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Contract N°: IEE/12/833/SI2.645735

Project Acronym: DIA-CORE

Title of Report

D8.1: DIA-CORE Dissemination Strategy

2nd Version

Project Coordinator: Fraunhofer ISI

Work Package 8 Leader Organization: NTUA

October 2014

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the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.

Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that

may be made of the information contained therein.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary ............................................................................................ 5

1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 9

2 DIA-CORE Website ..................................................................................... 16

3 DIA-CORE Dissemination Package .............................................................. 21

3.1 Project Logo ......................................................................................... 21

3.2 DIA-CORE Factsheet ............................................................................. 22

3.3 Leaflet .................................................................................................. 23

3.4 Newsletter ........................................................................................... 24

3.5 Articles/Press Releases/Announcements ............................................ 26

3.6 Social Media Tools ................................................................................ 29

3.7 Policy Briefs ......................................................................................... 31

4 DIA-CORE Interventions and Publications .................................................. 35

4.1 Interventions ....................................................................................... 35

4.2 Publications ......................................................................................... 36

5 DIA-CORE Events ........................................................................................ 37

5.1 Strategy ............................................................................................... 37

5.2 Kick-Off Meeting ................................................................................... 38

5.3 DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshops ........................................................ 38

5.4 Regional Workshops ............................................................................. 40

5.5 Policy Event .......................................................................................... 41

5.6 Final Conference .................................................................................. 41

Annexes............................................................................................................ 43

ANNEX A (1) – 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Agenda ....................... 43

ANNEX A (2) – 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Poster ......................... 45

ANNEX B – 2nd DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Agenda ............................. 46

Preface

DIA-CORE intends to ensure a continuous assessment of the existing policy mechanisms

and to establish a fruitful stakeholder dialogue on future policy needs for renewable

electricity (RES-E), heating & cooling (RES-H), and transport (RES-T). The core objective

of DIA-CORE is to facilitate convergence in RES support across the EU and enhance

investments, cooperation and coordination.

This project shall complement the Commission’s monitoring activities of Member States

(MSs) success in meeting 2020 RES targets and builds on the approaches developed and

successfully applied in the other previous IEE projects.

In the course of DIA-CORE, an intense and continuous stakeholder dialogue will be

established based on a series of topical workshop and continuous involvement of national

and European key decision makers. To ensure the use of the project findings and

recommendations in future policy making, intensified experience exchange forms an

overarching component of this project. Complementary to the comprehensive interactive

web-based RES policy database, this exchange will be organised by way of

workshops/conferences, online meetings, presentations at external events and through

the use of social media.

Project Partners

No Participant Name Short Name Country Code

CO1 Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovations Research

Fraunhofer ISI DE

CB2 Vienna University of Technology, Energy Economics Group EEG AT

CB3 Ecofys Netherlands bv Ecofys NL

CB4 Eclareon GmbH eclareon DE

CB5 National Technical University of Athens NTUA GR

CB6 Lithuanian Energy Institute LEI LT

CB7 Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS BE

CB8 German Institute for Economic Research DIW DE

CB9 University of Utrecht UU NL

CB10 AXPO Austria AXPO AT

Executive Summary

This document describes the Dissemination Strategy of the consortium for the DIA-CORE

project. The Dissemination Strategy defines a clear predefinition of the dissemination

actions and events, in a tailor made mode, so as to fully exploit, through effective

dissemination and communication, the project’s final aim, which is to attain a continuous

estimation of the current policy mechanisms and to create a constructive stakeholder

dialogue on future policy needs for renewable electricity (RES-E), heating & cooling (RES-

H), and transport (RES-T).

As main objective of the DIA-CORE consortium is to assure appropriate communication

and targeted dissemination of the project’s aims, objectives and expected results.

Within the above framework the Dissemination Strategy is grounded on the following key

elements:

Enhance understanding on the potential benefits from the exploitation of the support

schemes and from the implementation of RES and RUE projects;

Facilitate policy dialogue at EU and national level;

Increase awareness of possibilities for support schemes exploitation and policy

instruments;

Increase willingness to pay and act through the enhancement of awareness on RES

costs and benefits;

Publicize the research results, accumulated knowledge and gained experience;

Create interest and attract potential contribution to the DIA-CORE activities;

Create tailor made dissemination packages which will target the “hot topic” addressed

by the project.

The core of DIA-CORE Dissemination Strategy is the identification of the targeted

stakeholders, in order to effectively disseminate and communicate the main outputs of all

project results. The prime dissemination targets – identified stakeholders which have

interest in the project outcomes include policy makers, members of public

administrations, (renewable) energy industry associations, members of the European and

National Parliaments, and academics/researchers. In this way, the main outputs of all

project results are effectively disseminated to the following categories of related

stakeholders:

National and European policy makers;

Industry associations (e.g. Estela,

MEDENER, etc.);

International Organization;

Utilities;

National and Regional Authorities &

Regulatory Bodies;

Transmission System Operators – TSOs;

Energy regulators;

NGO’s and civil society;

Multilateral initiatives;

Academics/Researchers;

Private Investors and Project

Developers;

Financial Actors (e.g. EIB, KfW, EBRD);

General Public.

The needs of the specific target groups, as well as their characteristics, are the ones

determining the various strategy components. Therefore, this annual revision of the

dissemination strategy addresses issues such as the precise content, the form of

dissemination material and the means of communication, assuring the dissemination and

communication in an, up to date, tailor made mode.

