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European Commission
Directorate-General Information Society
INFSO/F3 -ID20300
INFORMATION DAY20 March 2000
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Welcome and introductionWelcome and introduction
Spyros Konidaris acting Director INFSO/F, EC [email protected]
TEN-TELECOMInformation Day
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AGENDA
09:45 Introduction and Welcome Mr. Spyros Konidaris, acting Director INFSO/F
Opening Speech Mr.Erkii Liikanen,Commisioner Enterprise and the Information Society
TEN-Telecom Work Programme Mr. Olivier Pascal, INFSO/F3
Call 2000 on Generic Services and Applications Mr. José Soler, INFSO/F3
Guide for proposers Mr. Willy Maes, INFSO/F3 12:30 Close
13:00 Meeting Commission officials ( Desks A - G )
16:30 Close
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“TEN-Telecom
and the
eEurope initiative”
Erkii Liikanen Commissioner Enterprise and the Information Society, EC
TEN-TELECOMInformation Day
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TEN-Telecom Work Programme
Olivier Pascal Deputy Head of Unit INFSO/F3, EC [email protected]
TEN-TELECOMInformation Day
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The role of the work programme
• A flexible instrument for executing the action
• Updated regularly in consultation with industry
• The basis for calls for proposals
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Trans-European Networks (TEN)
TEN- ENERGY
TEN- TRANSPORT
TEN- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Trans-EU application-service focus
Content
ICT Industry
EU Markets
TEN-Telecom programmeTelecommunications
networks basedapplications and generic services
Physical infrastructure
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Multimedia applications
Inter
connec
ted
networ
ks
A three dimension action
Generic services(Internet based)
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Projects of particular importance
• Generic services
• Applications in:- distance education and training- cultural heritage- services for SMEs- transport and mobility- environment and the emergency management- healthcare- city and regional information networks
• Yearly calls for proposals on these projects
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Project characteristics
• Technical maturity
• Relevance for market deployment
• Partners’ commitment
• Open market standards
• Trans-European dimension
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• bridges the gap between research results and emerging technologies, and the market, in areas of general interest
• supports market validation for new services based on Trans-European telecommunications networks
• exploits the global (trans-European) dimension of these applications and services
Distinctive Features-Summary-
An independent action which:
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• Updated according to the current technology and market trends and after three years of experience
• Clarifications on project specifications and related Community aid
• No further need for publicly financed partners
• Enhanced support measures
• Small share of the budget can be used in the form of risk capital
The updated Work Programme 2000
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FORMS OF COMMUNITY FUNDING
(up to 10% of total investment cost)
- Direct grants
- Interest rebates
- Contributions to guaranty fees
- Risk capital participation
- Direct grants
- Interest rebates
- Contributions to guaranty fees
- Risk capital participation
PROJECT
PHASES FUNDED
(technical studies, design and development, technical validation)
• Business plan
• Market validation
Evaluation of Business plan
• Initial Market deployment
Full Market deployment
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
PRE
DEPLOYMENT
PHASES
DEPLOYMENT
PHASES
Project Phases and Funding
Research and development
- Co-funding of Business plan
and Market validation
(up to 50 %)
- Co-funding of Business plan
and Market validation
(up to 50 %)
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Forms of Community aid
• Cost-sharing (up to 50%) in the study phase: business plan elaboration, and market validation
(<10% of the total estimated investment cost)
• Co-funding initial investment for deployment
(max. 10% of the established initial investment cost)
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Enhanced support measures
• Exploitation of the programme knowledge
• Preparation of business plans
• Improved co-operation between national contact points
• Post-project activities
• Awareness in accession candidates countries (East Central Europe and Mediterranean countries)
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Selection criteria
• Contribution to TEN-Telecom objectives
• Initial sound business case and financial package
• Long term viability
• Sound and mature technical approach
• Strong and committed partnership
• Gearing effect of Community intervention on public and/or private finance
• Effectiveness of project management
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Calendar of calls 2000
Call for proposals 2000/1 17/03/2000 --> 16/06/2000Indicative Budget 43 MEUR
Rolling Call on support actions close end 2000Indicative Budget 0.9 MEUR
Rolling Call for experts for evaluation/review activities
close end 2001
http://www.ispo.cec.be/tentelecom
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Call for Proposals 2000/1Telecommunications Networks-based
Generic Services and Applications
José Soler INFSO/F3, EC [email protected]
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Work Programme
Three layers and a number of sectors within each:
Trans-European Generic Telecommunications Services
Trans-European Telecommunications Applications
Trans-European Telecommunications Basic Networks
Flexibility in calling for project proposals
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Sectors addressed in this Call
Priority sectors of common interest:
• Generic Telecommunications Services
• Seven Trans-European Telecommunications Applications sectors
Content fully defined in the work programme
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Generic Services
- Generic Information Services Access to and management of multimedia, multi-lingual information
- e-Services for Industry and CommerceOn-line secure trading, promotion of goods/services, protection of intellectual property rights
- New Access Methods, Mobility and ConvergenceAccess to higher capacity networks, access to services from portable devices and in mobile situations
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Applications of public interest (1)
Trans-European telecommunications networks for:
• Education and Training - Commercial deployment of networked services
(schools, universities, business schools, training centres)
- Brokerage services for existing facilities
- Promotion of existing services as models of good practice (for the promotion of digital literacy, training on info technology, long term unemployment and job creation)
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Applications of public interest (2)
•Access to Europe’s Cultural Heritage
- Intermuseum virtual exhibitions (bring together multimedia information from various collections)
- Cultural heritage educational products (deploy multimedia products exploiting Europe’s
cultural heritage)
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• Applications for SMEs- Information retrieval and push services
(geographic information data, public sector data:
customs and taxation information, trade statistics, etc.)
