1. Communication Platform Integration of conventional and electronic means Authors: Phys. Elena Stanila, IMT- Bucharest Eng. Marian Vasile, iMediaSoft Romania Workshop "From Networking at the national scale to integration in ERA", 26th of April 2004

2. Communication Platform Integration of conventional and electronic means Conventional means of communication :: Periodic publication (printed), e.g. – MNT Bulletin (specialised) :: Other printed materials (posters, flyers, etc) :: Seminars, workshops, others meeting media Electronic means of communication USUAL TOOLS :: e-mail :: e-Newsletter :: interactive web pages, including databases, discussion groups NEW TOOLS :: e-Room system (developed by IMS within ROMNET-ERA) An extended version of this presentation was presented at the seminar. The extended version included preliminary results on testing on the e-room communication platform developed by iMediaSoft (IMS) the contribution of marian Vasile (IMS) was also recognised.

3. Example of conventional tools: :: Bulletin: Micro and Nanotechnologies www.imt.ro/mnt :: Various events

4. ROMNET-ERA e-newsletter Electronically distributed – contains information about conferences, workshops, seminars, training courses and initiatives. This activities are organised by members of consortium or other institutions in field of FP6 priorities (mainly in priority 1, 2, 3 and 5) Structure: text + links Previous issues: Info stored by subjects on the project web site

5. Project web-page ROMNET-ERA web page – www.romnet.net Collection of web pages presentig the information, activities and events developed by ROMNET-ERA project structured by categories: :: project description: abstract, objectives; :: consortium: project members; :: activities developed in ROMNET-ERA project frame: databases, electronic e-newsletter, various events;

6. Databases General characteristics :: In English; :: Password controlled the information may be modified, if necessary; :: Help means (e.g. illustrating the completion of databases) General databases :: Research centres (existing) :: Specialist (under development) Network databases :: Partner matching FP6 calls (existing for priority 3): :: Events; :: Participation to international projects; :: Advanced presentation of high-quality centres;

7. Inventory of research centres questionnaire - A databases with possibilities of: For search and edit data access is granted by username and password after registration change or update your registered information search by key words (using operators or and and ) ROMNET-ERA Database

8. For search and edit data access is granted by username and password after registration Database dedicated to the last call (December 2003) in FP 6, NMP (nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials, new production processes and devices). Support using databases: add data and search example Add questionnaire, edit and search data possibilities ROMNET ERA Database

9. NEW TOOLS e-Room system (developed by IMS within ROMNET-ERA) The e--room system is not yet implemented at this stage of development (25 April 2004) Conclusions All conventional and electronic means of communication presented here are used for inventory of the Romanian Research Centres, Networking for FP6 priorities and dissemination of information regarding ROMNET-ERA project