ICT Policy Support
Programme in CIP
Call 4 INFODAY - Seville
Call 4 INFODAY - Seville
29 April 2010
Mercè Griera i Fisa
ICT for Sustainable Growth Unit
THE COMPETITIVENESS & INNOVATION
FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 2007-2013
Information Communication Technologies Policy support
Programme (ICT PSP)
• Better access to finance for SMEs through venture capital investment & loan guarantee instruments
• Europe Enterprise Network • Support for eco-innovation
• Fostering energy efficiency & the rational use of energy sources
• Promoting new & renewable energy sources & energy diversification
• Promoting EE & new energy sources in transport
~2,170 M€
~730 M€
ICT Policy Support Programme under
DG Information Society and Media
ICT PSP aims specifically at:
Stimulating the wider deployment and best use of
innovative ICT-based solutions
Facilitating the coordination and implementation of
actions for developing the information society across
actions for developing the information society across
the Member States
Focus is on areas of public interest:
Where
ICT-based
solutions
can
bring
substantial
improvements to quality and efficiency of services
To open up and facilitate the development of EU-wide
markets for innovative ICT
ICT PSP indicative budget profile
~730
~149
~135
~120
~112
~105
~52
57.4
Total
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
ICTPSP
~730
~149
~135
~120
~112
~105
~52
57.4
Total
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
ICTPSP
Not including contributions from (non-EU) Associated
countries
participating in ICT PSP
Support
to
the
development
of
digital
content
Who can participate?
•
The programme is open
to all legal
entities
established
in
EU
Member
States
•
Legal entities established outside the EU
may participate on equal terms with
may participate on equal terms with
Member
States
if
in
an
Associated
country*
•
Legal entities in other countries may
participate on a case-by-case basis but
will not receive EU funding
Instrument overview
Building on initiatives in Member States / Associated Countries
Pilots Type A
Stimulating innovative use of ICT in public & private sector
Pilots Type B
Mobilisation/Exchanges between practitioners & policy makers
Thematic Networks
Combining consensus building / awareness raising / large scale implementation
Pilot A-implementation
A
Pilots
Type
A
• Focus on
interoperability
and building on Member States’ or Associated Countries’existing solutions
• MS/ACs are the lead actors (Industry has key role in the implementation)
• The outcome should be an open, common interoperable solution with results widely disseminated and available to all Member States ( 1 project per objective)
Main features of Pilots Type A
disseminated and available to all Member States ( 1 project per objective)
• Legal minimum of 6 Member States or Associated Countries (i.e. the National Administrations or competence centres acting on their behalf)
Scale and participants
• Duration is typically up to
36 months
with a pilot service operating for12
months
• The EU contribution is limited to the costs for achieving interoperability only. The indicative Community contribution available is 5-10M€ / pilot
Pilot A - specificities
•
Intellectual
property
–
publication
and
free
accessibility of results
•
Possibility to subcontract co-ordination task
•
Reservation of budget for extension of consortium
A
Pilots
Type
A
•
Reservation of budget for extension of consortium
at the later application stage (budget to be set
aside in the budget of the co-ordinator - should
typically not exceed 15% of the total budget of
the pilot)
•
At contracting stage a consortium agreement
Pilot B-implementation
B
Pilots
Type
B
• Carry out an
implementation
of an ICT based service under realistic conditions. Replication and wide validation of best practices can be specified in objective• emphasis on
fostering innovation
in services Can be take-up completed R&D work, extend already tested prototype services or combine / integrate several partial solutions to realise a new innovative approachMain features of Pilots Type B
Scale and participants
• Minimum of
4 legal entities from 4 different Member States or
Associated Countries
• Consortia are expected to engage the complete service value chain, including relevant public authorities (sustaining partners), service providers, industrial stakeholders & users
Scale and participants
• Duration is typically 24-36 months including the operation of a pilot service for an adequate time
• The Community contribution is typically in the range 2-3 M€ / pilot
Duration and funding
Thematic
Network-implementation
Network s Themati c Network sMain features of Thematic Networks
• Bring together stakeholders
- explore new ways of implementing ICT based solutions.e.g. working groups, workshops, exchanges of good practices in view of action plans, standards and specifications
• Clearly defined and measurable results
- shall be in the public domainDuration and funding
