1. ODG Outreach and Dissemination Group Kamil Zágoršek, Jiří Frank (WP8, NM) Patricia Mergen, Boris Jacob (WP7, MRAC)

2. www.open-up.eu Outreach and Dissemination Group (ODG) coordinated by MRAC and NM 14 members monthly Skype calls Collaboration on outreach material, components and deliverables ODG strategy meeting during this annual meeting Collaboration on Tutorial and Outreach workshop

3. www.open-up.eu ODG collaboration collaboration on Newsletters, comments on articles and design Outreach to educational sector – distribution of survey questionnaires (English, German, Czech) Dissemination collaboration within institutions (Posters, Website, Presentation, Flyers during conferences and events) Discussions, revisions and comments on ODG-related components and deliverables

4. www.open-up.eu Colaboration WP7 & WP8 C8.4.5 New providers information package Sharing the content produced by WP8 on HelpDesk (blog posts, Newsletter articles…) Sharing tweets on Twitter, HelpDesk tweets Outreach strategy for new content providers

5. www.open-up.eu Performance indicators (DoW, p. 70) No.Project objective / expected result Indicator nameExpected /Real Year 1Year 2Year 3 3Extend participation in content provision beyond original consortium Non-OpenUp!-member data providers equipped with OpenUp! software (Provider software and data quality toolkit) 05/4*10 * The 4 are: The Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Geology; The Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta; Naturkundemuseum Chemnitz; Natural Europe (as an alternative route to Europeana). 8 in pipeline of whom some might provide via BioCASe of others: Swedish Museum of Natural History; Natural History Museum, Norway; Museum of Zoology of Strasbourg; Musée de la Vallée; Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire; Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte Dessau; Paläontologische Sammlung der Freien Universität Berlin; Geologisch-Paläontologische Sammlung Universität Leipzig

6. www.open-up.eu Difficulties encountered and remedial actions Difficulties encounteredRemedial actions Organizing outreach campaign over several WPs and partners sometimes difficult Identifying synergies in workflow of attracting new providers and disseminating project results. Development of outreach concept with clear distribution strategy. Not all members of ODG collaborated on ODG calls and commitments Find dissemination activities where more ODG members can participate

7. www.open-up.eu Workplan for year 3 – Project objectives Outreach activities – C7.3.5 Second OpenUp! tutorial and training session for providers from associated partners – C8.4.6 Workshop to disseminate results of OpenUp! and related projects (during this meeting) – MS12 Outreach campaign to attract additional associated partners started – Social media activities Outreach material – C8.4.7 Online demonstration of bundled results from other work packages – D21/C7.2.4 Availability of newly produced documentation on the helpdesk website – C7.2.5 Availability of complete documentation of OpenUp! services in different languages on helpdesk website – Newsletters, Press releases, New BLE topics