Information Society Technologies in the 6th Framework Programme

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Information Society Technologiesin the 6th
Framework Programme

• WP 2003-2004
• First call
• Gérard Comyn
• Head of Unit
• European Commission, IST programme
• Workprogramme coordination and cross programme
  themes

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Outline of presentation

• A reminder IST within FP6
• Structure and budget
• The IST Priority Objectives, vision content
• IST workprogramme 2003-2004
• Main features
• Focus and priorities
• Roadmap of calls and budgets
• Call 1
• FP6 Instruments in IST
• Reminder of new and traditional instruments
• Contractual Issues

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ERA-a new context for EU supported RTD

• Moving to a European level Research policy
• Strengthen co-operation between National and EU
  Activities
• Improve links between National and EU policies
  and schemes
• Supports enlargement
• Development of a shared vision on European RTD
• Potential for co-funding arrangements
• FP6 is a major instrument to realise ERA
• Realising ERA will require
• New thinking more strategic and goal oriented
• New approach concentration, critical mass and
  flexibility
• New scope taking account of the international
  dimension of RTD(greater awareness of whos
  doing what)
• New instruments Integrated Projects (IPs)
  Networks of Excellence (NoEs)

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FP6 Budget breakdown

• Focussing and Integrating
• Genomics 2255 M
• Information Society Technologies 3625 M
• Nanotechnologies, int.. 1300 M
• Aeronautics and space 1075 M
• Food quality and safety 685 M
• Sustainable development 2120 M
• Citizens and governance .. 225 M
• Anticipation of ST needs
• Anticipating needs 555 M
• SMEs 430 M
• Specific INCO 315 M

• Strengthening ERA foundations 320 M

• Structuring ERA
• Research and Innovation 290 M
• Human resources 1580 M
• Research Infrastructures 655 M
• Science/Society 80 M

• Joint Research Centre 760 M

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IST in FP6 - objectives strategy

• Main objectives
• Establishing Europes leadership in the
  technologies at the heart of the knowledge
  economy and society
• Strengthening Europes competitiveness
  technology base
• Building the information and knowledge society
  for ALL
• Strategy
• Concentration and focus, building critical mass
• Visionary, forward looking (longer term / high
  risk)
• Combine flexibility with greater speed in
  implementation
• Scope of activities Core technologies
  pull-through applications

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The IST vision

• Bringing the users, people, to the
  foreground.... to the centre of our
  attention
• building trustful technologies for the background
  (almost invisible)
• Making technology adapt to people and business
  needs
• Moving to an era where ..Our surrounding is
  the interface to IST applications services
• Exploring beyond the PC, screens keyboard
  interfaces...
• Enabling multi-sensorial dialogues ..
• supported by computing networking
• everywhere, embedded in everyday objects(e.g
  furniture, clothes, vehicles, smart materials, )

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anywhere, anytime, anywhere, any service, for
all core technologies pull-through
applications
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Future Emerging Technologies

• More exploratory and visionary research
• Helping new IST-related ST fields and
  communities to emerge
• Complementary to
• other IST strategic objectives
• other FP6 Anticipating ST needs / frontier
  research (new fields / multidisciplinary work)
• Open scheme openess to unforeseeable ideas
• Proactive initiatives critical mass where focus
  is needed
• e.g. beyond robotics, complex systems
  research

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GEANT GRIDs in FP6
FP6 goals
FP5 results
10Gigabit/s, EU NAS
100 Gigabit/s, Terabit/s,- progressive
inclusion in schools
GÉANT
Mediterranean Latin America
International
Global connectivity
Large scale GRIDs platforms(virtual communities)
GRIDs
Initial pilots
Next Generation Internet solutionsfor the
Research Community
IPv6, Quality of Service
Test-beds
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Outline of presentation

