WP7- Outreach, dissemination and training

WP leader: Cagla Kaya - European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB)
Associate WP leader: Tessa Brinker (EFFAB)
Involved partners: EFFAB, INRA, EAAP, FiBL, NOLDUS, RAFT, SRUC, DLO // WR, FA, ALLICE, UNIPD

Stakeholder involvement is crucial for an applied research project such as GenTORE. The stakeholder engagement is based on recognition of different stakeholder types and the development of outreach strategies tailored to them. GenTORE will have stakeholder involvement at multiple levels: L1, L2 and L3 stakeholders (see Stakeholders).

This WP represents a strategy oriented towards maximum interaction of GenTORE with all stakeholders, resulting in an optimal dissemination of GenTORE outcomes and a solid and consistent communication about the project. Therefore WP7 will be of course strongly linked to all other WPs. ​

Objectives

WP7 focuses on target audiences including: farmers, farm advisors, veterinarians, breeding companies, industry (beef and dairy retailers, farm equipment manufacturers), levy bodies and researchers. Objectives are to:

• Create and maintain a maximal interaction with stakeholders to ensure consultation on tool design, stakeholder feedback about the progress and potential directions of the GenTORE research.
• Deliver training in the use of GenTORE strategies and tools to identify, exploit and measure cattle resilience and efficiency; promoting diversity-rich livestock breeding.
• Drive the effective dissemination, exploitation and implementation of project results, consolidating stakeholders’ own broader networks of dissemination.
• Ensure that dissemination is achieved at European level.

Tasks

• T7.1 – Stakeholder engagement and inclusion
• T7.2 – Project website and YouTube channel
• T7.3 – Outreach and dissemination
• T7.4 – Training activities

PROJECT

Work packages

Impact
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Partners

WORK PACKAGES

WP1 - Production system metrics: Assessing the systems context
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WP2 - R&E biology across growing and adult phases
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WP3 - On-farm tools to phenotype proxies of R&E

WP4 - Genomic indices for multi-breed selection in different environments

WP5 - Genome-based management indexes; on-farm tools to optimising replacement strategies taking into account expected life-time R&E in dairy and beef cattle

WP6 - Modelling tools to predict outcomes of possible future scenarios

WP7 - Outreach, dissemination and training

WP8 - Project management and Consortium coordination