D1.3 Progress report T12


Contract No.: FP7-ICT-247914
Project full title: MOLTO - Multilingual Online Translation
Deliverable: D1.3. Progress Report T12
Security (distribution level): Confidential
Contractual date of delivery: M12
Actual date of delivery: 1 Apr 2010
Type: Report
Status & version: Draft (evolving document)
Author(s): A. Ranta et al.
Task responsible: UGOT
Other contributors: All


Abstract

Progress report for the first year of the MOLTO project lifetime, 1 Mar 2010 - 28 Feb 2011.

1. Publishable summary


This section must be of suitable quality to enable direct publication by the Commission and should preferably not exceed four pages.

The publishable summary has to include all the distinct parts described below:

  • A summary description of project context and objectives,
  • A description of the work performed since the beginning of the project and the main results achieved so far ,
  • The expected final results and their potential impact and use (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far),
  • The address of the project public website, if applicable

In line with this, diagrams or photographs illustrating and promoting the work of the project, as well as relevant contact details or list of partners can be provided without restriction.

The publishable summary should be updated for each periodic report.


2. Core of the report for the period

2.1 Project objectives for the period


Please provide an overview of the project objectives for the reporting period in question, as included in Annex I to the Grant Agreement. These objectives are required so that this report is a stand-alone document.

Please include a summary of the recommendations from the previous reviews (if any) and indicate how these have been taken into account.


2.2 Work progress and achievements during the period


Please provide a concise overview of the progress of the work in line with the structure of Annex I to the Grant Agreement.

For each work package, except project management, which will be reported in section 3.2.3, please provide the following information:

  • A summary of progress towards objectives and details for each task;
  • Highlight clearly significant results;
  • If applicable, explain the reasons for deviations from Annex I and their impact on other tasks as well as on available resources and planning;
  • If applicable, explain the reasons for failing to achieve critical objectives and/or not being on schedule and explain the impact on other tasks as well as on available resources and planning (the explanations should be coherent with the declaration by the project coordinator) ;
  • a statement on the use of resources, in particular highlighting and explaining deviations between actual and planned person-months per work package and per beneficiary in Annex 1 (Description of Work);
  • If applicable, propose corrective actions.

2.3 Project management during the period


Please use this section to summarise management of the consortium activities during the period. Management tasks are indicated in Articles II.2.3 and Article II.16.5 of the Grant Agreement.

Amongst others, this section should include the following:

  • Consortium management tasks and achievements;
  • Problems which have occurred and how they were solved or envisaged solutions;
  • Changes in the consortium, if any;
  • List of project meetings, dates and venues;
  • Project planning and status;
  • Impact of possible deviations from the planned milestones and deliverables, if any;
  • Any changes to the legal status of any of the beneficiaries, in particular non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs;
  • Development of the Project website, if applicable;

The section should also provide short comments and information on co-ordination activities during the period in question, such as communication between beneficiaries, possible co-operation with other projects/programmes etc.


3. Deliverables and milestones tables

Deliverables


The deliverables due in this reporting period, as indicated in Annex I to the Grant Agreement have to be uploaded by the responsible participants (as indicated in Annex I), and then approved and submitted by the Coordinator. Deliverables are of a nature other than periodic or final reports (ex: "prototypes", "demonstrators" or "others"). If the deliverables are not well explained in the periodic and/or final reports, then, a short descriptive report should be submitted, so that the Commission has a record of their existence.

If a deliverable has been cancelled or regrouped with another one, please indicate this in the column "Comments". If a new deliverable is proposed, please indicate this in the column "Comments".

This table is cumulative, that is, it should always show all deliverables from the beginning of the project.


Milestones


Please complete this table if milestones are specified in Annex I to the Grant Agreement. Milestones will be assessed against the specific criteria and performance indicators as defined in Annex I.

This table is cumulative, which means that it should always show all milestones from the beginning of the project.


4. Explanation of the use of the resources


Please provide an explanation of personnel costs, subcontracting and any major costs incurred by each beneficiary, such as the purchase of important equipment, travel costs, large consumable items, etc., linking them to work packages.

There is no standard definition of "major cost items". Beneficiaries may specify these, according to the relative importance of the item compared to the total budget of the beneficiary, or as regards the individual value of the item.

These can be listed in the following tables (one table by participant):

TABLE 3.1 PERSONNEL, SUBCONTRACTING AND OTHER MAJOR COST ITEMS FOR BENEFICIARY 1 FOR THE PERIOD

Work Package Item description Amount in € with 2 decimals Explanations
Ex: 2,5, 8, 11, 17 Personnel direct costs 235000.00 € Salaries of 2 postdoctoral students and one lab technician for 18 months each
5 Subcontracting 11000.02 € Maintenance of the web site and printing of brochure
8, 17 Major cost item 'X' 75000.23 € NMR spectrometer
11 Major cost item 'Y' 27000.50€ Expensive chemicals xyz for experiment abc
Remaining direct costs 15000.10€
Indirect costs
TOTAL COSTS 363000.85€

5. Financial statements – Form C and Summary financial report


Please submit a separate financial statement from each beneficiary (if Special Clause 10 applies to your Grant Agreement, please include a separate financial statement from each third party as well) together with a summary financial report which consolidates the claimed Community contribution of all the beneficiaries in an aggregate form, based on the information provided in Form C (Annex VI) by each beneficiary.

When applicable, certificates on financial statements shall be submitted by the concerned beneficiaries according to Article II.4.4 of the Grant Agreement.

Besides the electronic submission, Forms C as well as certificates (if applicable), have to be signed and sent in parallel by post.

A Web-based online tool for completing and submitting forms C is accessible via the Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal.