1. ESSnet on Linked Open Statistics
Antoaneta Ilkova
Hackathon I, Dublin
26 February 2018
2 "P. Volov" St., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria,
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Background
ESSnet signed
Grant agreement No
Framework Partnership Agreement: 4 partners
National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, Coordinator
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), France, Co-partner
Istituto Nazionale Di Statistica (ISTAT), Italy, Co-partner
Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Ireland, Co-partner
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BUDGET
Total
EUR
Contribution from the Commission - 95%
EUR
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4. 2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria,
3 Work packages
WP0 – ESSnet coordination, BNSI
WP1 - LOD Pilots, User Assessment and Recommendations on Horizontal Topics, CSO
WP2 - ESS Networking, Cooperation and Capacity Building, INSEE
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5. Work Package 0 ESSnet coordination
Aims of WP 0:
- Ensuring of the financial and technical coordination
Redistributing credits to all partners
Reporting to Eurostat on progress made.
2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria,
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6. WP 0 Task 0.1 Financial coordination
Redistribution of the credits to the different partners
Financial report - M18
2 payments
pre-financing payment - 20%
Balance payment - reimbursement of actual costs
Staff costs
Indirect costs
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7. WP 0 Task 0.1 Financial coordination
Our duties:
1. to check all documentation concerning implementation of the activities under the ESSnet project
2. to verify work done by contractors and approve payments
3. to approve expenditure for payment
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8. WP 0 Task 0.1 Financial coordination
Eligible costs - article II.19:
II.19.1(a)-(f) - conditions for eligibility of costs
II.19.2 (a); (b); (f); (h)
Ineligible costs - article II.19.4
Identifying and verifying of actual costs - article II.20
Reimbursement of actual costs -
article II.20.1
2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel

9. WP 0 Task 0.1 Financial coordination
Budget transfers - article II.22
Requests for payment of the balance and
supporting documents - article II.23.2
Payment of the balance - article II.24.4
Checks, audits and evaluation - article II.27.1
Duty to keep documents - article II.27.2
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10. WP 0 Task 0.1 Financial coordination
Article I.9 Where an audit certificate on the financial statements and underlying accounts for final payments is required, and implementation contracts (and subcontracting) of the action exceed EUR , the certificate shall certify specifically that such contracts have been awarded in accordance with the provisions of Article II.9 and II.10
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11. 2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. +359 2 9857 515
WP 0 Task 0.2 Reporting
Two progress reports:
Intermediary progress report - M9
Final progress report - M18
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12. WP 0 Task 0.3 Project management
Project plan of different phases and timeline
coordination activities between consortium members, and between the consortium and Eurostat
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13. 2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. +359 2 9857 515
ESSnet Meetings
Kick-off
Monthly - between ESSnet partners (Weekly?)
Coordination meetings (incl. Eurostat) - M6; M9
Hackathons and coordination meetings - M3; M9; M15
ESSnet workshop and final meeting - M18
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14. WP 0 ESSnet Monitoring and supervision
Regular contacts - reporting on progress made
Reports
Technical - M9 and M18
Financial - M18
Minutes
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15. 2 "P. Volov" Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria,
Thank you for your attention!
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