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15 . 12 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 357 / 11

' Telematics Applications ' Programme

Call for proposals for the specific programme for research and technological development,
including demonstration, in the field of telematics applications of common interest ( 1994-1998 )

(' Telematics Applications ' Programme )

( 94 / C 357 / 08 )

( Text with EEA relevance )

The new Telematics Applications Programme was
launched on 23 . 11 . 1994 (') as a specific programme of
the fourth framework programme ( 2 ). The programme
runs from 1994 until 1998, and will fund research and
technological development and demonstrations of
applications using information and communications tech ­
nologies in 4 areas covering 13 different sectors of
common interest . In addition, programme support
actions addressing issues common to all the sectors will
be funded .

In the different sectors of the programme, the efficiency
and quality of the services traditionally provided for the
public could potentially be improved through the intro ­
duction or development of telematics-based systems and
services . This new programme aims to build on the
research already done in sectors such as transport,
health, education and libraries . It will focus on how
emerging technologies, many of which are multimedia ­
based, could be configured and adapted through projects
into useful, user-friendly and cost-effective applications .
Such applications would offer realistic solutions to basic
problems and needs experienced by companies, insti ­
tutions and the citizen .

This approach means that in all projects the full
involvement of users at all phases of a project is
necessary . An approach based on cooperation between
users and suppliers for mutual benefit will underpin the
selection of projects .

The typical life-cycle of a project in the programme will
have 5 phases :

A proposal can enter the programme at any of the first 4
phases, provided the previous phases have been satisfac ­
torily completed . Support actions need not follow this
life-cycle .

A key feature of the Telematics Application Programme
will be the emphasis on maximizing the use of generic
technologies to achieve cost-effective solutions .

The programme welcomes cross-sectoral projects, and in
particular those which undertake the validation of
applications from a number of different sectors . Such
proposals will receive favourable attention at the
evaluation stage .

Consortia of organizations are invited to submit
proposals for RTD projects and support actions which
follow this approach for the sectors listed below . The
total funding for projects across all the sectors concerned
is likely to be in the region of 371 000 000 ECU and will
generally be made available on a cost-shared basis, with
funding up to 50 %, or on a 100 % additional costs
basis . In the case of support actions, funding may be up
to 100 % of the actual costs .

Full details of the tasks and the eligibility, evaluation and
selection criteria are included in the information
package, which describes how to make :

1 . Identification of user needs
— a full, formal proposal for submission by 15 . 3 . 1995 ;

2 . Translation of user needs into functional specifi ­

cations — an optional outline proposal, which may be submitted

by 31 . 1 . 1995 for prescreening and consultation
3 . Building a demonstrator involving the Commission services, if so desired by
the proposers .

4 . Validation with users in a real-life situation

5 . Exploitation plan .

(') Council Decision of 23 . 11 . 1994, to be published in the

Official Journal .
( 2 ) Decision of Council and Parliament 1110 / 94 / EEC of
26 . 4 . 1994, OJ No L 126 of 18 . 5 . 1994 .

A detailed description of the objectives, approach,
methodology and tasks is contained in the work
programme of the Telematics Application Programme .
The information package, the work programme and
further details about how to make a proposal can be
obtained from the European Commission at the
following address :

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European Commission, Telematics Applications II . Work sectors
Programme, Proposals Office, avenue de Beaulieu 29
( BU 29, 4 / 41 ), B - 1 160 Brussels, facsimile : Area A : Telematics for services of public interest
( 32-2 ) 295 23 54, electronic mail : telematicsdgl3.cec.be .

Sector 1 . Telematics for administrations

Outline proposals ( which are optional ) must be received
at the Proposals Office by 31 . 1 . 1995 ( 17.00 ), local time .
Full, formal proposals must be received at the Proposals
Office by 15 . 3 . 1995 ( 17.00 ), local time

Important

The Commission services may reject a proposal which
does not follow the procedures outlined in the
information package, conform to the eligibility
criteria ( J ), or is received after the deadline of
15 . 3 . 1995 .

Potential proposers are strongly advised to obtain all
necessary information before making a proposal .

Sectors open for proposals ( with indicative budget
( MECU ) in brackets )

Administrations ( 25 ), Transport ( 117 ), Research ( 26 ),
Education and Training ( 34 ), Urban and Rural Areas
( 25 ), Healthcare ( 70 ), Environment ( 15 ), Language
Engineering ( 23 ), Programme Support Actions ( 21 ), and
Specific Measures for SMEs ( 15 ).

