Clean Sky Annual Implementation Plan 2010
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Clean Sky Annual Implementation Plan 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BACKGROUND AND MISSION
3. CLEAN SKY GOVERNANCE
4.1 Governing Board
4.2 Executive Director
4.3 ITD Steering Committee
4.4 General Forum
4.5 National States Representative Group
4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
5.1 Clean Sky research Objectives
5.2 Clean Sky milestones for 2010
5. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NAMED BENEFICIARIES
6.1 SFWA
6.2 GRA
6.3 GRC
6.4 SAGE
6.5 SGO
6.6 ED
6.7 TE
6. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
7.1 Scope and timing
7.2 Proposal evaluation
7. RUNNING COSTS
8.1 Staff
8.2 Buildings, equipments, communication, management of calls and miscellaneous expenditure
8. PRIORITIES, KEY OBJECTIVES AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR 2010
9. SUMMARY 2010 BUDGET
ANNEXES
1 - Statements of Work (sub-annexes 1a to 1g)
2 - List of Named Beneficiaries (sub-annexes 2a to 2g), plus List of topics for Calls for Proposals – annex 2h
Clean Sky Annual Implementation Plan 2010
Reference documents:
- 2010 Annual Budget Plan, CS GB Sherpa ABP2010 12_05_2010
- 2010 Establishment Plan, CS GB Sherpa Est. Plan 2010 12_05_2010
1. INTRODUCTION
The Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 20 December 2007 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 February 2008.
The Annual Implementation Plan specifies the plan for execution of all activities of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (CS JU) for a particular year, including activities carried out by the R&D performers, members of the CSJU, planned calls for proposals and actions to be implemented through calls for tenders. The Annual Implementation Plan together with the Annual Budget Plan shall be presented by the Executive Director to the Governing Board of the CS JU for comments and adoption, as foreseen by art. 18.4 of the Clean Sky Statutes.
This 2010 Annual Implementation Plan covers the establishment of the 3rd operating year of the CS JU, which is also the first one autonomously managed by the Joint Undertaking, this autonomy having been granted on November 17th, 2009.
Once adopted by the Governing Board a publishable version of the Annual Implementation Plan shall be made public on the Clean Sky web site.
2. BACKGROUND AND MISSION
Clean Sky is a pioneering public private partnership aiming at boosting the R&D in low environmental impact technologies for the Air Transport System and establishing a co-operation among all stakeholders within Europe in Member States and countries associated with the 7th Framework Programme (FP7).
The CS JU has been set up in response to citizens’ needs for a reduction of the impact of the Air Transport System on the environment in combination with sustained economic growth. It is a large, additional technology research programme enabling step changes in the reduction of fuel consumption, emissions and noise of future aircraft.
Clean Sky will bring public support together with industry funds in a risk sharing structure that will accelerate the development and introduction of environmentally focussed technologies in next generation air vehicles. Up to €600m of Community funding will be matched by Named Beneficiaries, whereas at least €200m will be allocated to Calls for Proposals with a funding rate between 50 and 75%, depending on the type of entity. The total value of Clean Sky will therefore be between €1.466Bn and €1.6Bn.
Clean Sky is expected to lead to the earlier introduction of new, greener products that will:
· Increase the competitiveness of the European industry
· Accelerate the reduction in global emissions
· Encourage the rest of the world to make greener products
Clean Sky will provide opportunities for the aeronautics industry (including SMEs), research centres and universities across Europe. Such a large, flexible and complex research programme could not be conducted using existing Community or national instruments. Clean Sky will ensure integrated activities over 7 years to validate step changes in component, system and vehicle technologies. In combination with the results of private and national research programmes, this will provide a basis on which innovative greener products can be launched at acceptable risk to all participants to the Joint Undertaking.
3. CLEAN SKY GOVERNANCE
The CS JU is composed of three bodies: (1) the Governing Board, (2) the Executive Director and (3) the ITD Steering Committees. It shall be supported by an internal consultative group, the General Forum and an external one, the National States Representative Group.
