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EGEE
Review – 9-11 February 2005 |
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The first EGEE EU Review was held at CERN, Geneva, and attended
by more than 90 participants. The activity leaders presented
their work and the progress made over the first nine months
of the project to the five EU-appointed international reviewers,
the EU project officer, Kyriakos Baxevanidis, and the EU
administrator, Christophe Kowalski. The question and answer
sessions were very productive, and at the end of the three
day agenda, the reviewers announced their great satisfaction
with the project praising its efforts and results to-date.
The project management and activity leaders are now following-up
on the constructive recommendations made by the reviewers
and will meet during an All Activity (AA) Meeting this week
at CERN to discuss plans for the next 15 months of the project.
The agenda for the AA meeting can be found at http://agenda.cern.ch/fullAgenda.php?ida=a045526.
The
Project Director would like to congratulate all EGEE members
for their hard work to achieve such a good result, of which
we should be proud. The details of review agenda and material
presented can be found on the EGEE technical web pages.
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New
Proposals and spin off projects |
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The
EGEE project has been approached by a number of project
initiatives to profit from forthcoming EU calls. One of
these calls closes on 17 March 2005, with projects intending
to cover the following extensions to EGEE:
 Extensions
in geographical coverage: e.g. Baltic countries, Latin
and South America, Mediterranean countries, as well as
Asian countries such as China.
Extensions
in functionality and applications: accounting technology,
documentation, training, and biomedical.
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Second
Contract Amendment |
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As a result of the recommendations made by the reviewers,
the Project Office is now coordinating the second contract
amendment to fulfil all obligations of the EU review feedback
report. This amendment will request a change in the contract
to have one remaining reporting period of 15 months instead
of two periods of nine and six months. This will mean that
the next official project review will be the final review
at the end of the project. To monitor the technical progress
of the programme of work, an interim, focussed technical
review will be held at CERN in December 2005.
The contract amendment will also include an updated detailed
implementation plan reflecting each activity's plans for
the next 15 months of the project. Further details can be
obtained from the EGEE Project Office.
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EGEE
Phase II Proposal
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The taskforce established in October to prepare the proposal
for the second phase of EGEE (call opening in May and closing
on 7 September 2005) is pursuing its activities with the
aim of giving ideas and directions in time for the third
EGEE conference in Athens. Further details can be obtained
from the Project Office.
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3rd
EGEE Conference: Athens, 18-22/04/05 |
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Registration
is open for the third EGEE conference to be held in Athens
in April. Full programme and conference details can be found
on the website: http://public.eu-egee.org/conferences/details.php?item_id=29
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