MycoKey Technical Report 18M_Work Package 8 Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation

During this period, an integrated plan for the communication, dissemination and exploitation of project information with dissemination guidelines". Moreover, the Mycokey project web site has been established in its own web domain. The site can be found at URL http://www.www.mycokey.eu and it has been described in the Deliverable 8.2. Both activities, preparation of the guidelines for the communication and dissemination, and establishment of the website, have been carried out mainly by CNR with the support of all Partners for the first aspect and DLO, UCSC, and UVEG for the website preparation. Also, promotional material has been prepared and, in particular, a communication kit has been provided to all Partners. Also this activity has been lead by CNR, with the strong support of UVEG, IPP CAAS and CEPM. UVEG has carried out an important goal of the WP8 by organizing the first call of 3 Short learning visit (SLV) of 2 months for students and young researchers. A public call has been launched through the website and mailing lists. Finally, both the organization of the First MycoKey Conference to be held in Ghent, Belgium, next September 2017 (UGENT and CNR) and the organization of the training courses on "Rapid methods for mycotoxins detection", and "Strategies for minimization of toxigenic fungi in food chains" to be carried out in Bari, next October 2017 (CNR) have started.