Money Funding asked for some cooperations based on the ALADIN project

 1. French "Ministère des Affaires Etrangères" support (MAE)

MAE fundings for 2001 should be available from end 2001 till mid-2002 for the concerned European partners (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia). But this support is very likely (even sure) to disappear next year, since such fundings are expected to help new projects and ALADIN is already 10 years old. The next Assembly of Partners will have to find alternatives. The Embassy fundings for Morocco and Tunisia are available from January to December, as usual.

More details can be asked to Sylvie Rivals (Météo-France/D2I/INT, sylvie.rivals++at++meteo.fr).

2. Bilateral supporting grants

Only one bilateral program for 2001-2002, between the Austrian and French ALADIN teams, focussing on precipitations over mountains. For more details, contact : wang++at++zamg.ac.at or françois.bouyssel++at++meteo.fr

3. Météo-France support for maintenance, ...

Since there are very very few volunteers for the post-phasing work of the next autumn and most teams are overbooked, part of Météo-France fundings, to be used before end 2001, may be left unused (two stays).

For more details, contact : patricia.pottier++at++meteo.fr or dominique.giard++at++meteo.fr

4. ALATNET funding

In May 2000, Météo-France received from the EC an initial advance (30% of the total amount). This advance was allocated to each participants in accordance with the contract (ie proportionaly to the total amount per participants ). In May 2001, the first cost statement was sent to the EC and the eligible costs were approved by the Commission.

Taking into account the low level of the ALATNET eligible costs during the first ALATNET year (compared with the forecast of expenses for this year), no other periodic payments were received.

The next steps are : the second cost statement (to be sent to the EC at the end of April 2002) and a periodic payment (hopefully) in summer 2002 after validation of the eligible costs of the second ALATNET year.



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