1DG XII-B Hogan QoL

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures
Objectives of the Accompanying Measures
Support of RD project(s) of the QoL Life Science
Programme laying the foundations accompanying
winding up Support of the QoL programme
re-adjustment of the goals general
interest training
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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures
Synergy effect of Accompanying Measures

• Accompanying Measures can have a strong synergy
  effect with related RD projects
• they can help to initiate of RD projects by
  attracting expertise from all over Europe or
  from outside
• they can be very constructive in spreading
  results and outcome across the whole Community

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures
Actions Supported as Accompanying Measures

• Conferences
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Studies
• Publication and dissemination of information
• Protection of intellectual property (e.g. patent
  application).
• Training actions
• Innovation support networks and events

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures

• Structure of the proposal

• The proposal is to be composed of 3 parts, A, B
  C
• Part A Legal and administrative background and
  short description of the proposal, budget summary
  and requested funding
• Part B Description of scientific/technological
  objectives and work plan. The scientific/technolog
  ical quality is assessed on the basis of this
  part
• Part C Description of management and resources,
  of contribution to EU policies, economic
  development and, if applicable, details of
  partnership.

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures

• The cut-off dates

• There are three cut-off dates per annum
  throughout FP5
• Call for Proposals for Accompanying Measures of
  QoL was published in the Official Journal of the
  European Communities (C 64/16 of 6.3.1999)
• The remaining Cut-off dates for FP5, as published
  in the Corrigendum C 361/14 of 15.12.1999 are
• 13.6.2000, 11.10.2000,
• 9.2.2001, 12.6.2001, 11.10.2001,
• 8.2.2002

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures
Conditions for eligibility

• Proposals which are eligible for funding have to
  fulfil several conditions
• Completeness Administrative information (part
  A), scientific background (part B), and
  description of management resources and
  Community added value (part C).
• Originally signed by authorised person
• Submission within the prescribed time frame
• Start of event not earlier than 6 months after
  cut-off date

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures
The funding of proposals

• Proposals can receive 100 of the eligible total
  costs as EC funding
• Personnel
• Durable equipment (hiring/depreciation)
• Subcontracting
• Travel subsistence
• Consumables
• Protection of knowledge
• Co-ordination
• Other specific costs

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Quality of LifeAccompanying Measures

• The budget available for Accompanying Measures

The annual budget available is 10 M ( 2 of the
RD budget). The number of proposals funded is
about 150 per annum, resulting in an average
budget per proposal of 66,000.-- per proposal.