• A reminder IST within FP6
• Structure and budget
• The IST Priority Objectives, vision content
• IST workprogramme 2003-2004
• Main features
• Focus and priorities
• Roadmap of calls and budgets
• Call 1
• FP6 Instruments in IST
• Reminder of new and traditional instruments
• Contractual Issues

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IST Workprogramme 2003- 04 Approach

• A two year WP
• A limited number of calls Three over two years
• Concentration on a limited set of  Strategic
  Objectives 
• 12 Strategic Objectives in 2003,11 in 2004
• 2/3 of budget targeted to new instruments

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IST Workprogramme - budget phasing
Planning over 4 years
Two calls drawing on 2003 and 2004 budgets
Second WP (covers also all topics of SP) with
updated focus
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Defining the SOs Five main groups (1)

• Reinforce leadership where Europe has
  demonstrated strengths, e.g.
• mobile communications and services, broadband
  communications
• micro-opto electronics µsystems,
• networked audiovisual systems...
• Security and dependability,
• Seize new opportunities that arise from the AmI
  vision and address weaknesses / threats critical
  for its realisation, e.g.
• multimodal interfaces, semantic-based knowledge
  handling,..
• embedded systems, integration of sensing
  actuating devices, ...
• Knowledge and computing GRIDs

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Defining the SOs five main groups (2)

• Continued support to leading / challenging
  applications, responding to emerging needs, e.g.
• eHealth, eInclusion, eLearning and culture,
• Entertainment and leisure content
• business support tools, networked
  organisations,...
• Support to research at the frontier of knowledge
• FET open
• FET proactive
• Cognitive science
• Support to infrastructure development
• Research networking test beds
• Open development platforms
• IST for safety in transport, risk management,..

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The strategic objectives what do they describe?

• For each objective, the WP
• Defines the goals to be achieved with RTD in
  Europe
• Focuses on the parts that need to be addressed
  with the EU effort
• Provides guidance on the types of instruments
  that need to be supported
• Identifies the links with member-states
  activities
• Identifies links with policies,,e.g. eEurope,..

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Indicative call sequence topics (1)
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Technology components
Services and Products engineering 2010 Joint
call with priority 3
Integrated systems

Sectorial Applications
Services and Products engineering 2010 Joint
call with priority 3
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Indicative call sequence topics
Technology components
Integrated systems
Sectorial Applications
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FET and Research Networking

• FET Two schemes
• Open, continuous call for STREPS, CAS and SSAs
• Proactive
• three initiatives in Call1
• Research Networking
• Test beds on GEANT and GRIDs
• Complements the Research Infrastructure activity

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Budget allocation

• 80 of budget pre-allocated
• 20 flexible, to be allocated after evaluation
• Five groups of objectives
• Strengthening leadership Marked increase
  (27)
• Seizing opportunities Substantial increase
  (45)
• Ensuring co-evolution Same level
• Infrastructures Following Council decision
• FET Following commitment
• Allocation only for the first two years To be
  revised for 2005-2006
• 2/3 of budget on new instruments (all together
  not per objective)

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Call 1

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Call 2

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Outline of presentation

• A reminder IST within FP6
• Structure and budget
• The IST Priority Objectives, vision content
• IST workprogramme 2003-2004
• Main features
• Focus and priorities
• Roadmap of calls and budgets
• Call 1
• FP6 Instruments in IST
• Reminder of new and traditional instruments
• Contractual Issues

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Pushing the limits of CMOS, preparing for
post-CMOS
Call 1
75 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• semiconductor devices shrunk by an order of
  magnitude
• alternative devices
• design in-time and at cost of reliable
  systems-on-chip or systems-in-package
• Research Tasks
• materials, equipment, processes, packaging
  nano-CMOS, the high-frequency challenge,
  lithography new devices, new on-chip wiring
• design methods and tools system-level SoC
  design, reconfigurable systems SoC design
  standardisation and training

