The Final NESSI-SOFT gives an overview of the NESSI ETP achievement in the past 2 years and the main lines of the NESSI Strategy.
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For better dissemination of the FP6 project achievements, we in unit D3 "Software & Services Architectures and Infrastructures" are planning to publish a brochure with the results of our FP6 Software and Grid projects. This brochure will contain an achievement sheet for each FP6 project currently in our unit.
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NESSI -Soft ... designed to support the entire NESSI Community supporting NESSI in the management of its Strategic Research Agenda collaborating to NESSI in the content of its Strategic Research Agenda promoting NESSI through events and dissemination activities enhancing NESSI through road-mapping and linking activities visible through the NESSI Office NESSI Soft started on the 1 April 2006 and ended on the 31 March 2008.
NESSI -Soft ... designed to support the entire NESSI Community supporting NESSI in the management of its Strategic Research Agenda collaborating to NESSI in the content of its Strategic Research Agenda promoting NESSI through events and dissemination activities enhancing NESSI through road-mapping and linking activities visible through the NESSI Office
NESSI-Soft is a Specific Support Action whose objective is to support the work of NESSI, in the following areas of activities:
o provide NESSI with the necessary organizational, administrative and secretarial support,
o actively assist NESSI in the implementation of its mission and achievement of its goals
NESSI-Soft is responsible for the setting up and operation of the NESSI-Office, whose goals are to provide NESSI with administrative, logistics, secretarial and organisational support.
The NESSI Office operates within the NESSI Community and serves as a focal point for NESSI Partners, Members and the whole community. NESSI Office services are presented here.
NESSI-Soft provides operational coordination of the actions between the NESSI Communities and the Working Groups. It will set up means to measure the progress of work, to identify available expertise and establish links and contacts.
It provides tools to the NESSI Board and Steering committee to monitor the evolution and coordination of NESSI activities. NESSI projects are presented here. NESSI Working Groups are presented here.
NESSI-Soft contributes to the SRA development by contributing to the Software and Services section of the SRA, liaising with national and European initiatives and providing a technology watch activity that continuously monitors and highlights advances in relevant topics. This technology watch will deliver regularly updated reports as input to the Steering and SRA Committees.
NESSI-Soft implements communication channels towards a wide variety of stakeholders and organises two annual events – one of which is the NESSI General Assembly open to all NESSI members.
It elaborates public information kits based on the latest advances in the NESSI committees and working groups. It ensures the distribution of information and continuously monitors similar initiatives and events relevant to NESSI.
NESSI-Soft implements activities designed to enhance the involvement of each Community, with a specific focus on the research and the SME Communities. Its activities range from identifying national and European associations that can help direct the information to these communities to actively setting up links to relevant research projects and initiatives.