THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE National Contact Point for ICT under FP7 Ministry Of Communications & Information Technology THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE

FP7 Participation: Project Life Cycle 2. Consortium Formation Feasibility 4. Contract Negotiation 5. Roll-Out & Implementation 3. Proposal Writing FP7 Participation

Feasibility: From Ideas to Proposals… CHECK (B) Work Programme (A) Call Text (C) State-of-the-Art (D) Possible Partners (E) Possible Instrument(s) (F) Possible End-Users LAND OF IDEAS PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

Feasibility: End Phase Checklist By the end of this stage you must have a clear appreciation of Your capabilities and resources Capabilities and resources needed from partners Possible partners – you must have already made initial contacts Size – rough budget, number of partners, likely duration Risks Roles – esp. who among you could be the co-ordinator?

Consortium Formation: Key Points A consortium MUST have harmony Partners should bring specific competence . . . not necessarily a “research” role. (testing, user role, HW component, etc…)

Proposal Writing Objectives Deliverables Work packages Schedule of writing Roles and responsibilities Resource allocation Formal relationship (IPR, contract, notices . . . etc.)

Contract Negotiation Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Financial viability check Data & CPF Task 1 You’re required to provide Tech & resource input Technical Annex production Task 2 Consortium Agreement Business view Task 3 Tasks 1 and 2 with Commission - Task 3 between partners

Roll Out and Implementation The Contract Technical Annex (TA) The Consortium Agreement (Contract) Reporting guidelines / templates

Proposal Process From Submission to Start of Project Call open Ideal: 6 months Evaluation Contract neg. Start of project Long: 15 months Time in months 3 6 9 12 15 18

Current projects in ICT under FP7 in Egypt

MEDAR Partner: The Engineering company for computer systems development (RDI) Aim: advancing the state of language technology for Arabic and other regional languages http://www.nemlar.org/

3D COFORM Partner : CULTNAT Aim: advance the state-of-the-art in 3D-digitsation and make 3D-documentation an everyday practical choice for digital documentation campaigns in the cultural heritage sector http://www.3d-coform.eu/

JOIN-MED Partner: MCIT Aim: address sustainable networks of ICT research organizations between the MPC and Europe to help creating partnerships for future FP7 ICT Calls http://www.join-med.eu/

IDEAL-IST Partner: MCIT Aim: reduces the barriers faced by organizations wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) programme by offering transnational partner search http://www.ideal-ist.net/

IST-Africa Partner: MCIT Aim: strengthening the research dimension of Information Society policy dialogues between the European Commission and African countries and key regional organizations http://www.ist-africa.org/

Questions ? Thank You Inas Fateem ifateem@mcit.gov.eg