All the previously mentioned stakeholders are the continuous recipients of a series of

dissemination activities, which aim to effectively disseminate and promote the DIA-CORE

results, concept and objectives, through awareness raising, knowledge sharing, interest

creation and various other activities. In brief, the main DIA-CORE dissemination actions

include:

The present well targeted dissemination strategy, including tailor made activities

aiming at target groups, with specific objectives and direct messages. Necessary

updates and enhancement are implemented on a regular basis in order to reassure

that awareness raising and motivation to action in regard to DIA-CORE outcomes are

met in a satisfactory way;

Development of the DIA-CORE web site, dedicated to the project’s activities, providing

information regarding meetings, schedules newsletters etc. The DIA-CORE web site

contributes to the effective promotion of the project’s concept through awareness

raising, knowledge and experience share, creation of interest and attraction of

potential contributions, among the stakeholders and interested parties;

Information promotion through the implementation of dissemination packages,

addressing the project target groups and including a variety of communication

actions. The particular information promotion has been launched throughout the

entire duration of the project, while it contains newsletters, leaflets, articles and press

releases, as well as policy briefs, communicated through the consortium’s

participation in conferences, workshops, roundtables etc., but also via the use of

social media. Moreover, DIA-CORE intends to organize a series of events and the

publication of its progress and results in a Special Issue. In particular:

o Organisation and implementation of a side event in the framework of the

Sustainable Energy Europe Week (EUSEW);

o Organisation and implementation of four regional workshops to disseminate and

discuss the DIA-CORE results on a regional level. The workshops will be held in

Athens, Vienna, Amsterdam and Vilnius, in order to cover different European

regions;

o Organisation and implementation of the ultimate dissemination and

communication event, the Final Conference in Brussels, presenting the key DIA-

CORE results;

o Publication of a Special Issue on the assessment of support schemes, in order to

strengthen the exchange of knowledge and experience and to ensure a better

knowledge and understanding of environmental policy interrelationships and

implications.

The main progress made into the dissemination of DIA-CORE until the first 18 months of

project implementation can be summarized to the activities shown in Table 1, below:

Table 1: List of Accomplished Dissemination Activities

Date Activity Name Type

October

2014

2nd DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop Meeting

Preparation of the Online Questionnaire for the

Bottom-Up Approach of Financing RES

Dissemination Material

Preparation of the Web-based database on

RES policy performance at present and by

2020


September

2014

Information Packs of DIA-CORE (3rd version) Dissemination Material

Social Networks Accounts

(My Europa platform account creation)

Social Media Tools

4th DIA-CORE Newsletter Dissemination Material

DIA-CORE 2nd Press Release Dissemination Material

Dissemination of the 2nd Policy brief Dissemination Material

July 2014 DIA-CORE Website Enhancement Dissemination Material

June 2014 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop Meeting

DIA-CORE 1st Press Release Dissemination Material

Dissemination of the 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS

Policy brief


May 2014 3rd DIA-CORE Newsletter Dissemination Material

April 2014

Information Packs of DIA-CORE (2nd version) Dissemination Material


(Twitter account creation)

Social Media Tools

March 2014

DIA-CORE Factsheet Dissemination Material

DIA-CORE Website Enhancement (Partners

Area creation)



(LinkedIn account creation)

Social Media Tools

February

2014

Information Packs of DIA-CORE (1st version) Dissemination Material


(Facebook account creation)

Social Media Tools

January

2014

DIA-CORE Leaflet Dissemination Material

2nd DIA-CORE Newsletter Dissemination Material

Dissemination of the re-frame Questionnaire Dissemination Material

December

2013

1st DIA-CORE Newsletter Dissemination Material

October

2013

DIA-CORE Institutional Presentation Dissemination Material

September

2013

Creation of DIA-CORE Website Dissemination Material

Dissemination Strategy (1st version) Dissemination Material

July 2013

DIA-CORE Logo Dissemination Material

DIA-CORE Graphic guidelines handbook Dissemination Material

April 2013 Kick-off Meeting Meeting

1 Introduction

DIA-CORE intends to ensure a continuous assessment of the existing policy mechanisms

and to establish a fruitful stakeholder dialogue on future policy needs for renewable

electricity (RES-E), heating & cooling (RES-H), and transport (RES-T). Thus, main

objective of DIA-CORE is to facilitate convergence in RES support across the EU and

enhance investments, cooperation and coordination. This project aims to complement the

Commission’s monitoring activities of Member States (MSs) success in meeting 2020 RES

targets and builds on the approaches developed and successfully applied in the other

previous Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) projects.

Efficient dissemination is an activity of paramount importance in any process, since the

success of these dissemination actions contributes decisively to the communication and

distribution of project outcomes by all stakeholders and target groups. Even a project

with fruitful outcomes cannot guarantee impact maximisation of its results without a

direct access to the target audience. Careful and early planning of dissemination

activities is therefore of utmost importance. Dissemination is a horizontal activity and

focuses on disseminating the outcomes of DIA-CORE project itself to a wide range of

existing or potential interested parties. Special attention is also paid to knowledge

transfer to the identified target groups based on a tailor made approach.

The main goal of deliverable “D8.1 DIA-CORE Dissemination Strategy” is the

identification and organization of the activities required to be performed in order to

augment the exploitation of the project results and the targeted dissemination of

knowledge from the DIA-CORE project. In addition to the dissemination approach that

has been applied, the necessary guidance for an efficient and effective dissemination

strategy is also provided through this deliverable, while also providing the necessary

templates for a professional awareness strategy.

In order to ensure that the Dissemination Strategy implements appropriate

communication and targeted dissemination of the project’s aims, objectives and expected

results several critical issues need to be addressed early from the beginning of the

project. Furthermore, continuous enhancement is required in order to integrate new

parameters resulting from the project’s operation. The particular critical issues can be

entitled as the essential 5W’s, a series of questions, whose answers and clarifications

determines the Dissemination Strategy’s targeted stakeholders, as well as the tailor

made, specific activities. The following questions comprise the 5W’s:

What does the project aim to clarify?

Who is or should be interested in the results?

What are we hoping to achieve in the long and short term?

Who will target in our dissemination activities?

Who can use the results of the DIA-CORE project?

Figure 1 graphically illustrates the 5W’s, while in order to ensure that corrective and

supportive actions are periodically implemented, the 5W’s have been reassessed on a

regular base.

Figure 1. The Concept of 5 W’s Strategy

Within the above framework a tailor made Dissemination Strategy, effectively

communicating the project’s beneficial character to all interested parties, which are not

only exhibiting their direct interest for the project results but also by their institutional,

scientific and educational status, focuses on the following prime dissemination targets –

identified stakeholders (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Stakeholders’ Networking Groups

The objectives of dissemination to each target group and the message to be

communicated are outlined in the following Table.

Table 2: Dissemination Objectives for each Target Group

Target group Dissemination objectives Message

Industry leaders

Energy supply

Transmission System

Operators (TSOs)

Industry Associations

Financial Institutions

Enhance understanding on

the potential benefits from

the exploitation of the

support schemes;

Apply best practice;

Analysis of the effect of

non-economic barriers on

RE investment decisions;

Avoid undue market

distortions and excessive

costs.