Minimum
7 legal entities from 7 different Member States or Associated
Countries
Scale and participants
• Duration between
18-36 months
• EC contribution is
300-500 K€/network
funded normally through lump sums, but workprogramme can specify actual cost funding – in 2010 objective domainBPN-implementation
NetworkBest Practice Network
Main features of Best Practice Network (BPN)
• Only for the
Digital Libraries
theme, only for a transition period up to 2011.• Promote the adoption of respective standards and specifications by combining the consensus building/awareness raising function of a network with large-scale implementation on a sufficient mass of digital content
• The commission can organise “Clustering meetings" in order to achieve broad • The commission can organise “Clustering meetings" in order to achieve broad consensus and create the conditions for the widest possible uptake of the recommendations of the BPNs
• Legal minimum of
7 legal entities from 7 different Member States or
Associated Countries
Scale and participants
• The indicative Community contribution available is
3
3 -- 5
5 M
M€
€
per BPNDuration and funding
FUNDING
Re-imbursement based on actual cost
(Pilot Type A, B, BPNs, TNs of objective 2.1 and 3.2b )
Eligible and non-eligible costs
Eligibility conditions include reality, necessity, non-excessive, incurred
during the duration of the project, recorded in the accounts
Eligible costs
•
Personnel
Directly hired by the beneficiary, under sole technical supervision,
Directly hired by the beneficiary, under sole technical supervision,
remunerated in accordance with normal practices
•
Subcontracting
To be awarded according to the principle of best value for money
under conditions of transparency and equal treatment
•
Other specific direct costs
Described in the proposal
•
Indirect costs (“Overheads”)
Costs which cannot be identified as directly attributed to the project
but incurred in direct relationship with the eligible costs. Always
calculated on the basis of flat rates
Actual Cost Funding
For Pilot Type A and B
•
50% of eligible direct and indirect costs
(Indirect cost calculated as 30% of personnel cost)
For Best practice Networks
•
80% of eligible direct cost
•
80% of eligible direct cost
(No funding of indirect cost)
For Thematic Networks in Objectives 2.1 and
3.2b only
•
Funding up to 100% of eligible direct and indirect cost
Direct cost (except for coordinator) is limited to travel
and subsistence expenses as well as personnel costs for
deliverable writing
Indirect cost calculated as 7% of direct cost excluding
subcontracting
Lump sum Funding
Standard option for Thematic Networks
(Obj 1.2, 2.6, 3.2a, 3.4, 5.3)
•
Coordinator
–
lump
sum
for
coordination
(dependent on number in network)
(dependent on number in network)
•
Other beneficiaries – lump sum for implementing
the network
•
Everybody
–
lump
sum
for
attendance
at
meeting costs
The Community contribution only represents a
grant to the network and does not aim at
covering all the costs implied by the workplan of
the network
Thematic network
•
Lump sum funding TN
Lump sums 'Coordination costs'
Lump sum 'Implementation costs' Lump sum 'attendance of meetings costs'
- 3.000€ per year and per beneficiary for the first
Coordinator
- 3.000€ per year and per beneficiary for the first 10 beneficiaries (incl. the coordinator);
- 2.000€ per year and per beneficiary from the 11th beneficiary on.
- No additional funding from the 21st beneficiary on.
Other Beneficiaries
3.000€ per year per beneficiary
Costs for attendance of networks meetings and network related events are financed by a lump sum of 5.000€ per year per beneficiary
Reporting and payment
conditions
The consortium has 60 days after the end of
reporting
period
to
submit
reports
and
the
Commission has 105 days to pay
Payment
Payment
•
Pre-financing – typically to cover 16 months
•
Interim
•
Final - payment of the balance
CIP- ICT PSP Call 4
Call opened:
Thursday 21st January
Call closes:
Tuesday 1st June at 17:00, Brussels time.
(Proposals to be submitted via EPSS)
Six Themes divided into Objectives
Theme 1 : ICT for a low carbon economy and smart
mobility
19 M€
Theme 2 : Digital Libraries
30 M€
Theme 3 : ICT for health and inclusion
14 M€
Theme 3 : ICT for health and inclusion
€
Theme 4 : Open innovation for future
internet-enabled services in "smart" cities
15 M€
Theme 5 : ICT for improved public services
13 M€
Theme 6 : Multilingual Web
16 M€
Theme 1: ICT for a low carbon
economy and smart mobility
(Low carbon economy -10 M€ /19 M€ in total)
+20
%
reduction
CO2
-15%
Consumption
Avoid
Peaks
Spread
Shoulders
+
15%
peak
loadshavi
ng
+15
%
cons.
energy
+20% renewable
Objective 1.1: ICT for energy and water efficiency in
social housing
(Pilots B, up to 9.5 M€ of EU contribution,
~3 to 5 pilots)
• To demonstrate that advanced ICT components and systems* significantly contribute to reducing both waste of energy and water
and management of locally generated renewable energy sources, etc.
