WP leader: INRGREF

The main objective of this Work Package is to ensure compliance with the ‘ethics requirements’ set out. Such requirements will follow the specific legislation of the countries involved in the project as well as the good practices carried out by the different participant organisations.

Summary of the requirements:

• H – Requirement No. 1: All the procedures and criteria used to identify participants, as wells as their consents and templates of the informed consent must be submitted as deliverables.
• POPD Requirement No. 2: A Data Protection Officer (DPO) must be appointed. If GDPR does not apply, a detailed data protection policy for the project must be kept on file. All the data processed must follow a thorough examination to make sure it is used only to the purposes of the project and assure its security.  EU/non-EU (and vice versa) data transfer should follow GDPR and/or the country’s legislation.
• GEN Requirement No. 6: An Ethics Board must be established, which includes relevant independent expertise to monitor the ethics issues in the project and how they are handled. The Board will provide consultation on the final video documentary.
• NEC – Requirement No. 7: Details on the materials which will be imported to/exported from the EU must be kept on file, as well as the copies of import/export authorisations, as required by national/EU legislation

WP leader: INRGREF

The main objectives of the Work Package are to provide efficient and effective management of the project, management and coordination of the remaining WPs. The Project Coordinator will also be a communication channel for the EC and maintain an efficient exchange of information with the project team.

The tasks of this work package are:

• Overall management of the project (INRGREF): Provide administrative and technical management related to monitoring the different aspects of the project, establish a Project Management Structure, internal communication channels, submission of reports and economic coordination and periodical review of the schedule.
• Quality Assurance (EfB): A Quality Assurance Plan will be developed at the kick-off meeting following the methodology for controlling the quality of outputs. Deliverables will be assessed according to the following criteria: quality of the content, length, language, consistency, significant strengths and weaknesses. A final Quality Assurance Report will be part of the Progress report to be delivered at the end of the project.
• Organization of project’s meetings (INRGREF): Kick-off meeting, SC meetings and Final meeting.
• Networking with other initiatives (CREAF): Guarantee communication and coordination with other EC projects working on the same field and also with FAS committees, components, forums, and communities of practices.

WP co-leaders: CREAF and Lund University

The objective of this work package is to increase the development of the human resources and build the capacity of scientific staff within INRGREF on: adaptation to climate change in land and water management; research skills, internationalization, innovation and leadership to improve research excellence, innovation capacity and scientific quality of the institution concerned. It will be achieved through a series of basic, focused and specialized training courses, and short-term staff exchanges.

The tasks of this work package are:

• Evaluation of multidisciplinary needs for research excellence [Vision]: 5 cross-cutting and multidisciplinary training activities, including key aspects, knowledge, processes, as well as the development capacities of key-selected staff in understanding, managing and operating at international standards levels, assumed as a first step previous to developing research excellence.
• Five Research Excellence training courses [CREAF]: to provide the necessary knowledge and tools to increase performance indicators, provide outputs to the achieved research and obtain the resources to conduce new excellent research.
• Mobility program [LU]: Short-term staff visits to European centres will take place under two different programs, depending on the experience of the visitors. Senior INRGREF staff visits will be oriented to develop the necessary links to provide future research proposals, sharing of PhD student projects, co-authoring academic publications. Student and INRGREF staff visits aim to enrich PhD projects, assist to local training and develop future collaboration.
• 9 Specialized training courses on adaptation to climate change in land and water management, including innovative governance [CREAF&LU]

WP co-leaders: CREAF and INRGREF

The objective of WP4 is to set up one living Lab to test specific FAS solutions targeting the complete series of actors in the farming chain in a selected area. The living Lab will be reinforced by several activities such as summer schools, the creation and maintenance of a multi-stakeholder platform on FAS as well as e-Learning material. The living Lab aims to put into practice state-of-the-art knowledge on adaptation to climate change in land and water management.

The tasks of this work package are:

• Creation of local Living Labs [INRGREF, CREAF]: Following a thorough procedure, the living labs will generate the necessary atmosphere and conditions for collaborative learning, evaluation and knowledge transfer improvement between multiple actors throughout the value chain.
• Summer school programme for young technicians on FAS concept and opportunities [CREAF, LU]: The Summer Schools are organised as short courses of 1 full week (five working days-excluding travels) for up to 10 participants, selected from all the requests received during the Application Campaign. Participants will have the possibility to interact and share experiences and activities with high-level experts on the subject.
• A Multi-stakeholder platform for improving FAS services [CREAF, AVFA]: In order to identify and engage a broad diversity of actors embodying the local farming chain, a specific database of contacts will be developed including information characterising the role and interests of people included.
• E-learning to FAS technicians [EFB, CREAF]: The E-training courses complement the work done in other work packages by specifically targeting up to 60 participants including higher education students, young researchers and technicians, representatives of industries and different types of stakeholders at INRGREF, IRESA and partner stakeholders.
• Production of fact sheets and video tutorials on concrete solutions [CREAF/Vision]: The compiled information will be used for the creation of an easy-to-use repository of fact sheets on solutions, available toolkits, local and regional assessments, and other information related to adaptation to climate change in land and water management through FAS Events.

WP co-leaders: AVFA and INRGREF

The objective of this WP is to develop and provide the necessary monitoring, network, guidelines, support and tools to maintain the expected achievements in excellent research. Such a framework will provide INRGREF and associated centres to step-up and continue growing under their capabilities and experience.

The tasks of this work package are:

• Indicators of excellence [CREAF & LU]: These key performance indicators (KPI) will be chosen according to major goals addressed by a set of actions. Among the most likely indicators to be used are: high impact publication indexes, number of SCI publications, the excellence with Leadership SCImago Institution Ranking, number of transfer seminars, consolidated knowledge transfer income, number of PhD and postdoctoral students, seniors researchers and technicians recruited, proportion of female researchers and technicians, proportion of the centre budget coming from contracts with private sectors, etc.

WP Leader: Vision Communication

The objective of this WP is to disseminate the work done in the project. The aim is to keep continuous contact with all involved stakeholders as well as to develop a strong international network and reputation. This WP will implement a series of dissemination, exploitation, and communication measures designed to maximize the outreach of project results and network activities, to maximize the input from the community, and to train and transfer knowledge to practitioners enhancing their professional development.

The tasks of this work package are:

• Project outreach, engagement and positioning strategy [Vision]: A comprehensive communication plan will be set up at the outset of the project to identify and fix the strategic communication objectives, the type of targeted activities and the deadlines for each of them. It will define the messages for each target audience, as well as the tools and materials to be developed during the project.
• Dissemination program for project activities [Vision & INRGREF]: A comprehensive dissemination and exploitation plan will be set up at the outset of the project to identify and fix the strategic objectives, the type of targeted activities and the deadlines for each of them. It will define the messages and channels to arrive at each target audience and encourage their engagement and participation.
• Spreading excellence [Vision]: In order to increase the reputation of INRGREF at the international level, different strategies will be developed: 1) Stakeholder contact, creation of database and networking. 2) Assistance for important events related to excellence in research. 3) Two stakeholders’ oriented events will be hosted, tailored to host Tunisian project partners and between 6-10 stakeholder guests.
• FAS database and networking [Vision]: All the activities directly related to FAS services (principally e-learning course, factsheets and the Job Bank) will be coordinated to extract all potentially useful information to be offered for free. This potential database, including learning modules, concise information on

FAS and access to the Job Bank would be revitalized and developed to include networking tools among interested stakeholders, facilitating upload and sharing of new information.