ESiWACE2 Exploitation Plan (D7.5)

This deliverable summarises the beneficiaries’ strategy and concrete actions related to the protection and exploitation of the project results. Horizon 2020 is a Research and Innovation programme aiming at fostering competitiveness and growth and increasing benefits to the European Union economy and citizens. Public investment in projects are to be converted into socio‐economic benefits for the society, as clearly indicated in the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation1, with a clear accent to the beneficiaries’ obligations to exploit and disseminate the outcomes of the funded activities. The Horizon 2020 work programme for this call explicitly specified that project proposals shall include a draft Plan for the Exploitation of Results. The plan is a strategic document indicating how the partnership establishes the basis for the intellectual property (IP) strategy and exploitation activities, and summarises the beneficiaries’ strategy and concrete actions related to the protection and exploitation of the project results