Online submission system, live within CLOU5.

Online submission system, live within CLOU5. Consortium partners will engage their SME networks to use the existing open innovation platform - CLOU5 (Figure 1.3d) – to initiate discussions towards cooperating in innovation project development. CLOU5 effectively combines bespoke collaboration tools comparable to dropbox, skype, doodle etc., and is accessible regardless of individual hardware and software configurations. Users will be facilitated through the platform’s interface to develop cross-sector and cross-border innovation projects based on the 10 selected innovation challenges (that will be realised in WP4). All discussions take place in the environment of trust (platform is on Western European Server, German law) of the involved network organisations (enabled through the innovation management activities outlined in Task 7.3). Additionally, users may individually decide who can see their information e.g. one special group, the selected network, all platform users or the broad public etc. As such, both open and closed groups will be created. During the project lifetime, we will have >250 experts’ profiles registered and continually active on the platform. To efficiently handle the e-submission and the evaluation of the proposals (Task 4.2 and Task 4.3), CLOU5 will be used. This will include managing access to view proposals by the expert evaluation panel (comprising experts from the consortium and advisory board, see Task 1.4); evaluation scoring; and provision of direct evaluation feedback (linked to signposting Task 4.4). All submitted proposals will be anonymised automatically by CLOU5. This anonymised proposal will be provided to the relevant experts. Clou5 will be everything from one source ensure in a safe and fair submission system.