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Turning waste from steel industry into valuable low cost
feedstock for energy intensive industry
GA Nr.: 642067
D 8.2
Communication Plan
Version Final
30 March 2016
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DISCLAIMER
The opinion stated in this report reflects the opinion of the authors and not the opinion of the
European Commission.
All intellectual property rights are owned by RESLAG consortium members and are protected
by the applicable laws. Reproduction is not authorized without prior written agreement.
The commercial use of any information contained in this document may require a license
from the owner of that information.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This document is a deliverable of RESLAG project. This project has received funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant
agreement Nº 642067.
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DELIVERABLE DOCUMENTATION SHEET
Project Acronym RESLAG
Project Title Turning waste from steel industry into valuable low cost feedstock
for energy intensive industry
Grant Agreement number 642067
Call identifier H2020-WASTE-2014-two-stage
Topic identifier WASTE-1-2014
Funding Scheme Innovation Action
Project duration 42 months (September 2015 – February 2019)
Project Adviser Dr. Manuel Irún Molina (EASME)
Coordinator CIC Energigune – Dr. Bruno D’Aguanno
Consortium partners CICe, AM, DLR, IK4-Azt, ETH Zürich, Imperial, FAU, CEA, OC,
ENEA, VTT, TA, ALSTOM, IWKS, LCE, MASEN, NOVARGI,
ALSTOM-CH, HASTEN
Website www.reslag.eu
Deliverable number D 8.2
Deliverable title Communication Plan
Description Description of the communication strategy, target audiences and
communication tools of the project.
WP number WP 8 – Dissemination and Exploitation
Related task Task 8.2
Lead Beneficiary Hasten
Author(s) Joseba Prieto - Hasten
Contributor(s) All partners
Reviewer(s) Lola Maldonado – CIC Energigune
Type R (Report)
Dissemination level PU (Public)
Language English - GB
Due date 29/02/2016 – M 6
Submission date 01/02/2016 – M 7
Status Final
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REVISION HISTORY
Vers
ion
Date Comment Author
v1 08/02/2016 First draft Joseba Prieto – Hasten –
Communication Manager
v2 15/02/2016 Second draft Joseba Prieto – Hasten –
Communication Manager
v3 26/02/2016 Third draft Joseba Prieto – Hasten –
Communication Manager
v4 29/02/2016 Fourth draft Joseba Prieto – Hasten –
Communication Manager
v5 10/03/2016 Fifth draft Joseba Prieto – Hasten –
Communication Manager
vf-2 29/03/2016 Sixth draft Urko De La Torre – Hasten -
Communication Manager
vf-1 30/03/2016 Quality check CIC Energigune – CICe - Project
coordinator
vf 30/03/2016 Submitted CIC Energigune – CICe - Project
coordinator
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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMARY ........................................................................................................... 6
NOMENCLATURE .................................................................................................................. 7
LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... 8
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 9
2 COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES .............................................................................. 10
3 TARGENT AUDIENCES ............................................................................................... 11
4 BRAND IDENTITY ....................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Logo ....................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 Templates ............................................................................................................... 13
4.3 Other corporate material ........................................................................................ 13
5 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ................................................................................ 14
6 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CONTENT ......................................... 16
7 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CHANNELS ...................................... 17
7.1 Website................................................................................................................... 17
7.2 Social Networks ..................................................................................................... 18
7.3 Press releases.......................................................................................................... 20
7.4 Congresses ............................................................................................................. 20
7.5 Workshops ............................................................................................................. 20
7.6 Public events .......................................................................................................... 20
7.7 Newsletters ............................................................................................................. 20
8 REPORTING ................................................................................................................... 22
9 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................. 23
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................... 24
ANNEX I ................................................................................................................................. 25
ANNEX II ............................................................................................................................... 26
ANNEX III .............................................................................................................................. 27
ANNEX IV .............................................................................................................................. 28
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EXECUTIVE SUMARY
This Communication Plan has been designed to communicate and disseminate the activities
that the partners of the RESLAG project will carry out for 42 months. As it is explained in
this document, this Communication Plan will be modified according to the results
collected in the Strategy Report (see Annex V of the “D.1 Website and communication
material”). This report will collect the results of the different communication channels that
will be used to communicate and disseminate, helping to identify the improvement aspects of
the Communication Plan.
