Fractals Project Overview
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This document summarizes an event on innovative ideas for agriculture. It discusses the FIWARE project background and phases, as well as the FRACTALS project. FRACTALS aims to provide grants and support to 50-60 SMEs to develop apps for agriculture using FIWARE technologies. It will provide technical support, app validation through an existing user community, and entrepreneurial mentoring. Eligible projects must enhance farm productivity, access markets, or improve public services using FIWARE.
Fractals Project Overview
- 1. Innovative ideas for the farm of the future Grigoris Chatzikostas – BioSense Center Novi Sad, 02.10.2014.
- 2. Overview 2 FIWARE Background FRACTALS at a glance Information for applicants 1 2 3
- 4. FI-PPP Programme phases 4 The two previous phases of FI-PPP developed the infrastructure (Generic and Specific Enablers)
- 5. Facts and Figures 5 500 M € 158 (phase 1) 155 (phase 2) 68% (phase 1) 60% (phase2) 16 projects FI-PPP 23 (phase 1) 21 (phase 2) Total investment Number of partner organizations Industry share in the Programme Countries represented Phase 3 projects started this summer/autumn
- 6. FIWARE eHealth 6 Other Usage areas Tourism Smart Grid Transport E- business Utilities and environment FIWARE is an innovative, royalty-free, open cloud-based infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of Future Internet applications and services
- 7. FIWARE Generic Enablers (GEs) 7 A FIWARE GE: - set of general-purpose platform functions available through APIs - Building with other GEs a FIWARE Reference Architecture FIWARE GE Specifications are open (public and royalty-free) FIWARE GEi: - Platform product that implements a given GE Open Spec - There might be multiple compliant GEis of each GE Open Spec - Available FIWARE GEis published on the FIWARE Catalogue The FIWARE will deliver at least one reference implementation of GEs: - Based upon results of previous R&D projects - Publicly available Technical Roadmap updated in every release - Licensed with no costs within the FI-PPP - licensed as open source http://www.fi-ware.org/developers-entrepreneurs/
- 8. 8 FRACTALS at a glance
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- 10. Why Agriculture? Low uptake of advanced ICT services 20%‐80% USA 0%‐24% Europe In the Balkan region agriculture plays a predominant role, as compared to the majority of more developed European countries and EU on average. 23 million people in Europe were employed in the agri‐food chain, (10% of total EU Employment)
- 11. FRACTALS in numbers Duration Partners Requested EC contribution Budget allocated to Grants for SMEs Number of Open Calls Nr of Grants to be allocated to SMEs Grant per SME Duration of SMEs sub-projects Start date Open Call dates 24 months 9 partners (6 countries) 6.9M € 5.52M € 1 50-60 50-150k € 4-9 months 01/09/2014 Launch 30/11/2014, Deadline 28/02/2015 11
- 12. Concept Generic Enablers Specific Enablers Infrastructure THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT FRAMEWORK SMEs and Web Entrepreneurs Farmers FROM TO Innovative Apps for Agriculture Enhancing productivity on the farm Accessing markets and value chains Improving public service provision Phase 1 & Phase 2 Employing Open Innovation to bridge the gap between “geeks” and farmers Testing and Validation of Apps through an existing Living Lab Providing grants to 50-60 SMEs from all over Europe, to develop innovative Apps - Fast, transparent and flexible procedures for Open Call, - Innovative evaluation scheme, - Capacity Building on FI-PPP, - Clustering and networking, - Validation of apps by end-users community - Optimization and savings, - Compliance with safety and environmental regulations, - New markets and alternative business models, Improved Income, Better and more accessible public sector services FRACTALS envisions to support the community of innovative ICT SMEs and Web Entrepreneurs (with a focus on Balkan countries) to harvest the benefits of FI infrastructure, by developing applications with high market potential, addressing the needs of the agricultural sector. 12
- 13. FRACTALS Support to beneficiaries 13 FRACTALS project aims to provide an integrated, beyond grant assistance, support framework to beneficiaries, aiming to maximize the benefits of FI-PPP investments
- 14. 1. Technical Support on FIWARE 14 Three consortium members are active players in the FIWARE community and cover all critical know-how domains of the infrastructure developed so far - Dutch research institute with strong expertise in GEs - Coordination of two flagship projects from previous phases - Greek University with strong expertise in GEs and its development and applications - Strong involvement in both previous phases Open Call applications phase Support during: Training of Evaluators Funded applications development Sub-projects technical audit - Spanish company with strong expertise in GEs, development for specific cases - One of the key players in both previous phases
- 15. 2. Validation through End-Users Community 15 50-60 sub-projects PA4ALL, a Living Lab focused 300 Lead Users on ICTs for Agriculture, established by UNS/BioSense Center with the help of other key players, including the Regional Government of Vojvodina and its Secretariat PA4ALL has access to large numbers of end-users (both farmers and PA4ALL large enterprises)
- 16. 3. Entrepreneurial Support 16 Mentoring services to assist SMEs and Web entrepreneurs in gaining access to finance and to give hands-on support on how to approach VC funds Clustering activities encouraging beneficiaries in developing synergies and offer complimentary services based upon the developed applications for agriculture Entrepreneurial Support
