First Periodic Management Report

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1 European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems Project IST Instrument: Thematic Priority: Coordination Action IST Cognitive Systems First Periodic Management Report Months 1-12 Period covered from 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2006 Date of preparation: 25/02/2007 Start date of project: 01/01/2006 Duration: 36 months Project coordinator: David Vernon Project coordinator organization name: University of Genova DIST LIRA-Lab Revision: 1.0

2 Table of Contents Section 1 Justification of major cost items and resources...3 Explanation of any major cost...3 Tabular overview of costs...4 Tabular view of effort...5 Summary of major deviations...6 Section 2 Form C Financial statement per Activity...8 Section 3 Summary financial report...8 Date: 25/02/2007 Version:. 1.0 Page 2 of 8

3 Section 1 Justification of major cost items and resources Explanation of any major cost major costs were incurred. Date: 25/02/2007 Version:. 1.0 Page 3 of 8

4 Tabular overview of costs Cost Budget Follow-up Table *) total budget figures - not EC funding Contract N : IST Acronym: eucognition Date: 24/02/2007 PARTI-CIPANTS TYPE of EXPENDITURE (as defined by participants) BUDGET ACTUAL COSTS (EUR) Pct. spent Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Total Total Remaining Budget (EUR) f a1 b1 c1 f1 a1+b1+c1+d1+e1/f f-f1 UGDIST Total Person-month % 30 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs: Members Travel % Total Costs % UCD Total Person-month % 2 Personnel costs 34, , , % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs 34, , , % TUW Total Person-month % 2 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % HIS Total Person-month % 3 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % LIU Total Person-month % 3 Personnel costs % obii eye tracker % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % RUB Total Person-month % 3 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % AS Total Person-month % Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % CNRS Total Person-month % 4 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % MPI Total Person-month % 2 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % UKE Total Person-month % 2 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % UNIED Total Person-month % 1 Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % 0.00 Total Costs % TOTAL Total Person-month % Personnel costs % Major cost item 'y' % 0.00 Other costs ('the rest') % Total Costs % Date: 25/02/2007 Version:. 1.0 Page 4 of 8

5 Tabular view of effort Person-Month Status Table CONTRACT N : IST ACRONYM: eucognition Partner - Person-month per Workpackage AC - own staff PERIOD: Month 1 - Month 12 TOTALS UGDIST UCD TUW HIS LIU RUB AS CNRS MPI UKE UNIED OTHER AC TOTALS UGDIST UCD TUW HIS LIY RUB AS CNRS MPI UKE UNIED OTHER Workpackage 1: Actual WP total: Outreach Planned WP total: Workpackage 2: Actual WP total: Scientific Outlook Planned WP total: Workpackage 3: Actual WP total: Education Planned WP total: Workpackage 4: Actual WP total: On-line Resources Planned WP total: Workpackage 5: Actual WP total: Network Coordination Planned WP total: Workpackage 6: Actual WP total: Management Planned WP total: Actual total: Total Project Person-month Planned total: Date: 25/02/2007 Version:. 1.0 Page 5 of 8

6 Summary of major deviations Despite exceeding its membership targets, as noted in the Periodic Activity Report, the network is spending less than was planned in the original budget. Personnel costs are running at 19% of the overall budget instead of 33% and Other costs are running at 22% instead of 33% (please refer to the Tabular Overview of Costs on p. 4). There are a three main reasons for the under-spend in personnel costs. First, three of the contractors have not claimed any costs: HIS, LIU, and RUB. As noted in the Periodic Activity Report, during the year Erik Hollnagel (LIU) moved to the Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES), Sophia Antipolis, and Christoph von der Malsburg (RUB) moved to Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS). Both ARMINES and FIAS are in the process of becoming contractors and will claim costs in the next period. HIS did not claim in this period due to administrative difficulties. However, HIS does intend claiming for this year in the next period as an adjustment. Second, the subcontract for a member of the Executive Committee, Matthias Scheutz, was not implemented as planned and will only come into effect next year. This resulted in lower costs at UGDIST., the person that we had originally targeted to take charge of the development of the website declined to accept a contract and the Network Coordinator then had to step in and take responsibility for the design, implementation, and administration of the website. Since the time assigned for the Network Coordinator was capped at six person-months 1, the cost of this effort is not reflected in the labour costs charged by UGDIST. 1 Six person-months are equivalent to 810 person-hours, assuming the normal notional 1620 hours per year. The actual number of hours of recorded effort was Date: 25/2/07 Version:. 1.0 Page 6 of 8

