This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe widening participation and spreading excellence and further supporting actions programmes. Grant agreement ID: 101071330.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1.1 - Management Guidelines Handbook

Executive Summary

The deliverable, D1.1 Management Guidelines Handbook, details management bodies, documents, administrative forms, financial aspects, and procedures which are described, for the most part, in the Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement. The purpose of this Project Management Handbook is to provide guidance to all beneficiaries and to support them in finding relevant information quick and easily.

Deliverable 1.2 - Data Management Plan

Executive Summary

The InCITIES deliverable D2.1 – Data Management Plan (DMP) describes how data and documents produced by the consortium of the project InCITIES (Horizon Europe grant agreement number 101071330) is managed. DMP is an important element of data management during a project as it is needed to continuously tracking, monitoring, analysing and storing data in order to ensure progress throughout the project. InCITIES is dedicated to make the data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (so called FAIR principles). Further, the public data and documents will be readily available for all our purposes, as well as those that may need this data and documents the future, also contributing to the sustainability of the project and its outcomes. This specific deliverable is a preliminary data management plan, which can be adjusted as the project progresses. The structure of this DMP is inspired by the DMP template provided by the European Commission Version 1.0 of 05 May 2021.

Deliverable 1.3 - Management Report, including quality and risk management - part 1

Executive Summary

This InCITIES project deliverable provides an overview of the management activities, including a summary of the management tasks carried out, such as procedures and management board meetings, as well as the project achievements, such as the milestones and deliverables. This deliverable also provides an update of the risks and the corresponding actions taken during the InCITIES project implementation, as well as the variation and current risk levels. Finally, this deliverable provides the internal quality assessment management.

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Deliverable 1.4 - Management Report, including quality and risk management - part 2

Executive Summary

This InCITIES deliverable provides an overview of the management activities, including a summary of the management tasks carried out, such as procedures and management board meetings, as well as the project achievements, as milestones and deliverables, throughout the whole project period – 36 months.
It also provides an update of the risks and the corresponding actions taken during the InCITIES project implementation, as well as the variation of risk levels. Finally, this deliverable provides the internal quality assessment management of all the deliverables submitted in the 36 months of the project.
The present deliverable is an updated version of deliverable D1.3- Management Report, including quality and risk management – part 1, submitted in month 15 (Dec 2023). However, for clarity, the present deliverable can be read as a standalone document, as it compiles all the above-mentioned items for the whole project.

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D1.4 – Management Report, including quality and risk management – part 2

Deliverable 1.5 - MB minutes of blended (physical & online) meeting at ISCTE

Executive Summary

The deliverable D1.5 presents the minutes of the project InCITIES blended (i.e., physical & online) meeting that took place the 17th and the 18th November 2022 at Iscte. The meeting started at 10h00 CET-1h00 of the 17th November and ended at 13h30 CET-1h00 and was organised by Iscte. It consisted mainly of the presentation and discussion of the ongoing actions, launching activities and decisions on the different InCITIES Work Packages.

Deliverable 1.6 - MB minutes of blended (i.e., physical & online) meeting at UNI EIFFEL with appendices of online meetings minutes 1/month

Executive Summary

Deliverable D1.6 provides the InCITIES project management board minutes of the blended (i.e., physical & online) meeting that took place at UNI EIFFEL, Paris, with appendices compiling all InCITIES project management board minutes since the project kick-off (October 2022) till the month 15 of the project execution, i.e., December 2023. It also includes evidence of the meetings, and the minutes of the meeting among the InCITIES Governing Board, Advisory Board, and Management Board members.

Deliverable 1.9 - MB minutes of the InCITIES kick-off meeting (online)

Executive Summary

The deliverable D1.9 presents the minutes of the project InCITIES kick-off meeting that took place online on the 7th October 2022. The meeting started at 9h30 CET and ended 13h00 CET and was organised by Iscte. It consisted mainly of the presentation of recent actions and launching activities of the project.

