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WP1: Network Coordination & Management. Objectives : Ensuring that the network is appropriately coordinated and managed. Configuration and follow up of rolling work plan for objectives fulfilment.
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WP1: Network Coordination & Management • Objectives: • Ensuring that the network is appropriately coordinated and managed. • Configuration and follow up of rolling work plan for objectives fulfilment. • Ensuring that results are delivered on time and with appropriate quality. Financial management. Ensuring contract fulfilment. • Ensuring collaborative environment for implementation of JPA. • Consortium Agreement implementation and update. Consortium configuration management. • Reporting to stakeholders. • Assessment of network impact and degree of achievement of objectives.
WP1: Network Coordination & Management • Work scheduled in months 10-12: • Organisation of meetings. Production of minutes. • Assurance of proper basis for collaboration within a tight time schedule. • Support decision-making and consensus among partners. • Follow-up of agreed work plan for the second 6 months. • Network management during the period. • Funding control and distribution. • Complete Consortium formal changes. • Reporting (QMR#3, PAR#1 and CS#1). • Support to partners on FP6 procedures.
WP1: Network Coordination & Management • ALL DONE, but: • Difficulties in estimating and reporting effort. Some partners have problems to describe work done – templates to be improved. • Derived delay in QMR#3 and CS#1. • Consortium change due to KI replaced by University of Leicester – negotiations with both partners and Commission. • 1st SAB meeting held. • Preparation of 1st review – communication with EC and partners, fulfilling EC requests, etc.
R R R R R R Project status update: procedures y2 • EC PROCEDURES Planning (updated JPA, DOW) Annual review (contract update) Cost justification Payment m12 • CONSORTIUM LEVEL Planning (effort -->budget assigned) Planned Payment (70% of budget for year 2) Internal reviews Planning (effort -->budget assigned) Committed Planned Payment (30% of budget for year 2 + 70% year 3)
WP1: Network Coordination & Management • MAIN TASKS FOR THE NEXT PERIOD: • Coordination of 1st EC review. • Support for configuration of a work plan for 2005. • Distribution of funding as soon as possible after EC pays. • QMR m13-15: deliverable D10. • Manage amendments as needed until completion. • Network assessment – guidelines for evaluation of pilots to be elaborated. • Other management, coordination and quality assurance tasks as needed.
Project status update: Work pending • REMINDER • Tasks pending before Feb 23 (!): • D9 – still some missing cost statements, efforts months 10-12 and cost details. • PLEASE SUBMIT URGENTLY • Updated DOW with plan for months 13-30. WORK PLANS and EFFORT ESTIMATIONS FOR THAT PERIOD NEEDED. • PROVIDE INFORMATION DURING THIS MEETING – Otherwise the updated DOW will be very generic. • IF NO SPECIFIC EFFORT IS DEFINED, ORIGINAL PLAN FIGURES LESS ACTUAL EFFORT SPENT UP TO MONTH 12 WILL BE USED. Coordinator may adjust according to contributions observed in year 1. • Other tasks pending before review: • Work plan for 6.3 needed. • Review and elaborate final drafts of SOA reports (WP4, WP5). • MBS prototype to be presented. • Newsletter to be presented.