Cooperation mechanisms

and support schemes

prospects and

opportunities;

Stimulation of economic

growth through an

enhanced deployment of

RES;

Best practice application –

Triple-A policy rating.

Regional and local

authorities

Enhance understanding on

the potential benefits that

their communities will gain

from the implementation of

RES and RUE projects;

Consider RES support

schemes.

Optimised policy

instruments to further

improve RES market

penetration in all EU-28

member states;

Importance of the required

enforcement context for

support schemes.

Regulatory

authorities and policy

makers (EU and

National level)

Streamlining of market and

regulatory frameworks;

Determination of core

performance indicators of

support schemes;

Development of support

schemes capacity;

Facilitate policy dialogue at

EU and National level.

Critical parameters for the

effective and efficient

application of support

schemes;

Interactions of policy

instruments;

Coordinated support levels

in the framework of a

harmonised European RES

policy framework;

Policy toolbox to facilitate

policy making.

Professionals and

their associations

Increase awareness of

possibilities for support

schemes exploitation.

Benefits of efficient

application of cooperation

mechanisms and support

schemes;

Tailor made policy

instruments solutions for

specific sectors.

General public

Increasing awareness

raising on policy

instruments;

Improve perception of

support schemes;

Increase willingness to pay;

Increase willingness to act.

Impact of the above on the

improvement of community

wellbeing and on global

environment;

Awareness on costs and

benefits of RES.

It is obvious that the above-mentioned target groups have different and sometimes

controversial needs. In this way, in order to raise the awareness of an extensive set of

target groups, a tailor made dissemination approach has been followed (Figure 3).

Additionally, the various strategy components have been revised and refined annually,

focused on the dynamic character of the specific target groups’ needs and characteristics,

in order to address issues such as precise content, the form of dissemination material

and the means of communication.

In this context, the project website through its continuous update and enhancement act

as a constant source of information of the project outcomes that could address a wider

audience via several e-activities. The DIA-CORE website plays the role of a constant node

for international dissemination of project activities and results, while serving as a

communication channel of all interested parties. The publication of a Special Issue in a

knowledgeable International Journal, at the end of the project, will further ensure a

better knowledge and understanding of environmental policy interrelationships and

implications, therefore assisting in the accomplishment of DIA-CORE’s objective’s, while

in parallel disseminating its progress and results. The promotional material and

implementation of dissemination packages inform the general public about DIA-CORE

objectives and progress and guide stakeholders to reach sources for more accurate data.

The pyramid dissemination structure finally reaches policy makers and related

stakeholders by producing the appropriate CEPS DIA-CORE policy briefs.

Figure 3. Tailor Made Dissemination Strategy

This highly diversified dissemination strategy, as regards the various forms and

mechanisms such as website, leaflets, newsletters, articles and press releases, policy

briefs, workshops, conferences and publications, efficiently addresses the various target

groups of DIA-CORE.

More analytically, an overview of all the dissemination activities scheduled for the total

duration of the project is presented in the following table:

Table 2. Dissemination Activities

No. Communication action When (Month) Target Groups

addressed

1. Design of DIA-CORE Logo 2 Stakeholders* and

general public

2. Leaflets 6, 35 Stakeholders

3. Newsletters 6, 12, 18, 24,

30, 36 Stakeholders

4. Articles & press releases 6 – 36 Stakeholders and general

public

5. Social media tools

5.1 Upload information on

collaborative projects (e.g.

Wikipedia)

10-36 Stakeholders and general

public

5.2 Social Networks (e.g. Creation

of Group at LinkedIn, Twitter etc. ) -

driving traffic to DIA-CORE website,

articles, workshops etc.

10-36 Stakeholders and general

public

6.

Interventions / announcements at

international conferences / forums /

events of on-going initiatives in the

same area etc. – organization of at

least 2 side events at the occasion

of conferences in EU, Balkans etc.

1 to 36 Stakeholders

7.

All project events (four (4) thematic workshops (WP7), four (4) regional

workshops in Athens, Vienna, Amsterdam and Vilnius, side events etc.) will be

used also as means for disseminating DIA-CORE outcomes- information packs

with project outcomes will be prepared and delivered during the events – targeted

presentations will be made etc.

8.

Special issue of a knowledgeable

International Journal on the

assessment of support schemes

36

Stakeholders (managers,

policy makers, planners,

consultants, energy

companies, academics

etc.)

9. Four (4) CEPS DIA-CORE Policy

Briefs

8, 18, 30 &

36

Policy makers (EU and

National level)

10. Policy event (audition) at the

European Parliament 36 Policy makers

11.

Final Conference in Brussels (to be

the ultimate dissemination and

communication event)

36

Stakeholders (emphasis to

policy makers (EC,

National), financing

institutions, investors,

associations, TSOs,

regulators etc.)

It should be mentioned that intellectual property issues have been addressed in order to

guarantee that each partner benefits from the outcomes of the project and have been

allowed to commercialize them within the scope of its activities and respecting common

rules. No single partner of the consortium holds the right to individually patent tools

developed within the project, unless agreed with all other members.

Regarding publications, all standard ethics have been respected by the consortium

partners (i.e. if project results are to be published all contributing partners to a specific

component, have to agree and be acknowledged with regard to authorship, all scientific

sources shall be properly cited etc.). Access Rights are free for the partners for the use

within the project and granted on a non-exclusive basis upon written request.

This document, apart from the executive summary and the introduction, consists of three

sections dedicated to the dissemination plan, as follows:

Section 2 includes information about the DIA-CORE website, its structure, social

acceptance and visibility.

Section 3 incorporates the main dissemination means that are developed and

exploited all Consortium partners until September 2014 and also new dissemination

activities that will be implemented. These involve the project logo and website,

leaflets, newsletters, articles and press releases and other important dissemination

material;

Section 4 contains a description of several interventions at international conferences

and forums and also publications of the most important project outcomes;

Section 5 includes a detailed description of the organizational details about the project

workshops and meetings that have been organized and implemented during the

project duration.

2 DIA-CORE Website

The project website is an important and essential dissemination tool. A public website of

the project has been created for disseminating project outcomes, providing information

related to the project and the partners and for the communication among all

stakeholders. It should be mentioned that the website constitutes an interaction node

among parties interested in project results and later on it is expected to serve also as the

basic point for providing DIA-CORE related information to all external parties. Indeed, the

project web-communication platform is a constant node targeting not only to present and

disseminate the project’s results but also to serve as a referenced site containing useful

disseminating material, as well as useful relevant links to the field of the project.