Deliverable 2.1 - Production of a position paper including contents for each of the 7 HUBS

Executive Summary

The InCITIES project aims to achieve the transformations of HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) and their surrounding ecosystem both centred on cities’ needs of inclusion, sustainability and resilience. Its specific focus on widening countries (Portugal and Slovakia) will allow overcoming structural, sociocultural, economic, political and institutional barriers. The InCITIES WP2, in a step-by-step pathway, plans incrementally HUBs implementation to co-create research strengths starting from knowledge cocreation around small groups of multidisciplinary researchers of each HEI partner.

A step-by-step approach has been proposed to set the basis of the knowledge HUBs on research and innovation; a survey has been launched in each HEI partner to collect current “hot” research topic and relevant research topic for the next 5 years for each one of the 7-thematic areas chosen to structure the InCITIES project.

The contributions received have been processed and aggregated when relevant in a co-construction process using email exchange and consolidation workshops.

The approach was successful with more than 130 contributions received coming from 60 researchers working in the 5 HEI partners. Another point is that most of the contributions received have been aggregated in relevant subtopic and involved at least two project members; this will be a good basis for developing collaborative work in the follow up of this task (work to be done in task 2.2).

Finally, during the survey, a huge collection of scientific references and relevant projects has been gathered and will be shared between the partners to extend their cross knowledge.

In the next task of WP2, the research contributions identified will be consolidated by a second round of discussion between researchers; in parallel, the present document will be shared with some stakeholders identified in the project proposal by online meeting or taking opportunities of conferences.

Deliverable 2.2 - Roadmap on how to operate the future Integrated Research European campus of the InCITIES partners

Executive Summary

The InCITIES project aims to achieve the transformations of HEIs (Higher Education
Institutions) and their surrounding ecosystem both centred on cities’ needs of inclusion,
sustainability and resilience. Its specific focus on widening countries (Portugal and
Slovakia) will allow overcoming structural, sociocultural, economic, political and
institutional barriers. The InCITIES WP2, in a step-by-step pathway, plans incrementally
HUBs implementation to co-create research strengths starting from knowledge cocreation
around small groups of multidisciplinary researchers of each HEI partner.
The approach used in Task 2.1 has been proposed again and the information collected
by the initial survey to collect relevant research topic by 2030 for each one of the 7-
thematic areas chosen to structure the InCITIES project has been completed and
analysed. The research priorities identified have been discussed in various occasions with
different target groups of the project, considering the EU networks topics on urban issues
(UERA, POLIS, JPI Urban Europe, DUT Partnership).

Deliverable 2.3 - Minutes of the two blended HUBs Multidisciplinary Training

Executive Summary

The present deliverable compiles the minutes of the two blended HUBs Multidisciplinary Training courses, one at UNIZA and the second at ISCTE, part of the InCITIES project Workpackage 2 – Research and Innovation InCITIES thematic HUBs. The deliverable 2.3 also presents the motivation and the organization details for the development of the training courses. The two blended HUBs Multidisciplinary Training courses were organised on campus to empower and engage active students and professionals, associated partners, researchers, and staff. Operative Open Science and co-creation initiatives were fostered. The trainings rely on case studies adapted to the target groups’ needs, namely students and professionals. The campus facilities were considered to reinforce the trainings attractiveness.

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D2.3 – Minutes of the two blended HUBs

Deliverable 2.4 - HUBs Case Studies

Executive Summary

Deliverable D2.4 presents a curated collection of 22 validated case studies developed within the InCITIES project to address pressing urban challenges across Europe. These case studies are structured around the seven InCITIES thematic knowledge hubs which were prioritised through stakeholder consultation to: Energy in the city, Digital transition, Vulnerability, inclusion & health, and Mobility. The HUBs case studies translate real-world challenges into research opportunities, with the goal to enhance collaboration between academia, public institutions, and industry. The deliverable also includes the description of two blended networking events that were held to foster knowledge exchange and capacity building among InCITIES partners.

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D2.4 – HUBs Case Studies

Deliverable 3.1 - Analysis of HRS4R guidelines, strategies, and practices

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The deliverable, D3.1 Analysis of HRS4R guidelines, strategies, and practices has been prepared at the kick-off workshop for WP3, which took place on November 22nd at TH Köln. The analysis was prepared institution-specific referring to the 40 principles of Charter and Code using the template provided by the EU Commission for the HRS4R analysis (in order to apply for the HRS4R award).