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Micro and nano systems
Call 1
85 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• cost-efficiency, performance and functionality
• level of integration and miniaturisation
• improved interfacing and networking
• Research Tasks
• technology, design and industrialisation of
  sensors, actuators, other devices, MST
  components, microsystems and the integration
  technology
• system level packaging and interconnect
• micro-nano technology
• large area systems integration

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Broadband for all
Call 1
60 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• single access network physical infrastructure
  shared by multiple services
• broader/faster, lower costs, enhanced
  intelligence and functionality
• Research Tasks
• multi-service capability
• increased bandwidth capacity
• low cost access network equipment
• network management, control and protocols

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Mobile wireless systems beyond 3G
Call 1
90 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• heterogeneous and generalised wireless access
  network
• support for mobility, security, Quality of
  Service, scalability
• Research Tasks
• reconfigurability
• spectrum resource management
• global roaming
• inter-working

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Towards a global dependability and security
framework
Call 1
55 M Euro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• security and dependability of ICT
  infrastructures
• trust and confidence in the use of IST
• Research Tasks
• security and mobility, virtual identity
  management, privacy enhancing technologies
• dependable network and information systems
• simulation-based management decision support
  tools for critical infrastructure protection
• crypto technologies, digital assets management
• smart devices, biometrics, security
  certification, forensic technologies

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Multimodal interfaces
Call 1

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• natural and adaptive multimodal interfaces,
  that respond intelligently to speech and
  language, vision, gesture, haptics and other
  senses
• Research Tasks
• interaction between and among humans and the
  virtual and physical environment
• multilingual systems

65 MEuro
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Semantic-based knowledge systems
Call 1
55 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• semantic-based and context-aware systems to
  acquire, organise, process, share and use the
  knowledge embedded in multimedia content
• Research Tasks
• semantic-enabled systems and services
  facilitating multimedia content mining
• knowledge-based adaptive systems combining
  semantically enriched content with
  anytime-anywhere inferencing

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Networked audiovisual systems home platforms
Call 1

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• open trusted and interoperable multimedia user
  platforms and devices
• notably for broadcasting and in-home platforms
• Research Tasks
• co-operating IP Audio-Visual networks, multimedia
  streaming, and storage and management appliances
• adaptive Quality of Services for scalable
  audio-visual flows on heterogeneous networks
• access to streamed and stored audiovisual media
  from any device, from anywhere in the home
• more intuitive interaction with hybrid 3D
  multimedia signals and objects

60 MEuro
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Networked businesses and governments
Call 1
75 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• organisational networking, process integration,
  and sharing of resources
• Research Tasks
• management of dynamic collaborative networks
• technologies for interoperability
• e-government platforms, applications and
  multi-modal services
• knowledge management

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eSafety for road and air transport
Call 1
65 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• integrated and global approach to intelligent
  road vehicles and aircraft which offers higher
  safety and value added services
• Research Tasks
• on-board safety systems that assist the driver in
  road vehicle control
• airborne collision avoidance systems for aircraft
• location based value added services
• vehicle and information infrastructure management
  systems

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eHealth
Call 1
70 MEuro

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• ubiquitous management of citizens health status
• assistance to health professionals
• integration into clinical practice
• Research Tasks
• biosensors and secure communication and their
  integration into wearable or implantable systems
• decision support tools for prevention, diagnosis
  and treatment

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Technology-enhanced learning and access to
cultural heritage
Call 1

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• systems and services forimproved access to
  Europe's knowledge and educational resources,
  including cultural and scientific collections
• Research Tasks
• learning systems and services in support of
  ubiquitous, experiential and contextualised
  learning and virtual collaborative learning
  communities
• digital libraries services, environments for
  intelligent heritage and tourism, digital
  restoration and preservation

65 MEuro
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Services and product engineering 2010
Joint call with priority 3

