1. Status of the project and end report issues Final meeting 23 October 2009 Beijing

2. Status First annual report has been accepted (as far as I know). Activities are finished, final report has to be made. Extension of the project till 30 November 2009: Final report due half January, but preferable much earlier.

3.  1 September 2007Start AMFIC  26 October 2007Kick-off meeting at De Bilt  1 March 2008Start validation activities  21-25 April 2008Dragon symposium, Progress meeting Beijing start of DRAGON II  13-14 May 2008Progress meeting Thessaloniki  8-25 August 2008Olympic Games : lot of media attention  16-17 October 2008Mid-term meeting in Beijing  24 June 2009Progress meeting Barcelona / DRAGON-2 symp.  23 October 2009User workshop & final meeting Beijing  26-27 October 2009RAQM symposium  End 2009Final reporting  April 2012End DRAGON II Timeline / milestones

4. Highlights: media attention Beijing 2008 September 2008Belgium magazine Fedra (Dutch, French). 13 August 2008 Wall Street Journal: Air Pollution in Beijing 9 August 2008 New York Times: Assessing the Air in Beijing 5 August 2008 TV item at VRT 1 (B): VITO voorspelt lucht in Peking 5 August 2008 TV item at RTL (F): La pollution de Pékin surveillée par des Belges! 4 August 2008 TV item at RTBF (F): Des scientifiques belges aux JO de Pékin. 5 August 2008 Press release VITO: Air quality forecast for Beijing during the Olympic Games. 29 July 2008 Press release BIRA-IASB: BIRA to Olympic Games in Beijing 22 July 2008 Press release KNMI (NL): Weer en luchtkwaliteit Olympische Spelen in China. 22 July 2008 ESA portal story: Air Quality Forecasts for China.

5. Public outreach Direct contact with users: –Air quality organisations in Shenyang –Ministry of Enviromental Protection –Beijing Capital Normal University –Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau Results available on web-site www.amfic.eu

6. Web-statistics Apr 2009 May 2009Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009Sep 2009 Totaal 374390726050563636434244 articles 224162147128152147 bulletin 107314201020612627651 forecast.php 444938161716 grounddata.php 191386105 index.php 836267273229 internal 313891115101414511221 links.php 712851232421 members.php 626149262027 overpass_data 11271533750356254252 nrtsatellite.php 6825038262832838851714 validationdata.php 74505124 19

7. Deliverables (I) D2.10 Optimised AATSR aerosol retrieval alg.month 12FMI D2.9 Final report describing CO&CH4 data setsmonth 13  D2.11 Validated fields of aerosol propertiesmonth 15FMI D3.1 Validation results for aerosolsmonth 15LAP D2.5 Evaluation of the validationmonth 18BIRA, KNMI D3.2 Validation results for SO2month 18LAP D3.3 Validation results for NO2month 18NSMC D3.4 Validation results for COmonth 18NSMC, IAP D4.3 Final report for task.2,3,4month 18  D2.12 Updated aerosol properties over China month 20FMI D2.6 Documentation describing the data productsmonth 24 D2.13 Operational aerosol retrieval algorithmmonth 24

8. Deliverables (II) D3.5 Model intercomparison resultsmonth 24 D3.6 Validation reportmonth 24 D4.4 High-resolution air quality maps for Shenyang month 24 D5.3 A forecast service for 2 days ahead month 24 D6.1 Web database for …month 24 D6.2 Assessment reportmonth 24 D6.4 User Workshopmonth 24 D1.3 Report on actions taken to raise public participation and awarenessmonth 24 D1.4 End reportmonth 24

9. AMFIC publications Please send me your publications for on the web-site ( for your own interest, the interest of AMFIC and to comply to the rules ) Include acknowledgement of EC support

10. Annual report of first year was not approved for several times ! Lesson learned: –Check the details: Stamps and rounding errors –Dissemination results are important –Many difficulties with Form C and the audits –Lot of work How to avoid problems this time: –At least the audits are planned this time –Thorough check of all C forms by KNMI accountants –Start early (especially with form C and audit) Final Report (I)

11. Final Report (II) What is requested by the EU ? Periodic activity report –Project objectives and major achievements –Progress on tasks per WPs –Deliverable reports –List of Milestones –Management issues and project timetable (by KNMI) –Final plan for dissemination of knowledge (by KNMI)

12. Final Report (III) Management report –Justification of the major costs –Cost budget follow-up table –Person-months status table –Form C (financial statements) –Audit forms –Summary financial report Other reports: –Report on the used budget so far signed by partner –Science and society reporting questionnaire (by KNMI) –Questionnaire on workforce statistics –Socio-economic reporting questionnaire

13. PART 2

14. User workshop Extension of project agreed by the EU in order to combine the workshop with the RAQM (Regional Air Quality Management) 2009 symposium (contacted via EPA-USA). Theme : Control of NOx Sources and Future Directions Location : Regent hotel AMFIC presentation on Tuesday afternoon at 14.00

15. Future GEOSS MACC Project team in DRAGON-2 till 2012 Web-site maintained during DRAGON-2 Scientific paper ? Follow-up project ?