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APRAN (2016 – 2020)

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021admin

Project:
internal Knowledge Hub, decision-making tool

Lead organization:
European Commission / European External Action Service EEAS

Partners:
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

funded by:
EU Foreign Policy Instrument FPI

This Knowledge Hub on key Asia-Pacific issues and trends was exclusively created for decision-makers at the European Commission’s European External Action Service; and commissioned by the Foreign Policy Instrument FPI.

Key Features

knowledge space for curated studies, analyses, imported news, etc.
editorial tool and work-flows for internal content production: commissioned studies written by team of experts
modular, highly visual landing page, to be easily adapted
personalized reading lists and newsletters, according to individual user preferences
editorial reading lists and newsletters, created by Hub team
map with hotspots in Asia-Pacific and related dossiers written by team of experts
Expert Directory of global academics, partners and institutions
Calendar with internal and external dates
overall connected data structure: highly flexible and expandable data architecture

Key Services

content strategy consulting, concept development
instant prototyping, software implementation
design and design implementation
project management, agile
site hosting and maintenance
ongoing user and tech support
migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8, incl. consolidation of contents and features

UNSA Vienna (2019 – today)

February 16, 2021February 17, 2021admin

Project:
public website, project repository

Lead organization:
UNSA Vienna

Partner:
UNSA Global Network

UNSA Vienna was launched in 2019 as part of the UNSA Global Network. It aims at raising awareness and promoting exchange on commonly overlooked, yet important topics within the UN framework; such as femicide, climate crisis and migration. Special focus lies on empowering and integrating the next generation.

The new public website serves as a repository of all topic-related projects and activities of the UNSA Vienna’s teams. The key focus is on actions and people.

unsavienna.org

Key features and services

content strategy, concept development
(logo and page) design, design implementation
flexible grid structure, easy to edit and/or expand
direct overview and easy access on key topics, activities and involved people
news and blog formats
support, hosting and maintenance
trainings

NFG Asian Perceptions of the EU (2010 – 2015)

February 16, 2021February 18, 2021admin

Project:
knowledge hub with public page and internal collaborative research area

Lead organization:
FU Berlin

funded by:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

From 2010 until 2015, the NFG completed a major project dealing with “External views on the EU as a Civilian Power – India and China in Comparison”. The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within its initiative “Europa von Außen gesehen” (External Views of Europe). It was an Associated Project of the KFG Research College “The Transformative Power of Europe” at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Freie Universität Berlin.

The NFG research fellows formed binational teams that combined interdisciplinary backgrounds with professional experience in policy and academia. They all used the internal working area for research collaboration, including the use of a jointly created bibliography, for instance.

asianperceptions.eu

Key Features

internal collaborative area for international researcher team and public page
joint internal editorial tools: content production, bibliography, Calendar and task management
selected internal contents (publications, analyses, country reviews, etc.) accessible and displayed on public site
multilingual posts
searchable knowledge respository
blog / social media integration

Key Services

collaborative content strategy
concept development
software implementation
design implementation
trainings and tutorials
support, maintenance and hosting

Femicide Watch Platform (2017 – today)

February 16, 2021February 18, 2021admin

Project:
public knowledge space

Lead organization:
UN Studies Association (UNSA) Global Network / UNSA Vienna’s Femicide Team

Partners:
UN Organization on Drugs and Crime

This unique knowledge space provides selected, high-quality information on the issue of femicide: the gender related killings of women and girls. It addresses policy and decision-makers at all levels, actors from the criminal justice system, practitioners, civil society activists, academics, and individuals concerned with this horrible phenomenon.

A prototype of this platform was presented and launched in May 2017 on the occasion of the 26th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (22-26 May, 2017). Read UNODC’S press statement. It was upgraded in May 2018.

femicide-watch.org

Key features

key information on the issue of femicide: core definitions, facts, figures, data, statistics
landmark documents issued by key players
an interactive knowledge base of good practices in multiple areas: data collection, legislation, jurisdiction, etc.
topical and regional / country dossiers, timelines, reading lists
direct access to experts and practitioners from around the world and across disciplines.