D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi

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B.3.2.4 Stakeholder involvement
The project results should be directly usable by the stakeholders in the corresponding megacities
and to support the environmental policy of the Commission. DG Environment and Megacities
administrations will be invited to project meetings to give them the possibility to explain their
requirements and data needs and to get feedback from them. DG Research will be one of the main
stakeholders regarding scientific knowledge and tools generated by the project.
With the use of the website and links with organizations such as the International Union of Air
Pollution Prevention Associations (IUAPPA) and Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum, the
outcomes of the project will be communicated and disseminated to a wider public, including policy
and regulatory authorities. The Project Board/Steering Committee will also involve external experts
(WP9) and will ensure that there is dialogue between both "research to policy" aspects and
"science-society" actors.
B.3.2.5 Information and Knowledge Management
It is vital to ensure the smooth flow of information and knowledge within the project and with
outside stakeholders. This is also closely related to monitoring progress within the project.
Quarterly progress reports, produced by WP Leaders, will be used to monitor progress according to
the project Gantt chart. Any change to the work plan will be agreed by the Project Steering Group
and implemented by the co-ordinators and WP Leaders. If issues of a strategic or political nature
need to be addressed, or changes to the work plan need to be made, these will also be discussed by
the Advisory Board. All deliverables will be subject to internal peer review by the WP leaders and
then at the consortium level.
Internal communication will be conducted electronically wherever possible, but these will be
supplemented with project meetings and WP meetings and the Global Forum meetings. Email and
the project website will be used for exchange and storage of documents (reports, minutes, workshop
presentations), including those received from third parties (e.g., other projects or EC). More details
on these aspects of management and dissemination activities are given in WP9 Description.
B.3.2.6 Management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
At this stage only the main procedures for IPR are stated but further details for the execution of these
principles will be defined in the Consortium Agreement. The project partners will respect their individual
Intellectual Property Rights. In the event of an invention being the work of a single party of the project and
solely the result of this intrinsic skills rather than shared knowledge, this party will be the exclusive owner of
the results, subject to granting access rights to the other participants where necessary for their execution of
the project or to the utilisation of their own results. The conditions will be fixed in the Consortium
Agreement. In cases the designated owner of the results waives its option to start registration proceedings the
Consortium Agreement will outline a procedure to open other project partners the opportunity to obtain or
maintain such protection.
If, in the course of carrying out work on the project, a joint invention, design or work is made - and
more than one Party is contributor to it - and if the features of such joint invention design or work
are such that it is not possible to separate them for the purpose of applying for, obtaining and/or
maintaining the relevant patent protection or any other Intellectual Property Right, the Parties
concerned agree that they may jointly apply to obtain and/or maintain the relevant right together
with any other parties. The Parties concerned will seek to agree amongst themselves arrangements
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