1. Proposal for WORK PROGRAMME 2015-2016 GA Meeting, Vienna 25 March 2015 National Institute of Health Carlos III – ISCIII 1

2. BACKGROUND Launching of the Data Project Fast Track activity “Understanding Employment Participation” Preparation of the first Joint Transnational Call Outcome from Workshop on future operational structure for JPI MYBL, Berlin (February 5, 2015) 2

3. OBJECTIVES Coordination between General Assembly, Steering Committee, J-AGE II and JPI Secretariat Development and Implementation of SRA Research Topics Interaction with: AAL JP, other relevant JPIs, European Research Infrastructures, EIP-AHA, EIT-KIC on Healthy Ageing, GPC and H2020 Dedicated Workshops, SAB/SOAB meetings, ad hoc Working Groups Living document: it should be updated every six months​ with new decisions being made during the J-AGE II period; the document should be considered a Biannual Roadmap 3

4. STRUCTURE Implementation of JPI MYBL Implementation of Joint Transnational Calls Alignment activities Monitoring and Evaluation Communication and Dissemination 4

5. STRUCTURE Implementation of JPI MYBL Alignment of national and European strategies as well as research programmes with Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs) of Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) - Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) and Agencies have to: (i)Choose similar priorities (ii)Synchronize the timing of calls (iii)Develop coherent peer review processes – compatible with all national regulations (iv) Synchronize contracting and funding cycles 5

6. STRUCTURE Implementation of Joint Transnational Calls (JTC) 1. First JTC: “Extended Working Life and its Interaction with Health, Wellbeing and beyond”, to be launched on April 1st Preparation of Call Documents: ISCIII, under J-AGE Joint Call Secretariat: VDI/VDE-IT, under J-AGE II 2. Second JTC: to be prepared during 2015, introduction of Written Procedures for Selection of Joint Call Research Topics. To be launched on December 2015 Work Package 2, J-AGE II 6

7. STRUCTURE Alignment activities The alignment process covers: 1. National programmes in the context of Demographic Change and derived research strategies 2. Work programmes and strategic programs related to the societal challenges of Horizon 2020 3. Strategies of relevant European Commission DGs like “Regions”, “Employment” etc. 4. Relevant European initiatives (EIP-AHA, AAL-JP, JPND, JPI HDHL, JPI Urban Europe, KIC Active and Healthy Living, ERA-AGE II) Work Package 3, J-AGE II 7

8. STRUCTURE Monitoring and Evaluation Activities to assess the progress of the JPI towards its aims and objectives including monitoring the existing indicators of success and an external evaluation: 1. Continue to monitor progress of the JPI against its success indicators 2. Gather evidence on the impact of the JPI to inform on-going work and to feed into the external evaluation 3. Conduct an external evaluation which draws on the evidence gathered throughout the life of the JPI and informs the future direction of the JPI Work Package 6, J-AGE II 8

9. STRUCTURE Communication and Dissemination A communication and dissemination plan will be generated as an early deliverable and maintained during the duration of the J-AGE II project. Its continuous upgrade will reflect the roadmap of implementation activities around the SRA. 9

10. TIMELINE 10 Theme2-3 March 2015 (J-AGE meeting) 25 March 2015 (GA meeting) May 2015 June 2015 October 2015 (CSC meeting) November/ December 2015 Venue The Hague (NL)Viena (AT) Standing agenda item Kick-off meeting Joint Transnational Calls Selection of topic for 2 nd JTC PRP meeting and selection of funded projects Launching of 2 nd JTC Alignment Monitoring Mandate / Rules of Procedure / Administrative issues Approval of provisional work programme SAB/SOAB renewal Update of provisional work programme Major events and Milestones

11. Written Procedure for Selection of Joint Call Research Topics GA meeting, Vienna 25 March 2015 National Institute of Health Carlos III – ISCIII 11

12. Call Preparation Process Working Group for Topic Selection Objective: taking operational responsibility for the definition process and the call topic selection Consisting of a representative appointed by JPI interested organisations (Voluntary Basis) The WG shall follow the SRA and shall consider initiatives and research in the Demographic Change sector across Europe, including other European R&D&I programmes -> in order to avoid overlap, duplication and to maximize synergies. The WG meetings to be aligned with either GA meeting or J-AGE II meetings so that the activity has not extra budget 12

13. Call Preparation Process Task Force (Editing Group) A Task Force shall be created inside the WG in order to develop the call topic description The WG shall decide the composition of the Task Force (TF), with a maximum of 5 members. Members of the TF cannot apply to the Joint Call The main responsibility of the Task Force is: Draft the Scope of the Call (description of the topic) for the Call Text and Pre-Announcement in close cooperation with WG 13

14. Call Preparation Process Step by Step Procedure:  Establishment of the WG  Precise timeline and Call definition procedure by the WG  SAB and SOAB consultation on list of possible topics based on SRA  WG/SAB/SOAB to generate a document describing framework and potential topics from the SRIA  CSC consultation and selection of priority topic (consensus, if not, voting)  GA endorsement of call topic  TF to produce a first draft of scope of the call and WG to produce first draft of call documents  CSC and GA consultation of first draft  TF formulation of second draft of scope of the call and WG to produce second draft of call documents  Last comments from the CSC and GA  Approval of Call topic description and call documents  Pre-announcement of the Call  Participating countries confirm budget commitments for Call (MoU signature)  Launch of Call 14

15. Call Preparation Process 15 TaskResponsibleOutcomeStartFinish Establishment of the Working Group (WG) JPI SecretariatWG created30 MarchSeptember Precision of the timeline of the Call definition procedure by the WG WG Detailed timeline of the Call definition procedure 7 AprilApril SAB and SOAB consultation on list of possible topics based on SRA WG Recommendations and considerations on SRA topics 13 April27 April Establishment of the Task Force (TF) WGTF created27 April4 May WG generates a document describing framework and topics from the SRIA WG Document describing a set of candidate topics 4 May18 May CSC consultation and selection of priority topic (voting) CSCPrioritization of call topics18 May25 May GA endorsement of call topicGACall topic approval8 June

16. Call Preparation Process 16 TaskResponsibleOutcomeStartFinish TF to produce a first draft of scope of the call and WG to produce first draft of call documents WG, TF First draft of call topic and call documents MayJune CSC and GA consultation of first draftCSC, GA Comments from the GA and CSC JuneJuly TF formulation of second draft of scope of the call and WG to produce second draft of call docs. WG, TF Second draft of call topic and call documents JulyAugust Last comments from the CSC and GACSC, GAComments CSC and GA1 September 11 September Call submission, evaluation and CSC decision CSC 14 September 25 September Approval of Call topic description and call documents CSC, GACall documents finalizedOctoberNovember Pre-announcement of the CallJCSDissemination of the callNovember Participating countries confirm budget commitments for Call (MoU signature) CSCMoU signedNovemberDecember Launch of CallJCSCall openingDecemberFebruary

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