1. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 RadioNet FP7 Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe Contract no.: 227290

2. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 26 beneficiaries

3. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Overview of project Project Organisation Project reporting Uniboard Plan/Budget Questions?

4. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Overview Three types of activities: -Networking Activities -Trans National Access -Joint Research Activities

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6. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Networking Activities Management Science Working Group Engineering Forum Training Spectrum Management

7. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Trans National Access A program with support for astronomers to observe using a range of world leading radio telescopes 10 infrastructures: EVN, LOFAR, e-Merlin, Effelsberg, SRT, JCMT, APEX, PdBI, PV, WSRT

8. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Joint Research Activities AMSTAR+ APRICOT (kick off March 12 th ) ALBiUS (kick off 2 -3 March) UniBoard (kick off 26 -27 February)

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13. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Project Organisation Governance Structure: -The Governing Board -The Executive Committee -The Coordinator -The Management Team

14. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Governing Board Has representative of each beneficiary The decision making body Meets once a year This year: 31 st of March connected to project kick off

15. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Executive Committee Meets 4 times a year Supervises the execution of the project Implement decisions of the board Report on project progress (so JRA’s report each quarter to management) Guards Intellectual Property

16. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Project Management Assists the coordinator Consists of: –Coordinator –Project Manager –Project Scientist –Project Administration

17. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Contact Details: Project Manager: André van Es Email: es@astron.nles@astron.nl Phone: + 31 521 595 248 Mobile: + 31 651 433 473 Contact for all questions related to DoW, Budget, EC-financing, project reporting etc.. Project Scientist: Corina Vogt Email: vogt@astron.nlvogt@astron.nl Phone: + 31 521 595 771 Contact for Outreach, Coordinates NA Administration: Aukelien van den Poll Email: poll@jive.nlpoll@jive.nl Phone: + 31 521 595 511 Contact for TNA and NA Travel Claims, Website and Wiki Administration: Emmy Boerma Email: boerma@astron.nlboerma@astron.nl Phone: + 31 521 595 259 Contact for Overall RadioNet Budget, JRA Budget Question, Financial Reporting to EC (C-forms etc..)

18. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Website+Wiki New website will be launched: www.radionet-eu.org Will have CM system, each activity can update own content Even more important Wiki www.radionet-eu.org/fp7wiki Use wiki for: exchanging documents, announcing meetings, minutes of meetings, list of everyone involved in RadioNet. Wiki will also be used for project reporting Contact: Aukelien

19. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Project Reporting RadioNet FP7 has only 2 reports to EC !! (midterm + final) Internal RNFP7 Reporting for JRA –Quarterly –Extensive Reporting each 6 months incl. budget estimates –(advance payment each 6 months is based on work performed and work planned)

20. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 UniBoard Budget

21. Uniboard Kick Off February 26 th 2009 Questions??