- Electronic tendering
- Networks for SMEs support organizations
(access to qualified resources and solutions)
Applications of public interest (3)
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Applications of public interest (4)
• Transport and Mobility- Logistical support for transport industries (freight and fleet management)
- Security, emergency support services (anti-theft services, Europe-wide emergency phone number)
- Traffic data acquisition and integration
- Travel, tourism, traffic information (trip planning, route guidance)
- Integration of networked services (tourist information, air quality monitoring, geographic information, global positioning)
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• Environment and Emergency Management
- Value-added environmental information services
- Emergency management and public safety systems
Applications of public interest (5)
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Applications of public interest (6)
• Health
- Public health information services (e.g., Internet-based health portals)
- Continuity of care and health management (shared access to patient-related information)
- Telemedicine (teleconsultation, telediagnosis, remote supervision of patients and citizens with special needs)
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• City and Regional Information Networks - Cost-effective services for public administrations
- Easy exchange between administrations- citizens-business (single point of entry for registration at public offices,
tracking of administrative requests, payment of taxes
and bills)
Applications of public interest (7)
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Budget for this call
• No pre-allocation of budget per project sector
• Indicative budget 43 MEUR
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Timetable of the call
• Publication 17 March, close 16 June
• Evaluation of proposals: end June
• Final selection of proposals: end July
• Contract negotiation: August-September
• Contract signature: November December
• Projects start: January 2001
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• Content– No business case– No public interest of the venture
• Planning– Milestones either missing or too general– Links missing between objectives and work plan
• Management– Allocated responsibilities not clear– Unconvincing consortium– Unrealistic cost estimates or inappropriate financial plan
Lessons learnt of failed proposals
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What makes a good project?
• Sound and committed partnership
• Reliable project organisation and management
• Clear identification of the service to be marketed
• Concrete exploitation aims, viable financial targets
• Proven technology ensuring interoperability of and open
access to services
• Trans-European nature well evidenced
• Well defined project proposal
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Project Types
• Market Validation – 18 month maximum
– main deliverable: business plan, on-site validation in a real environment, confirmation of business plan and market approach
• Initial deployment – 24 month maximum
– main deliverable: investment done, application up and running, business plan implemented
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• TEN-Telecom Work Programme
• Call for Proposals 2000/1 text
• Guide for Proposers
Relevant Documents for Proposal Preparation
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Rules of Participation (1)
• Financing by public entities no longer required• Community Aid :
only if financial obstacles< minimum necessary for launch of project total amount < 10% of total investment costs
• Projects should be of common interest
CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY AID
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Rules of Participation (2)
• A single organisation is eligible
• Proposals must have a transnational nature
• Shall be implementable in several Member States
• Implementation in a single Member State allowed if it contributes to a broader trans-European interest
TRANSNATIONAL COVERAGE
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Rules of Participation (3)
• All legal entities in EU
• Participants from outside EU as observers or sponsoring participants;
no TEN-Telecom funding
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
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Rules of Participation (4)
• Provision of services based on open market standards
• Open access to proposed services and applications
OPEN MARKET STANDARDS
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Evaluation
• 6 criteria for “Overall Project”
• 4 criteria for “Phase” receiving EC funding
• Proposals must reach a threshold score to be
considered for funding
• These proposals are ranked on total score
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Evaluation Criteria Overall Project
• Contribution to the TEN-Telecom Objectives
• Long-term Economic Viability• Strong trans-European Partnership• Socio-economic Effects• Sound and Mature Technical Approach• Contribution to Interoperability
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Evaluation Criteria Project Phase
• Stimulative Effect of Community Intervention
• Adequacy of the Project Workplan
• Soundness of the Financial Package
• Effectiveness of Project Management
(Market Validation or Deployment)
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Proposal Negotiation
• Based on evaluators’ recommendations
• Assessment of financial viability :
participants to demonstrate that they have all
the necessary resources needed for carrying
