1. Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Joint Programme Overview – and preliminary results and experiences of the first call Silas Olsson AAL Association, Central Management Unit AAL Central Office, Brussels http://www.aal-europe.eu / SSH InfoDay 3 November, 2008, Stockholm

2. 2 Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme New funding programme for Europe –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 –Formal adoption by Council and Parliament in June 2008 –Presentation of AAL WP 2009 at ICT2008 event in November in Lyon –Launch of first projects – end 2008, early 2009

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

4. Organisation of the AAL Association Legal Entity of AAL JP General Assembly Final decision body of the association Executive Board 6 Members Represents the Association Manages legal relations; work programme; budget,calls Management Unit Central Management Unit Staff – 4-5 persons National Coordinators - one per country Advisory Group Working Groups working programme Call preparation workshops etc EuropeanCommission AAL Association

5. 5 Policy Context A Single European Information Space Innovation and Investment in research Inclusion, better public services & quality of life Action Plan on “Ageing Well in the Information Society” June 2007 Support to Ambient Assisted Living Joint R&D Programme, June 2007 European e-Inclusion Initiative “To be part of the information society”, Nov 2007 EU Parliament and Council, AAL Co-decision, June 2008

6. 6 AAL Joint Programme – National Interest expressed so far  Interested Committed With more than 30 M€/Year Israel 

7. 7 Demographic Trends Source: UN World Population Prospects (2002 Revision) and Eurostat 2004 Demographic Projections (Baseline scenario) Distribution of the population (EU25) per age group (1950 – 2050)

8. 8 AAL and FP7 MARKET E-INCLUSION APPLIED RESEARCH DEMONSTRATION EVALUATION OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE (…) E-HEALTH SMART SYSTEMS CONCEPTS TIME TO MARKET: 2-3 YEARS ADDED VALUE OF AAL JP MULTIDISCIPLINARITY- INTEGRATION SHORTER TIME TO MARKET FOCUSED ON HOME APPLICATIONS NATIONAL SPECIFICITIES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT (within an European framework) SMEs PARTICIPATION FOCUS ON TESTING END USERS INVOLVED

9. 9 ICT for Ageing Well A Comprehensive EU Approach Time to Market Technology Risk FP7 AAL JP ICT CIP Ageing Well Action Plan Challenge 7 & 5 longer-term R&D integration of new ICT & new ideas open platforms and interoperability ~400 M€ in total market oriented R&D cost-efficiency adaptation to specific demands, … ~600 M€ in total large scale trials (using existing technology) service and organizational innovation business case development,... 50 M€ in total until now 5-10 years2-3 yearsdeployment

10. 10 1st AAL call for proposals Implementation of AAL Call: AAL-2008-1 Date of publication: 25 April 2008 Closure date: 21 August 2008, at 17:00:00, (Brussels local time) Proposal selection: October-November 2008 Indicative total funding: 57.7 M€ Collaborative projects only, limit for funding/project of 3 M€ Participants from at least three partner countries Centralised evaluation http://www.aal-europe.eu/aal-2008-1

11. 11 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

12. 12 Evaluation criteria 1.Relevance (3/4) –Addressing objectives and scope of the call 2.Scientific and technical quality (3/4) –novelty of expected results beyond state of the art –technology flexibility allowing for easily adapting common solutions to meet differing social and organisational needs across Europe 3.Consortium quality (3/4) (weight 2) –Quality of partners; complementarity; project management –Work plan organisation; appropriateness of budget; resources to achieve the goals –user accpetance studies; realistic prototype 4.Impact (3/4) (weight 2) –accessability, usability, social relevance –legal and ethical compliance –economic relevance; time-to-market –contribution to open interfaces and interoperability, reference to standards, norms and regulation within EU –dissemination plan and targets

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14. 14 1st AAL Call: prel. outcome Number of proposals117 Total budget in proposals370 M€ Total prel. budget available57,7 M€ (25 fr. EC, 32,7 fr. PC) Average budget in proposals3,2 M€ Average budget request/proposal1,9 M€ Total number of partners964 Average number of partners/prop.8,2 Average number of countries/prop.4,2

15. 15 Application fields, prel. Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer/Parkinson/cognitive disorders), memory recall, cognitive stimulation,... Diabetes: for people having diabetes Cardio: for cardiovascular disorders Sensory: for sensorial disorders (deafness, blindness, vision issues...) Mobility: for improving mobility, stimulating physical activities Osteo: for osteoarticular disorders (arthritis….) Generic: general approach integrating different services medical, nutritional, exercise, social,... Others : not within the other categories

16. 16 Clarifications and negotiations for the selected AAL proposals Now ongoing process Partners in successful project proposals will have the grant agreement with their national Programme Management Agency

17. Thank you for your attention http://www.aal-europe.eu / Silas Olsson silas.olsson@vinnova.se silas.olsson@vinnova.se AAL, Central Office, Brussels Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme http://www.aal-europe.eu/http://www.aal-europe.eu/ EU ICT and Ageing Well Initiatives http://ec.europa.eu/einclusionhttp://ec.europa.eu/einclusion Best Practice Portal http://www.epractice.euhttp://www.epractice.eu