COGAIN Kick-off meeting - Tampere (FI), 5-6 September 2004 – Slide 1 COGAIN Project Kick-off...

COGAIN Kick-off meeting - Tampere (FI), 5-6 September 2004 – Slide 1

COGAIN ProjectKick-off Meeting

Organised by

University of TampereDepartment of Computer Sciences - TAUCHI

Venue: Hotel ILVES, Tampere, Finland

5 - 6 September 2004

Michel SCHOUPPEEuropean Commission

Directorate General Information SocietyeInclusion Unit (DG INFSO.F5)[email protected]


COGAIN

Contractual “fiche”

”COGAIN is a Network of Excellence (contract number 511598)

co-funded by the INFSO DG of the European Commissionwithin the RTD activities of the Thematic Priority

Information Society Technologies (Activity code IST-2002-2.3.2.10. of the 6th Framework

Programme).”

Duration: 60 months, Start date: 01/09/2004, End date: 31/08/2009Adm. milestones: every 12 months (end of August)

Grant for integrationMax. EC contribution : EUR 2.900.000,00

Advance payment : EUR 671.760,00 Final guarantee (20 %): EUR 580.000,00


COGAIN

! Some provisions continue to applyafter the final implementation !

TIMING

Accession… 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months 6 months

Entry into force

06/08/2004

Final Implementation

Date

Start date01/09/2004

End dateof the duration

31/08/2009

Maximum duration of 60 months

T0 T0+12 T0+24 T0+36

Final reportsPeriodic reports Audit certificate

Pre-financing/payment

T0+48 T0+60

Periodic reports

Audit certificate

Periodic reports

Audit certificate

Periodic reports

Audit certificate

Periodic reports

Audit certificate


COGAIN

FP6 CONTRACT

Core contract - (standard with specifics of project) (special clause)

Annex I - (technical tasks – the “project” – description of work)

Annex II – General conditions (applicable to every instrument)

Annex III – Specific provisions applicable to NoE

Annex IV – Form A (consent of contractors identified in the core contract to accede to the contract)

Annex V – Form B (accession of new legal entities to the contract)

Annex VI - Form C (financial statement per activity, periodically filled in by each contractor; specific to each instrument)

Entry into force on6 August 2004


– Accession formsOne accession form A per contractor, to be sent to the EC at least 30 days after the entry into force of the contract (date of EC Signature), i.e. before the 6th of September 2004! Pre-financing to be paid within 45 days following accession of at least 3 independent entities from 3 different MS or AS, with at least 2 MS or ACC Consortium may be enlarged in the course of the project through submission of accession forms B (subject to EC approval)

– Consortium agreementMandatory, private contract between the contractors covering all aspects necessary for the management of the consortium and the implementation of the project, as well as eventual IPR issues. EC does not review, nor approve it: provisions of EC contract prevailMay be modified after entry into force; non-binding guidelines published on Cordis

– Audit certificatesCertification of incurred costs by an external auditor Incurred costs are to be recorded in the accounting booksno later than at the date of establishment of the audit certificateTo transform an advance into a final paymentCosts for Audit certificates eligible under management costs(management costs are reimbursed at 100% up to a limit of 7% of the total EC contribution)

FP6

SPECIFIC FP6 LEGAL & FINANCIAL ASPECTS

NEW: conformity to contractors’ own accounting rules and legal environment


– Liability Technical collective responsibility

Each contractor obliged to take all necessary measures to attain the objectives of the project and to carry out the work incumbent on the defaulting contractor (Article II.17)

Financial collective responsibilityShould either the contract or participation of a contractor be terminated and any contractor does not honour the reimbursement of the amount due by that contractor, the Consortium is responsible to reimburse money owed by the defaulting partner.Amount to be recovered to be allocated between the remaining contractors in accordance with their pro rata share in the project

– Controls and audits Audits at any time during the contract and up to five years after the project

Recovery orders and liquidated damages (over-claims), financial penalties (breach of contractual obligations), administrative sanctions such as exclusion from other FP6 contracts, exclusion from future evaluation or selection procedure, etc.

FP6

SPECIFIC FP6 LEGAL & FINANCIAL ASPECTS

Incentive to strategic activities and solid partnershipsSimplified ex-ante controls


REPORTING

Periodic reports (every year) Activity report including:

o progress towards project objectives, milestones and deliverables set for the periodo plan for using and disseminating the knowledge (replaces the FP5 TIP)

Management report including:o justification of resources deployedo financial statement by each contractor (Form C in Annex VI)o consolidated summary financial report by the coordinator

Report on distribution of Community funding between the contractors Supplementary reports required by the other annexes (mainly Annex I)

Audit certificates (every year) Certification of the incurred costs by an external auditor

Final reports (at the end) Final activity report (full duration of the project)

Final management report (full duration of the project)

FP6

Electronic submission + 2 paper copies by registered mail « Guidance notes for project reporting in FP6 »


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Knowledge “Any results generated by the work carried out under this FP6 project (and by

extension the corresponding IPR)”

Property of the contractor who generates it (# property of the consortium)

Transfers of ownership of the knowledge to a third party are allowedprior notification to the Commission for possible objection(on the ground of ethical principles or the interests of developing the competitiveness of the dynamic knowledge-based European economy)

Knowledge capable of industrial or commercial application should be protected

Publication of knowledge

o Case of Knowledge capable of industrial or commercial applicabilitypublication should be avoided or delayed until appropriate legal protection Commission may object to the dissemination

o Other cases of knowledgeobligation to disseminate the knowledge within two years after the end of the project

