Results

First short Policy Brief: In this policy brief, the European Universities pilot alliances report on the progress made through cooperation in selected R&I areas and provide a first set of recommendations to the European Commission for further policy development.

Project Management Manual: After three months of the project the project team published a handbook which provides basic information on the project including beneficiaries information, list of milestones and deliverables, roles and responsibilities, management operating procedures, reporting procedures as well as information on project communication.  

Knowledge transfer activities of the partners: This report involves the research activities and RDI services of all consortium full partners. Previous research and innovation practices are compiled and joint structures are explored. The report presents past experiences and identifies possible practical directions for all alliance partners.

Harmonized intellectual property rules: The report’s first section outlines all EU4ART consortium partners’ intellectual property (IP) policies and procedures. It outlines guidelines for managing and using newly developed intellectual property, as well as the duties and rights of the researchers who participated. The second section includes a suggestion for the EU4ART partners regarding potential IP rule harmonization.

R&I Agenda: This detailed description of a common framework including tools for quality management and for the equality of opportunity, access and inclusivity refers to the taken steps to guarantee an excellent quality in the execution of the project. This includes a clear definition of the common quality criteria as well as their adequate content and technical implementation.
Special consideration must be given to questions of equal opportunities, gender justice and inclusion, as well as comparable issues.

Concept for a series of webinars: This document is focusing on a concept of a series of talks and workshops in conferences and a summer school on “R&I and Fine Arts”, “business & investment”, “Fine Arts and their relevance in the training of high level managers” and many more.

Set of ICT tools: The implementation of the online platform will make available highly specialized single course modules focused on art applied to research and innovation to generate a continuous growth of skills and research on new uses of art in science. The °’°Kobi platform is so far unique and in the meantime a complex working system. Please get in touch with Franco Ripa di Meana in case you are interested in it.

Common Communication Strategy: This document details the communication strategy and plan. It outlines the key messages to be communicated, communication channels to be applied, visual identity, target groups to be reached, tools to be used and individual communication plans for each partner.

Concept for Research and Innovation Transformation Network: This document describes the conceptual outline of the Research and Innovation Transformation Network (RITN). It will define the main RITN factors, characteristics, its intended networking parameters, and information workflow.

Interim Report Communication Dissemination: This document reports on publications (web, print, press) of the common EU4ART_differences Research & Innovation Agenda, the Open Artistic Research seminar and status-quo of Common Research and Innovation database.

Further funding opportunities: This documents collects schemes for follow-up steps and outlines particulat national and international funding possibilities to ensure the sustainability of EU4ART_differences.