A concrete and unique Brand Identity has been designed in order to make the project
recognisable and give it its own identity. In order to make sure that all partners know how to
applicate the RESLAG brand in the different communication platforms and printed materials,
it has been designed and a simple but effective brand manual, which is available in
RESLAG intranet.
The Brand Identity will be transversally applied to all the communication channels that will
be used in the RESLAG project: Website, Social Networks, Press releases, Congresses,
Workshops, Public events and Newsletters. This communication channels have been
selected attending the different communication objectives, which are described in detail in
this document. RESLAG project communication objectives are the following ones: Brand
knowledge, Promotion, Dissemination, Search for potentially attractive markets and
Education.
Each communication channel and communication objective has been selected taking into
account the different targeted audiences that we want to reach: Institutions (Public, private
and political), Other H2020 projects, Scientific community, Industrial companies,
Investors and Society.
In order to impact these audiences with an interesting content via the selected channels, an
internal monthly content collection procedure has been stablished, to ensure that:
The information content flows correctly and in time from all the partners of the
RESLAG project to Hasten (the partner in charge of the communication of the
project).
Any information content that is going to be communicated is previously validated
by the project coordinator (CIC Energigune).
The main content that will be generated and published via the communication channels is:
News: Relevant activities, milestones and curiosities of the RESLAG project itself or
activities related to the revalorization of slag carried out by the partners of the project.
Near future Congresses that will be attended by the partners: In order to
announce with anticipation the assistance to Congresses and Events in the selected
communication channels, it will be necessary to collect the necessary preliminary
information about them.
Summary of Congresses that have already happened: Once the Congress or the
Event has been done, information about it will be collected in order to generate
content for the different communication channels.
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NOMENCLATURE
ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
EU European Union
GA Grant Agreement
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 4.1: European Union´s H2020 logo .....................................................................12
Figure 4.2: RESLAG Logo ..........................................................................................................12
Figure 5.1: Communication planning ...............................................................................15
Figure 6.1: Communication content procedure flow-chart ..................................16
Figure 7.1: Communication tools for different target segments ........................17
Figure 7.2: Website homepage .............................................................................................18
Figure 7.3: RESLAG Twitter ....................................................................................................19
Figure 7.4: RESLAG LinkedIn .................................................................................................19
Figure 9.1: Summarized communication plan organization chart ...................23
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1 INTRODUCTION
This document is a deliverable concerning the RESLAG project funded by the Horizon 2020
programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement #642067.
In the deliverable, some communication objectives are set which will enable the RESLAG
project to be explained to the market niche identified in the target audience section. During
the 42 months of the project, any research carried out (if not all, the most relevant) and all
breakthroughs for slag recovery and reuse will be reported.
This dissemination of the advances and implementation of the pilots will involve all partners
of RESLAG, who will be given detailed knowledge of progress during their research in order
to achieve more effective communication.
Throughout this document we will see the relationship between:
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2 COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES
All the dissemination and communication activities have been designed in order to have an
impact on the specific segmented target audiences shown in the following section.
The communication objectives are:
1. Brand knowledge: The messages must try to reinforce the brand in all areas. To do
this, the common usage of the logo by all partners is essential.
2. Promotion: of the congresses, conferences, seminars... in which some or all of the
RESLAG consortium members take part in presenting the project.
3. Dissemination: Public disclosure of the progress and results of the project.
4. Search for potentially attractive markets: Active participation with the aim of
increasing the project’s area of exploitation.
5. Education: Increasing public awareness of the environmental benefits of the project.
All these objectives are closely related with European “Communicating EU research and
innovation guidance for project” handbook, which explains the importance that
communicating the benefits of funded projects brings to the whole society.
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3 TARGENT AUDIENCES
After an analysis of the potential audiences of the project, its interest groups and target
audience have been identified. The target audience identified is broad and varied. To facilitate
the development of a more effective communication strategy the wide potential audience has
been separated into the following groups according to their interests and previous knowledge
in the subject:
Institutions. Public, private and political institutions and other authorities.
The support of these institutions is key to the successful implementation and
strengthening of the project.
