Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme Anna Ostapczuk National Centre for Research and Development http://www.aal-europe.eu/
New funding programme for Europe Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme 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 of 2008 / early 2009 Place, date 2
Programme implementation Implementation by AAL Association (Brussels) and the participating national programmes 1-2 calls for proposals per year Central evaluation process, national funding contract Place, date 3
Website www.aal-europe.eu Place, date 4
Objectives Enhance quality of life of elderly people Use of ICT-Products, -services and -systems At home, in the community, at work Strengthening the industrial base in Europe Improve SME participation Improve industrial exploitation Boost R&D&I activities at EU level Ensure compatibility with different European regions, cultures and regulatory framework Place, date 5
AAL Partner States today 20 EU states 3 non EU states Place, date 6
COUNTRY Yearly indicative funding amount in Mio. Austria 2.5 Status of Commitments Belgium 1.0 Cyprus 0.5 Denmark 0.5 Finland 2.5 France 3.0 Total volume of ~ 700 Mio. including industrial co-funding Germany 5.0 Greece 1.5 Hungary 2.5 Ireland 0.5 Israel 1.0 For the intended 6 years duration: ~ 360 Mio. public funds Italy 2.5 Luxembourg 0.6 Norway 0.2 Netherlands 1.9 Poland 0.5 Total public budget ~ 60 Mio. per year Portugal 0.5 Romania 0.2 Slovenia 0.2 Spain 4.4 Sweden 0.5 Switzerland 2.0 United Kingdom 1.1 23 countries 35.6 Mio. Co-funding of EC on the legal basis of article 169 (max. 25 Mio. per year)
AAL thematic areas are the basis for the AAL Calls for Proposals Place, date 8
General participation rules Centralized electronic submission of proposals, evaluation and project selection Complete electronic submission in time, in English Eligibility of an individual partner for funding depends on the national eligibility rules published with the call Evaluation by independent European experts Evaluation criteria are published in the Work Programme Collaborative projects At least 3 independent legal entities, from at least three different AAL Partner States involved in a the specific call for proposals. The partners form a project consortium, one partner acts as the coordinator Selected projects will need to conclude a consortium agreement Place, date 9
Funding decisions for the selected AAL projects Partners in successful project proposals will have the grant agreement with their national Programme Management Agency (IN POLAND Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju/NCBiR) Funding levels, conditions, reporting, eligible costs, audit etc. according to the national rules > http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1-contacts Required complementary information to be submitted to the national agency (e.g. financial information) Financial viability check by the national agency No evaluation of the contents of the proposal at the national agency Streamlined process ensuring a common start date Place, date 10
AAL Calls for proposals 2009 2008 Place, date 11
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: November 2008 Indicative total funding: 57.7 M Collaborative projects only Call topic: ICT based solutions for prevention and management of chronic conditions of elderly people http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1 Place, date 12
Call topic ICT based solutions for prevention and management of chronic conditions of elderly people 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 organisation), 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 Place, date 13
Challenges to address Prevention how to efficiently turn detecting individual risk factors into active prevention? Motivation of the individual to reducing lifestyle related risks Changing payer provider relationships during course of life (work pension very old age) Evidence on the effectiveness to public health and productivity of healthcare Management how to optimally define and execute management of the individual s chronic condition? Co-morbidity and dynamics of the individual condition Medical and non-medical (practical, social, economic, ethical, motivation) aspects Empowered patient with professional and peer support Minimally intrusive, practical and integrated solutions when applying technology Integration of supporting services both front office and back office capabilities Socio-economic environment evidence of increased productivity of healthcare systems Place, date 14
Eligibility criteria collaborative projects 1.Timely submission as specified in this specific Call for Proposals 2. Submission of a complete proposal through the AAL electronic submission system (proposal template available: http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1) 3. English as the language for the proposal 4. Consortium composition of at least 3 independent organizations (legal entities) from at least 3 different AAL Partner States participating in this specific Call for Proposals - including at least one market oriented business partner - including at least one SME partner (this can be the market oriented business partner) - including at least one end user partner organization (see below for definition of end users in AAL Joint Programme) Place, date 15