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InCITIES Deliverable 3.1 – Analysis of HRS4R guidelines, strategies, and pratices

Deliverable 3.2 - Specification of HRS4R Actions

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The deliverable, D3.2 Specification of HRS4R action was prepared through bilateral meetings with WP leader of TH Köln and with each consortium partner. Together with the WP leader, members of each institution analysed the current situation regarding the implementation of the 40 principles of Charter and Code at the institution in order to prepare the application for the HR Excellence in Research Award. Project Management, Timeline and Stakeholder involvement were discussed with each institution.

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InCITIES Deliverable D3.2 – Specification of HRS4R Actions

Deliverable 3.3 - A multilevel HRS4R with goals for 5, 10 years

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The European Charter for Researchers addresses research institutions, researchers and policy makers and describes principles for the development of attractive research careers to support excellence in research and innovation.
Institutions are invited to develop an institutional strategy (formerly called Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)) to address the principles of the European Charter for Researchers. For a successful strategy and institutional process which addresses the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and communication in alignment with one’s overall university strategy, institutions can be awarded with the “HR Excellence in Research Award”.
This document (InCITIES Project Deliverable, D3.3 – A multilevel HRS4R for 5, 10 years) provides an overview of the learnings by the InCITIES partners in their process setting up a structure and filing applications for the “HR Excellence in Research Award”.
TH Koeln, leading the Work Package in the InCITIES project, has been awarded the HR Excellence in Research Award as the first German university in 2015. The other four institutions working together in the InCITIES project have endorsed the Charter for Researchers between September 2023 and July 2024. A two-day in presence HRS4R colloquium at TH Koeln took place in March 2024 sharing practices and learnings so far, which are summarized in this document. Each university has provided insights in their processes and approaches towards the HR Excellence in Research Award.
University of Huelva as external partner from the Pioneer Alliance (a strategic European University Alliance under which the InCITIES partners will be funded starting 2025) was invited to a work package meeting and shared practices from which the partners were able to profit. This approach was very helpful for new partners engaging in the process and it is recommended to any new institution who is planning to apply for the award to exchange practices with universities in its network.

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D3.3 – A multilevel HRS4R with goals for 5, 10 years

Deliverable 3.4 - All partners with applications submitted for HR Excellence in Research Award, besides TH Koeln, including Open Science goals

Executive Summary

The “HR Excellence in Research” Logo is awarded to institutions that are following an institutional strategy to address the principles of the European Charter for Researchers. The following document (InCities Project Deliverable, D3.4 HRS4R applications) in the first part provides an overview of the HR Excellence in Research applications prepared or submitted by the InCities partners between October 2024 and September 2025, including information on the close exchange and networking by all partners and regular virtual coaching process throughout all phases, complimented by the timeline for each institution. In summary, two InCITIES partner institutions (ISCTE, UNIZA) have been awarded the HRS4R seal, one InCITIES member has submitted its application in June of 2025 (LAUREA) and one InCITIES partner is scheduled to submit its application in October of 2025 (UNI EIFFEL). The second part of the document consists of a structured overview of the state of Open Science at the InCITIES partner institutions, including an overview of the institutional integration, Open Science practices, case studies and future Open Science goals.

Deliverable 4.1 - Analysis of the EDI situation and draft of a joint EDI programme for students, staff, and researchers common to the consortium

Executive Summary

The analysis of the EDI situation and draft of a joint Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) programme for students, staff, and researchers common to the consortium was prepared through a survey on EDI-topics addressing the five InCITIES Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The key findings were summarized and the next steps discussed.

Deliverable 4.2 - Joint EDI Plan adopted and published in all InCITIES partner HEIs

Executive Summary

Joint EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) plan was prepared together by representatives and experts from the EDI of the InCITIES consortium. Drafting of the common EDI plan was a complex process consisting of numerous discussions, collecting institutional feedback and revision work. The result is a unique document covering eight key areas, on which the participating institutions have agreed on, despite their different starting position in EDI, differences in their organizational structures, internal processes or even in the broader cultural context. The EDI plan was discussed, edited, and adopted in its final version as part of each organization’s regular decision-making procedure. Dissemination among students and faculty was done and next steps discussed. The signing process was time consuming due to last minute changes and the different organizational cultures to handle this kind of procedures. The EDI plan was signed in June 2024. The EDI plan was published at each HEI (after summer vacation) in September 2024.