The website development is of great importance for the effective promotion of the

project’s concept, as it contributes to target groups’ awareness rising and it creates

interest and attracts potential contributions to the whole effort. In this way, a website

has been developed in parallel to the other WPs and has been dedicated to the DIA-CORE

project activities providing information regarding meetings, schedules, newsletters, etc.

The website contains at minimum (but not limited to) the following:

Information about the project, including: Objectives, Organization, Participants etc.;

Newly extended/refined set of policy performance indicators;

Costs and benefits of RES support policies on a member state level;

Recommendations on realization of 2020 target achievement and additional policy

needs on a member state level;

Recommendations to improve effectiveness, cost efficiency, market integration etc. of

RES policies;

Information about the partners and links to their web pages.

Project deliverables are uploaded whenever ready and major improvements and

additions of the website are planned on a regular basis, biannually.

The website’s address has been reserved and is the following: http://www.diacore.eu,

while the website’s architecture is structured along the following main domains:

Home

Objectives

Outputs

http://www.diacore.eu/

News & Events

Results

Partners

Contact

Imprint

Figure 4. DIA-CORE Website Design

The purpose of the project website is to provide access to project results at two levels:

one public and one private (i.e. password – protected) for project partners (Partners

Area), respectively. Visitors of the DIA-CORE project website can view all the site

material except the information hosted in the Partners Area.

“Home” domain welcomes visitors to the DIA-CORE project and has a slideshow of photos

from DIA-CORE’s events. It is user-friendly, attractive and informative, giving easy

access to the other sections. Moreover, links to the social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn,

Twitter) and My Europa platform have been incorporated in the Home page. In addition,

three columns for “Latest News”, “Events Calendar”, “Newsletter” and “Synergies” are

included in the homepage of the website and directly inform visitors about the most

updated news, the upcoming events related to DIA-CORE project, especially if an event is

of public nature, and offer the opportunity of subscribing to the mailing list of the project

and visit websites of other research projects that are also making a reference and have a

link to the DIA-CORE project website. Moreover, a search box and a login field give the

ability to website visitors to seek for any information available on the project website

and, only for project partners, to access the Partners Area domain, respectively.

Public outreach can be enhanced by publishing to non-technical web-users cost-

effectively, while Wikipedia users will drive traffic to the project’s website. The visibility of

the project will thus be increased while members of the consortium will improve their

links with stakeholders and improve participation in stakeholders’ workshops.

The “Objectives” page includes a reference of project’s main aims, presenting information

about the project’s scope and its duration.

The “Outputs” page serves as the main board for announcing major project results, after

the approval of the relevant WP Leader and the Project Coordinator. Public deliverables

are downloadable and listed in a table providing information such as deliverable number,

title, due date, author or contact and a clickable downloadable PDF document.

The “News & Events” domain provides news and articles concerning the project, as well

as newsletters produced by the DIA-CORE and events, therefore is structured along three

sub-pages –“News”, “Events” and “Newsletters”. Announcements of the project events

are available through the particular domain, while all relevant organization details (info,

agenda etc.) have been available for downloading, as well as the corresponding

presentations. Other relative events (seminars, conferences, workshops, information

days, etc.) at national, regional and international level have been also announced at the

sub-domain of “Events”.

In the “Results” domain, major DIA-CORE outcomes have been announced after the

approval of the relevant Work Package leaders and the project coordinator.

The “Partners” domain includes the consortium information in the website, incorporates a

list of partners, along with their country of origin, logo and website address. Additionally,

a map showing the geographical distribution of the participating institutions is included.

Finally, the “Contact” page, which is publicly accessed, includes contact information

about Project Coordinator, Dissemination Leader and Contact Person for the website. In

addition, comments and questions can be sent by interested stakeholders via an online

form.

On the other hand, the “Partners Area” includes the following (Figure 5):

“Latest Documents” section involves all the latest versions of deliverables, newsletters

etc. with a comment box for sharing views and opinions between partners.

“Meetings” section where material is included about internal meetings, project

meetings etc. (agenda, minutes, presentations, etc.).

Material regarding the Deliverables that are conducted during the project

implementation are incorporated into the “Deliverables” section.

“Work Packages” domain where all material related to each work package and task is

incorporated.

“Administrative Issues” and “Workplan” sections where administrative information

related to project work is included.

Figure 5. Partners Area

Concerning the graphical design of the project website, three different alternatives have

been proposed by the NTUA web design team. The three alternatives can be found in the

Deliverable 8.1 “Dissemination Strategy” in snapshots. The official project website design

was decided through an electronic voting procedure among the Consortium partners.

The Google Analytics (GA) service has been recently incorporated in the DIA-CORE

website, providing detailed statistical data regarding the

traffic of the website and the related traffic sources.

Regarding the social acceptance of the project, the number of hits for the sub domains of

“Objectives” and “Outputs” of DIA-CORE are more than 1100 and 700 hits, respectively.

In addition, the announcements in the project website about the 1st and 2nd DIA-CORE-

CEPS Policy Workshop in Brussels, Belgium, organized in the context of the project, had

more than 600 and 300 hits, respectively.

The website is currently being enriched with dissemination material by all Consortium

members. Apart from the web site’s continuous enrichment and enhancement, as part of

the horizontal procedure, it is the intention of the consortium to keep the web site

running for at least two years after the completion of the project.

3 DIA-CORE Dissemination Package

In order to guarantee the implementation of a successful dissemination strategy that

achieves the diffusion of information but also contributes to the recognition of the

project’s website and other project deliverables, a detailed development methodology of

the strategy for the implementation of information dissemination actions has been

conducted and the essential dissemination means have been cited in the following

chapters.

3.1 Project Logo

The design of a project logo is considered to be a substantial action in order to establish

the project’s identity to the wider audience. The selected project logo has been

associated and incorporated in all documentation (paper or electronic) and publicity

material relating to the project. The project logo constitutes the identity of the project.

Therefore, several sets of alternative project logos were created and evaluated with the

goal to succeed best representing of the project scope in the simplest way. The official

project logo was selected through two electronically voting procedures among the

Consortium partners. The final logo was chosen considering the following criteria:

Being self-representative;

Easily conceived;

Memory grasping;

Of high quality printed and distinguished whether in colour and/or greyscale format.

