IST Call 6

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IST Call 6

• Klaus PENDL
• European Commission
• DG Information Society and Media
• International Relations Unit

Belgrade Workshop 21 March 2006
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Participating Countries
25 EU Member States (MS) 4 Associated Candidate
Countries (ACC) 5 Associated States
(AS) plus INCO target countries (receive
funding) Other third countries (exceptionally
receive funding)
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Participation Rules

• Minimum number of Participants
• 3 from MS or AS (of which 2 from MS or ACC)
• 1 for Specific Support Actions

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IST FP6 Calls

• 1 1070 M (2002/2003)
• 2 525 M (2003)
• 3 28 M (2004) INCO part
• 4 1120 M (2004/2005)
• 5 638 M (2005)
• 6 140 M (2005/2006) INCO part
• FET-Proactive 80 M (2004) FET-Open 120 M
  (2002- 14 March 2006)

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Call 6

• Open 20 December 2005 - 25 April 2006
• Budget 140 M

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Call 6 Strategic Objectives

• Advanced Robotics
• Ambient Assisted Living in the Aging Society
• Search Engines for Audio-Visual Content
• Accompanying Actions in support of participation
• International Co-operation

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1. Advanced Robotics

• Support evolution of robotics from an industrial
  technology to introduction in everyday human
  environments, and co-operation with people
• 37 M
• STREP, SSA, CA

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2. Ambient Assisted Living

• ICT-based solutions to extend time elderly can
  live independently in their home environment
• Focus on individuals rather than hospitals
• 40 M
• IP, STREP, SSA, CA

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3. Advanced search technologiesfor digital AV
content

• Solutions for creating, organising, searching and
  accessing digital AV content and objects
• Consolidating and linking existing research
• 30 M
• IP, STREP, CA

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4. Accompanying Actions

• Stimulating participation in FP7, with focus on
• NCP network
• SMEs
• New Member States, Associated Candidate
  Countries, INCO countries
• 3 M
• SSA, CA

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5. International Co-operation

• Targeted research actions
• Actions to identify constituencies and
  potentialities for deeper strategic co-operation
• 30 M (25/5)
• STREP, SSA, CA

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5. INCO part 1

• Targeted INCO research actions on
• Digital TV Broadcasting and Interactive
  Applications - Latin America
• Digital Broadcasting / Mobile Convergence - China
  
• Grid technologies - China
• eGovernment and eParticipation Western Balkans
• Early warning systems for geo-physical hazards
  Asia, Mediterranean,
• 5 M each
• STREP, SSA, CA

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5. INCO part 2

• identifying partner countries, common needs and
  opportunities for deeper strategic co-operation
  through
• Consultation of broad communities
• Awareness raising measures
• 5 M
• SSA, CA

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5. INCO part 2

• Each proposal expected to
• Contribute to global strategy for future
  initiatives
• Focus on well-identified region
• Include partners from region addressed
• Cover all technologies relevant to co-operation
• Yield results within 12-18 months
• Be based on local needs and/or opportunities best
  addressed jointlyEmphasis on emerging,
  developing, neighbourhood countries

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How to get started? CORDIS
http//fp6.cordis.europa.eu.int/index.cfm?fuseacti
onUserSite.FP6DetailsCallPagecall_id271
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Partner search e.g. on CORDIS
http//partners-service.cordis.lu/
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Partner search other possibilities

• IST National Contact Points http//www.cordis.l
  u/fp6/ncp.htm
• Ideal-IST service http//www.ideal-ist.net
• IST Information days and other events
• http//www.cordis.lu/ist/events/events.htm
• Calls for expression of interest announced from
  time to time http//eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm
  
• Informal association of RTD contact points in
  Brussels http//www.iglortd.org/
• Other support services
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/othersupport.htm

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Proposal submission

• Register for Call 6 FP6-2005-IST-6
• Electronic Proposal Submission Service register
• EPPS Technical Helpdesk 322/2333760
• Does proposal meet evaluation criteria?
• Complete, readable, printable?
• Make trial submission
• Press Submit
• Be on time

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Evaluation

• Eligibility checking (complete, in scope of call,
  participants, in time, electronic submission)
• Evaluation by independent experts
• Individual and consensus evaluation
• Evaluation criteria (Annex to Work Programme)
• 4-6 criteria (e.g. relevance, impact, quality of
  management/consortium/coordination, ST
  Excellence, mobilisation of resources)
• Thresholds (individual overall)

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INCO specific evaluation criteria

• Consult Annex to Work Programme Fourth Update
• Partners in the targeted countries or regions are
  well identified and included in the proposal
• good balance in the participation
• Proposal is coherent with research priorities in
  the targeted countries and regions
• is building on or complements RD activities
  in Europe and/or targeted countries or regions
• co-operation has a clear added value

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Project Timeline

• Deadline 25 April 2006, 17hrs (BXL time)
• Evaluation 14-19 May 2006
• Evaluation Summary Reports sent End June 2006
• Invitation to Contract Negotiation July 2006
• Signature of first contracts from August 2006
• Contract enters into force Upon signature of
  coordinator
• and Commission
• Duration As specified in the contract

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Further information
National Contact Points http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/n
cp.htm IST Help Desk ist_at_cec.eu.int Commission
contact persons firstname.surname_at_cec.eu.int Tha
nk you