3.1 Governing Board
The Governing Board is the main decision making body of the CSJU and has been established in Q2 2008.
According to article 6 of the Statutes of the CS JU the Governing Board has the overall responsibility for the operations of the CS JU and shall oversee the implementation of its activities. It is composed by the European Commission, the 12 ITD leaders of the 6 ITDs, the technological areas Clean Sky is composed of and one Associate member from each ITD representing itself and the other Associates from the same ITD, for a total of 19 effective members of the Board.
The Board has adopted its own rules of procedures and elected a Chair and a Vice-chair from among its members. Chair and Vice-chair shall serve on an annual rotating basis. In order to have this rotating basis aligned with calendar years, the mandates of the Chair and Vice-Chair which should have come to renewal at mid-2009 was extended until the end of the year.
The Board shall have on average at least two board meetings a year. The frequency of meeting is higher at the start of Clean Sky.
The Governing Board shall ensure that all necessary actions are taken for the unfolding of technical activities in the different ITDs and for their supervision and coordination by the Executive Director and his team.
It is planned that the Governing Board adopts the draft 2009 Annual Implementation Plan at its meeting planned for December 4th, 2009.
3.2 Executive Director
The Executive Director is the legal representative of the CS JU and shall be the chief executive for the day-to-day management in accordance with the decisions of the Governing Board. The Executive Director will be supported by the staff of the Clean Sky JU and will report to the Governing Board.
The ED will perform his duties with a staff which is rising up to 18 members (17 temporary agents and 1 contractual agent) in its shape accepted by the Governing Board in July 2009. This level of 18 should be reached by April 2010.
3.3 ITD Steering Committee
The ITD Steering Committees are the main management bodies of the technical activities of Clean Sky, the Integrated Technology Demonstrators. They shall carry their activities forward in close co-ordination with, and support of, the Executive Director and his staff.
According to article 8 of the Statutes of the CS JU the role of the ITD Steering Committees is guiding and monitoring the technical functions of their respective ITDs and taking decisions on behalf of the CS JU on all technical matters specific to the relevant ITD including budgets, define the specification of Calls for Proposals, the ITD annual programmes of work.
The following ITDs have been established:
a) Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft (SFWA)
b) Green Regional Aircraft (GRA)
c) Green Rotorcraft (GRC)
d) Sustainable and Green Engine (SAGE)
e) Systems for Green Operations (SGO)
f) Eco-Design (ED)
On top of these ITDs an independent Technology Evaluator has been set for the whole duration of Clean Sky. Its Steering Committee is chaired by the Executive Director.
3.4 General Forum
The General Forum comprises all participants to activities of the CS JU at any given time and shall be informed on the activities of the CS JU. It shall be invited to provide comments according to article 9 of the Statutes of the CS JU to the CS JU governance via a communication channel established with the Executive Director.
The General Forum is an important communication channel to ensure transparency and openness of the activities of the CS JU toward all its stakeholders. Its role is to ensure that the activities of the CS JU are communicated across the whole spectrum of participants and to provide in return independent comments and suggestions on the progress and strategy of the CS JU to the Governing Board, the Executive Director and the ITD Steering Committees. In order to streamline communication and to avoid confusion, the General Forum shall provide its input to the Clean Sky governance structure via the Executive Director.
The first General Forum will be convened by the Executive Director at the beginning of 2010.
3.5 National States Representative Group
The National States Representative Group (NSRG) shall consist of a representative from each Member States and Associated States to the Framework Programme. The NSRG has been established in Q2 2008 and is following closely the activities and setting up of the CS JU.
The NSRG has adopted its own rules of procedures and elected its own Chair and Vice-chair. The Chair of the NSRG is invited to attend meetings of the CS JU Governing Board as an observer.
According to article 10 of the Statutes of the CS JU the NSRG has an advisory role to the CS JU and acts as an interface between the CS JU and the relevant stakeholders within the respective States. It receives information on the state of progress within the CS JU, on the planning, content and outcome of Calls for Proposals and Calls for Tender and shall co-operate with the JU in ensuring the widest dissemination of information related to calls to external organisation to the CS JU.