The several alternative logos that have been prepared and examined among the partners

can be found in the Deliverable 8.2 “Information Packs of DIA-CORE”. Figure 6 illustrates

the logo that was finally selected by the Consortium partners. The final version of the

selected logo is the result of several attempts to communicate the DIA-CORE’s goals and

it has been distributed to all consortium partners in high quality copies on a colour and

greyscale format.

Figure 6. Final Project Logo

To this end, a Graphic Guidelines Handbook has been developed, offering appropriate

guidelines for the correct use and reproduction of the DIA-CORE logo. The Graphic

Guidelines Handbook has been uploaded in the DIA-CORE web-site, in order to be

available to all interested parties (available at: http://diacore.eu/results/item/dia-core-

graphic-guidelines-handbook).

Figure 7.DIA-CORE Graphic Guidelines Handbook

3.2 DIA-CORE Factsheet

The official DIA-CORE Factsheet incorporates a brief description of the project and its

expected outcomes. The project factsheet has been promoted and uploaded both at the

project website and the official site of the European Association for Creativity and

Innovation (EACI) regarding projects supported by the European Union’s Intelligent

Energy Europe programme

(http://www.eaci-projects.eu/iee/page/Page.jsp?op=project_detail&prid=2606).

Figure 8. DIA-CORE Factsheet

http://diacore.eu/results/item/dia-core-graphic-guidelines-handbook

http://diacore.eu/results/item/dia-core-graphic-guidelines-handbook

https://exch-01.epu.ntua.gr/owa/redir.aspx?C=5aa259e048b7492fbe00a5b894a85c2b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.eaci-projects.eu%2fiee%2fpage%2fPage.jsp%3fop%3dproject_detail%26prid%3d2606

3.3 Leaflet

DIA-CORE leaflets are part of the comprehensive dissemination package for the

promotion of information that has been launched throughout the duration of this project.

The promotional leaflets describe, in brief, the project’s aims, objectives, contents and

expected results.

DIA-CORE produced an early leaflet to serve dissemination purposes in a number of early

events that the consortium either organize or participate with an introduction to the

project and contact information.

As the consortium pays great emphasis on the DIA-CORE leaflets, as an essential part of

developed informational package, it has been commonly agreed that the leaflets should

satisfy the following parameters, in order to maximize the achieved impact.

Electronic and paper form;

Addressed both to experts and non-experts;

Use of a conform layout;

Handed in all project’s related events;

Available on the website.

The DIA-CORE leaflet (Figure 9) can be found in the Deliverable 8.2 “Information Packs

of DIA-CORE”. It is also uploaded at the project website (available at

http://diacore.eu/images/files2/DIACORE_D8_2_Flyers_2013_Final.pdf).

Figure 9. DIA-CORE Leaflet

Finally, DIA-CORE leaflets are handed not only in project related events, but also in all

the external events attended by the consortium, while also they are available on the

http://diacore.eu/images/files2/DIACORE_D8_2_Flyers_2013_Final.pdf

project website. During the whole duration of the project, two editions of leaflets will be

created, on September 2013 and February 2016, respectively.

3.4 Newsletter

Newsletters in English are produced on a six month basis, for internal and external

distribution. The Newsletter constitutes an essential dissemination and communication

tool in the hands of the DIA-CORE project. Through the regular development and

dissemination of the DIA-CORE newsletters, a wider audience both expert and non-

expert, as well as, the general public will be addressed and informed regarding all project

advances.

Within the above framework, six different versions of the DIA-CORE Newsletter, in total,

will be developed and disseminated, via the stakeholder’s database and the DIA-CORE

website. The Newsletter’s format will differ from one version to another, in order to fit

better in alternate means of press, while selected partners will be invited to contribute.

As main goal is to achieve high visibility and assist in the project’s progress diffusion, the

Newsletters will contain a brief summary of the project, in order to introduce it to the

public, as well as its objectives, the involved partners and contact points for further

information provision. Furthermore, newsletters will be used to provide updates on

project progress, the project’s results, potential impacts and benefits, support the

projects activities and achievements, and encourage participation in forthcoming

initiatives and events.

The procedure adopted for a Newsletter’s publication will include the development of a

draft table of contents by the editor’s (NTUA). The particular draft table of contents will

be communicated to selected partners, in order to provide comments and feedback

leading to the final formation of the newsletter. Each partner will contribute with related

scientific work (articles/contributions) shaping the main context of the newsletter, while

the editor will finally compile the contributions and develop the final newsletter. The

entire procedure will be completed, approximately, within a 30 days, initiating from the

draft table’s rotation.

Four DIA-CORE Newsletters have been electronically developed and have been available

through the project website (Figure 10):

The 1st issue presents the DIA-CORE identity, its main objectives and expected

results. In addition, the implementation of the Kick-off Meeting in Brussels, Belgium

and the establishment of the DIA-CORE website are promoted. All contact details and

the partners participating in the project are presented to all interested parties.

The 2nd issue introduces the operation of http://re-frame.eu, an interactive online

database on barriers and drivers for RE development. The exact questionnaire and

the two alternative ways of providing input to this survey are also incorporated.

The 3rd issue promotes the implementation of the 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop

on the 2nd of June 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. Furthermore, the release of the Report

entitled “Guidelines for assessing costs and benefits of RET deployment” is

disseminated through the current issue.

The 4th issue incorporates the announcement of the 2nd DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy

Workshop on the 1st of October 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. In addition, the

circulation of the Report entitled “Assessing the performance of renewable energy

support policies with quantitative indicators-Update 2014” is included in this

Newsletter.

Figure 10. DIA-CORE Newsletters

These four newsletters have been also disseminated to a wide range of stakeholders and

interested parties where additional information are shown in Table 4 and have been

published in the project website to address the general public.

http://re-frame.eu/

Table 3: DIA-CORE Newsletters

Issues Month of Publication Number of Stakeholders

1st December 2013 1400

2nd January 2014 1450

3rd May 2014 1500

4th September 2014 1500

More details about the DIA-CORE Newsletters can be found in the Deliverable 8.2

“Information Packs of DIA-CORE”.

3.5 Articles/Press Releases/Announcements

In general, articles and press releases raise public awareness regarding the project’s

launch; its objectives, website, activities and events, as well as the project expected

outcomes etc.

