The Commission shall implement information and
communication actions concerning Horizon 2020, including communication
measures concerning supported projects and results. In particular, it
shall provide timely and thorough information to Member States.
The part of the Horizon 2020 budget allocated to
communication shall also cover the corporate communication of the
Union's political priorities to the extent that they are related to the
general objective of this Regulation.
Activities to disseminate information and carry out
communication activities shall be an integral part of all actions
supported by Horizon 2020. Information and communication concerning
Horizon 2020, including on supported projects, shall be made available
and accessible in digital form.
In addition, the following specific actions shall be supported:
(a) initiatives aimed at widening awareness
and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020, in particular
for those regions or types of participants that have a relatively low
participation;
(b) targeted assistance to projects and
consortia to provide them with adequate access to the necessary skills
to optimise the communication, exploitation and dissemination of
results;
(c) actions which bring together and
disseminate results from a range of projects, including those that may
be funded from other sources, to provide user-friendly databases and
reports that summarise key findings, and, where relevant, communication
and dissemination to the scientific community, industry and the general
public;
(d) dissemination to policy makers,
including standardisation bodies, to promote the use of policy-relevant
results by the appropriate bodies at international, Union, national and
regional level;
(e) initiatives to foster dialogue and
debate on scientific, technological and innovation related issues with
the public through involvement of the research and innovation community
and civil society organisations, and to take advantage of social media
and other innovative technologies and methodologies, especially in order
to help raise public awareness of the benefits of research and
innovation in meeting societal challenges.