Other H2020 projects. Other relevant initiatives and projects of the Horizon 2020
programme.
Scientific community: Researchers working in the same or similar research lines.
Industrial companies. Companies from different sectors interested in optimising the
use of slag in their production processes.
Investors. European and international investors and companies searching for
investments in this area.
Society: European citizens and general society interested in recycling and
environmental issues.
Aside from the target segments listed above, we must not forget the importance of internal
communication among members of the consortium that it is ensured through the meetings
held during the project explained in the “D1.1 Data Management Plan” or the Intranet of the
project explained in detail in the “D8.1 Website and communication material”.
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4 BRAND IDENTITY
The Brand identity of the RESLAG project has been designed to reflect a unique, consistent
and differential image and style that makes any communication from RESLAG recognisable.
All the communication and dissemination tools explained in the following section use a
consistent brand identity for RESLAG which matches the image that the consortium of
partners wishes to convey.
It is important to note that in all communications carried out, both internally and externally,
the European Union logo must be shown with the following phrase: “Funded by the European
Union’s H2020 Programme Waste 1-2014 – GA 642067”.
Figure 4.1: European Union´s H2020 logo
4.1 Logo
At the start of the project, a logo was designed aimed at advertising RESLAG. Therefore the
public objective, as previously stated, can easily identify and associate research to this
logo/brand. The logo was designed with a clear and dynamic “look and feel” representing the
raw materials used and the circular economy concept behind the RESLAG project. Through
the logo, the RESLAG project communicates the principal claim of the project: “Turning
waste into value”.
This design must be used by all partners whatever the medium on which they are working:
website, brochures, deliverables, documents, graphical materials... to facilitate the
identification and recognition of RESLAG. A corporate identity manual (see Annex IV) has
been designed to ensure consistency of use of the logo in all media that will be described
below and will be available at the intranet of the project for all the partners of the RESLAG
project.
Figure 4.2: RESLAG Logo
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4.2 Templates
In order to unify the external and internal communications of the partners, templates have
been designed for public and confidential presentations and documentation. These templates
ensure the transmission of a unified corporate image.
The templates will be available for all partners in the intranet of the project (see more detail
about the intranet in the “D8.1 Website and communication materials”)
4.3 Other corporate material
As it is explained in “D8.1 Website and communication materials”, other communication
material will be developed throughout the project. These materials are focused on off-line
communication and will be developed by the end of April.
Printed leaflet: It will show the main project features, aims, expected results,
partners and pilot projects. There will be two types of printed leaflet:
o The first one will be used to show the technical aspects of the project. It will
be interesting for specialized media, Industrial companies and related
projects.
o The second one will be used to introduce RESLAG Project from another
point of view, easier to understand for the general public.
Standard presentation for the EU: It will be continuously updated to incorporate
the achievements of the program. This presentation will be available for all partners.
It will help them to explain the project anywhere they go. This presentation will be
open to add or remove parts of it to adapt it to possible requirements. This
presentation will be useful for the following targets or situations:
o General public presentations, like universities.
o Meetings with interested Industrial companies.
o European and international investors and companies searching for
investments in new metal mining facilities.
o Public, private and political institutions, and other authorities.
Vertical rollups: design for project advertising in customized mobile publicity
exhibitor format, especially important for the last two workshops explained in “D8.2
Communication Plan” document.
Project information posters design: As we have explained in “vertical rollups”
section, there will be information posters designed for the last two workshops
explained in “D8.2 Communication Plan” document. These posters will increase the
project and his partner’s visibility, whose aim is to invite potential industries to the
explained workshops.
Information pack for media: This is the last communication material but one of the
most important at the same time. Information pack for media, also called press kit, is
a communication material specially designed for media and journalists. This material
meets the needs of one of the most important targets: the media.
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5 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
A holistic communication strategy ensures that the defined communication objectives meet
the identified target segments through the appropriate communication channels at the right
timing.
The communication strategy of the RESLAG project has been developed to achieve an
integrated and consistent information flow from the project to all the target segments
identified in the previous section of this document, avoiding disparate messaging efforts.