Objective 1.2: ICT for water efficiency
(One TN, ~0.5 M€)
• To provide a stakeholders forum for experience sharing and consensus building on the use of ICT for water management
*e.g. smart metering, smart lighting, power electronics for integration
CO2
ng
energy
Theme 1: ICT for a low carbon
economy and smart mobility
(Smart mobility - 9 M€ /19 M€ in total)
Objective 1.3: Energy efficient co-operative transport
management systems (Up to three Pilots B, up to 4 M€
of EU contribution)
•
To facilitate the uptake and best use of cooperative
mobility services regarding in particular:
-
Eco-Traffic Management and Control Systems
-
Eco-Demand and Access Management Systems
-
Eco-Demand and Access Management Systems
-
Eco-Navigation and Travel Information Systems
-
Driver Behaviour Change and Eco-driving
Objective 1.4: Support to eCall implementation based on
112 (One Pilot A, up to 5 M€ of EU contribution)
•
To prepare for the deployment of the necessary
infrastructure to realise the pan-European in-vehicle
emergency call service “eCall”
Theme 2: Digital Libraries (Total 30 M€)
- actions related to Europeana
Objective 2.1:Coordinating Europeana (one TN, up to 9 M€)
Objective 2.2:Enhancing/Aggregating content in Europeana (BPNs)
•
To make additional content accessible and/or enhance searchability
of content already available through Europeana
•
To improve interoperability between content management systems
of individual content providers and Europeana platform
of individual content providers and Europeana platform
Objective 2.3:Digitising content in Europeana (several Pilots B)
•
Targeted digitisation actions complementing collections already
accessible through Europeana, in particular masterpieces of
Europe's cultural heritage
Theme 2: Digital Libraries (Total 30 M€)
- other actions
Objective 2.4: :
Access to European Rights Information /
Registry of Orphan Works (one BPN)
• Facilitate clearance of rights for out of print works in view of their digitisation, enable retrieval of information on copyright status and data with identification of rights holders, clarify rights status of out-of-print and orphan works
Objective
2.5:
Open
access
to
scientific
information
(several Pilots B)
• Open Access movement aims to make scientific papers and related datasets accessible on the internet free of charge for the user
• Support experiments, explore new paradigms for accessing and using this information
Objective 2.6: Statistics on cultural heritage digitisation
activities
Theme 3: ICT for health and inclusion
(Health 8 M€ / 14 M€ in total)
Objective 3.1: Enlargement of the Pilot “epSOS”
• epSOS launched in 2008, dealing with interoperability of patient summaries and ePrescription
• enlargement of Pilot A, up to 7 M€ of
EU contribution
Objective 3.2: Scaling up eHealth services and
supporting the EU governance initiative
• a) One TN (~0.5 M€) to develop a roadmap and create consensus on innovative eHealth services to be deployed on large scale
• b) One TN (~0.5 M€) to support further cooperation at high level between Member States (State Secretary meetings)
Theme 3: ICT for Health and inclusion
(Inclusion 6 M€ / 14 M€ in total)
Objective 3.3: e-Accessibility of Public Digital Terminals
• Testing solutions for accessibility of ATMs, ticket machines, info points…
• Involving different actors in the value chain
• Users profiles : disabilities, elderly, low-skilled…
• Several Pilots B, for ~5 M€ of EU contribution jl
Objective 3.4:Assistive technologies and accessibility
portal
• One or several TN, up to 1M€ of EU contribution, for either online a) solutions for accessibility themselves, e.g. downloadable AT
software, e-books, maps…
b) info about solutions for accessibility, digital or not, available off-line
Theme 4: Open innovation for future
internet-enabled services in “smart cities” (15 M€)
One open objective for 15 M€, ~ 5
Pilots B
● Accelerating the uptake of innovative Internet-based technologies and
services in cities
● One of the pilots dedicated to innovative RFID technologies
Smart Transportation Smart Well-being Smart Water Management Smart Energy Smart Education Internet based services in Smart Cities Internet based services in smart cities Open & trusted service platforms Simulation technologies Real-time Interaction Location-based technologies
innovative RFID technologies
Smart Retail Smart e-government Smart e-participation Cities smart cities Trust & Security Platforms Sensor and RFID Networks New business models Multi-modal user interfaces Cross-border networks of “smart” cities Innovative Internet-based services User-driven open innovation
ecosystems Apply user-driven open innovation methodologies across networks of smart cities
Theme 5: ICT for improved public services
for citizens and businesses (13 M€)
5.1: Enlargement of the pilot “SPOCS”
(enlargement of
Pilot A, up to 5 M€ of EU contribution)
• To remove the administrative barriers that European businesses face before offering their services abroad
• To meet all the administrative obligations through
a single contact point to be available online in all Member States
www.eu-spocs.eu
5.2: eJustice services
(one Pilot A, up to 7 M€ of EU
contribution)
• To modernise the judicial system in Europe
