On June 22, the coordinators of more than 70 projects funded under the Green Deal Call participated in the first Board meeting. The activity was supported by Green Deal Projects Support Office (GD-SO) aiming the maximization of the synergies and a better dissemination of the valuable results. GD-SO is structured around five Working Groups (WGs). A WG is an operational platform for projects to identify synergies and challenges. All WGs have met for the first time and now they are developing the Action Plans. WGs will meet again around October/November 2022 to discuss the actions to be implemented.
Board meeting is planned once per year to receive information on the recent policy developments, to discuss and stimulate ongoing projects clustering activities and activities of the WGs, the cross-cutting opportunities and challenges, to identify the cooperation actions, and to foster the establishment of the Green Deal Projects community.
The meeting underlined the crucial role of research and innovation (R&I) and of the associated policies in the context of the European Green Deal (EGD). New solutions and business models are required and the R&I can help to develop them. EGD aims to offer a long-term vision for Europe and a set of new measures and regulations.
The views of the participants on how to create synergies/ linkages between the five WGs were investigated producing the most relevant actions to be implemented: (1) providing a database of projects’ contacts, including an easily accessible online map hosted by GD-SO of all GD projects, linking to individual websites and social media accounts, (2) publishing regular updates on the policy developments, (3) common approach to reaching out to stakeholders and DGs, (4) sharing information about digital tools created or used by the projects, (5) boosting the communication/dissemination/exploitation process, including the organization of joint events, conferences, webinars, and workshops on specific topics (thematic discussions).
