Contract Kari-Jouko Räihä

The Package  Contract (“core contract”) Signed between the coordinator and the commission Accession forms signed by the coordinator and each partner Will be presented by the Project Officer  Annex 1: Description of Work  Annex 2: General Conditions  Annex 3: Specific Provisions  Annexes 4-6: Forms A-C

Lines of Activities  Joint Programme of Activities Integration Activities Jointly Executed Research Activities Activities to Spread Excellence Updated annually  Management Activities Audit certificates Very small amount of coordination activities

Integration Activities  Toolbox for the user  Camps  Research retreats  Mobility grants

Jointly Executed Research Activities  Eye tracking  Gaze communication systems  Environmental control  Gaze-based entertainment and education  Mainstream applications  Mainly done in parallel to COGAIN, but outside COGAIN

Activities to Spread Excellence  Information dissemination activities Organizing regular info days at participating countries Active participation in expos and conferences Providing external training and tutorials Releasing a book in AAC book series Ph.D. programme  Setting up a common web portal that will include Distribution channel of software Discussion channel for the user community Profile database Knowledge sharing on eye-tracking principles, applications, and equipment Material for policy makers

Work Packages  Plan for carrying out the activities during the first 18 months WP1: Durable community building WP2: Standardisation WP3: User involvement WP4: Tool development WP5: Eye tracker development WP6: Analysis and evaluation WP7: Community outreach WP8: Training WP9: Management

Important Aspects  Message from the negotiations: Durable impact Existence after the five-year period Yearly progress with measurable indicators

Expected Results 1/4 Page 16 of the Annex

Expected Results 2/4 Page 17 of the Annex

Expected Results 3/4 Page 18 of the Annex

Expected Results 4/4 Page 19 of the Annex

Measures  Annex 1: Pages  To be monitored and updated yearly

Milestones 1/3  Month 1 M9.1 Kick-off meeting  Month 6 M1.1 Fully functional web portal and discussion forum for users, developers and researchers M3.1 Agreed list of tasks and criteria for user involvement shared across the network M5.1 Eye tracker catalogue with recommendations M7.2 Public demonstrations and press release

Milestones 2/3  Month 12 M2.1 Standards for eye movement data formats and eye tracker APIs M4.1 Agreement on design criteria for gaze typing systems among the partners M6.1 Methods and metrics for evaluation and benchmarking of eye typing systems M7.1 Report on market study M7.2 Public demonstrations and press release M8.1 COGAIN Camp training (both for users and for researchers) M9.2 COGAIN Camp, including expert review

Milestones 3/3  Month 18 M3.2 Information and training package of eye communication systems and organisations involved M4.2 Release of gaze typing systems on the web portal M5.2 Preliminary implementation(s) of eye tracking algorithms in off-the-shelf hardware M6.2 Demonstration of a multimodal eye-movement analysis tool M7.2 Public demonstrations and press release M8.2 Active promotion of joint educational possibilities

Network Coordination Office  Overall monitoring of progress  Writing progress reports to the Commission twice a year  Communicating with the Project Officer regularly  Web portal design, construction, and daily maintenance  Being in charge of regular support and helpdesk facilities to users  Leading 3 work packages  Planning and participating all management meetings and preparing the minutes  Site visits to partners  Coordinating the preparation of the deliverables  Planning the program of COGAIN camps  Participation in the research retreats  Press conferences and press releases, regular contact with the media  Cost-efficient organisation of all events and travel, including camps  Managing applications for and implementation of mobility grants