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Deliverable 4.3 - Joint Capacity building program on EDI

Executive Summary

As part of Task 4.3, we developed a tailored capacity-building programme on Equality,
Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) for each consortium partner. The implementation of the joint EDI
plan was supported through a range of awareness-raising and competence-building activities,
including workshops, online courses, discussion forums, articles, and institutional events.
A central component of the capacity-building effort was the creation of an online EDI course,
designed for staff, management, and students across all partner institutions. This course was
developed based on the joint EDI plan outlined in Deliverable D4.2 and serves as a foundational
resource for embedding EDI principles into institutional practices.
The communication campaign under Task 4.3 included organizing EDI-focused events at each
higher education institution (HEI) and disseminating the outcomes and progress of EDI initiatives.
To ensure sustainability and continuous improvement, each partner institution has established a
follow-up group responsible for monitoring the implementation of the EDI plan and updating it
regularly.

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D4.3 – Joint Capacity building program on EDI

Deliverable 5.1 - Strategic paper focused on Education and Research planning for the future joint courses and the roadmap for joint research activities

Executive Summary

The document “D5.1 – Strategic paper focused on Education and Research Planning for the Future Joint Courses and the Roadmap for Joint Research Activities” addressing the development of a joint education and research strategy for the InCITIES consortium, aligned with the SDG 11 for inclusive, sustainable, and resilient cities.
It is divided in three sections:
1. Life-long Learning Micro-credentials Plan: The document highlights the increasing need for flexible and accessible life-long learning pathways across partner universities, with a focus on micro-credentials. This plan aims to support upskilling and reskilling in response to the demands of modern labour markets. The five partner universities (from Portugal, France, Germany, Slovakia, and Finland) detail their national and institutional background, and showcase their current practices and approaches to micro-credentials, exploring synergies for a joint European offering.
2. Strategizing Joint Education and Degrees: A multidisciplinary pool of courses is being built across the consortium, emphasizing challenge-based learning and double degrees. The aim is to create innovative, real-life problem-solving learning experiences that integrate external stakeholders. Challenge-based learning is already in use at some universities, and there are plans for further collaboration and expansion in areas like engineering, management, and urban planning.
3. Roadmap for Joint Research: The roadmap for joint research activities focuses on fostering collaborative research on urban sustainability and resilience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity. The document outlines the creation of a research hub within the consortium to increase joint project submissions and international visibility.

Deliverable 5.2 - Guideline's booklet for the harmonisation of processes and technologies with best practices of the implementation within the InCITIES during the project lifetime

Executive Summary

The deliverable D5.2 – Guideline’s booklet for the harmonisation of processes and technologies with best practices of the implementation within the InCITIES during the project lifetime presents recommendations to harmonise processes and technologies across InCITIES beneficiary institutions. Based in assessments made throughout the project, on questionnaire results, and on qualitative analysis, it identifies key challenges such as interoperability gaps, resource constraints, and regulatory differences, while also highlighting successful practices and shared standards.

The proposed guidelines for process and technological harmonisation provide actionable recommendations, that can be adapted to institutional realities while preserving a minimum common ground for cooperation.

Deliverable 5.3 - Handbook of Future Scenarios for Internationalisation

Executive Summary

The present deliverable addresses four main objectives:

  • Definition of bilateral mobility conventions between the partners;
  • Creation of a plan for the harmonisation of ECTS credits of the courses among the partners;
  • Specify and plan to implement the European Student Card in the Alliance;
  • Define the costs of incoming and outgoing of staff, students, researchers and faculty, to overcome difficulties to cover expenses of mobility due to different status.

