METROPOLIS: Exchanging experiences on Innovation in Metropolitan Regions

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METROPOLIS Exchanging experiences on Innovation
in Metropolitan Regions
Reference IPS-2000-01063 INNOPOLITAN
Tallinn, 7th June 2002
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CONTENTS

• New member Nice (France)
• Thematic Groups
• IRE Thematic Group meeting (Luxembourg 23rd May
  2002)
• Contractual Administrative issues

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New member NICE (France)
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New member NICE (France)

• Communauté dAgglomération Nice Côte dAzur
• Sophie TUILIER
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail sophie.tuilier_at_ville-nice.fr

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Thematic Groups
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IRE Thematic Network co-ordinators
meetingLuxembourg, 23 rd May 2002

• 13 Thematic Networks (TNs) that are currently
  running form part of the core activity of the IRE
  network.
• The idea behind the TNs is built on the
  successful experiences from the RITTS/RIS
  thematic sub-groups, where regions exchanged
  experiences on themes of common interest.
• The co-ordinators agreed that while collaboration
  within the TNs enhances the partners awareness
  of innovation-related issues and allows them to
  identify future co-operation partners, more
  intense work and personal efforts are required in
  order to go beyond mere networking. METROPOLIS
  has formalised members commitments to improve or
  implement specific schemes in their regions on
  the topics dealt with by the TN through the
  METROPOLIS Operational Plans.

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Contractual and administrative issues (i)

• VAT
• Subcontracting amounts will include VAT as this
  is not eligible
• Transferring budget between categories
• The total amounts successively transfer does not
  exceed by more than 20 the amount allocated to
  the beneficiary in the table of the indicative
  breakdown of estimated eligible costs.
• This means that from subcontracting (8.250) to
  Travel Subsistence (4.896) the maximum amount
  that can be transferred is 979,20.

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Contractual and administrative issues (ii)

• The maximum "daily susbsistence fee" per visited
  country will be the usual rates at the European
  Commission (see below table).

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Contractual and administrative issues (iii)
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Contractual and administrative issues (iv)