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