Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Joint Programme Joint Programme

Overview – and preliminary results Overview – and preliminary results and experiences of the first call and experiences of the first call

Silas OlssonAAL Association, Central Management Unit

AAL Central Office, Brussels

http://www.aal-europe.eu/

SSH InfoDay 3 November, 2008, Stockholm

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Ambient Assisted Living Ambient Assisted Living Joint ProgrammeJoint Programme

• New funding programme for Europe– 2008 – 2013,

total volume ~ 600 M€ of which 50 % public funding, 50 % private funding

– Member state driven programme– EC participation based on article 169 of the EC treaty

• Status and outlook– Launch of first call for proposals in April 2008– Formal adoption by Council and Parliament in June 2008– Presentation of AAL WP 2009 at ICT2008 event in November

in Lyon– Launch of first projects – end 2008, early 2009

Objectives of AAL JPObjectives of AAL JP

• Develop products and services for aging well at home, in the community and at work

• Create critical mass of R&D and Innovation at European level

• Create markets through common and compatible European solutions

• Include SME´S at all levels of activities

Organisation of the AAL AssociationOrganisation of the AAL AssociationLegal Entity of AAL JPLegal Entity of AAL JP

General AssemblyFinal decision body of the association

Executive Board6 Members

Represents the AssociationManages

legal relations; work programme; budget ,calls

Management UnitCentral Management Unit Staff – 4-5 persons

National Coordinators - one per country

Advisory Group

Working Groupsworking programme

Call preparationworkshops

etc

European European CommissionCommission

AAL AssociationAAL Association

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Policy Context

A Single European

Information Space

Inn

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Inclusion, bette

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public services

& quality of li

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• Action Plan on “Ageing Well in the Information Society” June 2007

• Support to Ambient Assisted Living Joint R&D Programme, June 2007

• European e-Inclusion Initiative “To be part of the information society”, Nov 2007

• EU Parliament and Council, AAL Co-decision, June 2008

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AAL Joint Programme – National Interest expressed so far

Interested

Committed

With more than 30 M€/Year

Israel

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Demographic TrendsDemographic Trends

Source: UN World Population Prospects (2002 Revision) and Eurostat 2004 Demographic Projections (Baseline scenario)

Distribution of the population (EU25) per age group (1950 – 2050)

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AAL and FP7AAL and FP7

MARKET

E-INCLUSION

APPLIED RESEARCH

DEMONSTRATION

EVALUATION OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE

(…)E-HEALTH

SMARTSYSTEMS

CONCEPTS

TIME TO MARKET: 2-3 YEARS

ADDED VALUE OF AAL JP

MULTIDISCIPLINARITY-INTEGRATION

SHORTER TIME TO MARKET

FOCUSED ON HOME APPLICATIONS

NATIONAL SPECIFICITIES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT (within an European framework)

SMEs PARTICIPATION

FOCUS ON TESTING

END USERS INVOLVED

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ICT for Ageing WellA Comprehensive EU Approach

Time to Market

Technology Risk

FP7

AAL JP

ICT CIP

Ageing Well Action Plan

•Challenge 7 & 5 •longer-term R&D •integration of new ICT & new ideas•open platforms and interoperability•~400 M€ in total

•market oriented R&D•cost-efficiency•adaptation to specific demands, …•~600 M€ in total

•large scale trials (using existing technology)•service and organizational innovation•business case development, ...•50 M€ in total until now

5-10 years 2-3 years deployment

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1st AAL call for proposals

Implementation of AAL Call: AAL-2008-1

• Date of publication: 25 April 2008 • Closure date: 21 August 2008, at 17:00:00, (Brussels local

time) • Proposal selection: October-November 2008 • Indicative total funding: 57.7 M€ • Collaborative projects only, limit for funding/project of

3 M€ • Participants from at least three partner countries• Centralised evaluation

http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1

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The first Call The first Call (closed 21 Aug. 2008)(closed 21 Aug. 2008)

Prevention and management of chronic conditions

• Solutions for elderly persons with identified risk factors and/or chronic conditions

• Aiming at solutions centred on the elderly person (not the professional or an organization), including citizen empowerment and peer support

• Focused but not restricted to home environment, also solutions within the community and when travelling can be proposed

• Focusing on solutions that keep the individual out of the long-term care and hospitals.

• Objective is to enhance the individual’s autonomy, independence and quality of life

• Collaborative projects

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Evaluation criteria

1. Relevance (3/4)– Addressing objectives and scope of the call

2. Scientific and technical quality (3/4)– novelty of expected results beyond state of the art– technology flexibility allowing for easily adapting common

solutions to meet differing social and organisational needs across Europe

3. Consortium quality (3/4) (weight 2)– Quality of partners; complementarity; project management – Work plan organisation; appropriateness of budget; resources

to achieve the goals– user accpetance studies; realistic prototype

4. Impact (3/4) (weight 2)– accessability, usability, social relevance– legal and ethical compliance– economic relevance; time-to-market– contribution to open interfaces and interoperability, reference

to standards, norms and regulation within EU– dissemination plan and targets

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AAL proposal submission,evaluation and selection

ProposalSubmission

3. AAL NationalContacts

2. Pre-proposalcheck

1. Partner searchtool

http://ps.aal-europe.eu

Building of consortia

AAL Call forProposalspublished

Administrative problems

Recommended

AAL GeneralAssemblydecision

Centralevaluation

Eligible

The AAL ExecutiveBoard takes further

action

Eligibilitycheck

Common start forAAL projectsl

AAL CMU sendsnegative answer

Failed

Not eligible

Start of negotiations withnational programmemanaging agencies

Negotiationssuccesssful

Yes

No

Resubmission ornegative answer

Positive

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1st AAL Call: prel. outcome

• Number of proposals 117

• Total budget in proposals 370 M€

• Total prel. budget available 57,7 M€ (25 fr. EC, 32,7 fr. PC)

• Average budget in proposals 3,2 M€

• Average budget request/proposal 1,9 M€

• Total number of partners 964

• Average number of partners/prop. 8,2

• Average number of countries/prop. 4,2

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Application fields, prel.

• Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer/Parkinson/cognitivedisorders), memory recall, cognitive stimulation,...

• Diabetes: for people having diabetes

• Cardio: for cardiovascular disorders

• Sensory: for sensorial disorders (deafness, blindness, vision issues...)

• Mobility: for improving mobility, stimulating physical activities

• Osteo: for osteoarticular disorders (arthritis….)

• Generic: general approach integrating different services medical,nutritional, exercise, social,...

• Others : not within the other categories

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Clarifications and negotiations for the selected AAL proposals

• Now ongoing process

• Partners in successful project proposals will have the grant agreement with their national Programme Management Agency

Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention

http://www.aal-europe.eu/

Silas Olssonsilas.olsson@vinnova.se

AAL, Central Office, Brussels

Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme http://www.aal-europe.eu/EU ICT and Ageing Well Initiatives http://ec.europa.eu/einclusion

Best Practice Portal http://www.epractice.eu