Objectives

Overall management of the IMP project, and effective coordination and communication with partners and EC are major objectives. The governing and advisory bodies will be established together with efficient operating, monitoring, reporting, and decision-making processes. Quality and risk management tools will be introduced. The DMP will be introduced, regular meeting organised and dissemination and communication materials will be developed.

Tasks

T9.1 Day-to-day management and monitoring (MU, all partners)
A Project management plan will be developed. The project governing and advisory bodies will be established in Month 1 (Project Coordinator, Project Manager, WP Leaders). They will comply with EIRENE RI bodies. Collaboration principles, procedural rules, and communication tools will be established at the beginning of the project to ensure effective communication flow. The Project Coordinator in collaboration with the Project Manager and WP Leaders will ensure the day-to-day management of the project, its technical and financial implementation. Kick-off meeting will be organised in Brussels (M1, M3, MU, VITO). Meeting minutes (D9.1, M4, MUNI) will be approved by the respective board. This will be coordinated by MU and realized at the level of all partners. Data Management Plan will be developed (D9.2, M6, MU).

T9.2 Quality management and risk assessment (MU, all partners)
The quality management is ensured by the PC, supported by the PM and WPLs. PC will monitor and ensure the compliance of the project activities with the project plan, deliverables, and milestones, as well as potential ethical, legal and social impacts of the PPP project implementation. Continuous assessment of the project progress and the earliest possible identification of problems or delays are perceived as crucial for the implementation of relevant measures. In addition to the quality assessment, the risks will be continuously monitored, identified, evaluated, quantified, prioritised, and mitigated by the PM during the whole project duration. The list of major risks will be continuously updated and assessed. This will be coordinated by MU and ensured at the level of all partners.

T9.3 Dissemination and communication (MU, all partners)
The dissemination & communication plan will be developed addressing both internal communication among the partners and interactions with external stakeholders (specified above). The visual identity (D.3, M12, MU) will be finetuned and finalised and the communication and dissemination plan developed (D9.4, M6, MU). The dissemination channels will be the RI website (incl. intranet), newsletters, and tools described in chapter 2. The website will present the vision of EIRENE RI, the IMP project, its organisational structure, contact points, activities and events, relevant publications and communications to various target groups including prospective partners and users. MU ensues the overall communication strategy and global communication, national nodes and partners will communicate their topics (all).

T9.4 Enhancement and strengthening of the EIRENE Network (MU, all partners)
Currently, EIRENE RI consortium consists of 21 National Hubs represented in the IMP project by their National Hub Leaders. However, each NH consists of multiple partners which bring together more than fifty institutions, and both numbers are expected to grow. Within this task, we will maintain the contacts and information flow among all the partners (NH Leaders and members). All the partners will be continuously informed, invited to key events and encouraged to actively participate at the national and European levels, provide their feedback, and communicate with stakeholders (domain-specific experts and working groups, ministries, funding bodies, and users. We will aim for engaging more partners and hubs within Europe, namely in Central-Eastern Europe. MU will, together with WP leaders and EIRENE pillar leaders (and all partners) put identify possible new partners (nationally to globally).