FP6


COGAIN

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project coordinator: UTA Prof. K-J. RÄIHÄ

Official link with the EC on behalf of the Consortium

Official link with entities external to the project

Maintenance of the consortium agreement

Overall legal, contractual, ethical, financial and administrative management of the project, including: activation of the various tasks, monitoring of work progress, timely delivery

reporting to the EC, warning in case of problem, response to input or request from the EC

distribution of the Community contribution to the partners

obtaining audit certificates by each of the contractors

If appropriate, implementation of competitive calls to enlarge the consortium


COGAIN

Project Officer: Michel SCHOUPPE [email protected], tel: +32 2 29 60618

Financial Officers: Elisa. FIGUEIRA [email protected], tel. +32 2 29 58780

Mireille. ZAWADOWSKI [email protected], tel: +32 2 29 88602

Administrative Officer: Sophie. RUGURIKA [email protected], tel. +32 2 29 84889

Mail European Commission, INFSO DG/F5, BU31 04/40 B-1049 Brussels – BELGIUM

Fax +32 2 29 51300Project mailbox [email protected] [for electronic submission of reports and deliverables]

EC MANAGEMENT


FP6

http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-doc.htm#modelcontracts FP6 Model contract, special clauses and annexes Cost models Financial guidelines for FP6 indirect actions Guide to Intellectual Property Rights for FP6 projects FP6 instruments

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/working-groups/model-contract/pdf/checklist_en.pdf Checklist for a consortium agreement

http://www.cordis.lu/ipr-helpdesk/en/home.html IPR-Helpdesk web service

http://www.ecb.int/stats/eurofxref/ Currencies-to-€ conversion rates

ON-LINE INFORMATION


FP6

Integrating European Research (82 %)

Priority Themes (69 %) Anticipating s/t needs (8 %)

Policy-oriented research (3 %)

Frontier research, unexpected developments

Specific SME activities (3 %)

Specific international cooperation activities (2 %)

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Human resources & mobility (10 %)

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Science and society (…)

Coordination of research activities (2 %)

Support to research and innovation policy (…)

COGAINCOGAIN


Objectives– to ensure independent living, equal

access and participation for all in the Information Society

_ to mainstream accessibility in consumer’s goods and services

– to develop intelligent systems that empower persons with disabilities and ageing citizens to play a full role in society and to increase their autonomy

– to generate innovation,to create industrial and economic opportunities

eInclusion in IST

… driven by research and technological development

« To help addressing the consequences of the

changing demographics in Europe (increasingly

elderly population) is the foremost research

challenge for IT in the next few years »

Prof. Jose Mariano Gago, Chairman, IST RTD

5-year Assessment Panel 1999-2003Former Portuguese Minister of S & T (at the

IST Committee meeting, 17 June 2004, Brussels)


Focus

– advanced interfaces in assistive devices

– information modelling and web semantics to improve web usability

– intelligent housing

– support activities to mainstream design-for-all– large scale demonstrators to mainstream accessibility- market studies– networking of research teams:

assistive technologies design-for-all

eInclusion in IST

Two related IST calls:

• IST Call 2 closed in October 2003

• IST Call 5 mid-June 2005 till September 2005 (tbc)


eInclusion in IST

Results of IST Call 2

13 proposals for a total Community grant of 35 Meuros

Application domain IP NoE STREP CA SSA

Mobility, orientation, navigation ASK-IT MOVEMENT, MAPPED

Assistance to vision-impaired people MICOLE

Enhanced hearing for disabled HEARCOM

Eye gaze interaction COGAIN

Access to the Web ENABLED BENtoWEB, EIAO Support-EAM

Ambient assisted living (article 169) AAL

European network on accessible digital documents EUAIN

e-Accessibility and Design for all CWST

Total (per instrument) 3 1 5 1 3


EC EXPECTATIONS

COGAIN IS A NETWORK of EXCELLENCE

Though important, the primary objectives are NOT:

- To bring excellent groups around an exciting topic

- To generate new knowledge by improving new products or/and proving viability of new technologies

- To coordinate ongoing RTD activities in the field

- To collect users requirements

- To study market constraints/trends/requirements

- To set-up a portal

- To develop a European curriculum in the field

- To encourage mobility of students and researchers

Tailored RTD instruments exist:

IP, STREPS, CA, SSA,…

(grant to the budget)


EC EXPECTATIONS

COGAIN IS A NETWORK of EXCELLENCE

Therefore, the primary objective should be:

- A contribution to the European Research Area: to strengthen excellence and to overcome fragmentation of the European landscape in the field of “Communication by Gaze Interaction”

- Through execution of a Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) aimed primarily at creating a durable integration of the research capacities of the network participants, while, at the same time, advancing knowledge on the topic.

Main COGAIN deliverable should bea durable structuring and shaping of the way

that research is carried out in Europe in « Communcation by Gaze Interaction »


To federate key European actors, to set-up a Community,to foster a multi-disciplinary dialogue, to develop a permanent knowledge Centre / COGAIN Foundation

To coordinate the respective research portfolio, provide a shared-vision To share infrastructure, equipment, know-how, databases To execute research jointly with the aim at achieving durable integration To spread excellence, to foster mobility To generate spin-off of new companies To improve inter-operability through standardisation and modularisation To “bridge” RTD activities, market constrains and user requirements

To bring down the systems price, to maximise usability and use To mainstream gaze communication techniques To improve the quality of life of persons impaired by motor-control disorders

COGAIN MILESTONES and KEY DELIVERABLES include:

See Annex I

EC EXPECTATIONS


All the best !

COGAIN

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