CERGOP-2/Environment A Challenge for the Next 2.5 Years

1. CERGOP-2/Environment A Challenge for the Next 2.5 Years P. Pesec Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria Coordinator CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

2. 1st half-year meeting Connected with the yearly CERGOP-2 conference and the meeting of the CERGOP Consortium Maximal EU contribution : € 2,045.319 Advance payment received : € 818.749 that are 40 % as usual. Money distributed : € 731.325 Money left in Vienna (CO) : € 69.406 Money for Bosnia/H : € 18.018 CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

3. 1st half-year meeting Aim: Getting information about the project progress starting with the kick-off meeting in Graz May 5-6, 2003 What is required: A report for all work-packages not exceeding 2 to 3 pages An estimate of the man-hours consumed by end of September 2003 First ideas to construct an implementation plan which will one of the major output of the complete project CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

4. 1st half-year meeting Date for the delivery of the half-year report by the coordinator to Brussels: End of October 2003 So I need all informations by October 15 at the latest. Keep in mind that you have to present a certified financial estimate by end of March 2004 which is the basis for receiving the second partial amount of money Take care of your expenses within the project with utmost care CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

5. 1st half-year meeting Some advices how to handle the money received by EU: Please keep inside the sum confirmed by EU. Do not change money between different items without contacting me beforehand. May be we need some certification by EU for larger changes. I remind you that FC is full cost (50% have to be payed by the institute, but you dispose of larger overheads). Additional cost (AC) investigators get the total sum approved. CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

6. 1st half-year meeting Durable equipment costs: 1.) ISRSG: depreciated by 2/5 but 50 % (FC) 2.) UBW: depreciated by about 2/5 3.) ASI: no equipment 4.) Padova: no depreciation 5.) CLGBAS: no depreciation 6.) VUGTK: no depreciation but 50 % (FC) 7.) FOMI: no depreciation for GPS, ½ for rest, but 50 % (FC) 8.) PWWUT: no depreciation CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

7. 1st half-year meeting Durable equipment costs: 9.) ICGFC: no depreciation 10.) FCESUT: no depreciation 11.) FGG: no depreciation 12.) FGUZ: no equipment 13.) NULP: no depreciation 14.) GDFCE: depreciaton 2/5, assistance from Austria. Complete sum for equipment: € 437.344 CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

8. The Scientific Task Objectives and approach: Creation of new permanent station facilities Precise site monitoring Computation of weekly co-ordinates (time series) Periodic re-measurements of CEGRN and local networks Interpretation of the results (velocity/stress field, geodynamic) Meteorology, hazard mitigation, local assessments Problems to be solved: Maintainance and update of the monitoring network CEGRN Guarantee of long term stability and operation (at least one decade) Moving towards real-time (hourly files, 1-sec sample rate, real-time communication) Establishment of a timely changing velocity field for the complete project area and some dedicated regions CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

9. Geographical and Political Aspects All partners except Germany are members of the CEI The territory of the project comprises 15 % of Europe 5 Partners will join the EU 2004, 2 partners hopefully 2007. We will try to include further countries during the project EU accepted 3 partners for funding which are not in the list for EU support We took the right time: The planned extension of EU was an important argument for granting the proposal CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

10. Work Packages – An Overview The work packages are the basic content of the project. Their success guarantees an optimal termination of the project and the definition of an implementation plan. In order to give each partner a considerable part of responsibility each partner (except Bosnia) is a responsible leader of a work-package. We defined 10 work-packages, work-package 10 is extended to sub-packages 10.1 to 10.7. The performance of these work packages is supported by the special study groups CSG-1 to CSG-6, which have a nearly congruent task. Half yearly reports as well as regular meetings of CERGOP-2 and/or the consortium will act as a means to adjust the work in the work packages, which are partly highly correlated. CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

11. Deliverables The deliverables are arranged in 3 categories: Category 1: “immediately and permanently available” e.g.: information system, raw/met data, station coordinates, zenith delays, RTK corrections, hazard indicators. Category 2: “periodic delivery by date” e.g.: data from epoch stations, station velocities, quality assessments, time series analysis, reference frame, geophysical interpretations, geo-kinematical maps and strain analysis Category 3: “final product delivered once” e.g.:station prototype, tools for site monitoring, models for height determination, long term observation facility CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003

12. Conclusions That was the first input from the project management point of view I wish all of you great success for this symposium I am here for everybody to discuss open questions which may be easier now but after the next 6 months. Again, good luck CERGOP-2 Conference, Warsaw, September 29 - 30, 2003