Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures


Evaluation of Objective ICT-2011.1.2 Call 8
Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering

Latest news


(4 April): Evaluation Summary Reports were sent out today. The implementation plan was written. Some coordinators will receive an invitation to negotiate around April 20.

(29 March): Evaluations and hearings are finished, the evaluation report for the whole Objective was written: 216 proposals were submitted, 81 were above all thresholds. Evaluation Summary Reports will be sent to proposers next week. Now, the implementation plan is being written.

(10 March): Half way through the evaluation: CSAs done, IP hearing invitations sent, STREPs half way. Coming up: more STREPs and panel meeting, and IP hearings.

(8 Feb): Experts were informed about the delivery of hard copies.

(6 Feb): Rivet access was given to all experts. Please contact the helpdesk in case of problems.

(3 Feb): Hard copies of proposals were sent via express courier todday. Experts allocated to the IP panel and who requested hard copies have been contacted separately for further info. In case you do not receive your hard copies within the next few days, please contact us. Rivet is expected to open on Feb 7.

(18 Jan): The call closed yesterday. All evaluators have received an email to confirm their address data and telephone number for sending hard copies of proposals. The start time of every consensus meeting week is 09.30 on the Monday. We will inform evaluators soon about the finish time. In case evaluators want to book their flight tickets already, please use flexible tickets. For more details, please refer to the appointment letter page.

(5 Jan 2012): Briefing material is now online (see under heading "Briefing Presentations - Key documents for evaluators").

(28 Oct 2011): We have started to send out invitations to selected experts. Since the total number of proposals is (obviously) unknown at this stage, we will gradually send out invitations to more and more experts, as more information about the total number of expected submitted proposals becomes available. We expect that roughly 75% of the total needed appointment letters (contracts) will be sent out during the course of november. Some experts have been contacted to inform them that they will not be invited.
Invitations are then followed by appointment letters (contracts). To prepare the appointment letters, we need to have a Legal Entity Form and a copy of your passport or identity card. Please send those to INFSO-ST@ec.europa.eu, preferably by email (scanned documents) or by fax (number +32 2 296 70 18). Your identity is needed so that we can register you in our legal entity database (as a private person). We confirm that the transmission of this information is protected by the confidentiality rules applicable to personal data. If you have had an appointment letter with the Commission in the past and have already filled in this document, and if your address did not change, then please disregard this request.

(21 Sept 2011): We have started an availability check for finding evaluators.

Information for evaluators

This page provides relevant information and background documents for experts who might be appointed as evaluators for Call 8, Objective 1.2 'Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering'.

Please note that the evaluation is implemented as a combination of remote reading (using the tool RIVET) and consensus meetings/evaluation panels in Brussels. The meetings in Brussels will take place in the Commission buildings in COVENT GARDEN (Place Rogier 16, Brussels) - see directions below.

For more information about your appointment letter, please click here.

If you have any questions about your participation in this evaluation, please do not hesitate to contact Arian Zwegers.

Timetable

Proposal submission deadline: 17 January 2012 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

From September to December 2011: contacting experts, sending appointment letters, etc.

7 February 2012: experts receive access to the RIVET remote evaluation tool and commence reading.

23 February 2012: experts must finalise remote evaluation

Evaluation (consensus meetings): Monday 27th of February - Friday 16th of March 2012 (Start time every Monday is 9.30 am)

Hearings: 19 - 23 March 2012

The exact dates when you need to be in Brussels are communicated to you by the objective coordinator.

Briefing Presentations - Key documents for evaluators

Prior to starting the task of remote evaluation of the proposals, please follow the online briefing material below, which will assist you in understanding the evaluation process, how to complete the Individual Evaluation reports (IER), understanding the evaluation criteria, understanding the different funding instruments and the call objectives. This material explains the steps you need to follow prior to coming to Brussels.

In case you have questions while doing the remote evaluation, e.g. about briefings, forms, or your appointment letter, please contact the unit mailbox. Please note that questions about the contents of proposals can not be answered.

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