• To achieve interoperability between existing national judicial systems
5.3: Universal ID
(one TN, up to 1 M€ of EU contribution)
• To build on the EU STORK Pilot to prepare the roadmap on eID beyond 2013
spocs.eu
www.eid-stork.eu
Theme 6: Multilingual Web (16 M€)
6.1: Open linguistic infrastructure (~3 pilots B)
• Human-language based applications depend on the availability of “language resources” (corpora, lexica, taggers …), needs of reusable building blocks
• For each language & language pair, resources must be “pooled”, made reusable & widely available to developers & professionals
• Builds on the creation of a network of open distributed repositories (T4ME)
• Additional impetus for less served languages (among the 23 official EU working languages
and those of other countries participating in ICT PSP)
6.2: Multilingual online services (~3 pilots B)
• Demonstrate the potential of multilingual services through a few high impact projects
• Take a transnational problem, a significant community and a collaborative “platform” … and enhance the linguistic coverage of services
• Featuring written and/or spoken language and handling multiple input/output languages
Contact persons
Themes Objectives Contact person 1.1: ICT for energy and water efficiency in social housing
1.2: ICT for water efficiency
carmen.ifrim@ec.europa.eu
1.3: Energy efficient co-operative transport management systems
Theme 1: ICT for a low carbon economy and smart mobility
1.4: Support to eCall implementation based on 112
emilio.davila-gonzalez@ec.europa.eu
2.1: Coordinating Europeana
2.2: Enhancing/Aggregating content in Europeana 2.3: Digitising content for Europeana
2.4: Access to European Rights Information / Registry of Orphan Works
Theme 2 : Digital Libraries
gudrun.stock@ec.europa.eu
Orphan Works
2.5: Open access to scientific information
2.6: Statistics on cultural heritage digitisation activities 3.1: Enlargement of the Pilot "epSOS" on eHealth interoperability for patient summaries and ePrescription 3.2: Scaling up of eHealth services
flora.giorgio@ec.europa.eu
3.3: e-Accessibility for Public digital Terminals Theme 3: ICT for
health and inclusion
3.4: Assistive technologies and accessibility portal
jan.komarek@ec.europa.eu
Theme 4: Open Innovation for future Internet-enabled Services in "smart" Cities
4.1: Open Innovation for future Internet-enabled Services in "smart" Cities
olavi.luotonen@ec.europa.eu
5.1: Enlargement of the Pilot "SPOCS" preparing the implementation of the Services Directive
5.2: eJustice services Theme 5: ICT for
improved services for citizens and
businesses 5.3: Universal Identity
jean-francois.junger@ec.europa.eu
6.1: Open linguistic infrastructure
Key information for proposers
•
ICT PSP Workprogramme 2010
•
Guides for Applicants
(including the Guidance notes for evaluators)
(including the Guidance notes for evaluators)
•
FAQs
•
EPSS manual
Electronic
Submission
•
Proposal coordinator registers with the EPSS and
obtains ids and passwords for himself and his
partners
•
The consortium constructs the proposal, then
submits it before the deadline
submits it before the deadline
•
Submission failure rate = + 1%
Only reason: waiting till the last minute
Technical problems
Panic-induced errors
Proposal Part A – online forms
A1 form
•
Title, acronym, objective etc.
•
free keywords
•
2000 character proposal abstract
•
previous/current submission
•
previous/current submission
(in ICT PSP or eContentplus)
A2 form (one A2 form per partner)
•
Address
•
Contact person
•
Organisation type etc.
A3 form
Participant Identification Code
•
Participants possessing an FP7 PIC can use this number
to identify themselves in the EPSS. On entering the
PIC, parts of the proposal forms will be filled in
automatically
•
The process for assigning a PIC is triggered by a
self-registration of an organisation at :
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/urf
•
On this website you will also find a search tool for
checking if your organisation is already registered (and
thus already has a PIC)
Proposal Part B – pdf document
RTF Template supplied by the EPSS
Format directly linked to evaluation criteria
•
Summary
•
Relevance (bullet points = sections)
•
Impact (idem)
Additional paperwork
For all proposals:
Each
participant
must
sign
a
Non
exclusion
declaration,
which
is
held
by
the
proposal
coordinator until asked for by the Commission
coordinator until asked for by the Commission
For Pilot A proposals only:
Each participant which is acting in place of a national
administration must obtain a Certification of national
authorised
representative
from
the
national
administration,
which
is
held
by
the
proposal
Evaluation criteria
Evaluation by independent experts on:
•
Relevance
•
Impact
•
Implementation
Each
criterion
is
more
fully
explained
by
descriptive bullet points
Criterion threshold 3/5
Overall threshold
-Basic principles
•
Remember the three evaluation criteria
have fuller descriptive bullet points
•
Familiarise yourself with the bullet points;
write them into your proposal
write them into your proposal
•
The evaluators are looking for them; they
are what they are going to score your
proposal on
Pre-proposal check
Use the pre-proposal check service* to make sure
your proposal is eligible and in scope for this call…..