Ultimately, it will allow the partners of the project to create and distribute information that,
even being different in style and objective, has an inner coherence. This consistency
reinforces the RESLAG brand and prevents contradictory messaging to different target
segments across all media platforms.
A first attempt in the definition of all the communication actions planned for the entire
duration of the project have been done but this planning will be updated and is open to
modifications provided by all the partners of the RESLAG project to complete and improve it.
In order to get updated information about interesting new communication actions from all the
partners, Hasten (the communication partner) will send a monthly reminder asking for new
communication activities detected by the partners.
The information received will be taken into account to update the communication planning
shown below:
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ACTIVITIES YEAR 2016
March April May June July August September October November December
Newsletter
NW1
NW2
NW3
Congresses
International
Slag
Valorisation
Symposium
(*)
Global Slag
Conference &
Exhibition (*)
/ 72nd World
Foundry
Congress 2016
American
Society of
Mechanical
Engineering
ASME
SolarPACES
Symposium
series
Madri+d
Science
Week
Press releases PR1
PR2
Curiosities/progress
CU1
CU2
Industry news
IN1
IN2
IN3
Social networks SN
ACTIVITIES YEAR 2017
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Newsletter
NW4
NW5
NW6
NW7
Congresses
Slag valorisation
symposium
(*)
Global
Slag Conference
&
Exhibition (*)
Conference
of the European
Ceramic
Society (IC)
American
Society of
Mechanical Engineering
ASME
SolarPACES
Symposium series
9th European
Slag
Conference (*) /
Materials
Science and
Technology
(IC)
Madri+d
Science Week
Press releases
NP3
NP4
Curiosities/progress CU3
CU4
CU5
CU6
Industry news
IN4
IN5
IN6
IN7
Social networks SN
* This event is of great interest for the whole consortium
Figure 5.1: Communication planning
ACTIVITIES YEAR 2019
January February March
Newsletter
Congresses
International
level
workshop
(without
fixed date)
(*)
Final EU-
level
workshop
(*) / Slag
valorisation
symposium
(*)
Press releases
Curiosities/progress CU11
Industry news
IN12
Social networks SN
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6 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CONTENT
Taking into account the large scale of the RESLAG project, with a duration of 42 months and
19 partners from 8 countries involved, a simple yet effective information flow has been
designed in order to allow all the partners to collaborate with the creation of content that will
be shared in the communication channels described in the next section.
Every first working day of each month Hasten (the communication partner) will send a
reminder email to all the partners of the RESLAG project with the different templates (see
Annex I, II and III) that will have to be filled by the partners to collect the different kind of
content that has been generated during the previous month:
News: Relevant activities, milestones and curiosities of the RESLAG project itself or
activities related to the revalorization of slag carried out by the partners of the project.
Near future Congresses that will be attended by the partners: In order to
announce with anticipation the assistance to Congresses and Events in the selected
communication channels, it will be necessary to collect the necessary preliminary
information about them.
Summary of Congresses that have already happened: Once the Congress or the
Event has been done, information about it will be collected in order to generate
content for the different communication channels.
Once the reminder has been sent the following procedure will be followed by all the partners
of the RESLAG project:
Figure 6.1: Communication content procedure flow-chart
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
Communication partner(Hasten)
All partners of the RESLAG
project
Project Coordinator
(CIC Energigune)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Templates for News, future and past Congresses
and Events
Complete template with the information required
Review the final content and make
changes if necessary
Completed Templates
Structure, style and format the “raw”
information collected
Strategical decision on the
channels and timingFinal
content draft
Final content
DAYS SINCE REMINDER
Website
Social Networks
Press Releases
Congresses
Newsletter
Workshops
Public events
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7 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CHANNELS
The information content generated during the 42 months long RESLAG project needs to be
communicated through the most effective channels depending on the target audiences that
want to be reached and the characteristics of each of the channels. As explained in the
previous section, once the information content has been generated, optimized and approved
Hasten will strategically decide the timing and the channels that will be used to release it.
In order to achieve the integrated strategy explained in the Communication and dissemination
strategy section, the main tools that are going to be used to approach each of the target
segments have being defined according to their characteristics, and are shown in the figure
below:
Figure 7.1: Communication tools for different target segments
In this section the different channels that are going to be used by the RESLAG project will be
described.