 

Aiming at addressing the above-mentioned objectives and given both their complexity and extension, this document intends at providing an initial snapshot of the 5 InCITIES HEIs regarding each of the mentioned topics. This preliminary overview initial snapshot will allow to establish a situational framework of each of the partners and define a baseline to be addressed in the next WP5 deliverables.

The deliverable is structured in 4 main chapters, each one addressing a specific objective, and providing an institutional overview of each partner. In the end of each chapter a summary is presented which is a basis for the definition of roadmaps for future improvement.

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D5.3 – Handbook of Future Scenarios for Internationalisation

Deliverable 5.4 - Recommendations on the regulations’ compatibility among partners universities

Executive Summary

This deliverable presents the analysis that was conducted based on the process followed
and the results obtained in each work package of the InCITIES project. Hence, it highlights
specific institutional, administrative, and technological barriers and challenges that
hindered progress in joint activities at three levels: specific university barrier, lack of fit
between different frameworks, lack of joint European solution for all universities.
The authors also examined the good practices and strategies that were used or
envisioned to address these challenges, with a specific focus on widening countries.

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Deliverable 5.5 - A Policy brief with the recommendations for policymakers regarding facilitation of the collaboration among European Universities

Executive Summary

This deliverable provides a framework and recommendations for policy makers to promote and facilitate collaboration among European universities to address urban challenges. Based on the experience of transnational cooperation of the five partners of the InCITIES project, it highlights the benefits of cross-border partnerships, analyses challenges and barriers, and propose recommendations to enhance these collaborations and increase the links with the ecosystems and their activities, ultimately contributing to sustainable urban development in Europe. The recommendations concern European and national policy makers in Education, Research and Regional development. The InCITIES project demonstrates the potential for universities to lead transformative change through coordinated action, particularly as policy makers put in place support mechanisms for European cooperation.

Deliverable 6.1 - Pedagogical Model Strategic Plan

Executive Summary

Work package six – “Capacity building Actions on Learning by Developing Pedagogical Model (LbD) in ISR Cities” has two parallel but interconnected objectives: First, in terms of content, it aims to build from WP2’s knowledge hubs and paves the way for a common teaching curriculum between InCITIES  partners around the topic of  Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient (ISR) cities. Second, given the inherent context-dependent complexity of the topic, it evades the possibility to be taught as a traditional university lecture. Therefore, the Learning by  Developing Pedagogical Model (LbD) is introduced as a way for students to learn first-hand how to address the ISR challenges in practice, in collaboration with local and regional stakeholders. The LbD pedagogical approach will be applied in the form of pilot trainings at UNIZA and ISCTE. The first concrete step towards this goal is the delivery of this D6.1 deliverable “Pedagogical Model Strategic Plan”, a document that sums up what is going to be done for the pilots, why and how.

In the deliverable, Chapter 1 introduces the policy background and the European goals underpinning the inCITIES project, such as the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission. Chapter 2 makes the connection between the Sustainable Development Goals (as the foundation for the ISR teaching content) and the Inner Development Goals (as the foundation for the LbD approach). IDGs are particularly important to empower students to feel capable of acting and making impact despite the scale of climate change and social challenges cities are facing today. A summary of the state of progress towards the SDGs is also provided for each participating country (Slovakia, Portugal, France, Germany and Finland). Chapter 3 unpacks in more detail the theory and application of the LbD approach. It also presents the model of six pillars of futures thinking for transforming (Inayatullah, 2008) which is used when intervening in cities. Chapter 4 introduces the framework for the design and  guidance of the pilot courses, which are currently due to start in the Spring semester 2024 (February-May) at UNIZA. Finally, chapter 5 introduces the online training courses that will be developed to build the foundation for the LbD approach and learnings to continue being adopted by InCITIES partners beyond the life of the project.

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InCITIES Deliverable D6.1 – Pedagogical Model Strategic Plan

Deliverable 6.2 - Learning material and pilots plan

Executive Summary

The Deliverable D6.2 provides the Learning material and Learning by Developing (LbD)
pedagogical model plan which are developed and adopted in UNIZA and ISCTE pilots. This
material can serve as an inspiration for future educators who plan similar pilots, using the
project’s results in different educational settings. The document describes a LbD pilot’s plan and
methodology for the organisation of training events and short-term, e.g., Summer and Winter,
schools. The plan integrates the InCITIES project’s LbD pedagogical model which aims at making
cities inclusive, sustainable, and resilient. The pilot planning involves securing partners,
addressing constraints, creating balanced student groups, and fostering interactive learning
environments. It also details the workflow for international, multidisciplinary and multi-learning
level LbD implementations and specifics of the pilots, including challenges and strategies for
success.

