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THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE

National Contact Point

for ICT under FP7

Ministry Of Communications & Information Technology

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FP7 Participation: Project Life Cycle

5. Roll-Out & Implementation

4. Contract Negotiation

2. Consortium Formation

1. Feasibility

3. Proposal Writing

FP7 ParticipationFP7 Participation

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Feasibility: From Ideas to Proposals…

LAND OF IDEAS

CHECK

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

• (B) Work Programme

• (B) Work Programme

• (A) Call Text• (A) Call Text

• (C) State-of-the-Art

• (C) State-of-the-Art

• (D) Possible Partners

• (D) Possible Partners

• (E) Possible Instrument(s)

• (E) Possible Instrument(s)

• (F) Possible End-Users

• (F) Possible End-Users

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Feasibility: End Phase Checklist

By the end of this stage you must have a clear appreciation of

Your capabilities and resources Capabilities and resources needed from partners Possible partners – you must have already made

initial contacts Size – rough budget, number of partners, likely

duration Risks Roles – esp. who among you could be the co-

ordinator?

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Consortium Formation: Key Points

A consortium MUST have harmony

Partners should bring specific competence . . . not necessarily a “research” role. (testing, user role, HW component, etc…)

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Objectives

Deliverables

Work packages

Schedule of writing

Roles and responsibilities

Resource allocation

Formal relationship (IPR, contract, notices . . . etc.)

Proposal Writing

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Contract Negotiation

Financial viability check

Technical Annex production

Consortium Agreement

You’re required

to provide

Data & CPF

Tech &resource

input

Business view

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Tasks 1 and 2 with Commission - Task 3 between partners

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Roll Out and Implementation

• The Contract

• Technical Annex (TA)

•The Consortium Agreement (Contract)

• Reporting guidelines / templates

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Proposal Process From

Submission to Start of Project

Time in months 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Call openEvaluationContract neg.Start of project

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Ideal: 6 months

Long: 15 months

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Current projects in ICT under FP7 in Egypt

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MEDAR

Partner: The Engineering company for computer systems development (RDI)

Aim: advancing the state of language technology for Arabic and other regional languages

http://www.nemlar.org/

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3D COFORM

Partner : CULTNATAim: advance the state-of-the-art in 3D-

digitsation and make 3D-documentation an everyday practical choice for digital documentation campaigns in the cultural heritage sector

http://www.3d-coform.eu/

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JOIN-MED

Partner: MCITAim: address sustainable networks of ICT

research organizations between the MPC and Europe to help creating partnerships for future FP7 ICT Calls

http://www.join-med.eu/

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IDEAL-IST

Partner: MCITAim: reduces the barriers faced by

organizations wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) programme by offering transnational partner search

http://www.ideal-ist.net/

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IST-Africa

Partner: MCITAim: strengthening the research

dimension of Information Society policy dialogues between the European Commission and African countries and key regional organizations

http://www.ist-africa.org/

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Questions ?

Thank You

Inas Fateemifateem@mcit.gov.eg