Deliverables
WP1 - Governance
This WP will establish the new legal entity, the by-laws, and the governance and management structure of the CoE.
WP2 - Human resources
This WP will consist in managing the recruitment of all the CoE’s staff and design and implement all the human resources policies.
WP3 - CoE infrastructure
This WP will focus on the infrastructure and equipment acquisition and then management and the operational processes. Specific objective 2 “conduct research on AI-IoT methods and capabilities for the development of sustainable forestbased research applications” will be achieved through the following WP.
WP4 - Scientific excellence and education activities development
This is the research WP, that will consist in implementing the CoE’s research strategy. This WP will also include the education actions aimed at both the CoE staff and third parties. Specific objective 3 “integrate the developed AI-IoT methods into targeted Lithuanian ICT industries to boost forest data intelligence with AI” will be achieved through the following WP.
D4.1: Development of smart forestry open data infrastructure
D4.2: Implementation of methodological framework for research projects
WP5 - Business model implementation through innovation support services
This is the WP that will cover the financial sustainability of the CoE by designing and implementing innovation services that will create revenue streams, but also support the impact of the CoE in terms of knowledge transfer to businesses. Specific objective 4 “create a Lithuanian AI and IoT cluster to implement a Lithuanian Smart Forestry Strategy and promote the CoE abroad” will be achieved through the following WP
D5.1: Innovation Support Service Program
D5.2: Overall design of the acceleration programme and planning
WP6 - Dissemination, exploitation, and communication (DEC)
In this WP, we will implement the DEC plan that will, among its objectives, support the creation of a cluster in Lithuania around the CoE, and promote the CoE to all the relevant targets in Lithuania and abroad
WP7 - Project Management
This WP aims to create fluent and effective project manage practices, which will allow our team to reach the project goals efficiently and on time.