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Deliverable 6.3 - 2 roll-out pilots in the widening countries

Executive Summary

Deliverable D6.3 presents the outcomes of two pilot courses in Slovakia and Portugal that applied the Learning by Developing (LbD) model to tackle real urban challenges.
The UNIZA pilot engaged students in a blended course combining online learning with on-site activities, supported by local stakeholders. Participants developed practical solutions aligned with Inclusive Sustainable and Resilient (ISR) city themes and received feedback from municipal authorities. The pilot demonstrated strong ecosystem involvement, high participant satisfaction, and progress toward ECTS harmonisation. Insights from this implementation will guide future improvements and support the scaling of ISR education across widening countries.
The ISCTE Pilot followed the same principles of the UNIZA pilot, regarding the LbD implementation, the combination of online learning with on-site activities and the active participation of local InCITIES Associated Partners stakeholders (national and private companies, NGO’s and municipalities). The Associated Partners proposed challenges were completely aligned with ISR city themes and were enthusiastically addressed by the different student groups. The realization of a Hackathon, in the last day of the onsite week, was an opportunity to involve all the participants, e.g., students, associated partner representatives, professors and tutors, in a single event.

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D6.3 – 2 roll-out pilots in the widening countries

Deliverable 6.4 - Lessons learned and outlook

Executive Summary

In this final InCITIES WP6 deliverable, we reflect on how the Learning by Developing (LbD)
model was applied and evolved through two pilot courses in Slovakia and Portugal. Both pilots
followed the core principles of LbD—real-life assignments, stakeholder collaboration, and
blended learning—while also demonstrating distinct institutional adaptations. UNIZA
emphasised ecosystem engagement and ECTS harmonisation, whereas ISCTE, already familiar
with LbD, designed a more integrated and participatory learning experience, including a
Hackathon.
A training course was developed to support instructors in applying LbD, and a Capability
Maturity Model Integration Process was initiated to guide pedagogical renewal and capacity
building. Informed by futures-oriented publications, the model lays the foundation for longterm
institutional change toward future-ready education aligned with SDG 11.
The pilots highlighted the effectiveness of challenge-based learning—and LbD in particular—
in strengthening student agency, fostering collaboration with local ecosystems, and driving
curriculum innovation. This work now continues within the Erasmus+ funded PIONEER
Alliance, where WP6 themes are embedded across multiple work packages. Lessons learned
from WP6 contribute as seeds for lasting institutional transformation.

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D6.4 – Lessons learned and outlook

Deliverable 7.1 - Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan - Part 1

Executive Summary

This deliverable is related to project task T7.1, dissemination, exploitation and communication plan. It describes the project’s communication objectives, main target groups (TGs), and all communication-related activities concerning the implementation of the project work packages (WPs). The document also explains project partner roles and responsibilities pertaining to communication activities and communication channels. Deliverable D7.1 will be the basis for monitoring dissemination, exploitation, and communication activities, and will be updated in M15.

Preparation of this deliverable was led and completed by the UNIZA team (Tatiana Kováčiková, Shahab Khormali, Olena Hundarenko). The project’s consortium contributed to the preparation of the deliverable by providing required inputs as well as structured feedback on the proposed plan which helped to develop this deliverable properly.

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Deliverable 7.2 - Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan - Part 2

Executive Summary

This deliverable is related to project task T7.1 of WP7 regarding the Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication plan. It describes the project’s communication objectives, main target groups (TGs), and all dissemination, exploitation and communication activities concerning the implementation of the project work packages (WPs). The document also outlines the roles and responsibilities of the project partners in delivering this plan and maintaining active communication channels. Deliverable D7.2 is an updated version of D7.1 and will be the basis for the implementation and monitoring of all dissemination, exploitation, and communication activities throughout the project duration.

