RI-SCALE_D6.1 – Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation and Capacity Building (CDEC) Plan

The CDEC strategy supports RI-SCALE's core objectives, which include co-designing and developing Data Exploitation Platform (DEP) prototypes, increasing AI-based data exploitation capacity in Research Infrastructures (RIs), validating AI-powered DEPs through real-world use cases across environmental, life and health sciences, engaging SMEs, spin-offs, and academic innovators, and facilitating uptake and sustainability through training and competence centres. Key Exploitable Results (KERs), such as the DEP prototype, AI frameworks, pilot deployments, an engagement framework for innovators, and a Competence Centre, are explicitly supported by tailored CDEC pathways. Expected impacts span scientific, economic, societal, environmental, and educational dimensions, aiming to enhance research efficiency, catalyze new markets, promote ethical AI, reduce environmental footprint, and address AI skills gaps within RIs. The plan details objectives, key messages, and a comprehensive set of communication and dissemination channels and tools, including a project website, social media, press outreach, event participation, and strategic content contributions, all while adhering to open science principles and EU visibility guidelines. Ultimately, the CDEC strategy is central to translating RI-SCALE's technical innovations into tangible, sustainable, and impactful outcomes aligned with European research and digital transformation priorities.