Telematics Applications Programme ( 1994-1998 )

I. Scientific and technological objectives and research
tasks

The Telematics Applications Programme has 2 aims .

One is to further promote the competitiveness of
European industry and the efficiency of services of
public interest and to stimulate job creation through the
development of new telematics systems and services in
such areas as telework and teleservices . The other, which
is a new feature contained in the Treaty on European
Union, is to promote research activities necessary for
other common policies . The RTD will be based on the
experience gained under the third framework
programme but will be directed in 3 new ways . Firstly,
the emphasis will shift from data telematics to the new
' multimedia telematics '. Secondly, more importance will
be attached to user requirements . Finally, particular
attention will be placed on finding affordable solutions .

(') See information package, and the Council Decision of

23 . 11 . 1994 on Rules for participation of undertakings,
research centres and universities in research, technological
development and demonstration activities .

The aim is to enable administrations to implement the
relevant results as they become available, thus bringing
about a swift improvement in the economics and effi ­
ciency of public services at a European level . The
sub-sectors and related tasks are :

1 . Validation pilots for telematics applied to trans ­

European information exchange between adminis ­
trations and the business community

2 . Methodologies, tools and support services for trans ­

European administration telematics applications

3 . Support issues specific to telematics for adminis ­

trations

Sector 2 . Telematics for transport

The programme will continue and consolidate research

on telematics in road transport, and Community RTD
will be extended to other modes of transport ( sea, inland
waterways and railways ) and in particular to air
transport, in order to better contribute to the
achievement of the common transport policy while
strengthening the competitiveness of European industry
and allowing a significant deployment of transport
telematics systems and services before the year 2000 . The
sub-sectors and related tasks are :

1 . Telematics services for travellers

2 . Telematics services for freight operations

3 . Telematics for network management, operation and

control

4 . Telematics for fleet operations

5 . Telematics for vehicle control

6 . Validation of integrated transport telematics infra ­

structure and related applications on test sites

7 . Support issues specific to transport telematics

Area B : Telematics for knowledge

Sector 3 . Telematics for research

The aim is to develop advanced telematics applications
which will on the one hand enable European researchers
to cooperate and work together regardless of where they
are in the European Union and, and on the other hand,
will facilitate access by users to research results . National

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or specialized networks already exist, but we must now
enable them to take advantage of the progress which has
been achieved in high-performance networks and above
all to interconnect them with high-capacity European
links . The sub-sectors and related tasks are :

1 . Validation of high bandwidth trans-European inter ­

connections of research networks

2 . Applications for remote collaboration and teleworking

within research

3 . Applications providing information services for
researchers

4 . Applications for access to research results

5 . Support issues specific to telematics for research

Sector 4 . Telematics for education and training

The aim is to extend research on telematics for
education and training to keep up with the advances of
other developed countries by making use of the
continuous progress in multimedia communications via
broad-band networks or satellites, and advances in inter ­
active simulation or virtual environments . The

sub-sectors and related tasks are :

Area C : Telematics for improving employment and quality

of life

Sector 6 . Telematics for urban and rural areas

The aim of this action is to permit the establishment of
new economic activities, the reinforcement of traditional
activities and the improvement of living conditions in the
interests of rural and urban areas with inadequate socio ­
economic and cultural infrastructure . The sub-sectors

and related tasks are :

1 . Teleworking to strengthen competitiveness and
employment

2 . Teleservices for economic development

3 . Teleservices of general interest

4 . Teleworking and teleservices to fight against social

and economic exclusion

5 . Integrated validation

6 . Support issues specific to telematics for urban and

rural areas

Sector 7 . Telematics for healthcare

The aim of this action is to continue research in this
sector, enabling the entire health sector to benefit from

1 . Applications for education and training access to telematics services at European level, and

allowing Europe to match the capabilities of other
competitor countries . The sub-sectors and related tasks
2 . Innovative tools and applications are :

1 . Applications for education and training

3 . Support issues specific to telematics for education and 1 . multimedia medical records

training

2 . Increasing the resources available to the medical

Sector 5 . Telematics for libraries

The aim of this action is to contribute to the creation of

a common European space for libraries, by launching
applications to increase the ready availability of library
resources across Europe and by facilitating their inter ­
connection and accessibility with the European
information and communication infrastructure . The

sub-sectors and related tasks are :

