Work Package 4 Budget Details

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Work Package 4 - Log time and expenses

Aim: To provide community support including explanatory documents making them freely available to all through Creative Commons Share-alike licensing and developing and maintaining the community web site support during the course of the project.

Staffing Days and Budget

 Partner Management Research  Technical Admin  Euros
 UK 2 11 0 17  6205
ES 2 20 20 20 12830
RO 0 0 3 0 279
CZ 0 0 2 0 208
BG 0 0 2 0 110

 

Travel and Subsistence in Euros

 Partner Travel Subsistence Total
UK 0 0 0
ES 0 0 0
RO 0 0 0
CZ 0 0 0
BG 0 0 0

 

Printing sub-contract 1000 Euros

Targets and key outcomes

Phase 1

  • Audit web site for improvements (Results 4, 2, 12, 1)

  • Design on-line handbook template (Result 3)

  • Produce new on-line handbook with links to relevant information (Result 3)

  • Interim report (Result 7)

Deadline 31st March 2010

Phase 2

  • Community support (Result 12)

  • Monitor forums and general behaviour (Results 12, 1)

  • Student competitions (Result 12, 1)

  • Make on-going  improvements (Result 4)

  • Interim report (Result 7)

Deadline 30th September 2010

Phase 3

  • As for Phase 2

  • Review and revise handbook (Result 3)

  • Interim report (Result 8)

Deadline 31st March 2011

Phase 4

  • As for Phase 3

  • Final report including recommendations for further development (Result 8)

General description

Production of a new handbook based on revised and extended qualifications that are designed to match the newly established UK Qualifications Credit Framework and therefore the EQF. Transfer of the handbook to the web site and making appropriate links between criteria and keywords and supporting information. eg linking assessment criteria to the National Occupational Standards of the relevant countries. Supporting users in forums and providing leadership for community participation. Production of end of phase reports to the Project Board for each phase and acting on any feedback.

Methods and pedagogy

Activities conducted across 4 phases each of 6 months duration. Technical authoring, standard web development techniques using Web 2.0 tools, standard research methods and the methods of open source communities and networks.

Budget comments

No travel was planned for this WP. UK need to provide a considerable input because of the need to build on existing systems. Partners have some technical days to ensure that localisation of any materials can be checked in addition to the translation service provided by the translations WP. There is a print budget for the production of the new handbook, publicity leaflets and such like.

Associated Deliverables

  • 30 informative pages for community site (Result  3)

  • New handbook (Result 4)

  • Support for student learning (Result 12)

  • Interim Report (Result 7)

  • Final Report (Result 8)