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Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Joint Programme Overview, Context, Call 2 AAL Info Day, 9 March, 2009, Stockholm

Monica Winge NCP AAL, Sweden, VINNOVA Silas Olsson AAL Association, Central Management Unit AAL Central Office, Brussels

http://www.aal-europe.eu/

Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme • New funding programme for Europe – Based on EU article 169 – 2008 – 2013, total volume ~ 600 M€ of which 50 % public funding, 50 % private funding – Member state driven programme – EC participation based on article 169 of the EC treaty • Status and outlook – Launch of first call for proposals in April 2008 – Launch of first projects – early 2009 – Launch event of the second call for proposals, 13 February 2009 – First annual AAL conference – Vienna autumn 2009 2

Overall objectives … “The overall objective of the AAL joint programme is to enhance the quality of life of older people and strengthen the industrial base in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).”

• Quality of life of elderly people • Strengthening the industrial base in Europe • Use of ICT 3

Objectives of AAL JP • Develop products and services for aging well at home, in the community and at work • Create critical mass of R&D and Innovation at European level • Create markets through common and compatible European solutions • Include SME´S at all levels of activities

Organisation of the AAL Association Legal Entity of AAL JP AAL Association General Assembly Final decision body of the association

European Commission Executive Board 6 Members Represents the Association Manages legal relations; work programme; budget ,calls

Advisory Group

Working Groups working programme Call preparation workshops etc

Management Unit Central Management Unit Staff – 4-5 persons National Coordinators - one per country

Needs and Opportunities Thematic Areas Ambient Assisted Living

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The first Call

(closed 21 Aug. 2008)

Prevention and management of chronic conditions • Solutions for elderly persons with identified risk factors and/or chronic conditions • Aiming at solutions centred on the elderly person (not the professional or an organization), including citizen empowerment and peer support • Focused but not restricted to home environment, also solutions within the community and when travelling can be proposed • Focusing on solutions that keep the individual out of the long-term care and hospitals. • Objective is to enhance the individual’s autonomy, independence and quality of life • Collaborative projects 7

Second Call for Proposals ICT based solutions for Advancement of Social Interaction of Elderly People • Living actively and enjoying life – To ensure that people are allowed and enabled to choose lifestyle and activities as well as their level of social interaction • Bridging distances – Physical, psychological or cultural distances may hinder people from maintaining and supporting existing roles and the ability to define new roles • Preventing loneliness and isolation – Elderly persons have a higher risk of suffering from loneliness than other age groups 8

AAL thematic areas

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Characteristics of AAL collaborative projects • Time-to-market perspective of 2 to 3 years after the project end • Project total budget: 1 - 7 M€ • Max. funding from the AAL Joint Programme: 3 M€. • Significant involvement of industry and other business partners, particularly SMEs (i.e.: the budget/effort associated with these partners should be in balance with those of other partners) • Realistic trial set-up at the end of the project • Proactive end-user involvement throughout the life of the project • Defined market segment(s), use cases and target group(s) and address the wishes and10needs of these specific group(s).

… common European funding activity, national participation rules • Central submission of proposals (one proposal per consortium) • General and national eligibility criteria • Central evaluation and selection of proposals • National funding agreements and administration of the funded projects

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General Eligibility Criteria (1) • Submission of a complete proposal through the AAL electronic submission system, before the deadline, as specified in the Call for Proposals • English as the language of the proposal • Size of the consortium: 3-10 partners • Duration of the project: 12-36 months • Adherence to the specifications for structure and technical details (e.g. page count) of the proposal submission 12

General Eligibility Criteria (2) Consortium Composition • Consortium composition of at least 3 independent eligible organizations (legal entities), from at least 3 different AAL Partner States participating in the Call for Proposals • Consortium must include at least one eligible business partner • Consortium must include at least one eligible SME partner which can be the business partner • Consortium must include at least one eligible end-user organization

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Definition of end-users in AAL Joint Programme •

- Primary end-user is the person who actually is using an AAL product or service, a single individual, “the well-being person”. This group directly benefits from AAL by increased quality of life.

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- Secondary end-users are persons or organisations directly being in contact with a primary end-user, such as formal and informal care persons, family members, friends, neighbours, care organisations and their representatives. This group benefits from AAL directly when using AAL products and services (at a primary end-user’s home or remote) and indirectly when the care needs of primary end-users are reduced.

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- Tertiary end-users are such institutions and private or public organisations that are not directly in contact with AAL products and services, but who somehow contribute in organizing, paying or enabling them. This group includes the public sector service organizers, social security systems, insurance companies. Common to these is that their benefit from AAL comes from increased efficiency and effectiveness which result in saving expenses or by not having to increase expenses in the mid and long term. 14

What organisations are eligible? Eligible for funding are only organisations that are explicitely included in the national eligibility criteria (available from the website: Information on national funding specifics). Non eligible Organisations (not eligible for funding according to national rules or not residing in any AAL partner state) may be included in a project -

without funding from the AAL JP, but they cannot be crucial for the project‘s implementation and they will not be taken into consideration when assessing the project proposal against the eligibility criteria and project characteristics as stated above.

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Evaluation / selection process Evaluation performed by independent European experts – criteria: relevance, scientific and technical quality, quality of the consortium and efficiency of implementation, potential impact (published in the call text). Selection of projects Guided by the outcome of the evaluation process, the final selection of projects for funding will be made using the following principles: – Maximizing the total quality of the project portfolio of the Call – Optimizing the usage of the available funding of the Call - Ensuring thematic spread / avoiding directly overlapping projects 16 - Ensuring participation of project partners from as many AAL

Funding decisions for the selected AAL projects Partners in successful project proposals receive the grant agreement from their national Programme Management Agencies – Eligibility of an individual partner for funding depends on the national eligibility rules – are published on the AAL Website – Funding levels, conditions, reporting, eligible costs, audit etc. according to the national rules – Required complementary information to be submitted to the national agency (e.g. financial information) – Financial viability check by the national agency – Streamlined process ensuring a common start date

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Basic information on Call 2 • • •

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Date of publication: 11 February 2009 Closure date: 5 May 2009, at 17:00, Central European Time (CET) Indicative total funding: 60.9 M€ – This amount includes a contribution of up to 23 M€ by the European Commission. Consortia submit one common project proposal, with one partner acting as coordinator. Project proposals will be evaluated centrally by independent European experts. Selection of proposals will be based on the evaluation and other criteria (see further information in the relevant chapter) Approval of proposal list selected for funding by the AAL General Assembly in mid 2009 Funding of individual project partners will be done according to the respective national rules, reference to the national rules can be found at www.aal-europe.eu/AAL-2009-2. Funding decisions by national funding institutions: Expected around November 2009 18

It is highly recommended to consult with the AAL National Contact Persons (NCP) prior to submission of a proposal http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-ncp.

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The AAL FORUM Vienna, 29.9. – 1.10.2009

An invitation to a proactive contribution to a Communication Platform of the AAL Joint Programme

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