WP6: Knowledge Transfer and Outreach

Europe has been branded as a “knowledge society”, which requires that each European research effort includes a range of activities which aim to capture and transmit knowledge, skills and competence from those who generate them to those who will transform them into commercial and non-commercial economic outcomes. Effective knowledge transfer constitutes a key mechanism of the European Research Area and ensures that publicly-funded research exerts an effective impact on EU competitiveness.

In MEECE, Knowledge Transfer is not necessarily focused on financially exploiting research, but on developing a number of less tangible benefits for research institutions, for industry and for the society as a whole, such as helping research institutions focus their research on the wider needs of society and industry.

Objectives

• To develop strategies, frameworks and tools to transfer knowledge acquired during MEECE to user communities
• To organise a Modelling Summer School to disseminate modelling skills to the next generation
• To coordinate user inputs to MEECE through meetings of a User Group

To facilitate knowledge outreach using web-based tools and printed documents

Workpackage Leader: Manuel Barange (PML)

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Documents relevant to this WP

User Advisorty Group Meeting Report. 6 October 2009, Amsterdam