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9 p.-3 fig.-2 tab. Proceedings of the 12th Meeting at Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 13-16 June (2022), Aerospores are one of the main components of aeromycobiota that can cause fungal diseases in fruits. Their presence in warehouses limits the storage time of apples and affects their organoleptic properties. Our study was based on previously identified airborne fungi collected from apple warehouses in Tunisia. Fifteen species: Penicillium allii, P. chrysogenum, P. citrinum, P. expansum, P. italicum, P. polonicum, P. solitum, P. steckii, P. sumatraense, P. viridicatum, Aspergillus europaeus, A. flavus, A. niger, A. pulverulentus and Alternaria alternata with different level of pathogenicity were tested for their carbon and nitrogen requirements. The tested compounds were selected for their abundance in apple cell wall: polygalacturonic acid, arabinan, arabinogalactan, fructose, galactose, arabinose, maltose, xylose, sucrose, sorbitol, xylan, cellulose microfibril and cutin. Assimilation tests proved that only P. expansum and P. polonicum, with the highest pathogenicity, were able to assimilate all types of carbohydrates and nitrogen sources present in the apple cell wall. This could be a mean to annotate virulence mechanisms of highly pathogenic fungi during apple colonization., This work was supported by funds from the VRR Project (no. 0310) and by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia (LR16ES05).

While D6.1 Dissemination and Communication Plan aimed at introducing the overall engagement approach the Sustain-COAST project should follow by laying down the foundations of the Dissemination and Communication (D&C) Strategy and related action plan, the present report aims at providing the readers with a detailed overview of the concrete D&C actions taken to implement the plan since the restart of the project.The main purpose of this document is to showcase how, when, to who and through which channels the current project outputs have been disseminated thus far, also reflecting on the impact achieved through the assessment of the conducted activities. Therefore, the report first details the activities conducted to inform and raise awareness about the project to start attracting interest from the targeted stakeholders. It is the first and most important step towards the early engagement of external stakeholders in the project activities, necessary to lay down solid and sound foundations to conduct the work under the other phases, which in return should support maximising the engagement of relevant stakeholders throughout the project duration. The report then focuses on activities carried out to interact with stakeholders to obtain their feedback on the initial project results and achievements. This two-way communication will contribute greatly towards Sustain-COAST achieving all its objectives. This document also serves as an evaluation framework to report on the performance and impact of the D&C activities carried out, also reflecting best practices and lessons learnt during the execution of the project. It also provides an analysis and update of the indicators of achievement based on the ones defined in D6.1 Communication and Dissemination plan. In summary, all the planned D&C activities have been realised. The identity of the project has been built and heavily promoted via all tools and channels identified in the D&C strategy: the Sustain-COAST website, the Sustain-COAST social media accounts, Sustain-COAST newsletter, the support to Sustain-COAST events and the participation to third party events and the mass media relations.

The scope of this deliverable includes all management tasks necessary for the smooth execution of the project activities during the final period of the project. In particular, it provides the overall planning and monitoring of the consortium work and the tracking of the project deliverables of high scientific quality. The Gantt chart is also presented to monitor the progress of the milestones and deliverables throughout the project. Other activities also performed are the coordination between the involved partners, effective communication and reporting to the PRIMA authorities as well as preparation of end-term reports with support from all partners. Within this deliverable is ensured the review of the WPs findings and the communication of the results to the consortium. In addition, the scientific consistency and the continuous monitoring and evaluation process, the establishment of a quality management system based on the current practice of the project coordinator’s institution and standard operating procedures developed in other EU funded projects are also ensured. All the above were achieved through the good communication between the partners by regular monthly or annual project coordination meetings as well as the final conference. Particularly, regular monthly Zoom meetings were organized, further than the annual online or in presence coordination meetings, where the partners were discussing any issues that arose and exchanging data needed for each WP. In addition, the final conference of the project was organized as a Common International Conference with the MEDSAL PRIMA project in 27th-30th September 2022, where the final results from both projects were presented to the scientific community and stakeholders and scientific ideas and aspects were shared and exchanged among the participants. Finally, this deliverable presents the difficulties raised during the last year of the project and the one-year extension of the project duration along with the general achievements of the Sustain-COAST project on Sustain-COAST Quantified Impact and Key Performance Indicators as well as onSustain-COAST objectives.

This Deliverable is the second and final version of the Data Management Plan (DMP) updating the first version, released in November 2021, after the Sustain-COAST mid-term report reviewing. The DMP aims to consolidate the data management strategy of the project, describing the data collected and produced within the project and providing a guide on how this data will be managed, stored, disseminated and preserved. This updated version resolves any pending topic of the first version.

This deliverable presents the exploitation strategy for the project and provide a holistic overview of the exploitation landscape surrounding it. It details the key exploitable results the project intellectual property rights, the individual exploitation plans, the exploitation KPI’s, the exploitation impact and the exploitation barriers.

Sustain-COAST “Sustainable coastal groundwater management and pollution reduction through innovative governance in a changing climate” is an R&I project co-funded under the PRIMA 2018 programme section II, for a period of 3 years starting from June 2019. The Sustain-COAST consortium is led by the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and comprises a multidisciplinary team of seven partners from six countries. Sustain-COAST intends to develop a calibrated multi-criteria decision supporting system (DSS) and a web Geographical Information System platform accessible for water stakeholders and policymakers. The Communication and Dissemination plan (D6.2) gives an overview of the whole communication and dissemination activities to be carried out by Sustain-COAST consortium. It defines the dissemination objectives, key messages, target audiences, and specific objectives for each identified target group. In addition, D6.2 identifies the dissemination channels to be used, promotional materials, and the living labs and workshops. Furthermore, details on the financial and human resources and timing are provided. The Annex of the document provides more details on the stakeholders targeted by WP6, Dissemination and communication strategy. Finally, this plan is conducted in order to achieve the maximum impact and reach the relevant audiences. Therefore, all partners in Sustain-COAST project are expected to use it as a guideline for their dissemination activities throughout the duration of the project.