced to the presentation of the objectives of project After 1 year of developments, it is time to present the first results and to show them on the web What shall we present ? How can we present our first results ? The private section can be considered as a first step before transferring results to the public official website

11. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Private section (1/4) What can you find in the private section ? Important announcements are displayed on the intranet web page Several menus related to  The modules  The project management  The test sites  The meetings  The documentation  The forum Access to the private section Login : desurveyPassword : des05

12. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Private section (2/4) Module sections All the module sections correspond now to a minimal version including  1 home page with a description of its objectives and a contact  1 page for each wp (description + contact)  These pages are made of a cut & paste of the proposal document In the better case, some documents have been attached to these pages Urgent need to improve these module pages  They shall be considered as the most important sources of technical information  They must show the work carried out by the module partners  They are the first version of the information that will be transferred then to the public web

13. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Private section (3/4) Management web pages Link to the web site of Ulf HELLDEN : http://www.nateko.lu.sehttp://www.nateko.lu.se Presentation of the management structure  Need to develop a web page for each structure (the CIPUD pages are already set up) Use for contractual aspects  Gender action plan  Reporting for the 1st period  Intellectual property

14. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Private section (4/4) Test sites Same pages as public section + database information Documentation At the level of the project  Project documentation, strategy plan, deliverables, … At the level of the meetings  Minutes Please, don’t forget to send me copies of your documentation and deliverables even if you send them to Ulf and Juan

15. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Development policy If possible, do not develop your own web pages related to the project in your institutes Contribution to the DeSurvey website is preferable Importance to have only one central access point Multiple http accesses are not comfortable for partners and users Centralization of all information regarding the project Homogeneity and consistency of the official web pages If you have developed your own web pages, we shall consider whether These web pages should be transferred in the official website We should include a link towards your local web pages

16. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Conclusion The website is the showcase of your activities The website quality (in terms of information content) relies on the availability of suitable inputs Your cooperation to provide these inputs is expected The website must live Updated information regarding results, conference announcement, publications, web links, etc. Illustrations increase the look and feel of the website A forum facility is available to foster mutual discussions between the project partners and external users  But up to now, the forum is not used I need to cooperate with module and WP leaders I suggest to have a discussion tomorrow at 17:00 Typically, half an hour is enough to address most of points

17. NOV-3261-SL-3699 v.1.0 DeSurvey AGM2 - 2006/04/04-07 Contact If you have suggestions, don ’ t hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your attention ! Your DeSurvey webmaster at your service Véronique BRUNIQUEL NOVELTIS, Toulouse FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)5 62 88 11 05 veronique.bruniquel@noveltis.fr