Preparation of this deliverable was led and completed by the UNIZA team (Tatiana Kováčiková, Christina Georgouli, Olena Hundarenko). The project’s consortium contributed to the improvement of this deliverable by providing structured feedback.

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Deliverable 7.3 - Commercialization guideline including fundamentals, benefits, challenges, and process of commercialising university research as well as IPR and knowledge management

Executive Summary

The Deliverable D7.3 Commercialisation Guideline is included in the Work package 7, Task 7.2 in InCITIES – Trailblazing Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities -project. The objective of this commercialisation Guideline is to develop a Guide as a reference document to provide basic concepts and issues involved in commercialising university research, emphasize the significant role of IPR and knowledge management in the university commercialisation process and disseminate the university benefits of commercialising research. The purpose of this Guide is to lead the commercialising process step-by-step to possible commercial product in a basic level.

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Deliverable 7.4 - InCITIES Project Website

Executive Summary

This deliverable is related to project task 7.3, website and social media, and provides a detailed overview of the project’s website design and implementation process.

The design, implementation, and launch of the project’s website and the preparation of this deliverable were led and completed by the UNIZA team (Tatiana Kováčiková, Shahab Khormali, and Yannick Cornet). The project’s coordinator and partners supported the implementation of task 7.3 and the preparation of deliverable 7.4 by supplying required content and inputs related to the InCITIES project objectives and ongoing activities (e.g., workshops, seminars, training courses). Furthermore, the project consortium provided structured and meaningful feedback on designing and developing the project’s webpage resulting in successfully fulfilling task 7.3.

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Deliverable 7.5 - Project social media

Executive Summary

This deliverable is related to project task 7.3, website and social media, and provides an overview of the project’s social media Twitter and LinkedIn.

The design, implementation, and launch of the social media and the preparation of this deliverable were led and completed by the UNIZA team (Tatiana Kováčiková, Tibor Petrov and Lenka Kopunova). The project’s coordinator and partners supported the implementation of task 7.3 and the preparation of deliverable 7.5.  Furthermore, the project consortium provided structured and meaningful feedback on designing and developing the project’s social media resulting in successfully fulfilling task 7.3.

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InCITIES Deliverable D7.5 – InCITIES Project social media

Deliverable 7.6 - Report on Dissemination Activities (Part 1)

Executive Summary

This deliverable outlines the InCITIES external dissemination channels as well as the partner-level and project-level dissemination activities conducted within the first year of the InCITIES implementation. This document will be updated again in M24 (September 2024) and M36 (September 2025).

Preparation of this deliverable was led and completed by the UNIZA team (Tibor Petrov, Tatiana Kováčiková). The project’s coordinator and consortium contributed to the preparation of the deliverable by providing required inputs as well as feedback on the structure and the content of this document.

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Deliverable 7.7 - Report on Dissemination Activities (Part 2)

Executive Summary

This deliverable provides an overview of the InCITIES project’s dissemination,
exploitation, and communication (DEC) activities during its second year (months 12-23).
It outlines the project’s key dissemination channels aimed at reaching various
stakeholders such as research communities, policymakers, and the public. The report
also highlights both project-level and partner-level dissemination efforts, including
consortium meetings, scientific cafés, and participation in international conferences. A
key focus is on sharing the project’s objectives and progress, as well as monitoring the
engagement and visibility through key performance indicators like website visitors.
Preparation of this deliverable was led and completed by the UNIZA team. This document
will be updated again in M36 (September 2025).

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Deliverable 7.8 - Report on dissemination activities – part 3

Executive Summary

This deliverable reports on the dissemination, exploitation, and communication (DEC)
activities carried out during the third year of the InCITIES project (months 25–36). It
outlines the main channels used to engage different stakeholder groups, including the
research community, policymakers, and the general public. The report highlights both
project-wide and partner-level initiatives, such as consortium meetings, scientific cafés,
and participation in international conferences. Particular emphasis is placed on
communicating the project’s objectives and progress, as well as monitoring outreach and

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D7.8 – Report on dissemination activities – part 3