1. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID gateway to European ICT research How to continue IST4Balt efforts? Adam Turowiec Silver Pukk Vice-Chair of the AMI@Work Family of Communities Partner, Business Development Director ITTI Ltd. University of Poznań Dept. of Applied Informatics e-mail: adamt@itti.com.pl Hill & Knowlton Estonia HAGRID partner for Baltic States e-mail: silver@hillandknowlton.ee

2. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference … helps to increase the participation of newcomers in EU ICT research by acting as a gateway to similar EU-founded projects … implements new methodologies and tools for organisations in ICT thematic area of FP7 … focuses on beginners / newcomers to FP7 (SMEs, organisations from New Member States (NMS), Associated Candidate Countries (ACC) and INCO countries) Basic information HAGRID…

3. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference The objectives: to exploit the potential synergies between the more than 20 actual and future EU-funded accompanying actions (SSAs) supporting participation in ICT research to provide added value services tailored to the needs of any interested organisation The aim: to provide an innovative Single Point of Access (SPOA) solution to newcomers and beginners in ICT so as to accelerate their integration to the European Research Area (ERA) in ICT Project objectives

4. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference development of a web-portal incorporating a number of e-Services (Single Point of Access, SPOA) providing Advanced Services including: PR Research Profiles Research Action Plans (RAPs) Tailored Training Courses deploying a set of conventional activities (6 info-days/workshops and 3 networking events) Project activities

5. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID’s e-Services encompass: Partner Search Request Registration of Collaboration Profiles / Project Ideas the web-tools / engine will be able to perform partner searches to: the DBs of projects that agree to share their specifications with HAGRID the DBs of projects that do not share their specifications with HAGRID eServices in project

6. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference eServices in project

7. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference eServices in project

8. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID’s Advanced Services encompass: PR Research Profiles Elaboration of Research Action Plans (RAPs) Tailored Training Course Advanced services in project

9. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID’s Advanced Services encompass: PR Research Profiles organisations / research teams will be supported to communicate effectively their research competences and general strengths (  improve their research image) developed for the same organisations that will be selected for RAPs Elaboration of Research Action Plans (RAPs) Tailored Training Course Advanced services in project

10. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID’s Advanced Services encompass: PR Research Profiles Elaboration of Research Action Plans (RAPs) enterprises and research organisations / teams will be audited to identify in detail their research strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats (SWOT) ‘Research Action Plans’ will be elaborated - based on the audit reports and the feedback of the organisations RAPs are to help organisations to build new and/or improve research strategies and plans so as to be successful in FP7-IST Tailored Training Course Advanced services in project

11. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference HAGRID’s Advanced Services encompass: PR Research Profiles Elaboration of Research Action Plans (RAPs) Tailored Training Course HAGRID Training Course - addressed to research organisations and enterprises (  improve research performance concerning FP7-IST) training techniques: 1 to 2 conventional (face-to-face) training sessions (1-2 days each), and a number of distance learning training modules a specific (restricted) area for the course on HAGRID portal the trainers: HAGRID partners with the support of a pool of experts duration: approximately 6 months Advanced services in project

12. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference Duration: December 2006 – September 2007 Consortium: 14 European partners from 11 EU-28 countries: Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Sweden, Ireland and Germany All HAGRID activities and services are FREE of CHARGE Project details

13. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference Project’s website: www.hagridproject.net Additional information: available via e-mail: info@hagridproject.net Thank you for your attention! Thank you for your attention!

14. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference

15. Apr. 18, 2007, Riga, Latvia „Towards an Information Society in the Baltic States” Conference © 2007 A.Turowiec Conference Extend.ITT Initiative Objective: initiation of new (deployment) projects based on the existing projects’ results in the area of e-business / e-work / e-collaboration engagement of New Member States make use of FP7 / CIP / regional funds Basis: first phase: ECOLEAD project (http://ecolead.vtt.fi) later: other FP6 projects Actions: Launch event – Brussels – 12 April Expression of Interest