1. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications “High Added Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Use of the Concept of “Grid Computing” HAGRID “High Added Value Soft Actions Facilitating Participation of NMS & ACC and INCO Organisations in FP7-IST through the Innovative Use of the Concept of “Grid Computing” PROJECT OVERVIEW FP7 ICT Information Day 16 February 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria

2. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID Consortium HAGRID Consortium (1/2) 14 partners 11 countries (5 NMS,1 ACCs, 5 EU-15) 4 IST NCPs 4 IRCs 4 scientific partners 1 Communic. expert

3. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Q-PLAN N.G. ITTI & IPPT PAN IIMC H&K UNI TRANSFER LTU BME ARIES SAITC APRE METU & TUBITAK X10D HAGRID Consortium HAGRID Consortium (2/2)

4. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID Core Idea (1/2) AIM: to provide an innovative Single Point of Access (SPOA) solution to newcomers and beginners in IST … … so as to accelerate their integration to the ERA in IST MAIN ELEMENTS: ‘GRID’ concept + Longer-lasting effect + post-project exploitation perspective

5. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID Core Idea (2/2) Main Objectives: (1)To exploit synergies between the > 25 actual and future EU-funded SSAs supporting participation in ICT research, … for the benefit of European and INCO organisations interested in FP7-ICT. (2)To provide added value services tailored to the needs of any interested organisation.

6. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID CONCEPT ‘CLIENTS’ GET ACCESS TO … … HAGRID & SIMILAR SSAS ACTIVITIES & SERVICES THROUGH ITS WEB-PORTAL (SPOA)

7. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Target groups & countries  Newcomers & beginners from NMS, ACC and INCO countries (either research organisations or enterprises),  SMEs and university spin-offs from the EU- 15 Target areas  FP7-ICT in general,  Converging technologies / applications  Multidisciplinary research and socio- economic issues of importance for the ICT acceptability & commercialisation HAGRID Scope

8. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID Activities & Services (1/3) Conventional activities:  Promotion – publicity campaign (including quarterly newsletter)  Info-days / workshops (6)  Networking / partnering events (3, within major ICT events )  HAGRID website

9. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Info-days / Training / Networking

10. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications e-Services (through a web-engine in HAGRID portal):  Partner Searches  Collaboration Profiles submission  Proposal ideas submission Allowing multiple access in the web-DBs of similar SSAs HAGRID Activities & Services (2/3)

11. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications  S1: ‘PR Research Profile’ (to promote the organisation and improve their image, 1-page)  S2: Research Action Plans (suggest overall strategy and specific actions to improve participation in FP7-ICT)  S3: Tailored Training Course (6months duration, including face-to-face and distance learning modules, training future evaluators and reviewers from NMS & ACC) Advanced Services (to individual organisations): HAGRID Activities & Services (3/3)

12. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications HAGRID Main Targets

13. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Work Approach & Methodology Work Approach & Methodology (1/2) WP1: Project Management WP2: Portal Design & Development (detailed requirements, design & content, design and development of web-tools / engine & DBs, Portal development and testing) WP3: Collaboration Activities with Similar projects (establishment of initial communication, elaboration of the Collaboration Framework, establishment of collaboration, managing collaboration) WP4: Service Development (detailed specifications, preparation of the training & supporting material and tools, creation of a pool of experts, finalisation of Networking Plans & RAPs, training of the Services team)

14. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications WP5: Promotion, Awareness Creation and Networking Activities (publicity campaign, iInfo-days / Workshops, networking events) WP6: Portal Operation (operation of the site, operation of the DBs & web-tools / engine, updates and improvements, Collaboration Profiles & partner searches) WP7: Service Provision (selection of beneficiaries, Networking Plans, ‘Research Action Plans’, training sessions) WP8: Assessment, Review & Dissemination (Post-project Exploitation & Dissemination Plans, dissemination Activities & Workshop, Project Review & Good Practice) Work Approach & Methodology Work Approach & Methodology (2/2)

15. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Overall Timetable 21 months

16. State Agency for Information Technology and Communications Thank you for your attention!