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The COGAIN project management kick-off meeting took place from September 5-6, 2004, in Tampere, Finland. The meeting focused on day-to-day project management tasks, including activity monitoring, progress reporting, financial management, and coordination of project deliverables. Key tasks included the establishment of a Steering Group, invitations to advisory boards, and support for integration activities. Deliverables include project presentations and progress reports due at consistent intervals. Participation, management activities, and mobility grants for researchers were discussed, ensuring future compliance and quality assurance.
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WP 9: Management Stina Boedeker http://www.cs.uta.fi/hci/ COGAIN Kick-Off 5.-6.9.2004 Tampere, Finland
Objective • Overall day-to-day project management, including monitoring activities, progress reporting, financial management and coordination of project meetings and deliverables. • Refinement of plans for the later phases
Tasks 1/2 • T9.1 Set-up of the Steering Group and Network Coordination Office • T9.2 Invitations to join the Board of Industrial Advisors and the Board of User Communities • T9.3 Day-to-day management • T9.4 Support for integration activities • Cogain camps, research retreats, mobility grants
Tasks 2/2 • T9.5 Preparing and organising Steering Group meetings and kick-off meeting • T9.6 Setting up procedures for quality assurance of documents and monitoring their implementation • COGAIN document templates • Pre-publication peer review procedures
Deliverables • D9.1 Project presentation (M6 – February 2005) • D9.2 Progress report (M6 – February 2005) • D9.3 Progress report (M12 – May 2005) • D9.4 Progress report (M18 – February 2006)
Milestones • M9.1 Kick-off meeting (M2 – by October 2005) • M9.2 COGAIN camp, including expert review (M12 – by August 2005)
Measurable Indicators Indicator Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Number of participants 90 60 70 80 100in yearly camps or other general meetings Number of researchers 5 8 9 10 10 and student visits supported by the mobility programme Number of partners inv. in management activities 10 12 14 16 18 Number of individuals (BIA, BUC,…) inv. In Mgmt activities 6 10 12 15 15
Current Status • Kick-off meeting organized in Tampere. • Assembly’s preparatory meeting held on the 5th of Sept. • official meeting by email • Assembly appoints Steering Group members • Assembly sets up Network Coordination Office • Assembly appoints Board of Ind. Advisors and Board of User Communities
Estimated Involvement (first 18 months) Partner Months UTA 8 ITU 0,5 DTU 3 UNI KO-LD 0,3 POLITO 0,5 UZL 1 SU 3 ACE 0,8 UOD 0,5 DMU 2
To Do • Organize • An official Assembly meeting • Representatives from the partners appointed in writing. • Steering Group meetings • research retreats (support) • COGAIN camp in June perhaps. • Collect • information for the best way to use the mobility grants • Deliverables • and progress reports in time. • Make COGAIN templates available. • Monitor the indicators
Discussion • Comments, ideas? • Contact person Stina Boedeker, stina.boedeker@cogain.org • Email address: wp9@cogain.org