- 17. 17 Information for applicants
- 18. Eligible beneficiaries 18 ICT companies/natural persons according to EC regulations Countries Established Start-ups companies SMEs Web Entre-preneurs Associated Countries, incl. WBCs Member states Identity
- 19. Eligible projects 19 All applications MUST integrate a number of GEs as they are specified by FIWARE Main criteria Applications have to be related to the Agricultural Sector
- 20. 20 Eligible projects categories (1) Enhancing Enhancing productivity productivity on on the the farm farm - Weather forecasting solutions that reduce agricultural risks and improve yield - Solutions that support quality control/quality assurance of agricultural products (inc. Dairy products and meat/poultry) - Solutions for optimized use of external inputs, such as water, nutrients and pesticides - Solutions that exploit Wireless Sensor Networks in agriculture and animal husbandry - Solutions that exploit Earth Observation data in agriculture and animal husbandry - Agricultural Assets (i.e., fleet of agricultural machinery) Management solution - Knowledge Sharing and Management solutions for agriculture - Inventory and task planning solutions
- 21. Eligible projects categories (2) 21 Accessing markets and value chains • Traceability solutions in farming and animal husbandry exploiting technologies such as RFID, QR codes, etc. • Solutions for the farmers to trace the final price end consumers paid for their products • Solutions for end-users to give back feedback to farmers • Solutions that promote innovative approaches on market research • Novel solutions for marketing of agricultural products • Solutions that enhance farmers access to commercial supply chain • Solutions that promote alternative supply chains and facilitate farmers to access new markets • Solutions that support farmers' access to financial and insurance services • Solutions that support novel business models in agricultural sector (i.e. resources sharing, machinery as a service, etc.) • Solutions that support farmers in decision making with respect to pricing of products
- 22. Eligible projects categories (3) 22 Improving public service provision in the agricultural sector - Solutions for provision of public digital services to farmers (including E-Government services), exploiting open Public Sector Information - Solutions that enable farmers to engage in crowd sourcing activities for the protection of local ecosystems - Solutions that support agricultural property valuation - Solutions for Land Management, Planning, Development, and Control
- 23. Eligible cost categories and reimbursement rates 23 Dissemination Dissemination activities cannot exceed 10% of the eligible budget Management Management activities cannot exceed 8% of the eligible budget RTD creating new knowledge, new technology, and products incl. scientific coordination Overall funding Overall funding for each sub-project should be between 50,000 and 150,000 EUR What is funded? Direct costs Personnel Costs Other direct costs (i.e. S/W, H/W, etc.) Indirect costs 60% of all Direct costs 100% 100% 75%
- 24. Duration 24 Sub-projects are expected to last from 4 to 9 months, according to the amount of technical effort needed, beneficiaries resources to be committed and beneficiaries preference
- 25. Payment modalities 25 Pre-financing Beneficiaries may opt for pre-financing up to the amount of 45% of the total funding. In that case they will be required to provide a bank guarantee covering the full amount of pre-financing. 2 payment modalities Reimbursement 2 cases: * If the sub-project lasts up to 5 months, reimbursement is as follow: - 90% after the final report - 10% after the Final payment from EC * If the sub-project lasts from 6 to 9 months, reimbursement is as follow: - 45% after the mid-term report - 45% after the final report - 10% after the Final payment from EC Note: In any case all beneficiaries will receive up to 90% of their requested grant, upon the acceptance of their final report. The remaining 10% of requested grant will be reimbursed after the Final Payment from EC.
- 26. Evaluation criteria 26 1 Experience and technical capacity of the applicant 2 Integration with FIWARE technologies 3 Technological excellence 4 Quality of the implementation plan 5 Ability to provide significant value to end-users Measures to engage end-users in validation through Open Innovation 6 7 Market potential
- 27. Content of proposal 27 Part A: Applicants Profile • 4 pages • Information about the applicant, relevant experience, etc. • Eligibility check, evaluation criterion 1 Part B: Technical Solution Part C: Pitch • 10 pages • Description of the problem, proposed technical solution, implementation plan, impact and engagement with end-users • Evaluation of criteria 2, 3, 4 and 6, partially (with Part C) to 5 and 7 • 5 minutes • A multimedia item (video, podcast or slideshow) in the form of a sales pitch that will present the application to potential customers and business partners (Duration 2-5 min). • Along with content of Part B to evaluate criteria 5 and 7.
- 28. Time schedule of Open Call 28 September 2014 M03 M06 M07 M09 October December November January 2015 February March April May Call launched Deadline for Applications Evaluation Results Signature of contracts Elaboration of Call Material Recruitment and Training of Evaluators Open Call Evaluation process Contracts preparation
- 29. 29 Thank you for your attention Grigoris Chatzikostas BioSense Center, University of Novi Sad chatzikostas@biosense.rs http://www.biosense.uns.ac.rs/