12 months of success

Richard Lampitt

NOCFixO3: 12 months GA Crete October 2014

FixO3

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

OceanObs

Galway declarationCall text proposed

Writing team

established

Call published

FixO3

Submission

FixO3 start

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

FixO3 start

FixO3 end

Final report

2018

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Mid-term review

Technical report

Grantagreement

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Great achievements

11 milestone15 TNA applications17 deliverables

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Great challenges

1 data policy accepted

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EMODnet

20M Euro/year for the forthcoming future

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Great challenges

1 data policy accepted1 mid-term review

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The reviewer's task is to give external advice to the Commission with respect to:

1. Fulfilment of the project work plan and deliverables2. Relevance of the objectives and breakthrough potential3. Resources vv achievements4. Management5. Contributions of partners and their integration6. the expected impact in various categories7: Plans for the use and dissemination of results.

The reviewer(s) will also assist the Commission by recommending any reorientation that may be required.

Mid-term review (in period 1-12th October 2015)

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Great challenges

1 data policy accepted1 mid-term reviewService Activity funding to start

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NATNA

JRAM

FixO3 Budget distribution

Management: 0.5Coordination: 1.7SA: 1.5 TNA: 1.7RTD: 1.5

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Great challenges

1 data policy accepted1 mid-term reviewService Activity funding to start8 milestones24 deliverablesAtlantOS to start

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• Data into public domain with minimum time delay

• Metadata associated

• Free of Charge or with just cost of reproduction

Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data … Recognizing issues of accreditation

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FixO3

With surface

chlorophyll (average 2007)

Courtesy RSDAS 16

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FixO3

With Surface temperature climatology

Courtesy NEODAAS, UK

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FixO3

With air-sea flux of CO2

(average 2000)

(From Takahashi et al 2009)

Courtesy Ute Schuster, UEA

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FixO3

With dust deposition rate annual climatology

(from Mahowald 2005)

Courtesy Natalie Mahowald

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FixO3 Workpackages

1: Project management 2: Technological harmonisation 3: Procedural harmonisation 4: Data management and harmonisation5: Innovation through industry 6: Interface with policy and intergovernmental bodies 7: International and European networking of fixed point observatories8: Outreach and training 9: Transnational access to FixO3 infrastructures10: Service activities: Access to data products and knowledge11: Optimisation of ocean observing capability12: Research and development on critical observatory functions

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Top Fossil Fuel Emitters (Absolute)Top four emitters in 2011 covered 62% of global emissions

China (28%), United States (16%), EU27 (11%), India (7%)

The growing gap between EU27 and USA is due to emission decreases in Germany (45% of the 1990-2011 cumulative difference), UK (19%), Romania (13%), Czech Republic (8%), and Poland

(5%) Source:

CDIAC Data; Le Quéré et al. 2012; Global Carbon Project 2012

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FixO3

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Across the Fram strait

Within the Mediterranean

Essential Climate (Ocean) Variables

Martin Visbeck

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Transnational Access (TNA)

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Provision of transnational access to researchers or research teams to one or more research infrastructures among those operated by the participants

• ‘Hands on’ access• Remote access

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Definitions• access provider = beneficiary that is in charge of providing access• infrastructure = facility or resource (or a coherent set of them) together with related services• installation = part of the infrastructure that could be used independently from the rest• user = researcher in a user group, including the user group leader• user group = research team of one or more researchers given access to the infrastructure under the project

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Performance obligations• provide access free of charge to selected user groups to the infrastructure or the installations• publicise widely, including a dedicated web page on the internet, the access offered under this grant agreement• ensure that users comply the terms and conditions of the grant agreement• maintain appropriate documentation to support and justify the amount of access reported

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Transnationality• the user group leader and the majority of the users must work in an institution established in a MS or AS• the user group and the majority of the users must work in a country other than the country where the legal entity operating the infrastructure (access provider) is established

Exception• the access provider is an international organisation or the JRC• remote access to a distributed set of infrastructures or installations offering the same services

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Selection of user groups• Only user groups that are entitled to disseminate foreground they have generated under the project are eligible to benefit from access free of charge• user groups requesting access have to submit in writing a description of work, including names, nationalities and home institutions of the users• the access provider has to set up a selection panel to assist in the selection of user groups according to the principles of transparency,fairness and impartiality

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Selection of user groups (II)

• the selection panel has to consist of international experts, at least half of them shall be independent from the infrastructure• the selection has to be taken on basis of scientific merit – priority should be given to user groups:- who have not previously used the infrastructure- are working in countries where no such infrastructures exist

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Access cost• calculation of a unit cost (estimated or real)the total quantity of access to the installation during the lifetime of the project (access financed and not financed by the EC)- direct costs of the access, excluding subcontracts plus indirect costs of 7% of the direct costs• the direct costs shall exclude all contributions to capital investments as well as travel and subsistence costs• the direct costs may include cost of preparatory work

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Community financial contribution• (Last) Adjustment of access costs in the financial statement (Form C) corresponding to the (last) reporting period on the basis to the total quantity of access and the actual costs incurred to give access• The community financial support shall not exceed 20% of the costs of providing access to the installation over the duration of the project.

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Access cost• calculation of a unit cost (estimated or real)the total quantity of access to the installation during the lifetime of the project (access financed and not financed by the EC)- direct costs of the access, excluding subcontracts plus indirect costs of 7% of the direct costs• the direct costs shall exclude all contributions to capital investments as well as travel and subsistence costs• the direct costs may include cost of preparatory work

Transnational Access (TNA)

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Eligibility

If your current employer is based in an EU member state or associated state.

These countries are:Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

You may apply for access to infrastructure located in the same country as your own institution under certain circumstances.

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Services through Communication Networks and e-infrastructure activities

Special Clause No. 17, 18 and 19 to FP7 GrantAgreement

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Special Clause No. 17A. Performance Obligations

The access provider shall• provide access free of charge to the scientific services described in Annex I through communication networks• have the services offered to the scientific community assessed periodically by an external board composed to international experts in the field, appointed by the consortium with the written approval of the Commission

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Special Clause No. 17B. Financial Provisions

• Community financial support for access costs shall not exceed 20% of the operating costs incurred by the installation providing the access over the duration of the project, excluding all contributions to the capital investments of the infrastructure

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Special Clause No. 18e-Infrastructure activities

Definitions• Connectivity: means a set of one or more circuits allowing for the transmission of full duplex bit streams denied end points, asspecified in Annex I

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Special Clause No. 18

Financial Provisions• As an exception to Article II.16 (Upper Funding Limits) for the continued provision and upgrading of the required connectivityservices as specified in Annex I, the maximum reimbursement rate shall be 50% of the total eligible costs.

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Special Clause No. 19Limitation of indirect costs for integrating activitiesInfrastructures and preparatory phase• reimbursement of indirect costs related to coordination and support activities, except those related to the management of these activities, is limited to a maximum of 7 % of the direct costs relating to these activities, excluding the direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not usedon the premises of the beneficiary