Visibility & Engagement

EaPConnect works to ensure the long-term sustainability of its partners and its results, raising their visibility and showing their value through its communications, outreach and engagement activities.

These activities include:

• developing a team of skilled marketing and communications professionals among the project partners and integrating them with their peers from other NRENs around the world;
• participating in events and Special Interest Groups that are organised outside the project;
• reaching out to researchers and other potential users to understand and engage with their needs and offer solutions;
• supporting partner needs to engage with policy makers, funders and other stakeholders.

Interacting with research communities that are potential users of our networks and services is a growing focus of activity. Partners are becoming increasingly involved in the international exchange of best practices in this area, and within EaPConnect, this work is becoming more structured and will build upon past successes with our regional ‘Enlighten Your Research’ Programme.

Enlighten Your Research

The Enlighten Your Research (EYR) programme promotes the use of computer network resources to foster international research and collaborations. To further promote the benefits of these resources, EYR challenges researchers to stretch the boundaries of their work and collaborate with other countries enabled by the national research and education network (NREN) infrastructures, services and support.

EYR was originated by SURF, the Dutch national research and education network, within the Netherlands. It later became a global programme with calls for project proposals in various world regions. EaPConnect has been running EYR calls and projects in the Eastern Partnership (EYR@EaP) since 2016, with a record-breaking response and more than 20 projects selected for support by project partners.