• Key Objectives Breakthroughs
• collaborative technologies and methods for
  extended service and product design and
  development approaches,
• with focus on new holistic product/service
  concepts
• Research Tasks
• collaborative technologies and methodologies
• integration of miniaturised devices (e.g. smart
  tags, sensors) and related software into
  end-products
• optimisation of value creation processes in
  manufacturing
• holistic product design, development and
  distribution tools and methods in a rich variety
  of sectoral settings
• Open to IPs, NoEs in two stage procedure, CAs and
  SSAs in one stage

25 MEuro 35
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FET OPEN Scheme
60 MEuro

• Research implemented through STRePs / Specific
  Targeted Research Projects
• 2-step process
• a short anonymous proposal submitted first, at
  any time
• full proposal only if short proposal was
  successful
• Support for research communities through CAs /
  Coordination Actions and SSAs / Specific Support
  Actions
• 1-step process
• Continuous submission
• Open on 17/12/2002
• Three evaluation cut-off dates per year13 May
  2003, 16 September 2003, 13 January 2004, 11 May
  2004, 14 September 2004,

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FET Proactive Initiatives Call Planning

• 1st Call deadline 24/4 03
• Beyond robotics
• Complex systems research
• The Disappearing Computer
• 3rd Call (tentative subjects and deadline)
• Quantum information processing and communication
• Molecular computing
• Global computing
• Life-like perception and cognition systems

40 MEuro
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Outline of presentation

• A reminder IST within FP6
• Structure and budget
• The IST Priority Objectives, vision content
• IST workprogramme 2003-2004
• Main features
• Focus and priorities
• Roadmap of calls and budgets
• Call 1
• FP6 Instruments in IST
• Reminder of new and traditional instruments
• Contractual Issues

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Instruments Rationale

• Drafted with the aim of
• Achieving the FP objectives Integration,
  critical mass, improving impact,
• Simplification no implementing regulations less
  than 10 model-contracts (currently 33)
• Flexibility the work programme may adjust rules
  to RTD activities/instruments specificity
• Autonomy for participants within the framework
  of the rules, organisation of relations within
  the consortium is a matter for participants
  themselves

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Instruments for the IST priority

• Integrated Projects
• Objective driven
• Networks of Excellence
• Structuring, aggregating,..
• Article 169
• Targeted research projects
• (address specific issues)
• Co-ordination Actions (CAs)
• Support Actions (SSAs)

NEW
No longer available .. -
Individual Take-up Actions - SME Exploratory
Awards
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Integrated Projects - purpose

• Designed to support research that is ..
  objective and result driven
• clearly defined objectives and results
• Each IP should
• integrate the types of activities needed to
  obtain the goals
• integrate the critical mass of resources needed
  to obtain the goals
• integrate all elements of technology / value
  chain .to attain high-impact goals
• support industry (large SME) collaboration with
  academia

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IPs addressing all needed elements of the value
chain
Ex Multi-sensorial interfaces
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Integration along the innovation cycle
Adoption
Time
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Potential evolution of an Integrated Project

Proposed project roadmap
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Integrated Projects - possible implementations
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Networks of Excellence - objectives

• To reinforce or strengthen .scientific and
  technological excellenceon a given research
  topic
• by integrating the critical mass of expertise
  needed to provide European leadership and be a
  world force
• around a Joint programme of activity (JPA)
• Structuring European research by integrating
  research capacities across Europe.
• Durable integration
• To progress knowledge on a particular theme
• Overcome the fragmentation of European research
• To act as a Virtual Centre of Excellence
• To spread excellence beyond the partners

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NoE - aims at integrating shaping research
The NoE field
RTD activities in Europe before the NoE(today)
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Example

• Situation before the network
• good isolated research teams in Europe
• fragmented effort, redundancy of work,
  multiplication of effort on basic research tools
  such as software libraries etc
• a huge gap with US, Japan in terms of quality of
  deliverables and impact
• links to industry very sparse
• The network
• Brings together between 8 to 15 the best teams in
  Europe
• Between 50 and 150 researchers per year
• EU funds are a small part of the total effort
• Helps emerge common research work between ALL
  team members
• Fosters exchange of knowledge, coordination of
  activities,
• buillds links with the US, Japan,
• Common deliverables, co-written papers and common
  research tools

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Example

• Main outcomes
• Solid research community with coordinated
  activities
• common software libraries incorporating all
  advances brought by all teams
• agreement on common open standards, methodologies
  for data representations, for visualisation ,
  for problems handling....
• From coordination to common programmes..
• Wider dissemination of activities to SMEs, etc..