7 eucognition Analysis of Other Costs Period 1: 1/1/2006 to 31/12/2006 Category Number of Transactions Travel Costs Other Costs Total Costs Outreach Coordination Outreach Actions Outlook Coordination Outlook Actions Education Coordination Education Actions Resources Coordination Resources Actions Network Coordination Six-Monthly Meetings Executive Committee Meetings Sub-Total Overheads Total te that the total exceeds the amount in Form C summary by a small amount ( vs ). This is because in Form C only depreciation costs for equipment are recorded. However, the full cost is included in the database from which these figures were taken. A breakdown of the Other costs that were set out in the Tabular Overview of Costs on p. 4 is shown above. A number of issues are worthy of note. It can be seen that the six-monthly meetings account for the largest share of costs, as expected. It is significant that the number of members is continuing to increase and, as attendance levels at these meetings is consistently in the region of 50% of the membership, the cost of the six-monthly meetings will continue to rise in the coming two years. Furthermore, with the launch of the roadmap exercise and the planned organization of topical workshops, associated meeting costs in the next two years will also increase. Finally, we have seen a steep increase in the number of network actions being proposed and approved in recent months. Projecting ahead, this will increase the costs of years 2 and 3, vis-à-vis year 1. In the same context, it is worth bearing in mind that several of the network actions approved in Year 1 have not yet submitted claims for costs incurred or yet to be incurred. In summary, although we are presently under-spending on Other costs with respect to the budget (22% vs. 33%), this may yet provide a useful and perhaps necessary buffer for increased network activities in the coming two years. Date: 25/2/07 Version:. 1.0 Page 7 of 8

8 Section 2 Form C Financial statement per Activity Individual Form Cs for each contractor are appended to this document. Section 3 Summary financial report A Summary of Form Cs for each contractor is appended to this document. Date: 25/2/07 Version:. 1.0 Page 8 of 8

9 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA n-commercial Prof. David Vernon Telephone AC 01/01/2006 To Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name Party 5 (Y5) Legal Name Party 6 (Y6) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

10 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

11 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Studio Tarigo & Saveri Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Y5: Legal name of the audit firm Y6: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

12 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) Party 5 (Y5) Party 6 (Y6) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Prof. David Vernon Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Signature Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Prof. Giuseppe Casalino Date 15/02/ /02/2007 Signature

13 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN n-commercial Dr. Fred Cummins Telephone AC 01/01/2006 To Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate fred.cummins@ucd.ie Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

14 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

15 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

16 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Dr. Fred Cummins Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Donal Doolan Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Date Signature Signature

17 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN n-commercial Prof. Markus Vincze Telephone AC 01/01/2006 To Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate vincze@acin.tuwien.ac.at Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

18 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

19 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

20 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Prof. Markus Vincze Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Prof. Bernard Favre-Bulle Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Date Signature Signature

21 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n HOEGSKOLAN I SKOEVDE n-commercial Prof. Tom Ziemke AC 01/01/2006 To Telephone Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate tom.ziemke@his.se Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

22 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

23 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

24 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Prof. Tom Ziemke Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Conny Kjell Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Date Signature Signature

25 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET n-commercial Prof. Erik Hollnagel AC 01/01/2006 To Telephone Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate eriho@ida.liu.se Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

26 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

27 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

28 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Prof. Erik Hollnagel Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Mr. Curt Karlson Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Date Signature Signature

29 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM n-commercial Prof. Christoph von der Malsburg AC 01/01/2006 To Telephone Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate Christoph.von.der.Malsburg@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

30 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

31 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

32 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Name of the Person responsible Name of the duly authorised of the work Financial Officer Prof. Christoph von der Malsburg Mr. Gerhard Moeller Date Date Signature Signature