out the project
• If successful conclusion of negotiations contract
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The Contract
• Market Validation Projects (cost-based)
• Deployment Projects (deliverables-based)
Draft model contracts available on the Website
Two Different Types of Contracts:
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Financial Issues
• Joint and Several Responsibilities
• Actual Costs
• Financial Contribution by Contractors
and Members
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Characteristics of the Contract for Deployment Projects
• Well identified investment conditions
• Real critical factor is time-to-marketReal critical factor is time-to-market
• Main characteristics:
– important investors must be Contractors
– budgetary authorities to sign Letters of Investment Commitment– milestones + request for payment
relating to actual investments – investment check and technical audit if necessary
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Agreement of the National Authority
• Co-ordinator must contact National Contact Point for co-ordinates of National Authority
• Co-ordinator sends copies of 3 Forms to National Authority:
“Information on National Authority”(T6)
“Proposal Summary Description”(T2)
“Co-ordinator contact point”(T3)
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Proposal Structure
– Part A : series of forms downloadable
from the Website
– Part B : textual description
• Use appropriate structure for part B:
market validation or deployment
• Two parts:
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Part B
Section I: overall projectSection II: market validation or
initial market deployment phase
• Each of the sections and subsections corresponds to an evaluation criterion
• Be concise and factual: Part B < 50 pages
• Consists of two sections:
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You Need Help?
• Website: http://www.ispo.cec.be/tentelecom
• Help Desk: [email protected]
• National Contact Points
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The Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk
Website: http://www.cordis.lu/ipr-helpdesk
The LIFT Service Website: http://www.cordis.lu/lift/
Other Help Facilities
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Conclusions
EASY TO PREPARE TEN-TELECOM PROPOSAL
NOT SO STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS AS IN 5FP
WIDE SCOPE OF CONTENT
OPEN BUDGET ALLOCATION
USEFUL MECHANISM TO GET INTO THE MARKET
GOOD LUCK !!!!
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Questions
&
Answers
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TEN-TELECOM means:
business plan focus
deployment and not research
interoperable generic service-based applications
solid consortium commitment
maturity of technology
applications and services of common interest
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Rolling Call for Proposals 1998/3for support and co-ordination actions
José Soler INFSO/F3, EC [email protected]
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Background
• Rolling Call published on 14 March 1998 with closing date on 31 December 2000
• Based on work programme of 1998, updated in March 2000
• Indicative budget from 1998 till 2001: 2 MEUR
• Remaining indicative budget 900.000 EUR
• Projects can be funded up to 100%
• Proposals evaluated in June each year
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Support Action Tasks
Exploitation of the programme’s knowledge
• Facilities for the implementation of projects
• Co-operation with Member States to extend the trans-European dimension of national initiatives
Programme’s observatory service
• Assessment of post TEN-Telecom projects
Identification of needs and development of awareness in Eastern and Central Europe, and in the Mediterranean area.
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Task open for proposals
Guidance and assistance in preparing and improving the business plan of TEN-Telecom funded projects
• Limited free individual and informative assistance to TEN-Telecom project
• Information on existing tools and tutorials available for the preparation of business plans
• Orientation towards existing organisations (local, national, European)helping in the preparation of business plans
• Dissemination of best practice for the preparation of business plans for future investment
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Useful information
- Publication March 2000
- Next evaluation June 2000
“Guide for Proposers for the Rolling Call on Support and Co-ordination actions”
available on:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/tentelecom
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Meeting Commission officials (1)
- Discussion on specific inquiries for proposals
- 15 minute from advanced reservations
- Last minutes reservations at Info-Desk
- Desks A to G (13.00 - 16.30)
Afternoon sessions
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Meeting Commission officials (2)
A - Generic Services Ciaran Clissmann
B - Applications and services for SMEs Simon Holland
C - Education and training, Access to Cultural Heritage Henry Oleksy, Antonella Fresa
D - Transport and mobility, Environment and emergency management Willy Maes, Gustav Thommes
E - City and regional information networks, Health Joakim Nilsson, Eleni Borg
F - Deployment projects Olivier Pascal, Antonella Fresa
G - Support and co-ordination actions Josè Soler
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Meeting Commission officials (3)
Desks A to G in Room S3
Desk A Desk B Desk C
Desk D
Desk F Desk G
Desk E