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Example of implementation in IST
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Outline of Presentation

• A reminder IST within FP6
• Structure and budget
• The IST Priority Objectives, vision content
• IST workprogramme 2003-2004
• Main features
• Focus and priorities
• Roadmap of calls and budgets
• Call 1
• FP6 Instruments in IST
• Reminder of new and traditional instruments
• Contractual Issues

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Who can participate?

• New Every legal entity that contributes to the
  project (incl. Project managers)
• New Associated candidate countries Member
  State
• New International European interest
  organisations Member State
• New For non EU or AS or ACC
• Participation for all
• Financing for INCO countries
• Financing for others if essential to carry out
  the project
• New Minimum number
• 3 from MS or AS, with 2 from MS or ACC for all
  instruments
• 1 (MS or AS or Third Country or International
  organisation) possible for specific support
  actions
• Minimum number can be increased by work-programmes

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Contracts

• Contractual link of all participants with the
  Commission
• New no more categories all participants are
  contractors and have the same rights
  obligations
• Contract enters into force and the advance is
  paid
• New once signed by the coordinator and the
  Commission
• New other contractors written consents are
  collected by the coordinator and sent to the
  Commission within two months
• quicker entry into force and payment

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Evaluation

• New To be specified in Workprogrammes according
  to instrument and activity
• New Two-stage evaluation procedure if specified
  in the call for proposals
• New Evaluation on a non-anonymous basis unless
  otherwise specified in call for proposal
• Manuals on evaluation and negotiation and
  selection procedures draft on the Web
• Exclusion criteria
• Violation of fundamental ethical principles
• New Financial irregularities (see EC Financial
  Regulations)

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Integrated Project - Evaluation

• Evaluation by a strengthened peer-review system
• involving one step written submission. 5
  individual evaluators, panel sessions with
  hearings of proposals that pass all thresholds
• Key criteria
• relevance to the objectives of the specific
  programme (3)
• Potential impact (3)
• ST excellence (4)
• quality of the consortium (3)
• quality of the management (3)
• Mobilisation of resources (3)

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NoE - Evaluation

• Evaluation by a strengthened peer-review system
• involving one step written submission. 5
  individual evaluators, panel sessions with
  hearings of proposals that pass all thresholds
• Key criteria
• relevance to the objectives of the specific
  programme (3)
• Potential impact (3)
• Excellence of the participants (3)
• Degree of integration and quality of the JPA (4)
• quality of the consortium (3)
• Organisation and management (3)

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STREPs Evaluation

• Evaluation similar to FP5 projects
• !! Non anonymous
• Key criteria
• Relevance to the objectives of the programme (3)
• ST excellence (4)
• Potential impact (3)
• Quality of the consortium (3)
• Quality of the management (3)
• Mobilisation of resources (3)

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Flexibility and autonomy in implementing IPs

• For the implementation plan, each year, the
  consortium
• proposes a detailed plan for the coming 18 months
• and may propose to update the overall plan
• both need approval of the Commission to enter
  into force
• For the Community contribution
• the contract will not specify its distribution
  between participants nor between activities
• For changes in the consortium
• the consortium may itself decide to take in new
  participants (though without additional funding)
• the contract will specify when this must involve
  a competitive call
• the Commission may decide to launch calls to add
  activities and participants (with additional
  funding)

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Integrated Projects - payment report schedule
Example of 4 year contract
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Flexibility and autonomy for NoE