The NSRG shall provide information to the CS JU on relevant activities ongoing at national levels and is requested to play an important role in the leverage effect of the CS JU on the national activities.
4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
The CS JU shall support research activities carried out by the non-EC members of Clean Sky and by partners selected following open and competitive Calls for Proposals, independent evaluations and negotiations leading to the conclusion of partners Grant Agreements.
The CS JU shall adopt the overall objectives of the Clean Sky programme outlining the research activities to be supported by the CS JU and finalised to the testing of the final demonstrators.
Clean Sky aims to create a radically innovative Air Transport System based on the integration of advanced technologies and full scale demonstrators, with the target of reducing the environmental impact of air transport through reduction of noise and gaseous emissions, and improvement of the fuel economy of aircraft. The activity will cover all main flying segments of the Air Transport System and the associated underlying technologies identified in the Strategic Research Agenda for Aeronautics developed by the Aeronautics Technology Platform ACARE.
Clean Sky is built upon 6 different technical areas called Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs), where preliminary studies and down-selection of work will be performed, followed by large-scale demonstrations on ground or in-flight, in order to bring innovative technologies to a maturity level where they can be applicable to new generation “green aircraft”. Multiple links for coherence and data exchange will be ensured between the various ITDs.
The ITDs are:
1. The SMART fixed wing aircraft ITD, focused on active wing technologies that sense the airflow and adapt their shape as required, as well as on new aircraft configurations to optimally incorporate these novel wing concepts.
2. The Green Regional Aircraft ITD, focused on low-weight configurations and technologies using smart structures, low-noise configurations and the integration of technology developed in other ITDs, such as engines, energy management and mission and trajectory management.
3. The Green Rotorcraft ITD, focused on innovative rotor blades and engine installation for noise reduction, lower airframe drag, diesel engine and electrical systems for fuel consumption reduction and environmentally friendly flight paths.
4. The Sustainable and Green Engine ITD will integrate technologies for low noise and lightweight low pressure systems, high efficiency, low NOx and low weight core, novel configurations such as open rotors or intercoolers.
5. The Systems for Green Operations ITD will focus on all-electric aircraft equipment and systems architectures, thermal management, capabilities for “green” trajectories and mission and improved ground operations.
6. The Eco-Design ITD will address the full life cycle of materials and components, focusing on issues such as optimal use of raw materials, decreasing the use of non-renewable materials, natural resources, energy, the emission of noxious effluents and recycling.
The Technology Evaluator will be the first available European complete integrated tool delivering direct relationship between advanced technologies, still under development, and high-level local or global environment impact. It will consider inputs from both inside and outside the “Clean Sky” perimeter to deliver environmental metrics and the levels of aircraft, airport and aircraft fleet level.
As aircraft fuel economy is also influenced by flight trajectory management strategy, Clean Sky will establish close links with the SESAR Joint Undertaking which investigates Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies in line with the "Single Sky" initiative of the Commission. These links will be established via the Technology Evaluator, as well as via the Systems ITD that develops the avionics equipment interfacing with ATM.
A summary of the technological targets to be achieved by Clean Sky are provided:
5. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NAMED BENEFICIAIRES
The members of the CS JU other than the European Commission will have the responsibility to carry out the main technical activities required to reach the final Clean Sky objectives as laid out in the annexes of this Annual Implementation Plan (1a to 1g). The members of the CS JU are committed to participate to the full duration of the Clean Sky activities, to share the strategic decisions to be taken in order to reach the final objectives, are funded at 50% from the Commission and will contribute 50 % of the research costs in kind, according to the budget share shown in annexes 2a to 2g. The total budget envelope of their activities is up to 75 % of the Commission contribution, with 50 % being allocated to activities carried out by the ITD leaders and 25 % to Associates. Two ITD leaders co-lead each ITD.