1. Infravation Consensus Meeting 16-17 Sept 2014
Welcome!
Rijkswaterstaat office
Brussels
Peter Wilbers
Coordinator Infravation

2. Infravation partners Rijkswaterstaat/NL (Coordinator) TÜV Rheinland/DE
FEHRL
BMVBS/DE
Danish Road Directorate/DK
Trafikverket/SE
Norwegian Public Roads administration/NO
Icelandic Road Administration/IS
MEDDE/FR
CDTI/ES
ANAS/IT
Israelian National Transport Infrastructure Company/IL
Federal Highway Administration/US
European Commission (EC)

3. Infravation ERA-NET Plus
European Research Area Network
Instrument European Commission (EC) for enhancing Europe’s competitiveness in research area
Pooling scarce resources
Transnational calls for tenders + proposals
ERA-NET Plus (EN Plus)
Financial top-up by EC: 50% of country contributions
Consortium of 5 countries/regions minimum
One large call for proposals
Strict peer-review full proposals
EU project
Proposal submission/evaluation/negotiations
Grant Agreement (GA) with EC
Compliance to FP7 rules

4. Infravation ERA-NET Plus
EN Plus SST call text:
Advanced Systems, Materials and Techniques for next generation infrastructure
Surface transport
Road infrastructure
Towards Infravation 2014 Call
Scoping Team/scoping study
Team of experts
Workshops in participating countries/regions
Scanning tours, e.g. in US

5. Infravation 2014 Call: budget
Country/region contribution 6,350 MEURO
EC top-up (50%) 2,675 MEURO*
Total ,025 MEURO
* US contribution will not be topped-up by EC. Therefore EC contribution is a bit less than 50% of country contributions

6. Infravation 2014 Call: challenges
Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes
Enhanced durability and life-time extension
Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and performance checks of materials and construction
Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive maintenance
Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather conditions
Resource and energy efficiency in road construction and maintenance (Eco-design)
Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling

7. Infravation 2014 Call: characteristics
2-Step approach
Light proposals
Full proposals
Real common pot
Participation US (FHWA)
Applicants non-funding EU countries can apply too
Central negotiation, funding + monitoring
Budget 100% for research, funding partners contribute in kind
Instrument FP7 + H2020 based, light version

8. Infravation 2014 Call: timeline
Open call for (light) proposals
3 March 2014
Information and Brokerage event
Deadline for submission of light proposals
Evaluation of light proposals
20 March 2014
30 June 2014
July - September 2014
Call for full proposals (on invitation only)
Invitation to submit full proposals until
Deadline to submit full proposals
End of September 2014
End of November 2014
Evaluation of full proposals by international peer review
Until end of February 2015
Negotiation of grant agreements
March - August 2015
Start of transnational projects
July - September 2015
End of transnational projects (project duration is 30 months max.)
Until March 2018

9. Infravation 2014 Call: 1st step evaluation
103 light proposals submitted
Eligibility check by Infravation Call Secretariat + RWS
Remote quality assessments by national experts
Infravation Consensus Meeting, Brussels, September
Short list best proposals
Infravation Steering Group, Brussels, 29 September
Decision short list best proposals
Communication to coordinators light proposals

10. Infravation 2014 Call: 2nd step evaluation
Full proposal submission until November 2014
Eligibility check by Infravation Call Secretariat + RWS
Independent international experts/peer-review
Remote quality assessments
Presence days evaluators/Consensus meeting
Ranking list proposals
Decision Infravation Steering Group + EC
Selection list (for negotiation and funding)
Start negotiations

11. Considerations Quality Transnationality
Representation funding countries