Two press releases have been developed during the first18 months of project

implementation. The exact dissemination material is conducted in order to raise public

awareness regarding project aims, website, social media, its activities and relevant

activities. In this way, information is disseminated about the current status of DIA-CORE

project.

Specifically, these two press releases have been distributed regarding the establishment

of the 1st and 2nd Policy brief which have been prepared in order to be disseminated to

the participating stakeholders at the respective DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshops. These

two Policy Briefs are presented on Figure 11.

Figure 11. DIA-CORE Press Releases

More press releases will be issued in different sizes to fit better in alternate means of

press, while each participating country will make an effort to create at least one press

release. Furthermore, it is the consortium’s intention to translate the related press

releases in native languages of the consortium members. DIA-CORE’s project and/or

implementation of events trigger the implementation of related press releases, while all

issues are uploaded in the project’s web site.

The link of the DIA-CORE website has been incorporated in the “Links” section of the

following projects’ website (Figure 12): BETTER (Bringing Europe and Third countries

closer together through renewable Energies), Apraise (Assessment of Policy

Interrelationships and Impacts on Sustainability in Europe), ENSPOL (Energy Saving

Policies and Energy Efficiency Obligations Schemes), POLIMP (Mobilizing and transferring

knowledge on post-2012 climate policy implications), Towards2030-dialogue (Dialogue

on a RES policy framework for 2030) and Bio Trade2020 plus.

Figure 12. Links to the DIA-CORE Website

There are also a number of websites that make reference to the DIA-CORE project, such

as the following links (Figure 13):

IEE http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en/projects/dia-core

CEPS http://ceps.be/content/energy

EPU-NTUA http://www.epu.ntua.gr/Projects/EnergyandEnvironment.aspx

ECLAREON http://www.eclareon.eu/en/dia-core

DIW BERLIN http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.424887.en

EEG http://www.eeg.tuwien.ac.at/eeg.tuwien.ac.at_pages/research/projects_detail.

php?id=429

LEI (1) http://www.lei.lt/main.php?m=272&k=9

LEI (2) http://www.lei.lt/main.php?m=266&k=9

THE FREE

LIBRARY

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Germany-

Policy+Dialogue+on+the+assessment+and+convergence+of+RES...-

a0329740650

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en/projects/dia-core

http://ceps.be/content/energy

http://www.epu.ntua.gr/Projects/EnergyandEnvironment.aspx

http://www.eclareon.eu/en/dia-core

http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.424887.en

http://www.eeg.tuwien.ac.at/eeg.tuwien.ac.at_pages/research/projects_detail.php?id=429

http://www.eeg.tuwien.ac.at/eeg.tuwien.ac.at_pages/research/projects_detail.php?id=429

https://exch-01.epu.ntua.gr/owa/redir.aspx?C=5aa259e048b7492fbe00a5b894a85c2b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lei.lt%2fmain.php%3fm%3d272%26k%3d9

http://www.lei.lt/main.php?m=266&k=9

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Figure 13. References to the DIA-CORE Project

3.6 Social Media Tools

The Social Media Networks have become an integral part of the dissemination strategy,

as they are easily accessed by various interested parties. The consortium, motivated by

the fact that increased communication for organizations fosters brand awareness, while

adopting the social media’s effective way of contributing to the information diffusion and

implementation of marketing campaigns, has decided upon the DIA-CORE’s strong social

media presence.

With the proliferation of niche sites and communities on the Internet, it’s becoming

increasingly important to target long tail search terms and cast a wide net.

Figure 14. Social Media in DIA-CORE website

DIA-CORE is currently using the whole spectrum of the most widely-known and utilized

social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) in order to gain a broad access to

the power of web publishing and augment traffic to DIA-CORE website, articles and

publication, events, etc., in an efficient and cost-effective way. Moreover, DIA-CORE

profile has been included into the My Europa platform.

Use of Social Media Networks

Facebook – Posts about project events and news are posted.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dia-

Core/1464580707103005?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Twitter – All project news and dissemination material are published.

https://twitter.com/DIACORE_PROJECT

LinkedIn – Discussions concerning the project objectives and outcomes take place.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=7474819&goback=%2Enpv_328776130_*1_*

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k=prof-groups-membership-name

My Europa - Announcements and project profile is online

http://v2014.my-

europa.eu/index.php?option=com_community&view=groups&task=viewgroup&groupi

d=504&Itemid=504

In addition, information about the project will be uploaded, at the upcoming period, on

collaborative website (e.g. Wikipedia) in order to be accessible to a wider range of

stakeholders.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dia-Core/1464580707103005?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dia-Core/1464580707103005?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

https://twitter.com/DIACORE_PROJECT

https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=7474819&goback=%2Enpv_328776130_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_nav*4responsive*4tab*4profile*4pic_*1&trk=prof-groups-membership-name




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Figure 15. DIA-CORE Social Media Networks

In this way, visibility of DIA-CORE has been be enhanced, whilst members of the

consortium have improve their connectivity with interested parties and increased

participation in stakeholders’ workshops.

3.7 Policy Briefs

CEPS, with NTUA’s contribution and other project partners, have been involved in the

process of policy briefs development, for the dissemination of information to related

stakeholders. Taking into account that a “hot topic” is addressed through the DIA-CORE

project, policy briefs further facilitate the policy dialogue at EU and National level.

Each policy brief is available before the thematic stakeholder workshops, the policy

opinion workshop and the final conference of the project, while they will be available in

the DIA-CORE website and all other dissemination means and channels to policy makers.

The 1st DIA-CORE Policy Brief has been disseminated through the 1st Press Release (Issue

June 2014). In addition, it has been also uploaded to the DIA-CORE website (available

at: http://diacore.eu/results/item/dia-core-1st-policy-brief). Based on the statistics

provided by the project website, the 1st DIA-CORE Policy Brief section has already more

than 280 views.

Figure 16. DIA-CORE 1st Policy Brief

Figure 17. 1st Policy Brief in the DIA-CORE website

Figure 18. Dissemination of the 1st Policy Brief in Social Media Networks

http://diacore.eu/results/item/dia-core-1st-policy-brief

The 2nd DIA-CORE Policy Brief has been disseminated through the 2nd Press Release

(Issue September 2014). In addition, it has been also uploaded to the DIA-CORE website

(available at: http://diacore.eu/results/item/2nd-dia-core-policy-brief). Based on the

statistics provided by the project website, the 2nd DIA-CORE Policy Brief section has

already more than 210 views.

