1. C-P LUS P ROJECT W ORLD - CLASS C LUSTERS IN C ENTRAL E UROPE Giulia Righetti, CNA Emilia Romagna Steering Committee meeting 17 th of October 2011 Sarvar, Hungary

2. THE PROGRESS REPORTS START UP REPORT – OK INCEPTION REPORT (PREPARATION COSTS) – OK 1 st PROGRESS REPORT – Submitted and paid 2 nd PROGRESS REPORT – the final version has been approved by the JTS and the LP send the hard and file copy on 14 th of October 2011

3. PROGRESS REPORT 3 rd PROGRESS REPORT – to be developed in October/November THE TEMPLATE WILL BE UPLOADED IN THE WEB SITE

4. THE PROGRESS REPORTS Please provide precise inputs for the Indicators section Please provide inputs for the description of the performed activities in the WPs Fill in the budget section with precise data

5. B UDGET CHANGES B UDGET CHANGES Analysis of the expected expenditures by the PR3 Due to the partner change procedure, the JTS indicated that for C-PLUS the rule should consider exceptions High level of expenditures must be however granted by all the partners WE MUST ENSURE AN HIGH LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE

6. U NDERSPENDING THRESHOLDS Except for those cases presented as exceptions, the maximum ERDF underspending acceptable after three reporting periods is of 15%. For this reason, during the first three reporting periods no amendment of the budget breakdown as per table 5 of the approved application form will be granted. All projects presenting an underspending rate higher than the proposed threshold may have their ERDF reduced for the exceeding percentage. 6

7. OPEN DISCUSSION Specific proposal of budget changes in accordance to the next activities (for example for the EASW workshop) Plan of the expenditure sin the next periods Other comments … 7