The Spreading of Excellence ensures that the network of excellence stands at the centre of a sustainable web of connecting networks which disseminate emerging knowledge and expertise to stakeholders and decision-makers, and collect important feedback to focus the network’s research agendas.

Spreading of excellence activities include:

• regional, national and international seminars for decision-makers interested in eParticipation,
• gender action plan,
• sustainable community and partnership building,
• stimulation of sustainable innovation methods within the public sector,
• relevant conferences and seminars,
• publication of research and users manuals,
• policy guidelines and research papers of interest for the research community and stakeholders dealing with eParticipation;

Here you can report and find specific dissemination activities.

WP 7 - Establishing information infrastructure for the NoE 

The workpackage has provided the technical infrastructure design and implementation of DEMO-net's knowledge and collaboration platform on the DEMO-net web site. This has enabled the network’s virtual collaboration, provided a knowledge repository and (later) provided the infrastructure for dissemination through associated networks and for the European virtual research centre.

WP 8 - Dissemination

The workpackage has developed a strategy for dissemination of results through DEMO-net's associated networks of regions and cities and through cross-disciplinary meetings, seminars and conferences. The strategy has builded on the networks integration plan (workpackages 1-3) and the knowledge and knowledge and collaboration platform developed in WP7. The dissemination plan also has ensured dissemination of early results and deliverables from the first eighteen months.

In the second phase of the project, WP15 has been responsible for disseminating the DEMO_net project and for managing the DEMO_net website, keeping it updated with fresh material and results, available to all audiences.