7.1 Website
The website is RESLAG’s main online communication tool (www.reslag.eu). All the sections
of the website are explained in great detail in “D8.1 Website and communication materials”.
The information contained in the website will be reviewed monthly in order to pinpoint
possible areas of improvement which will contribute towards the enrichment of the
experience of users.
Aside from the information displayed in the website itself, the website will also be used as a
platform for dissemination of information content generated throughout the project mainly
through:
The Open library section: Any interested visitors will be able to access data generated
during the project, scientific publications and public deliverables in this section.
WebsiteSocial
Networks
Press
releasesCongresses Workshops
Public
eventsNewsletter
Institutions
H2020
projects
Scientific
community
Industrial
companies
Investors
Society
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The News section: Any interested visitors will be able to access the News generated
regarding the main events, milestones, curiosities and progress of the project.
The links to the Social Networks: The website has many links available to the social
networks of the project and even a twitter feed. In addition, it enables any user to
share whatever they find interesting directly from the website to their social networks.
The Changing banner: There is a banner on the website that has been designed to be
changed throughout the project to advertise the congresses, public events, workshops,
curiosities and milestones achieved.
Figure 7.2: Website homepage
7.2 Social Networks
The objectives of the social networks in the RESLAG project are:
To bring research carried out to the general public.
Maintain closer relationships with the target audiences.
Centralise discussions and communication between partners.
To carry out recruitment processes for the consortium.
To carry out market research and understanding.
Alternative channel such as a mailbox for suggestions, doubts, complaints...
Social networks will serve as a channel for the mass distribution of the news published on the
website; to advertise events that will be attended by members of RESLAG; as well as for the
creation of forums. Aside from the communication and dissemination of the content generated
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by the RESLAG project, Hasten will do a close monitoring of the related content generated
by other social accounts to share it and help to disseminate it.
Social networks which are considered to be more in tune with RESLAG’s target audience
have been identified: Twitter (https://twitter.com/reslag_eu) and
LinkedIn(https://www.linkedin.com/company/reslag). If, as the project progresses, other
needs are detected, other social networks and platforms could be added, such as Facebook or
YouTube.
Figure 7.3: RESLAG Twitter
Figure 7.4: RESLAG LinkedIn
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7.3 Press releases
From all the content generated by the RESLAG partners during the project, the significant
breakthrough accomplishments and events will be identified by Hasten and sent to online and
offline communication media.
Each press release should be accompanied, approximately 2 weeks after sending, with a
follow-up to the publications produced (if there are any) in the communication media.
7.4 Congresses
RESLAG partners will take part in different congresses, some of which have been already
identified such as the SolarPACES Symposium, Conference of the European Ceramic Society
or European Slag Conference...
Diverse visual corporate material, created ad-hoc, will be used at these and other events, such
as rollups, brochures, leaflets or posters aimed at increasing the visibility of the project and
consolidating the Brand identity of RESLAG.
7.5 Workshops
Two Workshops will be held by RESLAG at the end of the project in order to bring together
the partners of the RESLAG project with potential end-user industrial companies, academic
experts of the scientific community and potential investors.
The objective of these Workshops is double:
To provide knowledge and disseminate the results obtained during the period of the
project to specialists and stakeholders in the region.
To make face to face contact with potential end-users in order to boost the technology
transfer and the exploitation of the results obtained.
7.6 Public events
In order to disseminate the work that it is being done in the RESLAG project to the Society in
general, different public events will be attended in order to explain in a non-expert friendly
way the main objectives, results and benefits of the project.
7.7 Newsletters
A newsletter will be sent once every 4 months to the subscribed contacts in order to directly
inform them of the most relevant and latest progresses of the project.
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The database of subscribers will be generated by Hasten in collaboration with all the partners,
that will identify and send to Hasten the interested contacts within the scientific community,
industrial companies, investors and other H2020 project partners.
The newsletter will list in an attractive way the new additions of information on all the
communication and dissemination channels of the RESLAG project, redirecting the readers to
them in order to generate traffic, as it is important that interested target audiences, do not just
visit them once, but keep involved and updated on the information content generated by the
project.