• For the JPA, each year, the network
• proposes a detailed JPA for the coming 18 months
• and may propose to update the overall JPA
• both need approval of the Commission to enter
  into force
• For the allocation of the Community grant
• the partnership will have freedom to distribute
  it between partners and between activities
• For changes in the network partnership
• the partnership may itself decide to take in new
  partners (though without additional financing)
• the contract will specify when this must involve
  a competitive call
• the Commission may decide to launch calls to add
  partners (with additional financing)

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Implementation of STREPs, CAs and SSAs

• For the work plan, the consortium
• proposes a detailed plan for the whole duration
• and may propose to modify the detailed work plan
• but needs approval of the Commission to enter
  into force and
• without modifying the overall objectives and
  deliverables
• For the Community contribution
• the contract will not specify its distribution
  between participants
• For changes in the consortium
• the consortium may modify its composition
  (subject to Commission approval, without
  additional funding, infrequent occurrence)

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Financing General Commission rules
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Financing per instrument
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Financing Grant to the budget

• IPs, STREPs, CAs, SSAs
• Calculation basis age of the preliminary budget
  of the execution plan
• Payment basis covers a share of the expenditure
  incurred, necessary for the execution of the
  indirect action
• age depends on
• type of activity
• participant involved

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Grant to the budget - Cost models (provisional)

• A single family of three closely related cost
  models
• FC all actual direct and indirect costs
• FCFall actual direct costs plus 20 of these
  direct costs (excluding subcontracting) to cover
  related indirect costs and
• ACF additional actual direct costs plus 20 of
  these direct costs (excluding subcontracting) to
  cover related indirect costs
• Still under discussion AC full additional
  overheads ??
• Each organisation may use only one of the models
  for all its FP6 participations, where they are
  relevant

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Grants to the budget Rates of Community Support

• Maximum rates of support for FC and FCF
  participants
• 50 for RTD and innovation-related components
• 35 for any demonstration component
• 100 for any training activities
• 100 for consortium management
• AC participants supported at up to 100 for all
  components of the project (except for consortium
  management which will be supported as under FCF)
• For IPs, no more than 7 of the Community
  contribution can be used to support consortium
  management costs reimbursed at up to 100

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NoE -financial regime, general principles

• Community support helping overcome the barriers
  to durable integration
• these barriers are often organisational, cultural
  human(cannot be quantified in normal
  accounting terms)
• An incentive taking the form of a global fixed
  grant for integration
• calculated on basis of the total number of
  researchers that make up the research capacities
  of the partners on the topic of the network
• where a researcher has a PhD or at least four
  years research experience
• with a bonus for registered PhD students
• Payment basis
• completion of the JPA costs certificates
  mentioning that the costs incurred are greater
  than the grant itself

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NoE - financial regime

• Grant for integration based on
• the degree of integration proposed by the
  consortium
• the number of researchers that all participants
  intend to integrate
• the characteristics of the field of research
  concerned
• the joint programme of activities
• a lump sum per researcher involved
• starts from 20K per researcher
• diminishes as the number of researchers increases
  
• Payments
• disbursed in annual instalments
• according to planned progress in the JPA
• including the effort towards lasting integration
• possibly degressive to avoid dependence
• can be used by the network for any activity

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Grant for integration - illustration

• The average annual grant to a network could
  vary with the number of researchers as follows

50 researchers . 1 million/year
100 researchers ... 2 million/year
150 researchers ... 3 million/year
250 researchers 4 million/year 500
researchers 5 million/year 1000
researchers above 6million/year for
intermediate numbers the grant would be
calculated by linear interpolation

• In this illustration a network of 200
  researchers supported over 5 years would
  therefore receive a fixed grant of 17.5M (plus
  bonus for registered PhD students)

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Costs reporting, advance payments, allocation

