Task number	3
Name	Education and research & innovation community
Strategic Axes	Communities building, Research and Innovation, Education and Pedagogical Innovation
Workpackage	Developing UNITA communities

Objectives

Create and support communities of educators, researchers and innovators who share a common interest in a field of knowledge and want to develop the field further through exchanges of good practice and the launch of joint project.

Inputs & Resources

Source documentation:

Resources

Human Resources: List of staff on the task, roles and position: Co-leaders Stefania Raimondo UNITO and Filipe Moreira IPG (before: Mario Giacobini and Fátima Gonçalves) + 32 TT members (profiles: VR for Research or Internationalisation, Communication and events experts, Research managers, UNITA Offices and mobility specialists).
Financial: Budget allocated to the task: 1.061.317 € travel costs; other costs 587.775 €.
Materials: Type of materials required (computers, software, scientific tools,…): Datacloud &its Apps, LimeSurvey.
Intangible: Type of intangible materials (communication tools, data bases,…): matching events management system.

Activities & Sub-Tasks

Source documentation: In each WP folder, document entitled “WPx_full_description)

List of activities	Activity title	Activity description	Deadline
1	Introduce the new partners to the achievements and lessons learned from phase one and to Quality Assurance practices.	The new partners have been associated with the project's activities since June 2021, resulting in an easier and shorter acquaintance process.	(M1-M2)
2	Update the general synoptic assessment of partner Quality Assurance systems.	Building on phase one benchmarking by the QEB, by including the new partners' QA systems frameworks. Update and adopt the UNITA Quality Assurance policy to be implemented at partner and alliance level, with quantitative and qualitative indicators fitting the new WP and Tasks structure. Define opportunities of partner Quality Assurance synergies, further developing the common Quality Assurance policy respecting different institutional/regional/national contexts. Together with TTs 1.2 and 5.4, agree on the methodology for the evaluation of progress, processes, cost-efficiency, and deliverables, including systematic feedback from students, staff and stakeholders. Update the Quality Assurance plan by drawing a map through a logical table relating Tasks and indicators, defining all the processes to reach the objectives, and building a management quality system with procedure and codification for each process or activity. Train all the Task teams to the quality assurance policy and plan.	(M3-M12)
3	Implement and test the evaluation of progress, processes, cost-efficiency, and deliverables of the first year.	Producing a report for the QEB. Support the QEB in the production of the annual report with recommendations for the Governance Board (GB). Monitor the implementation of the corrective actions decided by the GB and evolve the quality assurance requirements and plan accordingly. Repeat evaluations emphasising identified areas of improvement. Evaluate and realize the independent assessment given by an external European Evaluation Agency, accommodating modifications in the interest of improvement. Draw lessons from the implementation of the quality assurance plan integrating best practices based on an inventory, mapping of the main QA processes on teaching, research, and public engagement.	(M13-M48)
4	Co-develop together with TT1.1 and disseminate the UNITA Quality Assurance strategy.	Matching with the ambition of developing a model of European University. Internally disseminate the strategy to all actors and in particular to the Quality Assurance Boards of the partners. Benchmark Quality Assurance strategy and practices with other European Universities by organizing and participating to mutual learning workshops.	(M24-M48)

Indicators

These indicators have been gathered from the different source (list below) and have been gathered from interviews driven by Task 5.4 UNITA impact observatory.

Source documentation: In each WP folder, document entitled “WPx_full_description)

These indicators have been chosen and agree during the Phase 2 proposal made to the European Commission.

Indicator	Indicator Description	Unit of measurement	Data Source	Frequency	Baseline	Target	Type
a	Number of organized matching events	Numerical	UNITA Offices	Annual	2	20	Output

To be defined by T5.4 members previously to interviews and to be proposed to task co leader

Indicator Description	Unit of measurement	Data Source	Frequency	Baseline	Target	Type
Number of starting grants allocated by the research hubs	Numerical	UNITA Offices	Annual	0	12	Outcome
Number of events about sharing the scientific results to the broader community from matching events on research	Numerical	Task team report D2.3	End of phase 2			Impact

To be defined by T5.4 members previously to interviews and to be proposed to task co leader

Sub-Indicator Description	Parent Indicator	Type
Number of submissions to the research call,	Number of starting grants allocated by the research hubs	Outcome
Number of local entities involved in these events	Number of events about sharing the scientific results to the broader community from matching events on research	Impact
Number of researchers participating to the / per submissions	Number of submissions to the research call,	Outcome
Number of participants registered to the matching events	Number of organized matching events	Outcome

Data collection

Indicator Description	Data Source	Collection Type	Data Owner
Number of submissions to the research call,	UNITA Offices	Automatic	Task Team 2.3
Number of starting grants allocated by the research hubs	UNITA Offices	Manual / ad hoc survey / To be precised	Task Team 2.3
Number of local entities involved in these events	Task team report D2.3	Manual	Task Team 2.3
Number of researchers participating to the / per submissions	UNITA Offices	Automatic	Task Team 2.3
Number of events about sharing the scientific results to the broader community from matching events on research	Task team report D2.3	Manual	Task Team 2.3
Number of participants registered to the matching events	UNITA Offices	Automatic	Task Team 2.3
Number of organized matching events	UNITA Offices	Manual	Task Team 2.3

Impacts

Source documentation:

Task and WP long-term objectives Task Description - T2.3 description - WP2 Objectives
UNITA Mission Statement (from Grant Agreement)

	Users / Beneficiaries Intern to UNITA	End-Users / Beneficiaries extern to UNITA
1) Who are the stakeholders benefiting of the task’s actions ?	Partners of UNITA: All the academic community: researchers, teachers, staff Students (co-tutelles and mobility)	students (co-tutelles and mobility)
2) To what extent has the local/international society changed as a result of outcomes compared to before UNITA? What are the long term results for them?		Students Local institutions and enterprises (research collaboration through new funded projects)