Presented by: Raffaele De Amicis

Fondazione Graphitech

Congratulations, we have a new project!

Brief reminder: SLOPE key figures

Reference: FP7-NMP2-SE-2013 604129 SLOPE

Start: 1st January 2014

3,702,702.00 EURmaximum

Community contribution

Duration: 36months, 3 project

periods

The good news is that

• Eventually the whole consortium Signed the GA !!

Signature of the GA (II)

• The signed GPFs allow Commission services to prepare the GA: – 1st step: the EC sends the GA for signature;

– 2nd step: the COO signs the GA and sends it back;

– 3rd step (in parallel with the 2nd step): the EC finalisesits internal approval procedure;

– 4th step (once steps 1 – 3 completed): the EC signs the GA (entry into force) and send it back to the COO.

• The signature procedure takes usually severalweeks as from the closure of the negotiation.

Annex IV, V, VI, VII

• Annex IV - Form A – Consent of beneficiaries identified in article 1.2 to accede to the

GA. To be signed within 45 days by BOTH beneficiary and coordinator (legal representatives)

• AnnexV – FormB– Accession of a new legal entity to the GA. To be signed by BOTH

new beneficiary and coordinator (legal representative)

• Annex VI - Form C– Financial statement to be filled periodically by EACH beneficiary

• Annex VII – Form D: terms of reference for the certificate on financial

statements– Form E: terms of references for certificate on the methodology

The bad one is that

We have still to finalize the CA!!!

SLOPE

What does the Commission expect from us?

Expected results

Take ownership

it is your project for the

next 3 years..at least

1. Administrative issues & reporting

2. Good communication practices

3. Technological development

4. An appropriate scientific dissemination

The Four Pillars

Communications among partners

Reporting• Progress report

(bi-monthly)

Telcos• Monthly telcos

• Agenda + minutes

Meetings

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Sharing

• Documents

• Templates

• PR material

Keep these documents at hand:

•Answers 99% of your questions

•Signed by all partners

•States the maximum financial contribution and the project duration

The Grant Agreement [GA]

•Describes what you are expected to do and how

•Work plan, expected results, budget distribution

•List of Deliverables with requested month of delivery.

•Amendments in writing only, subject to approval by the Commission

The Description of Work [DoW]

•Declares staff categories and hours on project

•Will be used to check the Cost Statements you submit

The Description and costs of personnel [PC]

Reviewers will check your work against the DoW!

If in doubt, please ask the Coordinator.

Overall view of the project activities

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In the second demonstration phase (year 3) the system will be tested in operative scenario in

Austria, Italy and Norway.

Within the frame of the project the work will focus on a single species, Norway Spruce (Picea abies

L.). Norway Spruce is the most important species in terms of economic importance at European level, and for the same reason most of the data already available (e.g. laboratory NIR

spectroscopic investigation) is related to it. Thus the testing sites will be selected in two Alpine

countries, namely Austria, Italy and Norway as non-Alpine mountain country in order to enhance dissemination impact and test the reliability of the developed system in different environments

(work organization, infrastructures, topography, etc.) linked by the same dominant tree species.

Tests will be conducted in two harvesting seasons: snow-free months of project’s years 2 and 3. During year 2 the prototypes and the system will be tested just in Italy and Austria, while the

harvesting season of year 3 will be used to test the SLOPE system in the three countries. Further

developments of the project can be easily foreseen, both commercial or research driven, and will

enable the SLOPE technology to work on different species and different mountain areas.

Figure 6: SLOPE conceptual framework

1.2 Progress beyond the state-of-the-art

Great advances have been made during the last two decades in the development and adoption of highly mechanized and specialized machinery for forest operations that ensure environmentally

sound, economically profitable and socially acceptable forest use. Although the latest generation

machinery supports more sustainable forest development, there still is a significant gap to bridge between the most advanced harvesting systems used in flatland forests of European Nordic

Countries and the more traditional systems mostly used in mountain areas.

From the equipment point of view, the complete mechanisation (from felling to hauling) carried

out in easy-to-moderate terrain, has not been introduced in steep terrain yet. The typical industrial harvesting system used in flatland, which is based on cut-to-length (CTL) wheeled

Timeline

SLOPE Project Management Stucture

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2 Implementation

2.1 Management structure and procedures

The governance arrangements including project management and coordination are important for a

successful outcome of this project. For that, it is essential to have excellent R&D and project

management teams. Successful and effective project implementation will be built on the following strengths:

· SLOPE’s consortium is composed by a highly experienced group of partners having all the necessary technical and management expertise required to perform their

tasks effectively and to produce high-quality integrated outputs that will meet the project’s objectives (see Section 2.2 and 2.3 below).

· Tasks, roles and responsibilities are clearly defined, with all stakeholders identified and fully involved (see Section 1.3 above).

· A detailed resource plan and financial budget has been defined to ensure that each

partner can perform its responsibilities in accordance with the agreed work plan and schedule (see Section 2.4 below).

· A project management structure suitable for controlling a large complex project has

been defined and agreed, which includes taking a highly proactive approach to risk

management to ensure project success (see below).

Figure 9: Project Management Structure

Work Package Leaders (WPLs)

WP1: MHG

WP2: COAST

WP3: GRE

WP4: CNR

WP5: MHG

WP6: GRAPHITECH

WP7: BOKU

WP8: ITENE

WP9 GRAPHITECH

Work Package Leaders (WPLs)

Supervise the activities within

their WP

Report advancesand unforeseenevents to the PO

Work Package Leaders (WPLs)

Management and monitoring of tasks and overall progress of the Work Package

Ensuring adequate quality of

deliverables

Technical soundness of developments

Identify possible risk and report them to

the QRM

Edit 2 month and 6 month per WP

reports

Task Leaders (TL)

Track technical and practical issues regarding the

development of their tasks

Monitoring quality of deliverables and update the corresponding WPL

Identify possible risk and report them to the

corresponding Work Package Leader as set

forth in the CA

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Dr. Raffaele De Amicisraffaele.de.amicis@graphitech.it

Fondazione GraphitechVia Alla Cascata 56C38123 Trento (ITALY)

Tel: +39 0461.283395Fax: +39 0461.283398