Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
IST-FP6 STREP project n.027549








 

WP7

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Objectives

The objectives of this WP are :
1. convening the Steering Committee and taking care of all the preparatory work and minutes writing
2. collecting the material for all the Reports to the EU
3. receiving all payments by the Commission and administer the Community Contribution according to the budgetary decisions of the Steering Committee and the provisions of the Contract and Consortium Agreement; keeping accounts of the fund distribution among the Contractors
4. interacting with the Commission
5. making sure the Project evolves in a timely and satisfactory way towards all the foreseen goals (including IP protection and dissemination, see WP6) and otherwise activating all procedures needed to take corrective steps

Description of work

Some of the objectives of this WP are closely related to the role of the Coordinator and of the Steering Committee.

The Coordinator will be WP7 Leader. The work represented in this WP is:

1) secretarial, accounting, consulting (financial and legal) work supporting the action of the Coordinator
2) the work of the Coordinator himself in implementing the above-mentioned objectives
3) work of the Steering Committee themselves, when dealing with the non strictly day-by-day technical management of the Project

At the kick-off meeting, decision will be taken on several issues, such as:
• Final designation of the WP leaders.
• Final designation of the representative of each partner in the Steering Committee
• Decision concerning how the interaction among the Coordinator, the Steering Committee and the WP leaders will be organized during the “daily” life of the project
• Decision concerning the accounting procedures, the exchange of information, project updates, etc

This initial discussion constitute Milestones 7.1. Due to its important for the success of the full project, the results of this discussion will be inserted in an internal document that will serve as a guideline for project management throughout the 30 months of the project.

 

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