Figure 19. DIA-CORE 2nd Policy Brief

Figure 20. 2nd Policy Brief in the DIA-CORE website

Figure 21. Dissemination of the 2nd Policy Brief in Social Media Networks

http://diacore.eu/results/item/2nd-dia-core-policy-brief

Two additional Policy Briefs will be also developed (September 2015, March 2016) and

will be made available through the DIA-CORE website and all project dissemination

means and channels to policy makers.

Furthermore, in view of the Final Conference, a policy event (audition) at the European

Parliament, will take place in order to communicate the DIA-CORE key messages and

results directly to the European decision makers. CEPS will produce a summarizing DIA-

CORE-CEPS Policy Brief, which will present key results streamlined for the stakeholder

process and policy recommendations in an easily accessible format. This DIA-CORE-CEPS

Policy Brief will be disseminated at least seven working days before the event, in order to

guarantee an optimal level of stakeholders’ preparation and active participation in the

conference. Given the unique standpoint of the European parliament members, their

feedback will be particularly precious in order to fine-tune our recommendations on the

needs and priorities of EU.

4 DIA-CORE Interventions and Publications

Based on DIA-CORE outputs and the overall knowledge obtained, the consortium aims to

make interventions in various events (conferences, workshops, information days, etc) at

national, regional and international level. Furthermore, in order to ensure the quality of

the project results from a scientific point of view a special issue will be published, in

order to enhance the interest of policy makers, the academic community and

professionals to the outputs of DIA-CORE.

4.1 Interventions

Presentation of the project’s objectives and results in forthcoming events, forums and

international conferences is considered essential. Main scope is to inform governmental,

academic and other interested bodies and groups, to raise awareness of key energy

market players regarding the DIA-CORE progress and outcomes, to present and outline

forthcoming events, to facilitate the exchange of information, as well as guidance

towards the efficient implementation of the dissemination strategy and promoting the

exploitation of the project’s results.

The consortium will identify possible conferences, workshops and other national or

regional events that DIA-CORE shall aim to be present. In addition, energy policy forums

will also be identified, so as in the margin of these occasions the main points arising from

the DIA-CORE project to be presented.

In this context, DIA-CORE partners took part into several conferences and other relevant

events. In addition, at least 2 side events at the occasion of conferences in Europe,

Balkans etc. will also be implemented. Furthermore, during the last year of the DIA-CORE

operation, NTUA will organize a side event in the framework of the Sustainable Energy

Europe Week (EUSEW).

A number of interventions (e.g. distribution of leaflets and related project dissemination

material) regarding the functioning role and main objectives of DIA-CORE project have

been implemented by project partners during the following events:

APRAISE Final Conference “What Role for Targets in EU Climate and Energy Policy? –

Lessons from the APRAISE project for Improved Environmental Policy Making” (24

September 2014, Brussels, Belgium).

3rd International Symposium & 25th National Conference on Operational Research (26-

28 June 2014, Volos, Greece), implemented at the University of Volos, Greece.

APRAISE Policy Workshop “Improving policy makers’ knowledge basis for

environmental policy making” (23 May 2014, Brussels, Belgium).

“The Presence and the Role of PPC Group in Today’s Economic and Social Reality”, (8

November 2013, Athens, Greece), organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece and

the Association of Engineers of PPC S.A., where project partners made a presentation

entitled “Policies for sustainable energy transition: A critical review of the electricity

sector” during the current event.

2nd International Symposium and 24th National Conference on Operational Research

(26 - 28 September 2013, Athens) organized by the National Technical University of

Athens (NTUA), University of Piraeus (UNIPI) and Technical University of Crete (TUC).

53rd Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Commodities and Financial Modelling and

2nd International Conference of the Research Centre for Energy Management (22-24

May 2014, Chania, Greece).

DIA-CORE dissemination packs, containing information on the project outcomes and

progress have been timely prepared and delivered during all the events, while targeted

presentations have been conducted by the DIA-CORE experts.

4.2 Publications

In addition, the DIA-CORE partners are planning to make scientific publications on topics

related to project’s main fields of action. In the above framework, DIA-CORE Consortium

Partners submitted a paper, entitled "Determinants for the diffusion of renewable energy

technologies – Framework for assessing major non-technical factors in investors’ decision

making processes" to an International Journal, which is currently under review.

Moreover, a call for papers for a special issue at a knowledgeable International Journal is

being prepared and will be launched at the end of 2014. Then, related to DIA-CORE

papers will be submitted and through peer reviewer process the final papers will be

selected for the Special issue, to be ready till the end of the project. This publication will

strengthen the exchange of knowledge and experience among scholars, researchers,

policy makers, planners, consultants, energy companies, academics, practitioners and

managers, while at the same time it will ensure a better knowledge and understanding of

environmental policy interrelationships and implications. In addition, the DIA-CORE

consortium envisages a series of publications on technical topics, case studies and

outcomes. All publications will contribute to the augmentation of the scientific and

interested community’s interest to the outcomes of the DIA-CORE project, while main

content will involve the key outcomes of the overall procedure.

Electronic copies of all project publications will be collected by NTUA-EPU. The contact

person for this activity is: Dr Haris Doukas, email: [email protected] .

mailto:[email protected]

5 DIA-CORE Events

5.1 Strategy

Within the framework of the DIA-CORE project a series of events (workshops,

conferences) will be implemented, in order to present and discuss with the main

interested stakeholders the methodologies adopted, preliminary results, receive feedback

and further inputs to be incorporated in the WPs, while effectively disseminating the

project’s outputs.

During the project’s lifetime thematic and policy workshops as well as webinars (WP7),

four regional workshops, a policy event (audition) along with the Final Conference will be

organised and implemented, in order to enhance stakeholder involvement and further

disseminate the DIA-CORE’s main aim towards ensuring a continuous assessment of the

existing policy mechanisms and establishing a fruitful stakeholder dialogue on future

policy needs for RES-E, RES-H and RES-T. Apart from the above, during the DIA-CORE’s

operation, an additional event will be organized and implemented by NTUA, within the

framework of the Sustainable Energy Europe Week (EUSEW). This event will further

enhance the dissemination and communication process, while it will increase the project’s

recognition.

