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Looking back at 16 months
successful network activities
CONNEX Mid-Term Conference, 3-5 November 2005
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The puzzle of good research governance:
Dealing with a complex, multilevel (?), multi-cultural group of individuals and institutions and fulfilling our ambitious objectives
A challenge:
In terms of co-ordination, and organisationIn terms of financial and administrative management
…………. CONNEX, a learning organisation…
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1) State of the Consortium
Participants involved in CONNEX over the past 12 months (Total 238)
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Full participants
Additional participants
PhD participants
External Participants
Users (non-accademic)
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Evolution of Task 2 Activities during Work Period 1
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Total Effort Invested in CONNEX (W ork load in Person per Month. Total: 254 P/M)
75 PM by full participants, paid from CONNEX budget
(30%)
44 PM by external participants, without
retribution (17%))
135 PM by full participants, without retribution (53%)
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Funding earmarked for the first 18 months (according to contract): 1.413.600 €
Requested grant to the budget for the first 12 months (according to
contract): 950.000 €
Pre-financing received from the Commission (first transfer): 1.190.000 €
Total eligible costs for the first reporting period (July 04 – June 05):
673.110, 33 €
Requested EC contribution for the first reporting period: 608.210,47 €
2) Financial Situation (first reporting period)
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All amounts in Euro Management Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Total
Total amount funding available (including overheads) 97.200 426.000 674.400 216.000 1.413.600
Estimated total amount of expenditures for first work period (July 04 – December 05). Based on money engaged
81.400 + 15.000= 96.400
251.000 + 135.000= 386.000
265.000 + 246.000= 511.000
67.000 + 108.000= 175.000 1.168.400
Financial Situation (until December 2005)
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3) Progress regarding Integration
Structure of Contacts Between Network Members at Project Start
Legend: red = male blue = female , Triangle: Seniority = Researcher , Square: Seniority = Professor
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Structure of Contacts Between Network Members at Month 6
Legend: red = male blue = female , Triangle: Seniority = Researcher , Square: Seniority = Professor
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4) Communication Within and Outside the Network
• Newsletter: 2 issues, 241 subscribers (most of them outside CONNEX)
Information round mail every 3 weeks
Internet Home page launched in November 2004 (more than 11.500 visits)
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Evolution of the amount of visitors at
www.connex-network.org/
Visits (=Page impressions)
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Visits (=Page impressions)
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Press Coverage with international Resonance
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Practical information
Travel documents
Meetings of the Research Groups