The last but very important: Eligibility criteria collaborative projects 5. Compliance of the consortium members to the specific national eligibility rules found at www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1 Place, date 16
National eligibility rules applied in POLAND Do konkursu mogą przystąpić jednostki naukowe, czyli prowadzące w sposób ciągły badania naukowe lub prace rozwojowe oraz posiadające osobowość prawną i siedzibę w Polsce: - podstawowe jednostki organizacyjne uczelni w rozumieniu statutów tych uczelni, - placówki naukowe Polskiej Akademii Nauk; - jednostki badawczo-rozwojowe; - międzynarodowe instytuty naukowe utworzone na podstawie odrębnych przepisów (w szczególności na podstawie ustawy o PAN); - jednostki organizacyjne posiadające status jednostki badawczorozwojowej, - Polska Akademia Umiejętności; Place, date 17
National eligibility rules applied in POLAND - inne jednostki organizacyjne, posiadające osobowość prawną i siedzibę w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, w tym przedsiębiorcy posiadający status centrum badawczo - rozwojowego nadawany na podstawie ustawy z dnia 29 lipca 2005 r. o niektórych formach wspierania działalności innowacyjnej (Dz. U. Nr 179, poz. 1484). Jednostka taka moŝe w dowolny sposób udowodnić, Ŝe prowadzi w sposób ciągły badania naukowe lub prace rozwojowe: wymóg ciągłości prowadzenia badań naukowych lub prac rozwojowych będzie uznany za spełniony jeśliwy kazane zostanie, Ŝe w ciągu ostatniego roku obrotowego - minimum 10% przychodów przedsiębiorcy zostało przeznaczone na prace B+R i/lub - 10% ekwiwalentu pełnego czasu pracy było przeznaczone na prowadzenie prac B+R. Przy spełnionym powyŝszym kryterium do konkursu mogą przystąpić małe i średnie (MSP) oraz duŝe przedsiębiorstwa. Place, date 18
National eligibility rules applied in POLAND Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju dofinansowuje projekty polskich podmiotów w ramach Programu AAL na podstawie ustawy z dnia 8 października 2004 r. o zasadach finansowania nauki (Dz. U. Nr 238, poz. 2390, z późn. zm. ) ), ustawy z dnia 15 czerwca 2007 r. o NCBiR (Dz. U. Nr 115, poz. 789) oraz zlecenia MNiSW z dnia 31 października 2007 r. Koszty kwalifikowane: Personel (wynagrodzenia) Materiały Amortyzacja aparatury PodróŜe słuŝbowe Podwykonawstwo (uzasadnione) Koszty pośrednie (narzuty) 20% ww. kosztów bezpośrednich Place, date 19
National eligibility rules applied in POLAND Dofinansowanie zaleŝne od rodzaju wykonawcy oraz charakteru realizowanych zadań. Szkoły wyŝsze, instytuty badawcze (PAN, JBR, etc ) - do 100 % kosztów kwalifikowanych niezaleŝnie od rodzaju zadań(badania podstawowe, stosowane, prace rozwojowe). Inne jednostki organizacyjne prowadzące w sposób ciągły badania (w tym MŚP i duŝe przedsiębiorstwa prowadzące badania) - badania podstawowe - do 100 % kosztów kwalifikowanych - badania stosowane do 75% kosztów kwalifikowanych - prace rozwojowe do 50% kosztów kwalifikowanych Place, date 20
National eligibility rules applied in POLAND Jednym z kryteriów konkursu jest uczestnictwo instytucji (stowarzyszeń lub organizacji) reprezentujących uŝytkowników końcowych ( end users ) Uczestnictwo tych organizacji w projektach AAL będzie finansowane przez NCBiR w wysokości do 50% kosztów kwalifikowanych pod warunkiem adekwatnego udziału w prawach własności do wyników badań (nad proponowanym w projekcie rozwiązaniem nową technologią /usługą) Place, date 21
What makes a good AAL project? Close to market approach activities with a centre of gravity on development Integrates users and user needs in the development Includes value chain and business analysis Results in products, solutions or service concepts that can be applied widely in Europe Uses ICT to solve real life challenges and to enable new and innovative applications or service concepts Indicative upper limit for funding / project in the range of 3 M in collaborative projects Place, date 22
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 Place, date 23
Partner search facility An offer of the AAL Association New partnering tool at http://ps.aal-europe.eu/ The tool covers two objectives: The upload of an activity profile of the own organisation. The profile shall describe the capabilities of an organisation to contribute to the scope of the launched call for proposals. The submission of a short project idea in order to find additional project partners. The uploaded information should specify the rough project idea, as well as the (current and) missing expertise required to form a convincing consortium. Feedback welcome under http://ps.aal-europe.eu/contact-info Place, date 24
Thank you... and regularly visit the AAL website for any changes keep contact with your AAL national contact persons NCBiR: Anna Ostapczuk a.ostapczuk@ncbir.gov.pl tel: + 48 515 061 542 www.aal-europe.eu