1 . Network-oriented internal library systems

2 . Telematics applications for interconnected library
services

3 . Library services for access to networked information

resources

4 . Support issues specific to telematics for librarires

professions and improving health services

management

3 . Telemedicine and new telematics services

4 . Information services for citizens and healthcare

workers

5 . Support issues specific to telematics for healthcare

Sector 8 . Telematics for disabled and elderly people

The aim of this activity is to use information and

communication technology in order to improve the
autonomy and quality of life of disabled and elderly
people, facilitate their integration into society, and match
the capabilities of other leading competitor countries in
this sector . The sub-sectors and related task areas are :

1 . Access to communication and information techno ­

logies

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2 . Integrated systems supporting the activities of inde ­

pendent living, education, work, leisure, mobility and
training

3 . Information and communication systems for
enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of service
organizations supporting independent living

4 . Applications of manipulation and control technology

5 . Technology supporting assessment, restoration and

enhancement of function

6 . Support issues specific to telematics for disabled and

elderly people

Sector 9 . Telematics for the environment ( exploratory
action )

The aim of this action is to investigate to what extent
telematics solutions are appropriate for protecting and
improving the environment . The sub-sectors and related
tasks are :

cross-sectoral issues, such as data protection or intel ­
lectual property rights, will be tackled . These activities
will be carried out in close collaboration with the specific
programmes on information technologies and communi ­
cation technologies . The sub-sectors and related tasks

are :

1 . Process re-engineering

2 . Requirements specification engineering

3 . Application engineering

4 . Legal, ethical and socio-economic issues in telematics

applications

5 . Diffusion and feedback of telematics engineering

results

Sector 12 . Language engineering

improving the environment . The sub-sectors and related The aim is to facilitate the use of telematics applications
tasks are : in Europe and to increase the possibilities for communi ­

cation in and between European languages by inte ­
1 . Integrated environmental emergency management grating methods new . The spoken sub-sectors and and written related language tasks are processing :
systems

2 . Local and regional environmental management 1 . Pilot applications

support systems
2 . Re-usable language research

3 . European environmental information services
3 . Language engineering research

4 . Supportive research tasks

5 . Support issues specific to telematics for the
environment

Sector 10 . Other exploratory actions

Proposals for other exploratory actions to assess the
potential of telematics-based solutions in areas not
covered by the programme can be submitted under the
activities listed in programme support actions ( see Area
E, below ). If considered appropriate, relevant actions
could be launched from 1996 onwards .

Area D : Horizontal RTD activities

4 . Support issues specific to language engineering

Sector 13 . Information engineering

The aim of the action is to permit easier and more
selective access and better usability of electronic
information in all its forms through the application of
ICT ( information and communications technologies )
- based methods and systems . The sub-sectors and related
tasks are :

1 . Electronic publishing

2 . Information dissemination

3 . Information retrieval

Sector 11 . Telematics engineering
4 . Support issues specific to information engineering

The studies and research under this heading have 3 ends
in view . First, work will involve devising tools and
methods to enable researchers and engineers to develop
telematics applications as efficiently as possible through
the optimal integration of generic equipment, networks
and services with specific equipment or software
( applications engineering ). The next task will be to
identify and analyse changes to be made to the user
environment so that a new telematics application can be
successfully introduced ( process engineering ). Finally,

Area E : Programme support actions

These actions address issues common to several areas of
the programme . In order to maintain the strategic
coherence of the Telematics Applications Programme
and to reinforce its cohesiveness and coordination, the
proposed actions ( including those addressed to SMEs )
that arise from the different areas or at the programme
level as a whole will be examined at the programme level

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but implemented in the relevant sectors . The tasks will
address issues such as :

1 . Telematics watch and assessment

2 . Consensus development and coordination

3 . Awareness, dissemination of results and promotion of

telematics

4 . International cooperation

5 . Training

6 . Special measures for SMEs ( small and medium-sized

enterprises )

III . Project life-cycle and key criteria

Criteria

Important criteria by which a proposal will be evaluated
include the following .

- User involvement at every stage of the proposed

project .

- Anticipation, as far as possible, of the needs of
disabled and elderly people .

- Cost-effective solutions to real user problems as the

basis of the proposal .

