Objective 1.4: ICT for ageing well with cognitive problems, combining assistive and independent living technologies
Funding instrument: Pilot B - it is intended to support several pilot actions
The objective is to significantly

improve quality of life and social care for the ageing population by combining assistive technologies

to compensate for cognitive problems or mild dementia with independent living platforms,

specifying and demonstrating the resulting innovative ICT enabled products and services.

Solutions should

provide cognitive training, activation and reinforcement for the elderly as well as

support to their day-to-day activities and social interactions.

This should result in a substantial prolongation of the time they can continue to be at home rather than in an institution.

"INCOM07-06x Network requirements for accessible conversational services";

"Guidelines and Tutorials for Improving the User Experience of Real-time Communication Services",

ETSI 2007 ICT Standardisation Action Plan; CEN guidelines; etc.

This is in line with the Communication from the Commission : European i2010 initiative on e-Inclusion "To be part of the information society"

COM(2007) 694 final of 8 November 2007 and the i2010 action plan for Ageing Well in the Information Society.ഊICT PSP Work Programme 2008

The pilots should be clearly demand driven and build on public-private partnerships.

It should bring together a set of regional actions addressing the above goals and involve relevant stakeholders such as

care service providers, housing corporations and insurance organisations.

A strong involvement of users and their representatives, their families and carers, is expected to ensure end-user acceptance and uptake.

Targeted outcomes and characteristics
– Pilot solutions addressing the above goal. These solutions should be based on a complete
set of common specifications for technology and end to end services involving the whole
value chain. This should cover daily activity support, self activation, support for care
service provision, and compensation for cognitive and mild dementia problems related to
ageing (e.g. related to memory, orientation, daily routines, etc).
– The pilots shall carry out validation for a wide integration of innovative ICT solutions (not
be limited to individual components of such support).
– The solutions shall be tested in real life and a consolidated set of requirements and
validated functional specifications should emerge as a result.
– Pilot must associate public authorities (at national, regional or local level) from each
country participating that have responsibilities and budget control in the relevant area of
care or supply of services. A precondition for proposals will be evidence of the timely
availability and own financing of infrastructures required for the successful
implementation of the pilots.
– The work should wherever possible build on and contribute to relevant standards to ensure
interoperability and take into account best practices and relevant standardisation efforts as
well as provide appropriate safeguards against relevant ethical and privacy issues.
– The work will include a non confidential, comprehensive socio-economic evidence base
for ICT investments in the field (including cost-benefit analysis and user satisfaction) to
facilitate the development of sustainable business models.
– Detailed plans for larger-scale sustainable uptake and replication beyond the pilot.
Dissemination and communication activities on the achieved results shall be provided.
Reference material including guidelines, manuals, educational materials will be produced
in this view. The Pilot should provide a substantial and high-profile contribution to the
European e-Inclusion Initiative and the i2010 flagship on ICT & ageing.
Expected impact
– Substantially prolonging the time that elderly people with cognitive problems or mild
dementia can live independently at home and be supported in their day-to-day activities in
a socially integrated manner.
– Improve quality of life of older people and their families and increase effectiveness of
care systems, and facilitate wide implementation by the public authorities in conjunction
with industrial players of sustainable innovative services.
– World leading position for European industry and in particular SMEs in new markets for
innovative ICT based products and services for independent living and assistive
technology for the ageing population.ഊICT PSP Work Programme 2008
– Opening up an internal market for ICT based solutions for the elderly (e.g. home and
portable systems).

The 2008 Call for Proposals opens on 29 April

Page Updated	29/05/2008
Call opened	29 April 2008
Call closed	09 September 2008, at 17:00 hours (Brussels local time)
Budget	39 million Euro
OJ reference	OJ C108 of the 29 April 2008 (2008/C 108/11)
EPPS	The Electronic Proposal Submission Services is now available Pilot Type A Pilot Type B Thematic Networks
Documentation	For specific information about the Call 2008, read the documentation below: Document Download Updated Call Fiche 2008   Work Programme 2008   Model Grant Agreement 28/04/2008 Document Pilot A Pilot B Thematic Networks Date added Date updated Guide for Applicants 28/04/2008   Form: Certification of National Authorised Representative x x 28/04/2008   Form: Non exclusion declaration 28/04/2008   Frequently Asked Questions 28/04/2008   Handbook on evaluation and proposals
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Timetable	Dates Description 09 September 2008, at 17:00 hours (Brussels local time) Call Closed October 2008 to early 2009 Evaluation, negotiation Early 2009 Projects start
Events	Infoday in Brussels, 23 April 2008 Infoday Presentations Download ICT PSP in the CIP, WP 2008 Main features and content ICT PSP Instruments and grant model agreement How to Submit a Proposal ICT for user friendly administrations, public services and inclusion ICT for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in urban areas Consensus building on Internet evolution and security

4.1.2. Pilot (Type B) - stimulating uptake of innovative ICT-based services and products
4.1.2.1. Instrument description
Type B pilots aim at first implementation of an ICT based innovative service addressing the needs of citizens, governments and businesses. Pilot B may address replication but only where given objective in the Work Programme explicitly requests it or allows for. The pilots
should be carried out under realistic conditions. The emphasis is on fostering innovation in
services, consequently the pilot may need to take-up completed R&D work, may extend
already tested prototype services or may combine / integrate several partial solutions to realise
a new innovative approach. Whichever approach is taken, the outcome of the work shall be an
operational pilot service demonstrating significant impact potential. It is considered essential
from the outset that the pilot will engage a complete value-chain of stakeholders in the work.
The pilot should demonstrate the technical, organisational and legal feasibility of the service
and evaluate the impact of these innovative ICT-based solutions in view of their wider
deployment and use.
Type B pilot projects are expected to implement their service in at least four Member States
or associated countries, however, proposers should anticipate sustainability and scalability
beyond the pilot phase, when making their proposal.
The duration of the pilot is expected to be 24 to 36 months within which there should be a 12
month operational phase. An operational phase is defined as the situation in which the
interoperable services and technologies are functioning in a real-life setting.
4.1.2.2. Consortium Composition
The Consortium should comprise all necessary stakeholders in the value-chain for deploying
the service (e.g. service and content providers, industries including SME's, end-user
representatives, etc). In this context, SME's are considered important contributors to
29 See section 4.4.3 Evaluation criteria 30 See section 4.2 and chapter 5 for more details on budget availability for instruments and themesഊICT PSP Work Programme 2008
innovation. It is also considered important that the appropriate public authorities - operators or
sustainers of the service - are participating in the pilot.
4.1.2.3 Minimum participation requirements
The consortia must be comprised by a minimum of four independent, legal entities from four
different EU Member States or associated countries. This requirement is considered an
eligibility criterion, hence proposals not meeting this criterion will not be accepted for
evaluation 31 :
There is no upper legal limit for the number of participants as long as the indicative budget
provisions are respected 32 .

4.3.2. Funding for Pilots type B
Community funding for Type B pilots will be up to 50% of the costs of implementing the
pilot service. The Community contribution for this type of pilot will typically range from 2 to
2.5 M€ per pilot unless specified otherwise within the objectives of the Work programme.
Eligible direct costs for pilot B will include personnel, subcontracting, and other specific
direct costs of implementing the pilot service. Indirect costs are eligible in accordance with
the provisions in the model grant agreement. Other specific direct costs and subcontracting
will be possible when it is anticipated and clearly justified in the proposal. For public entities
national public procurement rules and practices are to be respected.