Use the ICT PSP Helpdesk* to check any financial or
legal elements you are uncertain about…..
legal elements you are uncertain about…..
…….And
do
it
before
you
Submission
Submit your proposal on time !
•
Familiarise yourself with the EPSS system
•
Submit early, submit often
•
Submit early, submit often
•
Don’t make last minute changes
•
And if in trouble, call the EPSS helpdesk!
Writing the proposal
•
Divide your effort over the evaluation criteria!
(relevance, impact, implementation)
•
Follow the part B structure
•
Don’t write too little, don’t write too much
•
Don’t leave them to figure out why it’s good, tell
•
Don’t leave them to figure out why it’s good, tell
them why it’s good
•
Leave nothing to the imagination
•
Make sure your
Project Workplan reflects the
Finding partners!
Through existing projects and networks:
Searchable
project databases (Ideal-IST, CORDIS), NCPs, Enterprise Europe
Network, etc.
Find out about the projects and their consortia, google the
key-players.
Do not be afraid to contact them: Mail and call - Strategic profile,
vision, ideas, BE PROACTIVE !
vision, ideas, BE PROACTIVE !
Face-to-face:
info-days,
thematic
conferences,
thematic
workshops, etc.
Approach the speakers - Giving your business card is not enough!
Present your institution and yourself – have flyers, brochures with
you!
Show you have ideas and visions, ask whether you can send
additional information by e-mail
How Ideal-ist finds partners for you
1st Day
Proposer inserts a new Partner Search online 3rd Day
The PS is checked by a local representative
5th Day
Quality Team check PS according
to subjective and objective criteria: Quality label
10th Day
PS is closed and Proposer
fills in feedback form
---7th Day
Potential partners send EoIs
(Expressions of Interest) to the proposers (on average 30 per PS)
to subjective and objective criteria: Quality label
6th Day
PS is published & distributed to subscribers of the
national Ideal-ist mailing lists (60.000 contacts)
8th Day
Proposer
replies to EoIs (Standard reply Form)
9th Day
Proposer chooses partner(s) and build consortium (>90% success rate)
Ideal-ist Success Story in ICT PSP
•
Our Success - so far in ICT PSP (two Calls) !
•
about 35 partner searches launched
•
More then 920 responses (EoI) generated
•
> 90% of the cases find suitable partners
•
~ 70% of the cases finally submit a
How to get started
•
To submit a Partner Search
•
Register as a Proposer
•
http://www.ideal-ist.net/createMember
•
Log in, create and submit a Partner Search
•
To submit an Expression of Interest
•
To submit an Expression of Interest
•
Reply to open Partner Searches if you match the profile sought
and have the expertise to carry out the activities foreseen
•
http://www.ideal-ist.net/partner-search
•
Register to your National Newsletter (mailing list)
•
You will receive regular communications on open Partner
Searches
•
http://www.ideal-ist.net/partner-search/newsletter_subscribe
Getting help and additional
information
•
A
supporting
website
of
advice,
information
and
documentation:
http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp
•
An ICT PSP Helpdesk for proposers’ questions
infso-ict-psp@ec.europa.eu
infso-ict-psp@ec.europa.eu
•
An EPSS helpdesk
tel: +32 2 233 3760
support@epss-fp7.org
•
A list of contact persons for the objectives in each call
•
And a network of National Contact Points in Europe and
beyond:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/contact
s/index_en.htm
Full presentations on each of these objectives were
made at a Brussels infoday in January – slides
available from the ICT PSP Call 4 call page:
available from the ICT PSP Call 4 call page:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/particip
ating/calls/call_proposals_10/index_en.htm
Thank you
for your attention
Questions?
European Commission
Information Society and Media Directorate-General Unit H4 - ICT for Sustainable Growth
http://ec.europa.eu/ictforsg
http://ec.europa.eu/ictforsg
European Commission
Information Society and Media Directorate-General Unit H4 - ICT for Sustainable Growth