33 Form C - Model of Financial Statement per Activity (to be filled by each contractor) Type of instrument Project Title (or Acronym) s Legal Name Legal Type Contact Person Telecopy (AC//FC or FCF) Period from Coordination Action Type of Action (if necessary) eucognition Contract n THE APPLIANCE STUDIO LIMITED SME Mr. Bill Sharpe Telephone FCF 01/01/2006 To Indirect costs(real or Flat Rate of 20% of Direct costs, except subcontracting) Flat rate bill.sharpe@appliancestudio.com Flat rate (up to 20% of direct costs, excluding subcontracting) 20 31/12/ Resources ( party(ies)) Are there any resources made available on the basis of a prior agreement with third parties identified in Annex I of the contract? ( / ) If, please provide the following information Party 1 (Y1) Legal Name Party 2 (Y2) Legal Name Party 3 (Y3) Legal Name Party 4 (Y4) Legal Name 2- Declaration of eligible costs (in ) Please complete only the activity covered by the relevant instrument (and type of action) indicated above and as mentioned in Article II.25 and/or in Annexes I and III of the contract. If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC): - indicate only your additional eligible costs, except for Management of the Consortium Activity for which you may indicate your full eligible costs; - do not declare eligible direct additional costs specifically covered by contributions from third parties as mentioned in Articles II.20 and II.23.a and b of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate your full eligible costs. The costs declared should distinguish between direct and indirect costs. If necessary, adjustments to previous period(s) may be included where appropriate. Type of Activity

34 Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Direct costs Of which subcontracting Indirect costs Adjustments to previous period(s) Total costs Declaration of receipts (in ) If you are a contractor using the additional cost model (AC), indicate only receipts covered by Article II.23.c of the contract. If you are a contractor using a full cost model (FC/FCF), indicate receipts covered by Article II.23 of the contract. If a receipt is not allocated to an activity Type of Activity Research and Technological Development / Innovation (A) Demonstration (B) Training (C) Management of the Consortium (D) Other Specific Activities : Coordination (E) Total (F) = (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) Total receipts

35 4- Declaration of interest generated by the pre-financing (in ) To be completed only by the coordinator. Did the pre-financing (advance) you received by the Commission for this period earn interests? ( / ) If yes, please mention the amount (in ) 5- Request of FP6 Financial contribution (in ) For this period, the FP6 Community financial contribution requested is equal to (amount in ) 6- Audit certificates According to the contract, does this Financial Statement need an audit certificate (or several in case of party(ies)) delivered by independent auditor(s)? ( / ) If, does this(those) audit certificate(s) cover only this Financial Statement per Activity? ( / ) If, what is the periodicity covered by this(those) audit certificate(s)? From To What is the total cost of this(those) audit certificate(s) (in ) per independent auditor(s)? Audit certificate of the contractor (X) Legal name of the audit firm Audit certificate(s) of the third party(ies) (Ys) (if necessary) Y1: Legal name of the audit firm Y2: Legal name of the audit firm Y3: Legal name of the audit firm Y4: Legal name of the audit firm Total (Z) = (X) + (Ys) Reminders: The cost of an audit certificate is included in the costs declared under the activity Management of the Consortium. The required audit certificate(s) is(are) attached to this Financial Statement Conversion rates Costs incurred in currencies other than EURO shall be reported in EURO. Please mention the conversion rate used (only one choice is possible) Please note that the same principle applies for receipts. (if necessary) Party 1 (Y1) Party 2 (Y2)

36 Party 3 (Y3) Party 4 (Y4) 8- s Certificate We certify that: - the costs declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the receipts declared above are directly related to the resources used to reach the objectives of the project ; - the costs declared above fall within the definition of eligible costs specified in Articles II.19, II.20, II.21, II.22 and II.25 of the contract, and, if relevant, in Annex III and Article 9 (special clauses) of the contract ; - the receipts declared above fall within the definition of receipts specified in Article II.23 of the contract ; - the interest generated by the pre-financing declared above falls within the definition of Article II.27 of the contract ; - the necessary adjustments, especially to costs reported in previous Financial Statement(s) per Activity, have been incorporated in the above Statement ; - the above information declared is complete and true ; - there is full supporting documentation to justify the information hereby declared. It will be made available at the request of the Commission and in the event of an audit by the Commission and/or by the Court of Auditors and/or their authorised representatives. s Stamp Mr. Bill Sharpe Name of the Person responsible of the work Date Mr. Bill Sharpe Name of the duly authorised Financial Officer Date Signature Signature