1. Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/113 «BIOREM» «Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of Degraded Soils» Start: 01/01/2013 End: 31/03/2015 20/01/2014 12 month progress meeting MURCIA CEBASCSIC premises

2. Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/ 113 «BIOREM» «Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of Degraded Soils» AGENDA 9:30 [CEBASCSIC] Welcome and opening of the meeting 9:35 [All] Actions carried out by each partner and scheduled activities till the end of December 2013. 10:30[All] Open discussion on actions carried out 10:45 [All] BIOREM Technical future issues:  [ISECNR] Technical activities scheduled in the next six months of the project  [All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project  [All] Open discussion on how to transfer the project results to legislative normative and Institutions

3. Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/ 113 «BIOREM» «Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of Degraded Soils» AGENDA 11:30 [All] Coffee break 12:00 [ISECNR] Management and dissemination issues 12:30 [ISECNR] Mid-Term Report: Technical and financial documents 13:15[All] General questions 13:30End of progress meeting 13:30Tour of CEBASCSIC premises 14.00 Lunch

4. Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months

5.  ACTION B.4 Demonstration of the innovative biochemical monitoring methodology  ACTION C.1 Monitoring of the integrated soil restoration and monitoring activities  ACTION C.2 Monitoring and assessment of environmental impact

6. Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months Presentations of:  ISECNR  CEBAS  ALSIA  AMEK  ORGANICOS

7. Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months [All] Open discussion on actions carried out

8. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.1 Project website  ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards  ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation  ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases  ACTION D.8 BIOREM soil monitoring manual  ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events  ACTION D.10 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers  ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events  ACTION D.12 Digital supports for international diffusion  ACTION D.6 Networking

9. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.1 Project website BIOREM website in English and in Italian versions: www.biorem.ise.cnr.it www.biorem.ise.cnr.it CEBAS is preparing the Spanish version Each partner has the link between the BIOREM website to the beneficiary website Link with ECOREMED project Counter system

10. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards ISECNR produced 12 BIOREM Notice boards and sent them to all the beneficiaries All the beneficiaries put the BIOREM Notice board in a public space AMEK has produced 9 specific notice boards for the field demonstration actions put in each field

11. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation Logo definition and design ISECNR has produced 1 roll-up in English ISECNR has produced 2,500 brochures in Italian and 2,500 brochures in English ISECNR has produced 1,000 leaflets in Italian and 1,000 leaflets in English ISECNR has produced 1,500 block notes as project gadget

12. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases ISECNR has produced 1 article in a general newspaper ISECNR is producing a TV interview

13. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.6 Networking Networking with ECOREMED project Networking with WASTEREUSE, AGROWASTE, PODEBA, SOREME, BioNaD, CLEANSED, SEKRET, After-Cu, RESAFE, MICROTAN, C02SHOE and SHOEBAT (LIFE 09-10-11-12 projects)

14. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events 12 April 2013 – ISECNR: BIOREM seminar in Naples 27 May 2013 – ISECNR: BIOREM seminar in Pisa

15. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events 15 June 2013 – CEBAS participated in a Meeting in Madrid in order to show the BIOREM project to enterprises and several Spanish administrations BIOREM power point presentations at LIFE CNR event in Pisa, 31 January 2014 CEBAS organised a specific BIOREM event for a network meeting with the AGROWASTE project CEBAS organised a specific BIOREM event for a network meeting with the WASTE REUSE project

16. Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months  ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events ECOCITY fair in November 21-24, 2013 at Pisa ECOMONDO fair in November 5-8, 2013 at Rimini BIOREM power point presentations at LIFE CNR event in Pisa, 31 January 2014 Soil Platform meeting, Athens - Greek, 24-25 September 2013; Event "High Training School on contaminated site remediation", Ravenna - Italy, 25-27 September 2013. Partecipation at the International conference BCD 2013. Biochars, Composts, and Digestates. Production, Characterization, Regulation, Marketing, Uses and Environmental Impact. 17-20 October 2013, Bari, Italy. IX Jornadas tecnicas de saneamiento y depuracion " Investigacion e Innoacion Tecnologica en el tratamiento de las aguas residuales urbanas. 20 e 21 Novembre Murcia, Spagna

17. Management activities  ACTION E.1: Project management  ACTION E.2: Monitoring  ISECNR has continuous contact with all project partners for monitoring project activities  ISECNR prepares and sends a monthly summary (each 28th) of the project activities carried out to monitoring representant  ISECNR needs to receive from each partner technical inputs before each 28th

18. BIOREM Technical future issues  ACTION B.4 Demonstration of the innovative biochemical monitoring methodology  ACTION C.1 Monitoring of the integrated soil restoration and monitoring activities  ACTION C.2 Monitoring and assessment of environmental impact

