MycoKey Technical Report 55M_Work Package 8 Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation

The target goals of WP8 were communication, dissemination and exploitation of MycoKey's aims, activities, advances and results including open-access scientific publications, demonstration initiatives, manuals and tools. Dissemination of all these matters were exploited on both EU- as continent-wide scale (Africa, Asia & Americas) to enhance their impact and to address end-users, citizens, academics, civil society organizations,industry and policy makers. These communication measures were primarily executed through the integration of e-tools and webcommunications such as the project's website, web-seminars, demonstration videos, social media, openaccess platforms, URL-links, and connections to similar or complementary projects and programs. Additionally, face-to-face, focused meeting opportunities among partners and stakeholders were organized to share state-of-the-art information, to maintain relationships and partnerships, and to present results, methods, solutions and their applications to important stakeholders of different food sectors in the EU. MycoKey's aim was to create and increase awareness of mycotoxins, toxigenic fungi and food safety in general, and specifically: a) To maximize the relevance, outcomes and impact of MycoKey's actions to the public, providing information and scientific dissemination; b) To consolidate a productive partnership to enhance the EU-China dialogue; c) To encourage and facilitate the participation of stakeholders, communities and end-users on the use of MycoKey-developed tools; d) To strengthen international networking and scientific cooperation on food safety. Integrated communication actions have been dispersed by the whole Consortium on a continent-wide scale to enhance the impact with specific emphasis on dissemination of results to end-users, citizens, academics, consumer organizations, industry and policy makers.