| Abstract |
SUMMARY Working with and across the four selected Demonstrators, Digital Catapult (DC) proposes a project to undertake a programme of activity over 2.5 years which will support the Demonstrator projects by: facilitating co-working and shared learning, providing and/or convening technical support where required, opening up engagement with and opportunities for the startup and scale up ecosystem and helping them make the most of the Demonstrator programme, and supporting a programme of showcasing and dissemination in order to increase impact. The project will be a collaboration between DC and UKRI, which will help to meet the objectives set out in the Industrial Strategy, aiming to consolidate the country's position as a global creative powerhouse. The total cost of the project for core activities will be: £898,282. It is proposed that contractual management and oversight of this project will be overseen by a Project Board, chaired by UKRI and including the relevant senior and operational staff from DC and UKRI. This Project Board meetings will sit alongside the formal oversight mechanism with a nominated Monitoring Officer, and will provide for senior level 'steer' of the project. It is assumed that a similar mechanism will be put in place between UKRI and each of the Demonstrators to oversee contractual delivery of those contracts. DC will not be represented at those meetings. |