Introduction
Results to be achieved
The dissemination plan is part of Work Package 8 of the Simpatie project. Please find below some general information on this work package.
Deliverables
Objectives:
Results are disseminated to the wider public and involved parties.
Methodology
Web-based communication has been selected as the main dissemination instrument. An interactive website has been developed and all project reports and deliverables have been made accessible. In addition the website has functioned for the duration of the project as a project management tool. The technical details of building a website and transforming reports into easily accessible repositories, fall outside the scope of this final report though and therefore will not be described here.
During the negotiation phase of the project, DGSANCO requested to develop a dissemination plan for project results also. Therefore, early February 2006 two professional communication companies have been invited to submit a pro-
posal to develop a communication plan for Simpatie project based on the terms of reference that were sent to them. For the terms of reference, see Annex11 of the final Simpatie report. The company that was selected developed a dissemination plan. Afterwards the project partners provided input for a communication plan using the plan of the company as a basic document. The final communication plan was developed using input from all partners.
Description of work
A website was set up during the first year of the project to inform the public and to enable dissemination of the project results. The website contains general information on the project, as well as all reports of the different work packages. Furthermore all WP reports have been transformed into a format that makes the information easily accessible for the visitor of the website.
This dissemination plan has been developed using the input from the partners. This included advice on how to involve the organisations and their constituencies that are in the network of the partners.
