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Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Joint Programme Overview – and preliminary results and experiences of the first call

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. SSH InfoDay 3 November, 2008, Stockholm. http://www.aal-europe.eu /.

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Ambient Assisted Living, AAL Joint Programme Overview – and preliminary results and experiences of the first call

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  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 SSH InfoDay 3 November, 2008, Stockholm http://www.aal-europe.eu/

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

  5. Innovation and Investment in research Inclusion, better public services & quality of life Policy Context • 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 A Single European Information Space

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

  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. AAL and FP7 ADDED VALUE OF AAL JP CONCEPTS SMART SYSTEMS E-HEALTH E-INCLUSION (…) APPLIED RESEARCH 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 DEMONSTRATION EVALUATION OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE TIME TO MARKET: 2-3 YEARS MARKET

  9. FP7 AAL JP ICT CIP ICT for Ageing WellA Comprehensive EU Approach Ageing Well Action Plan Technology Risk • large scale trials (using existing technology) • service and organizational innovation • business case development, ... • 50 M€ in total until now • 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 Time to Market 5-10 years 2-3 years deployment

  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. 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. Evaluation criteria • Relevance(3/4) • Addressing objectives and scope of the call • 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 • 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 • 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

  13. 1st AAL Call: prel. outcome • Number of proposals 117 • Total budget in proposals 370 M€ • Total prel. budget available 57,7 M€ (25 fr. EC, 32,7 fr. PC) • Average budget in proposals 3,2 M€ • Average budget request/proposal 1,9 M€ • Total number of partners 964 • Average number of partners/prop. 8,2 • Average number of countries/prop. 4,2

  14. Application fields, prel. • Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer/Parkinson/cognitivedisorders), 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

  15. 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

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

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