SEQUOIA first focus groups took place on 14th and 16th of February.
ACSI, FITTEST, SOCIOS, VISION CLOUD, HOLA, DIVA, Q-IMPRESS, S-CUBE, OMELETTE, WEBINOS projects actively participated to the focus groups giving SEQUOIA the opportunity to learn more about project's needs and expectations regarding socio-economic impact assessment.

During the discussion projects highlighted the importance to put in place an assessment methodology since the beginning of the projects. The need was expressed by projects to identify appropriate tools as impact assessment of research projects is perceived as difficult to perform: benefits are not always economic and may be difficult to quantify, more variables need to be taken into consideration.

The projects in general expect to receive from SEQUOIA help in predicting potential for market penetration and understand and evaluate the potential benefit of their projects.

Three more focus groups will take place on 21st, 22nd, 23rd February. More coming soon ....