EMPHASIS-PREP: Workpackage Structure

The project EMPHASIS-PREP provides the basis for the establishment the legal framework, the business plan and preparation of an information system for a sustainable and innovative pan-European infrastructure for plant phenotyping within the framework of EMPHASIS. EMPHASIS-PREP establishes a transparent, open and inclusive process, the project partners will foster efficient work in the project in close cooperation with the European plant phenotyping community and all stakeholders.

EMPHASIS-PREP is structured as follows:

• WP1: Management of the project
• WP2: Defining the available infrastructure, structural and financial infrastructure development and developing criteria for a sustainable operation
• WP3: Assessment of the demand of users and the establishment of an effective communication strategy with different stakeholders
• WP4: Preparation of an integrated information system by establishing a Data Management Plan with relevant criteria for local or national infrastructures to be integrated in EMPHASIS
• WP5: Assessment, development, preparation and establishment of the most suitable legal framework and governance for EMPHASIS
• WP6: Developing and implementing a Business Plan and European plant phenotyping infrastructure strategy for sustainable processes and governance of EMPHASIS (WP6 integratesWP2-5)