AAL Call 2019 SUSTAINABLE SMART SOLUTIONS FOR AGEING WELL - Dominique Repapis Programme OperationsOfficer - errin

AAL Call 2019
  SUSTAINABLE
SMART SOLUTIONS
      FOR
  AGEING WELL

Dominique Repapis
Programme Operations Officer

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The Active and Assisted Living
                  Programme
• Applied Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) funding
  programme that supports projects developing ICT solutions for ageing
  well.
• Purpose is to improve the quality of life of people 65+, strengthen the
  industrial base in the ageing economy, help bringing R&D projects to
  market.
• We target: End-Users, Business SMEs, R&D Institutions/Universities

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The AAL Call - Dates

▪ 31 January: Call InfoDay in Brussels
▪ 4 February: Publication of the Call
▪ 13 February: Opening of the submission platform
▪ 24 May 17h00 CET: Deadline for submission – Call closed

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Participating Countries / Agencies
• Austria                                •   Luxembourg – FNR
• Belgium – Brussels’ region –           •   Luxembourg – LUXINNOVATION
  Innoviris                              •   Norway
• Belgium – Flanders’ region – VLAIO     •   Poland
• Canada                                 •   Portugal
• Cyprus                                 •   Romania
• Denmark                                •   Slovenia
• Hungary                                •   Spain – ISCIII
• Italy – Ministry of Health             •   Spain – Biscay Region
• Italy – Ministry of Education,         •   Switzerland
  Universities and Research (MIUR)       •   The Netherlands
• Italy – Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

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The AAL Call - Features
A flexible and open Call to develop ICT-based solutions targeting any application area(s) within the AAL
domain*.

Main targets are:
- Private consumer market: primary end users and their family and network (well-being, lifestyle,
  independence, work, fun and comfort)
- Regulated market : seconday and tertiary end users (health and care, social care and housing)

Types of projects that can be funded:
- Collaborative Projects
- Small Collaborative Projects
 ATTENTION: check which type of project is funded by your Funding Agency in the National Eligibility
   Criteria document
* See AAL TAALXONOMY table
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Collaborative Project
• User-driven through co-creation
• Address a specified challenge
• Route to market needs to be clearly described and aligned with the
  business strategies of the partners responsible for commercialisation
• Duration of 18 to 36 months
• Maximum funding of €2.500.000.
• Short time-to-market introduction ≤ max. 2 years after project end
• Technology readiness levels 5-8

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Small Collaborative Project
▪ Duration of minimum 6 months and maximum 9 months
• Maximum funding of € 300.000
▪ Aim at exploring new ideas, concepts and approaches
▪ Reach out to new stakeholders for inclusion in (future) development of
  AAL solutions
▪ Build strong collaborations with end user organisations
▪ Support community building with new customers
▪ Create shared agendas

They can result in well-substantiated ideas or proposals for AAL solutions
to be submitted in a later AAL call (or elsewhere) – not mandatory

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Submission
IMPORTANT:

▪ Submission is done via the AAL EMS platform
▪ Read carefully the Call text, Guide for Applicants and National
  Eligibility Criteria Documents
▪ Relevant National Contact Persons should be contacted for potential
  submission at national level before the deadline
▪ Do not wait until the last minute to submit your proposal !

For more information, contact us at:
call@aal-Europe.eu or
visit our website www.aal-Europe.eu

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Taalxonomy

Source: TAALXONOMY (Synyo, University of Innsbruck, Eurac)
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Thank you for your attention!

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