European Commission Directorate-General Information Society INFSO/F3 -ID20300 INFORMATION DAY 20...

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


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TEN-Telecom Work Programme

Olivier Pascal Deputy Head of Unit INFSO/F3, EC [email protected]


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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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•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)


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• 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


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• 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)


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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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Guide for proposers

Willy Maes INFSO/F3, EC [email protected]


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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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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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Desks A to G in Room S3

Desk A Desk B Desk C

Desk D

Desk F Desk G

Desk E

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

www.ispo.cec.be/tentelecom

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