Overall, the organization and implementation of events (workshops and conferences) is

an essential parameter of the adopted dissemination strategy as they will further

contribute and enhance the following:

Raise awareness regarding DIA-CORE project’s activities and progress;

Reach a wide variety of targeted stakeholders and interested parties;

Act as communication nodes facilitating the implementation of fruitful policy dialogue

among the stakeholders, at EU and national level;

Ensure the use of project findings in future policy making through experience

exchange;

Serve as a platform for the public discussion on issues related to RES policies.

In this context, an Institutional presentation of the project has been created in order to

act as a basis for relevant dissemination actions (Figure 22). This exact presentation is

considered to act as a prototype to be adopted by each project partner according to the

audience of each event, specific objectives etc. DIA-CORE institutional presentation is

available in the Deliverable 8.2 “Information Packs of DIA-CORE” and can be found online

here: http://diacore.eu/images/files2/DIA-CORE_Presentation.pdf.

http://diacore.eu/images/files2/DIA-CORE_Presentation.pdf

Figure 22. DIA-CORE Institutional Presentation

5.2 Kick-Off Meeting

The DIA-CORE Kick-off Meeting (KoM) was successfully implemented on the 17th – 18th of

April 2013, in Brussels, Belgium, launching the project and the necessary activities.

Within the KoM, DIA-CORE partners set the framework of the implementation strategy so

as the best results to be achieved. The agenda, the list of participants and the minutes

from the kick-off meeting can be found in the Deliverable 8.1 “Dissemination Strategy”.

5.3 DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshops

The 1st DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshop took place on the 2nd of June 2014 in Brussels,

Belgium. This Policy Workshop was a unique opportunity for effective knowledge transfer

and networking with key interested parties.

More specifically, in this Policy Workshop, 35 experts and policy makers participated and

had a discussion about, and not only, the following topics:

Performance of policies supporting the deployment of renewables.

Preparedness of electricity markets for RES-integration.

Barriers and drivers framing the diffusion of RE technologies.

Figure 23. 1st DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshop in Brussels, Belgium

The agenda and the poster of this Policy Workshop are incorporated into ANNEX A (1)

and (2). Additional information (e.g. Presentations) about the 1st DIACORE-CEPS Policy

Workshop in Brussels is presented on the event’s website (http://diacore.eu/news-

events/events/item/1st-dia-core-ceps-policy-workshop?category_id=2).

The 2nd DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshop was held in Brussels, Belgium on the 1st of

October 2014 at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

More than 50 experts and policy makers participated in this exact Workshop and

provided their fruitful views on the following, and not only, issues:

Assessment of costs and benefits of deploying renewables.

Distributional and macroeconomic effects of RE development.

Initial outcomes on this assessment of costs and benefits.

http://diacore.eu/news-events/events/item/1st-dia-core-ceps-policy-workshop?category_id=2

http://diacore.eu/news-events/events/item/1st-dia-core-ceps-policy-workshop?category_id=2

Figure 24. 2nd DIACORE-CEPS Policy Workshop, Brussels, Belgium

The agenda of the 2nd DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop is included into ANNEX B. The

event’s material is available in the DIA-CORE website (http://diacore.eu/news-

events/events/item/2nd-dia-core-ceps-policy-workshop-brussels-

belgium?category_id=2).

5.4 Regional Workshops

Four regional workshops will be held to disseminate and discuss results of the DIA-CORE

project on a regional level. The four regional workshops (January 2016) will be held in

Athens, Vienna, Amsterdam and Vilnius as this ensures coverage of different European

regions and will be organised by the local partners (i.e. NTUA for Athens, TU Wien/EEG

for Vienna, ECOFYS for Amsterdam and LEI for Vilnius). The regional workshops aim for a

participation of about 30-40 stakeholders from government representatives, regulators,

RES industry associations, decision makers from the private sector and energy agencies

from the respective regions.

Additionally, as mentioned in the previous section, the DIA-CORE consortium intends to

raise stakeholder involvement, gain input from MS representatives and other key

stakeholders, while creating the basis for continued bilateral consultation within the

project framework, through the organization of four thematic workshops, regular

webinars and a policy option workshop.

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5.5 Policy Event

In the view of the Final Conference (February 2016), a policy event (audition) at the

European Parliament, will take place in order to communicate the key messages and

results directly to the European decision makers. Given the unique standpoint of the

European parliament members, their feedback will be particularly precious in order to

fine-tune our recommendations on the needs and priorities of the European Union.

In more details, this policy event at the European Parliament is focusing on the following

objectives:

Present and discuss the recommendations with policy-makers, transmitting to them

the knowledge acquired through the different research activities;

Ensure that the project and its results attain the highest possible visibility and the

widest possible impact through successful dissemination;

Maintain and enlarge interest by the broader stakeholder community.

5.6 Final Conference

The ultimate dissemination event of DIA-CORE will be a Final Conference to be organized

in Brussels during the last month of the project. Summarizing the whole project, this full-

day conference will present the key results and discuss them with top-level keynote

speakers and other experts. The conference will be organized by CEPS and held in its

state-of-the-art conference room in Brussels, which can seat about 120 people. It will be

organized in sessions of approximately two to two and a half hours to make it attractive

for an expert audience and to ensure large overall participation. Substantive discussions

will be introduced by inputs of no longer than 15 minutes and complemented by two (2)

to three (3) stakeholder comments.

To ensure a large number of attendees, the event will build on the Communication WP7

extensive CEPS database of contacts active in the energy field, and will rely on the

experienced personnel of the Centre who will undertake the timely organisation and

implementation of all required tasks:

Announcement of the conference and dissemination of the conference’s programme;

Identification of invited speakers and experts;

Organization of the logistics required for the implementation of the conference;

Preparation and distribution of the Conference Proceedings.

The presence of a representative group of involved actors and policy makers will boost

the project’s contribution towards the enhancement of stakeholders’ dialogue for the

application of best practices and the avoidance of undue market distortions and excessive

costs.

Finally, a key stakeholders´ panel will be organized in the end of the Conference, so as to

provide an overall assessment as regards to what extent support schemes can help

Europe achieve its RES targets in a cost effective and mutual beneficial way, to discuss

implications at local, national and regional level and finally to provide recommendations

for further action in order to ensure the sustainability of the project.

Annexes

ANNEX A (1) – 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Agenda

ANNEX A (2) – 1st DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Poster

ANNEX B – 2nd DIA-CORE-CEPS Policy Workshop: Agenda