Summary January 15

1. REDICT has formally started. The starting date is 1 January. Expenses made from that day onwards are eligible for reimbursement from REDICT project money. Members of the consortium are requested to keep track of the time spent on REDICT activities. A standard form for this will be distributed by Gerard den Boer. Although the involvement of Gerard den Boer in the project will be significantly reduced, he will remain a consultant for financial/administrative matters.

2. The programme officer Stefan Weiers gave us the latest news on rules and regulations of FP7. His presentation will be distributed among members of the consortium. We will be informed about the other ROK projects in the coming weeks. Possibly, if that turns out to be useful, a joined meeting of the ROK projects will be organized in Brussles in about a year.

3. Participants agreed that there would not be a formal consortium agreement, however that there is a list of agreed consortium procedures. The content of the document presented by Gerard den Boer was agreed on. It specifically gives a timetable for mutually agreed actions. These include the opening of a website, the provision by consortium partners of information on the progress of their activities and the spending developments, the meeting schedule, the reporting schedule and the milestones for deliverables. It also confirms the role of Amsterdam as lead partner in the consortium and tthe financial procedures mainly required by the EC.

4. As soon as Brussels has transferred the subsidy for the project to Amsterdam, Amsterdam will transfer 50% of the agreed contribution to each partner. The second installment will in principle be paid after one year. However, this will be flexibly dealt with. In particular when the contribution of partners is mainly concentrated in the beginning of the project period.

5. A generic list of expectations for the results of the project was presented and considered to be a good summary of what the differnet partners expect. For Amsterdam these generic expectations were translated in a non-exhaustive list of specific questions for which an answer is sought. It was agreed that all clusters will send a comparable list of expectations to Ger Baron as contact person in Amsterdam before the end of the month. This will help in further guiding the activities of the consortium.

6. A presentation was given by each of the responsible clusters on their views of what actions are required for each of the work packages. It was concluded that WP1, 2 and 3 are tightly knit and require intensive mutual interaction. It was agreed therefore that a one meeting of Copenhagen, Berlin and Dublin would be held in February to synchronize the work. (Berlin of which the cluster leader was absent will communicate an updated view of their working procedures and goals in the next few weeks.) Similarly there is a strong relation between WP4 (Paris) and 5 (Amsterdam). The dissemination and communication part, originally in WP5, will be dealt with by Paris. The main work load for these work packages comes later as input is required from WP1-3. A list of possible targets was given in the presentation of WP5. With possibly some additions it was considered to be useful as a continuous reminder and filter for the activities of the consortium.

7. One of the targets is to use the consortium network for launching one or more other EU proposals. Stefan Meiers reminded participants in that respect of various relevant funding possibilities, both in the context of FP7 as in that of the so called Structural Funds. He will give us in the next weeks more details.

8. The next meeting of REDICT will be held in Copenhagen, 21 and 22 of April. The meeting in June will be in Dublin. Dublin will send in the next few weeks a suggestion for the specific date.