D28: CODECO Innovation and Research Community Engagement Programme - Final version

The CODECO Deliverable D28 - Innovation and Research Community Engagement
Programme Final version documents the overall experience of the programme IRCEP,
presenting statistics and lessons learned. It is produced as a result of the activities held in
Task 7.2 - Innovation and Research Community Engagement Programme in Work Package
(WP) 7 – CODECO Ecosystem Development and Exploitation.
IRCEP was designed to foster collaboration and innovation among SMEs, academia/research,
and early developers across multiple domains within CODECO’s target areas. By targeting
these diverse groups, the program aimed to cultivate a dynamic and inclusive ecosystem
where varied talents and perspectives converge to drive the expansion of CODECO's
ecosystem. Stakeholders express their interest through a structured application process,
which included a submission of a form, provision of a contribution, an evaluation process and
communication of results. This streamlined approach ensured an efficient and alignment with
the programme's objectives.
The execution and implementation of IRCEP was a joint effort of the whole consortium, namely
with technical partners supporting participants in the experimentation of the CODECO
framework. Also, IRCEP diffusion was supported by tailored measures for promoting and
disseminating each activity offered within the programme, including a dedicated section on
the project website, local events, social media publications, etc.
By the end of the CODECO project, a total of six awards were granted in the scope of IRCEP,
to four researchers who contributed with presentations to the workshops and to two
developers who carried out validation and experimentation activities within the CODECO
framework.