D8.2 - Dissemination & Communication Management Plan

The scope of present document is to comply with Consortium Commitment Deliverable D8.2, namely “UPWARDS Dissemination & Communication Plan”. It describes the initial strategy sharing and promotion of information about the UPWARDS project among the professional community and industry stakeholders as well as the general public, at varying levels of detail and complexity. This includes the various activities to be done and channels to be used to communicate to each of the targeted groups.

As described in the UPWARDS GA, it will take into account the requirements for data integration and processing of UPWARDS virtual wind turbine. It will include information on how research data will be handled during and after the end of the project; what data will be collected, processed and/or generated; which methodology and standards will be applied; whether data will be shared/made open access and how data will be organized and accessible during and after the project.

The stakeholders will be engaged through the External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB), UPWARDS network will be reached through social media and interacting with user and interest groups at public events and conferences.

• External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB): these actors will have access to the open project information, but not confidential information. Still they will have to sign a specific NDA, which will be validated by the consortium as a whole and annexes to the Consortium Agreement;

• UPWARDS network: one of the main indicators of impact will be the number of stakeholders active in UPWARDS and giving feedback about the project outputs. Also, EEAB and stakeholders such as associations and working groups in EU platforms, will help boost UPWARDS’s outreach, as multipliers.