19. BIOREM Technical future issues [All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project

20. BIOREM Dissemination future issues  ACTION D.1 Project website: update  ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards: ok but tests sides  ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation: posters and new material (now 1 roll-up, 7,000 leaflets/brochures, 1,500 gadgets; expected 12 Posters, 10,000 leaflets/brochures, 2,500 items)  ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases (now 1 article, 1 TV interview; expected 30 articles)  ACTION D.8 BIOREM soil monitoring manual: to start to organise the manual structure

21. BIOREM Dissemination future issues  ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events: OK OK (now 6 events; expected 4 workshops and maximum dissemination)  ACTION D.10 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers: to start to contact Institutions and policy makers and organise events: IMPORTANT TO BE DONE  ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events: OK OK (now 7 fairs; expected 4 fairs and maximum dissemination)  ACTION D.12 Digital supports for international diffusion: to start to organise the video structure

22. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES  Deliverables  Inception Report result  Amendment  Mid-Term Report  Partner cost analysis  New Administrative excel documents  Next project meeting

23. NO NEW DELIVERABLES FORESEEN AS ATTACHMENT FOR THE MID-TERM REPORT DELIVERABLES

24. “I wish to inform you that, on the basis of the information received in the report, the Commission considers that the project remains viable and on track to achieve its objectives within the original timeframe and is, therefore, allowed to proceed. “ INCEPTION REPORT RESULT

25. Technical issues 1.Please note that neither the Inception Report nor the B1 Technical Deliverable describe the results of SIP (Stable Isotope Probing), microbiological, proteomic and genomic analyses, though they were foreseen in the project proposal. Therefore, it is unclear whether these activities have been carried out in the "initial characterisation". Please describe the results of the afore-mentioned analyses in the Action B4 deliverable (or "time zero" characterisation) expected with your next report. 2.In the Technical Deliverable for action B2 you have discussed the choice of the organic conditioners to be used in the test parcels. After having carried out physical and chemical characterisations, you ascertained that the "goat and sheep manure” compost is the most suitable amending agent for the Biorem procedure. However, you explained that the compost used by partner Amek is a blend of organic wastes and pruning residues, partner Pantanello used a mix of manures and hydrolised animal proteins, and only partner Orgánicos used a compost of which the physicalchemical features correspond to the "goat and sheep manure". It is not clear why the two Italian partners decided to purchase and use commercial composts different from the "goat and sheep manure" compost used by the Spanish partner, commercially available and described as the most suitable amending agent for the Biorem remediation strategy. Please elaborate on this issue at the time of the next monitoring visit and in your next report. INCEPTION REPORT RESULT

26. Technical issues 3.The Deliverable "Action B2: Demonstration of the addition of exogenous organic matter to 10 different types of soil " includes a photo gallery of all the project soil parcels in the ex- ante and ex-post conditions. However, the photos do not show the growth conditions of the planted shrubs and seedlings; maybe because they are at a too early stage. You are kindly invited to present, with the next report, an updated photo gallery of the test sites where the growth of the plants is visible. 4.Please be reminded that notice boards have also to be erected at the locations where the project is implemented (Common Provisions, art. 13.5), i.e. the test sites. 5.Please update your website with the recent results and dissemination tools of the project, e.g. the results of the initial characterisation, and the power point presentations in English and Spanish that you mentioned in the Inception Report. 6.Action E - Quality Assurance Procedures: the document provided lacks points: 1. quality standards, methodologies and procedures of Biorem and 2. procedures for the management of quality records. Please integrate them into the report and submit a complete version with your next report. INCEPTION REPORT RESULT

27. Administrative and financial issues 1.Your table on the financial progress per action shows that some technical actions have been concluded with savings of about 50,000 €. Please explain the reasons for these savings in your next report and confirm that all relevant activities have been properly and fully implemented. 2.I understand that beneficiaries ISE and CSIC do not need to purchase any new apparatus for the project analyses. Please confirm, in your next report, that the SIP, microbiological, proteomic and genomic analyses do not require additional equipment. INCEPTION REPORT RESULT

28. NO BIOREM AMENDMENT IS NEEDED AMENDMENT

29. Mid-Term Report ISECNR will prepare the Mid-Term report made up by:   Mid-term report with the summary of technical, administrative and dissemination project issues (with Answers of IR issues)   Dissemination Annex   Deliverables (No for BIOREM)   Financial forms with all the originals signatures from each partner (NEW FORMS)   Possible Technical Reports The EC ok of the Mid-Term Report, with the demonstration to have spent more than the 150% (€ 371,502) of the pre-financing received (€ 247,668), will produce the project interim payment from the EC

30. Mid-Term Report   Documents needed from each partner   Check of financial documents for final original versions with signatures

