Progetto : LIFE11 ENV/IT/113

Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/113 «BIOREM»

«Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of

Degraded Soils»

Start: 01/01/2013End: 31/03/2015

20/01/201412 month progress meeting

MURCIACEBASCSIC premises

Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/ 113 «BIOREM»«Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of Degraded

Soils» AGENDA

9:30 [CEBASCSIC] Welcome and opening of the meeting9:35 [All] Actions carried out by each partner and scheduled

activities till the end of December 2013.10:30 [All] Open discussion on actions carried out10:45 [All] BIOREM Technical future issues: [ISECNR] Technical activities scheduled in the next six

months of the project [All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the

next six months of the project [All] Open discussion on how to transfer the project

results to legislative normative and Institutions

Progetto: LIFE11 ENV/IT/ 113 «BIOREM»«Innovative System for the Biochemical Restoration and Monitoring of Degraded

Soils» AGENDA

11:30 [All] Coffee break12:00 [ISECNR] Management and dissemination issues12:30 [ISECNR] Mid-Term Report: Technical and financial

documents13:15 [All] General questions13:30 End of progress meeting13:30 Tour of CEBASCSIC premises14.00 Lunch

Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months


ACTION B.4 Demonstration of the innovative biochemical monitoring methodology ACTION C.1 Monitoring of the integrated soil restoration and monitoring activities ACTION C.2 Monitoring and assessment of environmental impact


Presentations of:

ISECNR CEBAS ALSIA AMEK

ORGANICOS


[All] Open discussion on actions carried out

Dissemination Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months

ACTION D.1 Project website ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases ACTION D.8 BIOREM soil monitoring manual ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events ACTION D.10 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events ACTION D.12 Digital supports for international diffusion

ACTION D.6 Networking


ACTION D.1 Project website•BIOREM website in English and in Italian versions: www.biorem.ise.cnr.it•CEBAS is preparing the Spanish version•Each partner has the link between the BIOREM website to the beneficiary website•Link with ECOREMED project•Counter system

http://www.biorem.ise.cnr.it/


ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards•ISECNR produced 12 BIOREM Notice boards and sent them to all the beneficiaries•All the beneficiaries put the BIOREM Notice board in a public space•AMEK has produced 9 specific notice boards for the field demonstration actions put in each field


ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation• Logo definition and design•ISECNR has produced 1 roll-up in English•ISECNR has produced 2,500 brochures in Italian and 2,500 brochures in English•ISECNR has produced 1,000 leaflets in Italian and 1,000 leaflets in English•ISECNR has produced 1,500 block notes as project gadget


ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases

•ISECNR has produced 1 article in a general newspaper•ISECNR is producing a TV interview


ACTION D.6 Networking• Networking with ECOREMED project• Networking with WASTEREUSE, AGROWASTE, PODEBA, SOREME, BioNaD, CLEANSED, SEKRET, After-Cu, RESAFE, MICROTAN, C02SHOE and SHOEBAT (LIFE 09-10-11-12 projects)


ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events• 12 April 2013 – ISECNR: BIOREM seminar in Naples

• 27 May 2013 – ISECNR: BIOREM seminar in Pisa


ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events• 15 June 2013 – CEBAS participated in a Meeting in Madrid in order to show the BIOREM project to enterprises and several Spanish administrations• BIOREM power point presentations at LIFE CNR event in Pisa, 31 January 2014• CEBAS organised a specific BIOREM event for a network meeting with the AGROWASTE project• CEBAS organised a specific BIOREM event for a network meeting with the WASTE REUSE project


ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events

• ECOCITY fair in November 21-24, 2013 at Pisa• ECOMONDO fair in November 5-8, 2013 at Rimini • BIOREM power point presentations at LIFE CNR event in Pisa, 31 January 2014• Soil Platform meeting, Athens - Greek, 24-25 September 2013;• Event "High Training School on contaminated site remediation", Ravenna - Italy, 25-27 September 2013.• Partecipation at the International conference BCD 2013. Biochars, Composts, and Digestates. Production, Characterization, Regulation, Marketing, Uses and Environmental Impact. 17-20 October 2013, Bari, Italy. • IX Jornadas tecnicas de saneamiento y depuracion " Investigacion e Innoacion Tecnologica en el tratamiento de las aguas residuales urbanas. 20 e 21 Novembre Murcia, Spagna

Management activities

ACTION E.1: Project management ACTION E.2: Monitoring

ISECNR has continuous contact with all project partners for monitoring project activities

ISECNR prepares and sends a monthly summary (each 28th) of the project activities carried out to monitoring representant

ISECNR needs to receive from each partner technical inputs before each 28th

BIOREM Technical future issues

ACTION B.4 Demonstration of the innovative biochemical monitoring methodology ACTION C.1 Monitoring of the integrated soil restoration and monitoring activities ACTION C.2 Monitoring and assessment of environmental impact

