1. THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE National Contact Point
for ICT under FP7
Ministry Of Communications & Information Technology
THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE

2. FP7 Participation: Project Life Cycle
2. Consortium
Formation
Feasibility
4. Contract
Negotiation
5. Roll-Out & Implementation
3. Proposal Writing
FP7 Participation

3. Feasibility: From Ideas to Proposals…
CHECK
(B) Work Programme
(A) Call Text
(C) State-of-the-Art
(D) Possible Partners
(E) Possible Instrument(s)
(F) Possible End-Users
LAND OF IDEAS
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

4. Feasibility: End Phase Checklist
By the end of this stage you must have a clear appreciation of
Your capabilities and resources
Capabilities and resources needed from partners
Possible partners – you must have already made initial contacts
Size – rough budget, number of partners, likely duration
Risks
Roles – esp. who among you could be the co-ordinator?

5. Consortium Formation: Key Points
A consortium MUST have harmony
Partners should bring specific competence not necessarily a “research” role. (testing, user role, HW component, etc…)

6. Proposal Writing Objectives Deliverables Work packages
Schedule of writing
Roles and responsibilities
Resource allocation
Formal relationship (IPR, contract, notices etc.)

7. Contract Negotiation Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
Financial viability check
Data & CPF
Task 1
You’re required
to provide
Tech &
resource
input
Technical Annex production
Task 2
Consortium Agreement
Business view
Task 3
Tasks 1 and 2 with Commission - Task 3 between partners

8. Roll Out and Implementation
The Contract
Technical Annex (TA)
The Consortium Agreement (Contract)
Reporting guidelines / templates

9. Proposal Process From Submission to Start of Project Call open
Ideal: 6 months
Evaluation
Contract neg.
Start of project
Long: 15 months
Time in months 3 6 9 12 15 18

10. Current projects in ICT under FP7 in Egypt

11. MEDAR
Partner: The Engineering company for computer systems development (RDI)
Aim: advancing the state of language technology for Arabic and other regional languages

12. 3D COFORM Partner : CULTNAT
Aim: advance the state-of-the-art in 3D-digitsation and make 3D-documentation an everyday practical choice for digital documentation campaigns in the cultural heritage sector

13. JOIN-MED Partner: MCIT
Aim: address sustainable networks of ICT research organizations between the MPC and Europe to help creating partnerships for future FP7 ICT Calls

14. IDEAL-IST Partner: MCIT
Aim: reduces the barriers faced by organizations wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) programme by offering transnational partner search

15. IST-Africa Partner: MCIT
Aim: strengthening the research dimension of Information Society policy dialogues between the European Commission and African countries and key regional organizations

16. Questions ?
Thank You
Inas Fateem