31. Mid-Term Report Deadline   Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the technical contribution no later than 15 th of February 2014   Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the dissemination contribution no later than 15 th of February 2014   Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the scanned copies of the draft of the administrative documents no later than 28 th of February 2014   Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the original administrative documents with signatures no later than 15 th of March 2014   ISECNR has to send all the Mid-Term Report documents to the EC and Monitoring team no later than 31 st of March 2014

32. Old proposal Budget Partner cost analysis BIOREM old PARTNERCLAIM PersonnelTravel External assistanceEquipmentConsumables Other costsOverheadsTOTAL EC CONTRIBUTION ISECNR 212,050 12,500 77,220 40,000 41,000 1,920 16,203 400,893 190,246 ALSIA 87,670 12,500 22,220 40,000 38,000 - 16,203 216,593 98,397 CEBAS 125,420 12,500 56,270 9,000 46,000 1,920 16,202 267,312 131,205 ORGANICOS 85,670 12,500 17,720 40,000 38,000 - 16,202 210,092 95,146 AMEK 109,080 12,500 9,420 34,500 43,500 - 16,202 225,202 104,176 TOTAL 619,890 62,500 182,850 163,500 206,500 3,840 81,012 1,320,092 619,170

33. New modified Budget Partner cost analysis BIOREM new modified PARTNERCLAIM PersonnelTravel External assistanceEquipmentConsumables Other costsOverheadsTOTAL EC CONTRIBUTION ISECNR 242,050 12,500 77,220 13,700 37,300 1,920 16,203 400,893 190,246 ALSIA 117,670 12,500 22,220 10,000 38,000 - 16,203 216,593 98,397 CEBAS 125,420 12,500 56,270 9,000 46,000 1,920 16,202 267,312 131,205 ORGANICOS 105,670 12,500 17,720 20,000 38,000 - 16,202 210,092 95,146 AMEK 39,780 12,500 19,420 4,500 33,500 - 12,202 121,902 60,951 TOTAL 630,590 62,500 192,850 57,200 192,800 3,840 77,012 1,216,792 575,945

34. Budget monitoring with old budget Partner cost analysis BIOREM old budget CLAIM November 2013 Travel Project External assistanc e November 2013 External assistance Project Equipme nt November 2013 Equipmen t Project Consum ables Novembe r 2013 Consuma bles Project Other cost Novem ber 2013 Other cost Project Overhea ds November 2013 Overheads Project TOTAL November 2013 TOTAL 4,019.52 77,220 23,471.58 20,000 2,662.00 41,000 20,911.37 1,920 686.05 16,203 9,035.00 380,893 138,107.56 22,220 20,000 38,000 1,674.00 98.58 16,203 2,195.00 196,593 33,555.83 1,905.05 56,270 10,058.25 4,500 600.00 46,000 20,772.26 1,920 16,202 5,336.39 262,812 81,570.54 3,399.50 17,720 20,000 1,560.09 38,000 8,218.54 16,202 3,915.84 190,092 59,856.40 1,654.52 9,420 345.00 17,250 166.99 43,500 997.26 16,202 908.00 207,952 13,890.92 10,978.59 182,850 33,874.83 81,750 4,989.08 206,500 52,573.43 3,840 785 81,012 21,390.23 1,238,342 326,981.25

35. Budget monitoring with new modified budget Partner cost analysis BIOREM new modified budget CLAIM November 2013 Travel Project External assistanc e November 2013 External assistance Project Equipme nt November 2013 Equipmen t Project Consum ables Novembe r 2013 Consuma bles Project Other cost Novem ber 2013 Other cost Project Overhea ds November 2013 Overheads Project TOTAL November 2013 TOTAL 4,019.52 77,220 23,471.58 6,850 2,662.00 37,300 20,911.37 1,920 686.05 16,203 9,035.00 394,043 138,107.56 22,220 5,000 38,000 1,674.00 98.58 16,203 2,195.00 211,593 33,555.83 1,905.05 56,270 10,058.25 4,500 600.00 46,000 20,772.26 1,920 16,202 5,336.39 262,812 81,570.54 3,399.50 17,720 1,000 1,560.09 38,000 8,218.54 16,202 3,915.84 191,092 59,856.40 1,654.52 19,420 345.00 1,500 166.99 33,500 997.26 12,202 908.00 118,902 13,890.92 10,978.59 192,850 33,874.83 18,850 4,989.08 192,800 52,573.43 3,840 784.63 77,012 21,390.23 1,178,442 326,981.25

36. Project meetings  1st Kick off meeting in ISECNR in Italy in January 2013  2nd Coordination meeting in ALSIA in Italy in July 2013  3rd Coordination meeting in CEBAS/ORGANICOS in Spain in January 2014 Next Project meeting  4th Coordination meeting in AMEK in Italy in June-July 2014 Project meetings