BIOREM Technical future issues

[All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project

BIOREM Dissemination future issues

ACTION D.1 Project website: update ACTION D.2 LIFE+ information boards: ok but tests sides ACTION D.4 Diffusion material preparation: posters and new material (now 1 roll-up, 7,000 leaflets/brochures, 1,500 gadgets; expected 12 Posters, 10,000 leaflets/brochures, 2,500 items) ACTION D.5 Articles and press releases (now 1 article, 1 TV interview; expected 30 articles) ACTION D.8 BIOREM soil monitoring manual: to start to organise the manual structure

BIOREM Dissemination future issues

ACTION D.9 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events: OK OK (now 6 events; expected 4 workshops and maximum dissemination) ACTION D.10 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers: to start to contact Institutions and policy makers and organise events: IMPORTANT TO BE DONE ACTION D.11 International fairs and other events: OK OK (now 7 fairs; expected 4 fairs and maximum dissemination) ACTION D.12 Digital supports for international diffusion: to start to organise the video structure

ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

Deliverables Inception Report result Amendment Mid-Term Report Partner cost analysis New Administrative excel documents Next project meeting

NO NEW DELIVERABLES FORESEEN AS ATTACHMENT FOR THE MID-TERM REPORT

DELIVERABLES

“I wish to inform you that, on the basis of the information received

in

the report, the Commission considers that the project remains

viable and on track to achieve its objectives within the original

timeframe and is, therefore, allowed to proceed. “

INCEPTION REPORT RESULT

Technical issues

1. Please note that neither the Inception Report nor the B1 Technical Deliverable describe the results of SIP (Stable Isotope Probing), microbiological, proteomic and genomic analyses, though they were foreseen in the project proposal. Therefore, it is unclear whether these activities have been carried out in the "initial characterisation". Please describe the results of the afore-mentioned analyses in the Action B4 deliverable (or "time zero" characterisation) expected with your next report.

2. In the Technical Deliverable for action B2 you have discussed the choice of the organic conditioners to be used in the test parcels. After having carried out physical and chemical characterisations, you ascertained that the "goat and sheep manure” compost is the most suitable amending agent for the Biorem procedure. However, you explained that the compost used by partner Amek is a blend of organic wastes and pruning residues, partner Pantanello used a mix of manures and hydrolised animal proteins, and only partner Orgánicos used a compost of which the physicalchemical features correspond to the "goat and sheep manure". It is not clear why the two Italian partners decided to purchase and use commercial composts different from the "goat and sheep manure" compost used by the Spanish partner, commercially available and described as the most suitable amending agent for the Biorem remediation strategy. Please elaborate on this issue at the time of the next monitoring visit and in your next report.


Technical issues

3. The Deliverable "Action B2: Demonstration of the addition of exogenous organic matter to 10 different types of soil " includes a photo gallery of all the project soil parcels in the ex-ante and ex-post conditions. However, the photos do not show the growth conditions of the planted shrubs and seedlings; maybe because they are at a too early stage. You are kindly invited to present, with the next report, an updated photo gallery of the test sites where the growth of the plants is visible.

4. Please be reminded that notice boards have also to be erected at the locations where the project is implemented (Common Provisions, art. 13.5), i.e. the test sites.

5. Please update your website with the recent results and dissemination tools of the project, e.g. the results of the initial characterisation, and the power point presentations in English and Spanish that you mentioned in the Inception Report.

6. Action E - Quality Assurance Procedures: the document provided lacks points: 1. quality standards, methodologies and procedures of Biorem and 2. procedures for the management of quality records. Please integrate them into the report and submit a complete version with your next report.


Administrative and financial issues

1. Your table on the financial progress per action shows that some technical actions have been concluded with savings of about 50,000 €. Please explain the reasons for these savings in your next report and confirm that all relevant activities have been properly and fully implemented.

2. I understand that beneficiaries ISE and CSIC do not need to purchase any new apparatus for the project analyses. Please confirm, in your next report, that the SIP, microbiological, proteomic and genomic analyses do not require additional equipment.


