INCOLAB, Conference Prague, Czech Republic 4th December 2003

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INCOLAB, ConferencePrague, Czech Republic4th
December 2003
INCOLAB Conference INCOLAB status and other 5th
FP projects in the field of MeasurementTesting
University of Ljubljana Faculty of Electrical
Enginering Laboratory of Metrology and Quality
(LMK) Tržaška 25, SI - 1000 Ljubljana,
SLOVENIA Project Assistant Igor Pušnik
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5th Framework Programme

• Programme Type 5th FWP (Fifth Framework
  Programme)
• Title Fifth RTD Framework Programme, 1998-2002
• Subject Index Scientific Research
• Objectives
• To maintain and enhance, in the context of a
  genuine "European research area", the research
  potential of European laboratories, universities
  and companies and their ability to produce
  knowledge of the highest level and high-quality
  technologies
• to help ensure that European research serves the
  EU economic and social objectives, in other words
  European research at the service of the citizen
  and European competitiveness in a global
  framework.

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5th Framework Programme

• Subdivisions of Programme The Fifth Framework
  Programme (FP5) has two distinct parts
• The Fifth European Community (EC) Framework
  Programme, covering research, technological
  development and demonstration activities and,
• the Fifth Euratom Framework Programme covering
  research and training activities in the nuclear
  sector.
• FP5 has a simplified, multi-theme structure,
  consisting of seven Specific Programmes, of which
  4 are Thematic Programmes and 3 are Horizontal
  Programmes.

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5th Framework ProgrammeThematic Programmes

• The Thematic Programmes, covering a series of
  specific problems, are
• - Quality of life and management of living
  resources (LIFE QUALITY)
• - User-friendly information society (IST)
• Energy, environment and sustainable development
  (EESD)
• Competitive and sustainable growth (GROWTH)

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5th Framework ProgrammeThematic Programmes-Growth

• Research and Technological development activities
  of a generic Nature
• Materials and their technologies for production
  and transformation (MAT)
• Ensuring that European standards and testing
  laboratories provide consistent measurements and
  tests which are equivalent to similar
  measurements made by Europe
• New and improved materials and production
  technologies in the steel field
• Measurements and testing
• Support for Research Infrastructures
• Measurement and quality management
  infrastructures)

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5th Framework ProgrammeThematic Programmes-Growth

• Key actions
• Innovative products, processes and organisation
• Sustainable mobility and intermodality
• Land transport and marine technologies
• New perspectives in aeronautics

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5th Framework ProgrammeProjects

• 2129 records about projects are found in the FP5
  Projects Database
• By refining the search to Growth (programme),
  Thematic network contracts (contract type) and
  research (coordinator and participant type) there
  are 125 hits, INCOLAB among them.
• EU Community research home page
  http//www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

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INCOLAB

• INitiative and CO-ordination to prepare
  LABoratories in Newly Associated States for full
  implementation of the Low-Voltage Directive (LVD)

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INCOLAB general objectives

• Transfer of knowledge and expertise between the
  EU project members and NAS project members
  related to the full implementation of LVD.
• Establishment and/or improvement of technical,
  administrative and socio-economic infrastructures
  related to the LVD in the NAS project members.
• Establishment of relations among all project
  members as well as among project participants on
  a national level of each participating country,
  particularly in the NAS
• Clearly identified priorities and specifics of
  development of technical infrastructure in NAS.
• Analysis of socio-economic, financial and legal
  aspects of development of MT infrastructures.
• Creation of generic knowledge related to
  implementation of the LVD, which could be used
  with other technical directives as well.

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INCOLAB specific objectives

• Technical reports and documentation
• Guidance documents, expertise, evaluation reports
  and assessment reports
• Seminars, workshops, training
• Exchange, establishment and purchasing of
  measuring standards and reference materials
• Development of testing procedures according to
  particular written standards within the LVD
• Evaluating uncertainty specifications and
  validation of testing methods
• Validation of software and handling of databases
• Development of specific measurement and testing
  equipment for measuring physical quantities
  related to the LVD
• Establishment of technical infrastructures
  related to the LVD.
• Assessment (i.e. accreditation) of certain LVD
  testing laboratories in some NAS project members.

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INCOLABinstitutional triangles
Laboratories Industry Regulatory bodies
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INCOLAB structure
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INCOLABprogress overview