D-NA3.1a Report on Training Workshops and Staff Exchanges
Creators: name: Heussen, Kai
name: Ramos, Leonard
name: Karafotis, Panagiotis
name: Kontou, Alkistis Christina
name: Rajkumar, Vetrivel
name: De Paola, Antonio
name: Zerihun, Tesfaye Amare
name: Feng, Zhiwang
name: Strasser, Thomas
Publisher: name: The ERIGrid 2.0 Consortium
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education
Training
Workshops
Training Schools
Educational Strategy
Training Objectives
Intended Learning Outcomes
Staff Exchange
Deliverable
European Union (EU)
H2020
Project
ERIGrid 2.0
GA 870620

description: ERIGrid 2.0 training and educational activities aim to inform a broad audience about best practices and latest advancement in methods, approaches and tools for the development, validation and roll-out of smart energy systems solutions. 
An educational strategy is presented, offering a tool for coordination and alignment of the training activities. The proposed and applied method combines qualitative organisation of topics, target audiences and educational scope, with a quantitative reflection on the areas of training developed in the project. By means of surveys and systematic analysis of reported training activity plans, an overview of the topical areas developed in the project is documented, and contrasted with the intended developments. The summary provides an intermediary status view of the planned and executed training activities. In short, all intended target groups have been addressed, and most types of intended training activity types have been developed. Gaps appear to remain between the intended and the achieved coverage of research areas by the planned training activities. To highlight a few, topics of 'demand response', and 'flexibility management', as well as 'inverter dominated systems' have not yet been addressed. An analysis of intended cognitive level of competence (using Bloom's taxonomy) reveals that the training activities are mostly aimed at comprehension and application experiences, with a few exceptions also considering analysis and synthesis skills. Given the scope and available time for most training activities, this level is as expected.
The on-site training activities reported in this document span a wide range of training events, including training for high-school students, the general public as well as industry professionals and researcher. The training activities span a good range and number: One training school for PhD students and researchers was hosted, and three further are planned. Two events each where hosted for high-school students and the general public, respectively. Three independent workshops were hosted. At international conferences, three panel sessions were organised and one tutorial given. The so far presented and planned training activities are already close to fulfilling the intended project objectives.
The staff exchange reports on an internal programme for training and collaboration across partners, where the exchange of experiences and expertise is in focus. A number of staff exchanges has been carried out – here the main strategy has been the organisation of group staff exchanges for specific project-wide initiatives. Overall, twelve staff exchanges were applied for and granted – all as part of a single group staff exchange. 
Overall, the reported and planned training activities represent only a fraction of the available material. This report will be followed up by a similar type report, towards the end the project period.