New business models and the increasing relevance of the so-called “intangible goods” require new solutions. T6 provides Programme and Project Management services conceived as a new approach, aiming to support the “knowledge society and knowledge economy”.

Programme and Project Management services are based on the long lasting experience gained at international level by T6, integrating traditional project management tools and methodologies with innovation and new technologies, providing unique and flexible solutions, adaptable to a variety of contexts.

T6 services focuses not only on results, but also on inter-individual and intercultural human processes, for which T6 provides facilitation and conflict management services.

T6 provides Project Management services  covering the overall Project Management cycle:

• Fundraising: analysis and synthesis of local and global policies, and funding streams, identifying the best opportunities for the development of your ideas;
• Proposal Writing: we transform your ideas into projects, eligible for funding and able to meet the  expected goals
• Project Coordination: management of communication and engagement processes among researchers and professionals from different cultures and languages through specific governance models and advanced project management technologies
• Financial Coordination: monitoring project financial aspects to assure  the correct use of resources, guarantee the respect of a planned budget and the prevention of financial irregularities
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Identification and implementation of quality/performance indicators for customized solutions, including the application of quantitative and qualitative methodologies
• Risk Management:  Detection, analysis, monitoring and removal of risks connected to processes, in order to reduce losses and enhance effectiveness

T6 also provides Programme Management services, assuring the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to meet the requirements of  multiple work-streams or a portfolio of projects, which need to meet or exceed business goals.

Visibility and communication are key for the uptake and exploitation of project results!

Who is your target audience? Which are the appropriate channels to reach them? How do you balance academic communication and dissemination to the general public?

With many years of experience in managing and assessing European research projects, T6 has developed the necessary expertise to manage the complexity of projects that often bring together scientists, policy makers, businesses, citizens, producing a mix of research results and on-the-field activities.

In particular, T6 can provide:

• An analysis of the project target audiences, identifying the specific dissemination aim for each;
• An overview of the most relevant communication and dissemination channels available, including offline materials and online communication activities;
• A dissemination strategy combining targets and channels, developed according to project priorities over time;
• The project key messages, key words, its distinctive identity brand and an engaging graphic design;
• An effective website to present activities and results at best;
• If required by the project, interactive platforms, developed in a co-design process, connecting a dedicated community;
• Support to partners’ press offices and valorisation of the project media activities;
• Coordination of national and international events related to the dissemination of the project activities and results.

The progress of the dissemination strategy will be monitored according to Key Performance Indicators defined in agreement with the relevant stakeholders at the beginning of the project.

Within its Policy Hub, T6 develops ad hoc strategies to promote and foster policy analyses for main areas of expertise. Analyses are conducted combining research-based methods with stakeholder engagement. The aim is to structure a collaborative and experimental way to influence innovative policy-making at a regional, national and European level.

T6 supports the idea that an applied social research approach is crucial to understand the society having an impact on the correct and fair implementation of public policies. To do that, T6 has created a internal structure: the Policy Hub. Thisis aimed at developing and applying a flexible framework called “Policy Dialogue” in which desk research, stakeholder engagement and public consultations are integrated in a unique flow to derive evidence-based analysis addressed to policy makers.

The Policy Dialogue is mainly divided in three steps. In the first step, T6 takes care of data gathering using quali-quantitative methodologies to identify the state of the art of the field and understand in deep the problem. In the second step, T6 structures a participatory process through the engagement of relevant stakeholders.

T6 acts as facilitator and connector of different stakeholders and needs guiding them in the discussion of possible scenarios and in the identification of common solutions. Finally, T6 produces reports addressed to policy makers and major stakeholders to influence on-going and future policy making process. The reports are published following an Open Science approach being the reports accessible and available on the T6 website.

As well as the above T6 guides design thinking to deliver insights and foresight through a structured but flexible process. The framework is applicable to different fields and areas of work, as well as to different scales, from regional and national context up to European scale.

To investigate, engage and find solutions for better policies, the team workonh in the T6 Policy Hub  uses several tools and methods, these include:

• Stakeholder mapping;
• Data collection through: desk research, literature review, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, focus groups and participatoryobservation;
• Qualitative analysis;
• Quantitative analysis;
• Future and scenario analysis;
• Stakeholder consultations (e.g Multi-Stakeholder forums, roundtables, on-line discussions).