Project Initiation Report

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Chapter 1: Presentation of the applicant's interest in SESAR and the added value of its participation; the role it wishes to fulfil and its expectations from the SESAR 2020 and the SJU.

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Chapter 2: A complete and duly supported description of the entity and its organisational structure and in case of a consortium or grouping also of its members.

The applicants are requested to describe, as far as possible, their intention of participating to SESAR 2020 with linked third parties[1], such as associate partners (in accordance with the decision of the Administrative Board ADB(D) 02(2010) on “Associate Partners of an SJU Member”), third parties providing in kind contributions free of charge, etc. The candidate members are also invited to indicate their subcontractors that will be expected to contribute to SESAR 2020.

(It should be noted that there is no need at this stage to submit the documentation detailed in sections 9.2., 9.3.1. and 9.3.2. of the call for expression of interestrelated to suchlinked third parties, nevertheless, the relevant chapters/points of this template shall also be detailed in respect of such parties, as far as possible, and, in particular, the contribution of the linked third parties to the SESAR 2020 shall be described in the relevant chapters of this template.)

(The current SJU members shall fill-in this chapter only if changes to their situation compared with the initial call for membership are applicable.)

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Chapter 3:A detailed description of the experience in the field of air traffic management and/or with the manufacture of equipment and/or services for use in air traffic management.

A detailed description of the capacity to manage, coordinate and carry out large scale research, development and validation projects involving multiple participants

A detailed description of their contribution to the rationalisation of research, development and validation activities, including the optimal use of existing developments and enhancing interoperability of the ATM system, in terms of previous experience.

(The current SJU members shall fill-in this chapter only if changes to their situation compared with the initial call for membership are applicable.)

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Chapter 4:

Part 1:A list of areas and topics, in relation to the initial description of activities included in Annex III, on which candidate members have a proven experience and which constitute an added value for the SESAR 2020 and the SJU.

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Part 2:A detailed description of the applicant’s existing activities relevant to SESAR(the current SJU members shall fill-in this part only if they want to highlight different competencies and skills compared to the current contribution to the ongoing SESAR 2020, for example on RPAS, etc).

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Chapter 5: An estimation and a description of the applicant’s proposed financial contribution. The applicantsshould clearly indicate cash contributions and in kind contributions and also describe the valuation method of in kind contributions. The applicant members shall also indicate the split between direct and in-direct costs and the resources to be split between and dedicated applied research and pre-industrial development and very large scale demonstrations. In addition the applicantmay indicate exploratory research activities that they intend to perform within the context of the SESAR 2020if relevant.

The estimated contribution should provide a split between the applicant’s contribution and those of the proposed linked third parties.

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Chapter 6: A declaration on any potential conflicts of interests which may exist and affect the applicant's quality of a member. TheSJU policy of themanagement of conflict of interest is adopted in the Administrative Board decisions ADB(D) 10-2008 and ADB(D) 03-2012.

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Chapter 7: A description of the issues relating to intellectual property rights which should be considered in relation to the applicant's contributions and participation in the SJU (background, access rights).

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[1]For the definition of a “linked third party” refer to Annex IV of the call for expression of interest.