The objective of this Task is to reach out to targeted research communities and libraries to promote the use of federated access and the results from AARC/AARC2. The Task will adopt two different approaches:

• Outreach – Continue the outreach campaign started in AARC to optimise the uptake of federation identity, reaching out to communities that have not been approached during the two years of AARC. Liaising with other projects/communities and using existing relationships will facilitate the impact of the outreach work done in this Task.
• Communication – Facilitate the interaction and communication among the communities and between the communities and the infrastructures by means of two delivery platforms:
  • • The Community Engagement Forum – A forum for engaging with user communities. AARC2 will offer training to this group, open to anybody who is interested, and will promote AARC and AARC2 results to raise awareness. The group will also provide the right audience for presenting and receiving feedback on the progress of the pilots mapping each of the proposed use-cases.
    • The AARC Engagement Group for Infrastructures (AEGIS) – The goal of the virtual Competence Centre is to handle communication with infrastructures to ensure that all key parties share the same vision and the same information about AARC2 and developments in the trust and identity area. The role of NA2 is to coordinate the effort and the results provided by all other Activities. NA2 will not provide any technical effort within the Competence Centre that requires expertise the Activity does not possess.

This Task will also develop all the necessary material to promote the work done in the other work packages.