The results and statistics from the newsletter will be drawn from each newsletter one week
after sending it. Conclusions and possible areas of improvement will also be indicated (if any)
which will help to optimise future mailings.
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8 REPORTING
All the communication activities will be accounted for in reports in order to assess the targets
reached and, if necessary, to reinforce the strategies.
Web analytics results, published news, as well as the reports from the social networks will be
presented monthly. In addition, a report will be submitted for each of the newsletters sent and
each press release will be monitored.
To carry out strict control of the results, different KPIs have been defined to assess the
success, or lack thereof, of each action.
KPIs of the website
o Number of budgets requested
o Number of single users on the site
o Average duration of each visit
o Popular web pages and browsing flow
o Traffic source of the visitors
o Regular visitors vs new visitors
KPIs of the newsletters
o Number of emails opened and opening ratio
o Number of clicks and click rate
o Number of web sessions from newsletters
KPIs of the press releases
o Number of publications in the media
o Number of web sessions from press releases
KPIs of the social networks
o Number of followers
o Number of mentions
o Number of comments
o Number of interactions
o Number of web sessions from social networks
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9 CONCLUSIONS
In order to optimize the communication and dissemination activities of the RESLAG project
an initial holistic and integrated definition process has been made in order to stablish the main
Objectives, Target Audiences, Channels and Reporting actions that will define the
Communication strategy.
Figure 9.1: Summarized communication plan organization chart
Nonetheless, the Communication Plan will at all times be adapted to the project and to the
strategic changes of the latter when seeking continuous improvement. This is a living
document which can be updated. The methodology applied to the communication and
dissemination activities (planning, execution, control, identification of improvement areas)
ensures the continuous improvement of the results during the project.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/grants/grant-
management/communication_en.htm
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ANNEX I
Template for News: This template is required to collect information that will generate news
on the website, newsletters and for publications on social networks.
NEWS RESPONSES
NEWS AFFECTING
THE PROJECT OR
ANY OF ITS
PARTNERS
[Explaining the news concerning the project or pilot]
WHO DID WHAT [Explaining who did what]
HOW [Explaining how it was carried out]
WHEN [Explaining when it was carried out]
WHERE [Explaining where it was carried out]
WHY? [Explain the causes and drivers]
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ANNEX II
Template for near future Congresses: The Project partners must fill out the following table
to report on near future attendance at congresses and conferences, to be used as content for
the website, newsletters and publications on social networks.
CONGRESS OR
CONFERENCE RESPONSES
CONGRESS OR
CONFERENCE
DATE AND
VENUE (AND
WEBSITE IF
ANY)
[Indicating the congress, conference, seminar date and venue]
ORGANISERS [Explaining who organises the event, how many times it has been hosted, etc.]
WHAT IT IS [Describing the congress, conference, etc. which RESLAG has taken part in ]
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ANNEX III
Template for already attended Congresses: The Project partners must fill out the following
table to report on attendance at congresses and conferences, to be used as content for the
website, newsletters and publications on social networks.
CONGRESS OR
CONFERENCE RESPONSES
CONGRESS OR
CONFERENCE
DATE AND
VENUE (AND
WEBSITE IF
ANY)
[Indicating the congress, conference, seminar date and venue]
ORGANISERS [Explaining who organises the event, how many times it has been hosted, etc.]
WHAT IT IS [Describing the congress, conference, etc. which RESLAG has taken part in ]
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS,
AGREEMENTS,
ETC
[Describing congress participants, agreements, etc.]
WHY RESLAG
HAS TAKEN
PART AND
WHAT THIS
PARTICIPATION
HAS ACHIEVED
[Describing RESLAG participation, achievements obtained, etc.]
DESCRIPTION
OF
PARTICIPATION,
BRIEFING
[Describing RESLAG participation in the congress, additional documentation, etc.]
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ANNEX IV
Brand manual: In order to increase RESLAG project knowledge and make sure that target audiences relate the project with a particular brand, we have
designed a simple but effective brand manual, which is available for all the partners in the intranet with the other communication material:
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Funded by the European Union’s H2020 Programme Waste-1-2014.
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Funded by the European Union’s H2020 Programme Waste-1-2014.
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Funded by the European Union’s H2020 Programme Waste-1-2014.
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