Brochure "Communicating EU Research & Innovation - a guide for project participants"

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am pleased to send you today the brochure /"Communicating EU Research 
& Innovation - A guide for project participants"/,//which has recently 
been published by the European Commission.//

Its objective is to offer you a tool to better communicate about your 
project(s) and your achieved results. In your role as coordinator or 
participant of one or more projects under the 7^th Framework Programme 
for Research and Technological Development you will be aware of the 
obligation to disseminate project outcomes.

With a little creativity your strategic communication efforts can help 
to show how project outcomes are relevant to our everyday lives and how 
European collaboration has achieved more than would have been otherwise 
possible. Furthermore, good communication will help you to publicise 
your project's work in such a way that you will benefit: through new 
(business) opportunities, a larger network or increased awareness about 
your work.

This short guide gives you some examples of successful communication 
activities, offers a word of warning about commercial organisations 
seeking to sell their dissemination services and provides an elaborate 
checklist to help you develop a sound strategy for communication about 
your work. Moreover it informs you about legal requirements and 
expectations starting at the negotiation phase right up to the end of 
the project and how we, at the European Commission, can help you 
increase your outreach, for example by publicising your events and 
results via our websites.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that you are warmly 
invited to inform your Project Officer about events and research 
outcomes relating to your project and remain at your disposal for any 
questions about the brochure via RTD-PUBLICATIONS at ec.europa.eu 
<mailto:RTD-PUBLICATIONS at ec.europa.eu>.

EU Research and Innovation

/On-line version is available via the Participant Portal
/Communicating EU Research & Innovation - A guide for project 
participants/ 
<http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/ShowDoc/Extensions+Repository/General+Documentation/Guidance+documents+for+FP7/Communication/Coomunicating-Research-120925-WEB_en.pdf>
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//A paper copy can be ordered via the EU Bookshop /
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/communicating-eu-research-innovation-pbKI3212366////

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//Multiple paper copies should be ordered by sending a request to /
RTD-PUBLICATIONS at ec.europa.eu <mailto:RTD-PUBLICATIONS at ec.europa.eu>/

*Alexandra RUETE*
Communication Officer
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*European Commission*
DG Research & Innovation
External and Internal Communication Unit