Monthly Progress: No.3 November 2014

Indicator: Quantitative stakeholder outreach
Metrics: Website
Number of visits by type of stakeholders: n/a
Number of exchanges on website forums:
Twitter
  CORE TEAM: 79 tweets 79 followers
  ES: 136 tweets 48 followers
  FR: 980 tweets 105 followers
  IE: 25 tweets 16 followers
  PT: 3 tweets 6 followers
  UK 14 tweets 20 followers
Linkedin
  Total members of the group: 9
  New members of the group: 9
Metrics: Events
Number of events attended by focal points: 9
Metrics: Relationship-building
Number and type of stakeholder contacts:
ES > 250 Type: Cluster, SMEs; universities, network of Atlantic cities, national and regional administrations
FR > 300 Type: SMEs; universities; national, regional and local authorities; fishermen organisations; one maritime specialised bank;
IE > 50 Type: Industry and universities
PT > 70 Type: SMEs, local administration, business schools, development agencies, research centres
UK 2 Type: National administration
Metrics: Helpdesk
Number and type of stakeholder queries registered: 10

Core objective: PRO-ACTIVE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Indicator: Stakeholder project support
Metrics:
Number of alerts concerning funding opportunities: 2

Core objective: SOUND AND EFFICIENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Indicator: Project overall project management
Metrics: Compliance of activities/outputs undertaken with the Inception report, work plan and timetable: the project is being implemented within schedule.
The focal points have started attending local events, engaging with stakeholders, collecting queries, and preparing contributions to the 5 national events to be organised by them in France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom during the first half of 2015.
The project website was put fully online on December 1st 2014.
The Infoline is accessible for the Atlantic stakeholders since mid-November.
The Support Team (central team and focal points) is active on Twitter and Linkedin.

Core objective: POSITIVE REACTION AND RESPONSES PROVIDED TO CHANGES AND ISSUES

Indicator: Risk and change management
Metrics: Continuous listing/recording and analysis of risks and challenges identified:
No issues/challenges registered in November.
Metrics: Disappearance/control of risks resulting from mitigating actions undertaken:
KQ carried out a plan to minimize the delay (issue registered in October) with the planned completion of the website, which went fully online on the 01/12/2014.
The original production plan of the project brochure has been modified to allow the Atlantic stakeholders participating in the Porto event (20.01.2015) to receive it.