EUPHIX workplan : Time table and milestones

Description time table

The activities are divided in Work Packages. One Full Project Meeting (FPM) will be held roughly every six months. We plan to offer an improved version of the web application, called ‘Integrated Pilot’, for each FPM.

In the first half of the project period we will focus on the basic web technology aspects and database functionalities, while the production of the content will be in focus in the second half. More attention will be given to the links with other EU projects and activities in the second half as well.

Milestones (IP1.1-1.4, 2.0) are marked in the time table.

Time table

Time	WPc1	WPc2	WPc3	WPc4
Year-months	Management, sustainability	Content	Application	Networks
2005/ 4-7	Elaborate project aims; 1^st FPM June 9-10	First designs for content structure	First designs for application; writing functional design	Plan for establishing of the expert network
2005/ 8-10	Organise work in RIVM EUPHIX team; employ a broader expertise in RIVM/VTV	Elaborate the basics of EUphact/EUphocus structure	Develop Work-in-Progress (WiP) site	PR activities: leaflet, EUPHA presentation
2005/ 11 to 2006/ 1	Prepare integrated pilot 1.1; organise next FPM	Prepare pilot application (2 EUphoci, 6 EUphacts)	Prepare pilot application; develop database and map production
2006/ 2-3	2^nd FPM 2-3 February :IP 1.1; discuss first pilot; expand contacts with DG SANCO	Consolidate pilot with partners, reviewers; select 2 new EUphoci, 5-7 new EUphacts	Consolidate pilot with partners, reviewers	Start building networks and partner co-operation for new EUphacts, EUphoci
2006/ 4-8	Prepare next meeting; work with partners	Start work on new EUphacts/EUphoci; devise publishing procedures	Implement the adapted style sheet. Develop further application tools: database, maps, graphs	Work with partners; establish target group panel
2006/ 9-12	3^rd FPM 19-20 October, Luxembourg: IP1.2; discuss improvements oand additions to the first pilot, further plans; expand PR activities. Consider conditions for sustainable maintenance	Implement new EUphoci and associated EUphacts; implement production protocols on editing and reviewing. Select and start on 2 new EUphoci, 6-8 new EUphacts; start work on policy overviews	Implement standards in database; production of tables, graphs, maps. Consider maintenance after end of project	Consult target group panel. Establish inventory of network partners
2007/ 1-4	4^th FPM April: IP 1.3; discuss system extensions; further plans;	Implement new EUphoci and EUphacts; select extra EUphacts to cover (part of) the ECHI shortlist	Adaptations for maintenance outside RIVM?	Continue involvement of partners, networks
2007/ 5-8	IP 1.4	Have more ECHI shortlist EUphacts covered; draft policy overviews	Prepare for handing over, depending on success application	2nd consultation target group panel
2007/ 9-12	5^th FPM November:IP 2.0; agreement on project finalisation	Last update of EUphacts and EUphoci	Last update of technical improvements
2008/ 1-6	Prepare final report; final web site release; transfer to SANCO	Consolidation of content	Consolidation	Consolidation and establishment of the EUPHIX network

Milestones

Deliverables are indicated in the columns corresponding to the Work Packages. In the column WPc 1 (management), five ‘integrated pilots’ are mentioned. These integrated pilots are accessible only for the EUPHIX team at the RIVM and for the project partners.

These can be roughly described as:

IP 1.1: The web site environment is experimental, the content is implemented as drafts, serving as examples for the first discussion of the structure and content.

IP 1.2: The web site environment is substantially upgraded, the content elements are reviewed, EUphacts extended by the first two EUphoci on smoking and obesity. Some exchange of expertise with project partners has been implemented.

IP 1.3: Limited upgrade of the web site environment; substantial extension of EUphoci and EUphacts, increasingly using the expertise of the project partners, the expert networks and the target group panel.

IP 1.4: Consolidation of web site environment; further extension of indicator-related EUphacts. Focus on sustainability of the system.

IP 2.0: The final product of the EUPHIX project. A functioning prototype including information on a variety of ECHI shortlist indicators, and a set of policy-relevant health EUphoci; a network of experts and the procedures for further maintenance are set up