1 / 30

EECA FP7 Help-Desk EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

EECA FP7 Help-Desk EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010. Dr . Tatyana Lyadnova , ICT NCP Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information Support of Scientific and Technical Sphere (BELISA) tlyadnova@fp7-nip.org.by. Content. 1. HD objective 2. HD current status

armine
Télécharger la présentation

EECA FP7 Help-Desk EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. EECA FP7 Help-DeskEXTEND Training WorkshopBaku, 23 April 2010 Dr.Tatyana Lyadnova,ICT NCP Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information Support of Scientific and Technical Sphere (BELISA) tlyadnova@fp7-nip.org.by

  2. Content • 1. HD objective • 2. HD current status • 3. HD Functions • 4. Submit a question • 5. FAQ • 6. Glossary • 7. Phone questions • 8. Next steps • 9. Questions EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  3. Help-Desk (HD) objective • HD is intended to assist ICT research actors from the EECA countries, including project partners’ countries and cluster projects’ countries: - to become familiar with the procedures and opportunities for co-operation in the ICT programme • to acquire know-how on identified areas suitable for the future EU-EECA cooperation EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  4. Help Desk current status • HD service was launched in July 2009 • It will remain operational until the end of the project • Provision of HD services – responsibility of the EECA partners/ per country • HD services are offered through EXTEND website http://www.extend-ict.eu/helpdesk EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  5. Help Desk clearly marked on the project home page, http://www.extend-ict.eu EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  6. Help Desk Introduction EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  7. Help Desk Functions EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  8. Submit a Question • Question may be submitted in any language but the answer would be given only in English • User has the option to attach files together with submitting his question. Such a file could be a document enclosing a more elaborated description of the proposal idea. • A respond time is maximum 2 working days from the first question/ call EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  9. HD offered services • The following activities are offered under “Submit a question”: • Proposal Preparation Support • Idea Evaluation • Making it understandable • Coaching EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  10. Proposal Preparation Support • The user can get an assistance regarding the proposal preparation in general: • the initial understanding what it is, • where to find the information on the open calls, • how to use it, • in which way to proceed, based on the very initial draft proposal, • what aspects are important for the proposal preparation, • where and how to find partners, • etc. EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  11. Idea evaluation • The User can have a preliminary basic evaluation of his proposal idea: • checking whether it is compatible with the ICT FP7 priorities and if it’s worth pursuing, and of it fits the open Call Challenges/ Objectives. • The User should not expect to have an evaluation from the point of view of the state-of-the-art and novelty. EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  12. Making it understandable • Help desk will try • to “translate” the objectives of the Calls into a more understandable language (i.e. explain what the EC wants/means under a certain objective) • to map the organisation’s skills to a number of possible objectives in the call EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  13. Coaching • The Help desk will try to coach the proposer to approach the Commission: • the right person • to ask right questions so that the proposer can assess the idea weaknesses and strengths • to give the name and e-mail address, telephone number (if necessary) of the EC person dealing with the issue • to explain/discuss what he/she needs to get back from the EC during the conversation EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  14. User submits a question EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  15. User chooses the country EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  16. Choose the question subject It is important to have the questions grouped. The user can choose the one what fits best. EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  17. The User gets acknowledge EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  18. The FP7 Country Specialist answer form EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  19. Answer by Country Specialist EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  20. Answer by Country Specialist EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  21. The Help-Desk Process EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  22. FP7FAQs EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  23. The Glossary EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  24. Users’ Feedback EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  25. FP7 Country Specialists EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  26. Phone questions A user can (although not recommended) to submit a question by telephone In this case, the FP7 CS has to fill in a special Form (similar to user submission form) for reporting on the phone consultation via the web “Add phone question” The situation is then handled manually EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010 * Improves our services, gives accountability and credibility, etc.

  27. Help-Desk’s alert mechanism • If the question is not read by the FP7 Country Specialist within 24 hours, a Warning is automatically sent to the Help-Desk Manager • The second Warning*36 - after 36 hours • If the answer is not yet sent, HD Manager now takes action to make sure the question is being answered and solved within the deadline EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  28. Quality control A Quality control system is set up and will be carried out through: • Ad hoc regular revision of responses sent to the Users • Evaluation of the User/organization Feedback questionnaire • The HD Manager together with the Quality Control team* will be carrying out the Quality control of the responses provided by all FP7 CS • The HD Manager together with the Quality Control team will analyse also the Feedback questionnaires, received from the Users * The Quality Team includes the project coordinator and 2-3 FP7 Country Specialists on rotation basis. EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  29. Status of the system, next steps • All needed functionalities are presented and working • Improvements could be done upon the users’ needs • HD remains operational until the end of the project and the partners are interested to keep it active after the project completion. • PLEASE!!! Use this support actively! EXTEND Training Workshop Baku, 23 April 2010

  30. Thank you…Any questions? :-)

More Related