• New no cost categories but list of ineligible
  costs
• New Participants own accounting rules
• New Periodical cost certificates by external
  auditor
• New Periodical advances and settlements
• yearly for IP and NoE
• periodicity of settlements to be specified in the
  contract for other instruments
• New No pre-allocation of the EC contribution
  between participants (funding is granted to the
  consortium as a whole)

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Consortium agreement

• Renewed importance due to the new legal and
  financial approaches
• Regulates internal organisation of consortium,
  such as
• management of the project and allocation of the
  EC financing
• agreement on IPR access rights
• crisis management
• New Compulsory except otherwise mentioned in the
  call
• Not signed nor approved by the Commission
• After or (preferably) before signing the contract
  
• but some decisions must be made by the
  participants before signature of contract (e.g.
  IPR issues)
• Non binding guidelines published by the
  Commission

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Liability

• New Collective responsibility of the participants
• Responsibility of a last resort
• Limited in proportion to the participants share
  of costs in the project, up to the total payment
  they are entitled to receive
• IOs, public bodies or entities guaranteed by
  MS/AS solely responsible for their own debts
• Exceptions for specific actions for SMEs and
  fellowships, and when duly justified for specific
  support actions

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Monitoring and control

• Continuous monitoring by Commission with external
  experts
• New Periodical verification of expenditure made
  (annual for IP NoE) based on audit certificates
• Technical (incl. ethical), technological, and
  financial audits

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Intellectual property rights Principles

• Developed on the basis of feedback from FP5,
  features of the new instruments
  (e.g.participants may leave/join during the
  project)
• Consistency with FP5 (same concepts) but with
  simplifications
• New Same IPR rules for ? all instruments (few
  exceptions)
• New Same IPR rules for all participants
• Increased certainty, in particular regarding
  access rights (restricted to what is necessary)
• Increased emphasis on the management of knowledge
  and IP (especially new instruments)

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General concepts

• Definitions no major change w.r.t. FP5
• knowledge, pre-existing know-how, use,
  dissemination, ...
• Ownership no major changes w.r.t. FP5
• resides with the participants (incl. JRC)
  generating knowledge
• exception for SMEs actions ownership resides
  with the SMEs, not with the RTD Performers
• exception for public procurements (Commission
  buys a result)
• transfer prior notice to other participants
  Commission (possible objection within 30 days)

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General concepts (2)

• Protection
• New required but not limited to legal protection
  (public domain approach, etc. possible)
• Publication
• New allowed if not detrimental to protection
• prior notice to Commission other participants
  (possible objection within 30 days)
• Use / dissemination
• New compulsory under conditions
• Commission may disseminate itself if needed

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Access Rights

• New Granted on written request
• No sub-licensing (unless explicitly agreed
  possible optional clause for software)
• Obligatory ARs between participants limited to
  what they really need
• either for carrying out the project or for using
  their own knowledge
• Broader ARs may be freely negotiated
• ARs granted to third parties Commission may
  object
• Feedback from FP5 need for pre-existing know-how
  (PEKH) to be better safeguarded
• New Possibility for a participant to exclude
  specific pieces of its PEKH from the obligation
  to grant ARs to the others
• with the agreement of all participants
• before the participant concerned signs the
  contract

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Conclusions Opportunities challenges

• Realising ERA requires ..
• new thinking
• concentration, critical mass flexibility are
  key
• FP6 provides a key opportunity to shape and
  improvethe impact of IST research in Europe
• A new generation of technologies applications
  is emerging
• Europe is well positioned to shape the future
  compete
• The pace of development is increasingly fast
• The aim is people first in all-inclusive
  knowledge society
• Simplification of procedures and fast reactivity
• an extensive effort needed to mobilise the
  constituency
• to address the (steep) learning-curve FP5?FP6

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For further information
General FP6 http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp
6/index_en.html http//www.cordis.lu/rtd2002 IST
http//www.cordis.lu/ist http//www.cordis.lu/ist/
fp6/fp6.htm
IST infodesk E-Mail ist_at_cec.eu.int
Fax [phone]