Cross-sector projects and validation

The programme welcomes cross-sectoral projects, and in
Life-cycle
particular those which undertake the validation of
applications from a number of different sectors . Such
The typical life-cycle of a project in the programme will proposals will receive favourable attention at the
have 5 phases : evaluation stage .

1 . Identification of user needs

IV . Implementation schedule

2 . Translation of user needs into functional specifi ­

cations

3 . Building a demonstrator

4 . Validation with users in a real-life situation

This will involve :

- a verification stage ( which uses a small but sufficient

sample of users in a real-life situation to test the
technical feasibility of the demonstrator and also yields
preliminary findings on user acceptance );

- a demonstration stage ( where a sufficiently large
sample of users in a real-life situation provides
information on cost-effectiveness, user-friendliness and
similar issues, as well as testing the feasibility of the
system when used on a large scale ).

Overall, the programme intends to devote a significant
share ( more than 50 % ) of the project budget to this
validation phase .

5 . Exploitation plan

A proposal can enter the programme at any of the first 4
phases, provided the previous phases have been satisfac ­
torily completed .

Support actions need not follow this life-cycle .

The programme has been adopted for the period
1994-1998, and will be implemented by calls for
proposals .

Most sectors will have 2 calls, on 15 . 12 . 1994 and
15 . 9 . 1996 . To ensure coordination with related
programmes, the transport sector will have an additional
call on 15 . 9 . 1995 . The disabled and elderly sector, the
successor to the TIDE action, will have its first call on

15 . 9 . 1995, as TIDE completed a major call in 1994 .

The indicative call schedule is as follows : - Sectors - Call

opening date - Call closing date

First call for all sectors except disabled and elderly,
libraries, telematics engineering and information engin ­
eering . This call also covers programme support actions
( Area E ), including those specific measures for SMEs
that are not grant awards - 15 . 12 . 1994 - 15 . 3 . 1995

First call for libraries, telematics engineering and
information engineering sectors - 15 . 3 . 1995
15.6 . 1995

Second call for language engineering sector

First call for grant awards for SMEs for appropriate
sectors ( if any ) - 15 . 6 . 1995 - open

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First call for disabled and elderly sector - 15 . 9 . 1995 
15 . 12 . 1995

Second call for transport sector

Probable final call for all sectors - 15.9.1996 
15 . 12 . 1996

Additional calls may be announced in order to ensure
the best coverage of the tasks defined and to adjust to
prevailing conditions the results of projects and the
outcome of programme evaluation .

Total value of contribution to the projects for their
duration . Initially the contracts will be concluded for
approximately the first 2 years and extensions will
depend on the first stages of the project .

V. Financial and managerial arrangements

Participation in the programme will be open to organ ­
izations based in the European Union, the EFTA states
for which the EEA agreement is in force and certain
third parties, as laid down in the Council decisions on
these issues . For details, refer to the information package
issued for each call .

The specific rules for implementation of the programme
and the types of actions that may be funded are laid
down in the Council decision adopting the fourth
framework programme ( 1 ) and in the rules for partici ­
pation ( 2 ) contained in Annex III of the Council decision
on the Telematics Applications Programme . Funding will
generally be on a 50 % cost-shared basis for RTD
projects and can be on a 100 % basis for support actions .
Organizations without full cost accounting systems may
participate on the basis of 100 % additional expenditure .
The indicative financial breakdown between sectors is

laid down in Annex II of the Council decision .

The activities in Area E ( programme support actions )
may be undertaken by either consortia or, where appro ­
priate, by single organizations .

The Commission services will manage the programme

and organize the launch of calls, evaluations of
proposals, awards of contracts and subsequent reviews
and audits . These activities will be carried out in
accordance with the procedures specified in the relevant
Council decisions .

(') Decision of Council and Parliament 1110 / 94 / EEC of
26 . 4 . 1994, OJ No L 126 of 18 . 5 . 1994 .
( 2 ) Council Decision of 23 . 11 . 1994, to be published in the

Official Journal .

Small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs )

Specific measures for an amount of up to 5 % of the
total programme budget ( i.e. 42 000 000 ECU ) will be
undertaken for improving the potential of particular
categories of SMEs to participate in the programme ( as
defined in Area E of the annex to the work programme,
which is available from the address below ). An amount

of 15 000 000 ECU is foreseen for this purpose for the
first call .

