LUDUS project

Project LUDUS

Serious Games

LUDUS in brief

The LUDUS ID

Full title: EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE SHARING AND DISSEMINATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE INNOVATIVE FIELD OF GAME BASED LEARNING

Financing: LUDUS is 85% financed by the SEE programme. National sources finance the other 15% of the project’s budget.

Duration: 36 months

Starting date: May 2009

Ending date: April 2012

Consortium: 8 partners from 6 countries

Country	Partner
Greece	PROMEA BIC-Business Innovation Center Epirus
Italy	POLIMI Polytechnic School of Milan, METID UNIMIB – University of Milan Bicocca
Romania	ARIES
Slovenia	BSC
Bulgaria	BIA
Hungary	INNOSTART

Total Budget: 1.5 million Euros

Coordinator: BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTER OF EPIRUS (BIC OF EPIRUS)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK OF EPIRUS,
University Campus
IOANNINA 45110
GREECE

Contact email: bicepirus@ioa.forthnet.gr

LUDUS project timeline

Activities and events
Period 1 (01.05.2009 – 31.08.2009):
Kick off meeting in Ioannina (18-19/06/2009)
Field analysis

Period 2 (01.09.2009 – 28.02.2010):
8 info days on Serious Gaming and on LUDUS project (organised in all participating countries)
Preparation of competition 1
Oct. 2009: Open brainstorming meeting in Slovenia
Field analysis
Regional Networking Workshops (in Milan, Sofia and Budapest)
Knowledge Sharing Regional Training Courses (in Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary)

Period 3 (01.03.2010 – 31.08.2010):
First European Competition
First European Conference to be held at Ioannina, Greece
Study visit
Regional Networking Workshops (in Kranj, Ioannina, Milan, Bucharest, Sofia, Budapest)
Knowledge Sharing Regional Training Courses (in Slovenia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary)
First Open Lab

Period 4 (01.09.2010 – 28.02.2011):
4 info days (in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Hungary)
Regional Networking Workshops (in Bucharest)
Knowledge Sharing Regional Training Courses (in Romania)

Period 5 (01.03.2011 – 31.08.2011):
Second European Competition
Second European Conference to be held in Milan, Italy