This first AI-SPRINT Communication, Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement report sets out the strategy for the first 18 months of the project in terms of communicating its goals, outputs and impacts, describing how it is sharing its results and building a community. In terms of planning, it defines specific actions and measures for all activities related to community building and practical assets key to ensuring the proper visibility of AI-SPRINT as a research and innovation action aimed at underpinning the project’s exploitation and sustainability path. The report also outlines AI-SPRINT stakeholder groups and targeted engagement activities with a roadmap for the first 18 months of the project. It lays the foundations for future actions in two further documents (D6.4 in M18 and D6.8 in M36), which will report on impacts and achievements and update plans with an increasing focus on the go-to-market strategy and thus closely aligned with the exploitation and sustainability of AI-SPRINT. It shows how activities will be monitored through pre-defined KPIs coupled with qualitative assessments. It also provides a concise report on current achievements, upcoming synergies and knowledge sharing, as well as engagement roadmaps for the targeted stakeholders. The Communication, Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement plan is designed as a coordinated, joint effort by all partners. Every partner will contribute to the actions foreseen in the communication plan, in proportion to effort assigned, knowledge and skills. It is the first such report with the next versions coming in June 2022 and December 2023, which will increasingly focus on the go-to-market strategy for AI-SPRINT.

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