User organisations

User organizations ( such as hospitals, universities or
local administrations ) will be offered support in
preparing for participation in the activities of the
programme . Details can be found in Area E ( programme
support actions ) of the annex to the work programme .

VI . Coordination

Telematics applications sectors - CT - IT - ITM - SMT 
ENV - MAST - BT - BM - AF - NNE - TRA - TSE 
CTC - DE - ST

Administrations - A - A - /- /- /- /- /- /- /- /- /- /

### -/-/-/ Transport telematics - A - A - CP / S - CP / S - CP / S -/-/-/-/ Telematics for research - P - P - / - / -/-/-/-/ - / - /

## -/-/-/-/-/

### Education and Training - A - A - / - /- /- / - /- / - /- /

. / . A - / - / - /

### Libraries - A - A -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ 

/

Urban and rural areas - A - A - /- / - / - / - /- / - A - /

### -/- A -/-/-/ Healthcare Telematics - A-A-A -/-/-/-/ - A - / 
# /./././././

## Disabld and elderly - A - A - A - / - /- /- /- A - /- / 
A - A - / - / - /

Environment Telematics - A - A - /- /- P - P - /- /- / 
### Telematics Engineering - A - A - /- /- /- / - / - / - / - /

- / - A - / - / - /

### Language Engineering - / - P - / - /- /- /- /- /- /- / ## /-/-/-/-/

### Information Engineering - / P - / - / - /- /- /- /- /- /

# Programme Support Actions -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ 
/ . / . / . / . CP - CP - CP

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In the evaluation and selection of R&D proposals
addressing aspects of information security, the
Commission services will consult the Senior Officials
Group on Information Security ( SOGIS ) in conformance
with Council Decision ( 92 / 242 / EEC ). This applies in
particular to the selection and eventual use of crypto ­
graphic algorithms . In projects on information security,
the national security and law-enforcement concerns of
Member States will be taken into account .

ST-Stimulation of Training and Mobility of Researchers

TRA-T ransport

TSE-Targeted Socio-Economic Research

A - ad hoc groups ( Commission officials )

C                     - formal permanent interprogramme coordination
group ( Commission officials )
Key

AF-Agriculture and Fisheries

BM-Biomedicine and Health

P - common screening of proposals

S - simultaneous or joint calls

BT - Biotechnology VII . Further information

CT-Communication Technologies Further information is available from the following
address :

CTC-Cooperation with Third Countries and Inter ­
national Organizations

DE-Dissemination and Exploitation of Results

ENV-Environment and Climate

IT-Information Technologies

ITM-Industrial Technologies and Materials Techno ­
logies

MAST-Marine Science and Technologies

NNE-Non-Nuclear Energy

SMT-Standardization, Measurement and Testing

for all sectors except Libraries, Language Engineering
and Information Engineering

European Commission, Telematics Applications
Programme, DG-XIII-C, avenue de Beaulieu 29 ( BU 29,
4 / 41 ), B-1160 Brussels, facsimile : ( 32-2 ) 295 23 54, elec ­
tronic mail : telematicsdgl3.cec.be,

for the libraries, language engineering and information

engineering sectors

European Commission, Telematics Applications
Programme, DG XIII-E, Jean Monnet Building ( B4 / 35 ),
L-2920 Luxembourg, facsimile ( 352 ) 43 01-340 79, elec ­
tronic mail : telematicsmhsg.cec.be .

Advance notice of the first call for proposals for the specific programme of research, techno ­

logical development and demonstration in the field of biomedicine and health ( 1994-1998 )

( 94 / C 357 / 09 )

( Text with EEA relevance )

1 . On 1 . 12 . 1994, the Council of the European Union
reached agreement on a specific programme of research,
technological development and demonstration in the
field of biomedicine and health ( 1994-1998 ). The
programme text is currently undergoing final language
checking, prior to its formal adoption and publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .

This advance notice is being published in order to speed
up the implementation of the programme and to give
researchers adequate time to prepare their proposals .
Once the programme has been formally adopted, the

Commission of the European Communities will issue the
formal call for proposals, expected to be published in the
Official Journal of 16 . 1 . 1995 .

Researchers intending to submit proposals should note
that the Commission intends to confirm the deadline(s )
for proposal submission indicated below when the formal
call is published .

The project proposals for research in biomedicine and
health must arrive at the Commission by
31 . 3 . 1995 ( 12.00 ).