NO BIOREM AMENDMENT IS NEEDED

AMENDMENT

Mid-Term Report

ISECNR will prepare the Mid-Term report made up by: Mid-term report with the summary of technical,

administrative and dissemination project issues (with Answers of IR issues)

Dissemination Annex Deliverables (No for BIOREM) Financial forms with all the originals signatures from

each partner (NEW FORMS) Possible Technical Reports

The EC ok of the Mid-Term Report, with the demonstration to have spent more than the 150% (€ 371,502) of the pre-financing received (€ 247,668), will produce the

project interim payment from the EC

Mid-Term Report

Documents needed from each partner Check of financial documents for final original

versions with signatures

Mid-Term Report

Deadline Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the technical

contribution no later than 15th of February 2014 Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the

dissemination contribution no later than 15th of February 2014

Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the scanned copies of the draft of the administrative documents no later than 28th of February 2014

Each partner has to send to ISECNR all the original administrative documents with signatures no later than 15th of March 2014

ISECNR has to send all the Mid-Term Report documents to the EC and Monitoring team no later than 31st of March 2014

Old proposal Budget

Partner cost analysis

BIOREM old

PARTNER CLAIM

Personnel TravelExternal

assistance Equipment ConsumablesOther costs Overheads TOTAL

EC CONTRIBUTION

ISECNR 212,050 12,500 77,220 40,000 41,000 1,920 16,203 400,893 190,246

ALSIA 87,670 12,500 22,220 40,000 38,000 - 16,203 216,593 98,397

CEBAS 125,420 12,500 56,270 9,000 46,000 1,920 16,202 267,312 131,205

ORGANICOS 85,670 12,500 17,720 40,000 38,000 - 16,202 210,092 95,146

AMEK 109,080 12,500 9,420 34,500 43,500 - 16,202 225,202 104,176

TOTAL 619,890 62,500 182,850 163,500 206,500 3,840 81,012 1,320,092 619,170

New modified Budget


BIOREM new modified

PARTNER CLAIM

Personnel TravelExternal

assistance Equipment ConsumablesOther costs Overheads TOTAL

EC CONTRIBUTION

ISECNR 242,050 12,500 77,220 13,700 37,300 1,920 16,203 400,893 190,246

ALSIA 117,670 12,500 22,220 10,000 38,000 - 16,203 216,593 98,397

CEBAS 125,420 12,500 56,270 9,000 46,000 1,920 16,202 267,312 131,205

ORGANICOS 105,670 12,500 17,720 20,000 38,000 - 16,202 210,092 95,146

AMEK 39,780 12,500 19,420 4,500 33,500 - 12,202 121,902 60,951

TOTAL 630,590 62,500 192,850 57,200 192,800 3,840 77,012 1,216,792 575,945

Budget monitoring with old budget


BIOREM old

budget

CLAIM

November 2013

Travel

Project External

assistance

November 2013

External assistance

Project Equipme

nt

November 2013

Equipment

Project Consum

ables

November 2013

Consumables

Project Other cost

November

2013 Other cost

Project Overhea

ds

November 2013

OverheadsProject TOTAL

November 2013 TOTAL

4,019.52

77,220

23,471.58

20,000

2,662.00

41,000

20,911.37

1,920

686.05

16,203

9,035.00

380,893

138,107.56

22,220

20,000

38,000

1,674.00

98.58

16,203

2,195.00

196,593

33,555.83

1,905.05

56,270

10,058.25

4,500

600.00

46,000

20,772.26

1,920

16,202

5,336.39

262,812

81,570.54

3,399.50

17,720

20,000

1,560.09

38,000

8,218.54

16,202

3,915.84

190,092

59,856.40

1,654.52

9,420

345.00

17,250

166.99

43,500

997.26

16,202

908.00

207,952

13,890.92

10,978.59

182,850

33,874.83

81,750

4,989.08

206,500

52,573.43

3,840

785

81,012

21,390.23

1,238,342

326,981.25

Budget monitoring with new modified budget


BIOREM new

modified budget

CLAIM

November 2013

Travel

Project External

assistance

November 2013

External assistance

Project Equipme

nt

November 2013

Equipment

Project Consum

ables

November 2013

Consumables

Project Other cost

November

2013 Other cost

Project Overhea

ds

November 2013

OverheadsProject TOTAL

November 2013 TOTAL

4,019.52

77,220

23,471.58

6,850

2,662.00

37,300

20,911.37

1,920

686.05

16,203

9,035.00

394,043

138,107.56

22,220

5,000

38,000

1,674.00

98.58

16,203

2,195.00

211,593

33,555.83

1,905.05

56,270

10,058.25

4,500

600.00

46,000

20,772.26

1,920

16,202

5,336.39

262,812

81,570.54

3,399.50

17,720

1,000

1,560.09

38,000

8,218.54

16,202

3,915.84

191,092

59,856.40

1,654.52

19,420

345.00

1,500

166.99

33,500

997.26

12,202

908.00

118,902

13,890.92

10,978.59

192,850

33,874.83

18,850

4,989.08

192,800

52,573.43

3,840

784.63

77,012

21,390.23

1,178,442

326,981.25

• Project meetings 1st Kick off meeting in ISECNR in Italy in

January 2013 2nd Coordination meeting in ALSIA in Italy in

July 2013 3rd Coordination meeting in

CEBAS/ORGANICOS in Spain in January 2014

• Next Project meeting 4th Coordination meeting in AMEK in Italy in

June-July 2014

Project meetings