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Agenda Item: P2.1

Project Proposal Schedule & Procedure in 2008

Purpose: InformationSubmitted by: APEC Secretariat

34th Industrial Science and Technology Working Group Meeting

Hong Kong, China27 – 28 March 2008

I. BMC’s Schedule in 2008

1. Dates of meeting of BMC

a. BMC1 – 29 February 2008, Lima, Peru b. BMC2 – 17-18 April 2008, Singapore c. review process intersessionally in the lead up to SOM 3 d. BMC3 – 22-23 October 2008, Singapore

2. Submission of new projects for funding approval at BMC 3 (22-23 October)

10 September Deadline for submission of project proposals to the Secretariat

The Secretariat deadline means that the proposal and QAF have been completed and uploaded to the Project Data Base (PDB); and that ISTWG has considered, approved and ranked all ISTWG proposals by 4 September. This will have the proposal on the PDB at the ‘SCE Approval’ stage by 4 September. No more changes are to be made to the proposal until after the Secretariat’s assessment.

24 September        Secretariat Project Assessment Panel completes assessment. ISTWG PD to send comments to proponents for improvement, if necessary

1 October Deadline for final submission of revised projects and revised QAF to be uploaded to PDB. 

8 October Secretariat Project Assessment Panel completes re-assessment and uploads recommendations for BMC consideration.

22-23 October BMC meets and considers proposals

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II. Procedure of ISTWG for New Project Proposals in 2008

1. Submission of the New Project Proposals to the ISTWG members – No later than 34th ISTWG meeting

If another new project shall be proposed after the 34th ISTWG meeting “intersessionally”, this proposal would get a ranking right behind those of every new proposal which had been tabled and approved and ranked during the 34th ISTWG meeting. (Disadvantage of late proposal)

2. Members’ Review and Approval and Ranking of the New Project Proposals – During the 34th ISTWG in Hong Kong, China on 27-28th March 2008

According to the normal course of action for the new project proposal in APEC Project Guideline, QAF (Quality Assessment Framework) process shall be prior to the Fora (ISTWG)’ approval and ranking.

However, considering the ISTWG meeting schedule (one on 27-28, March and the other in October) and BMC 3 schedule, and the importance of ranking process through all member economy’s participation during the meeting, this year, in ISTWG, QAF process shall be scheduled after the Fora (ISTWG)’s approval and ranking process for the new project proposals. – Members approval is required during the meeting.

3. QAF (Quality Assessment Framework) – Intersessionally (from April to August)

a. Draft composition of “standing QAF group” – Members approval is required during the meeting

Lead Shepherd + four (or five) sub-group chairs

According to the voluntarism, any member of ISTWG chairs is able to refuse to join the QAF standing group

Any volunteer from the ISTWG members

On the condition that he/she must participate in QAF for all new project proposals

Related clause on QAF in APEC Project Guidebook

A small team formed within the forum should assess and give a score to each submitted proposal using the Quality Assessment Framework (QAF). The Lead Shepherd or Chair should decide how the proposal assessment is carried out. Members of the small team should be chosen for their experience in evaluation, their objectivity, and their technical understanding of the proposal’s subject matter.

One option criteria for the standing QAF group proposed by one member economy

1. Member of the QAF standing group be selected from their experience in evaluation, objectivity, and technical understanding

2. A selection committee consists of LS and SG chairs chooses the QAF standing group member, based on ISTWG member's suggestion according to the criteria in #1

3. SG chairs whose economy doesn't propose a new project should be a priority member of the QAF standing group

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b. Principle

Every standing QAF member shall participate in the QAF process for every new project proposal for “fair assessment”

A “coordinator” for each project proposal is designated from the standing QAF group in order to make one consolidated QAF version through coordination with other QAF members

A QAF member cannot join the QAF process on the project proposal whose “proposing economy” (not co-sponsoring economy) is the same with this QAF member

c. QAF Procedure – On intersessional basis

Every QAF standing group member will be registered on the PDB in AIMP through Program Director (Mr. Park Yung-suh) in advance

Each PO uploads the new project proposal on PDB in AIMP

All proposals seeking BMC approval are required to be submitted online through the PDB starting from 2007 (Decision of the APEC Senior Officials)

Once the PO submits the proposal for QAF review (a button on the PDB that the PO can see), each ISTWG QAF member will receive a PDB-generated e-mail requesting the member to participate in the QAF process for this new proposal

Every QAF member shall do the QAF online through PDB. (Please, refer to the PDB Training Material - Website http://member.aimp.apec.org/pdb_sites/default.aspx)

The coordinator of the QAF group shall make one consolidated QAF version after collecting the QAFs and coordinating with other QAF members and send it to the PO (Project Overseer) online through PDB.

One coordinator is designated when the QAF members are composed for each new project proposal. This is because many different QAF versions could be uploaded and discussed online through PDB from diverse QAF members. However, only one QAF version (Consolidated one) can be uploaded to the PDB and sent to the PO (Project Overseer) online through the PDB.

This process is only applied for the project proposal for the OA (Operational Account) and ASF (APEC Support Fund). For the project proposal for TILF, QAF members shall do the QAF offline and send one consolidated QAF version to the PO and PO shall attach this QAF to the proposal online through PDB. (This is because the QAF was only applied to TILF projects from BMC2 in 2007 and it was not considered when the PDB was being designed. The Secretariat is working to have the PDB amended so that the process is the same for all three project accounts.)

The PO receives a PDB generated e-mail notification on the completion of QAF review. If the PO is not satisfied with the QAF, he/she could revise the proposal considering the comments on QAF and is able to ask for another round of QAF process above mentioned.

Once the PO is satisfied with the QAF, he/she submits the proposal for fora’s approval online through PDB. Once all proposals and QAF’s have been

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received, and once the fora has ranked all proposals, ISTWG PD (Mr. Park Yung-suh) will enter the ranking online through PDB. This all needs to be completed by 10 September.

4. Submission of new project proposal to the APEC Secretariat

Every new project proposal from ISTWG that seeks approval at BMC 3, for implementation starting in 2009, is to be submitted online through the PDB. By 10 September 2008 the PDB should include 1. Project proposal, 2. One consolidated QAF and 3. Fora approval and ranking.

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III. Stock files of new Project Proposals in ISTWG – March 27-28th 2008, Hong Kong, China in 34th ISTWG Meeting

1. APEC Funded Project Proposals (to be submitted to BMC3 in October 2008 and implemented from the year of 2009)

APEC Funding

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Fora Ranking

ASF Workshop on Identifying Priority Needs for Biotechnology Development in APEC Economies and Facilitating Access to Capital Markets from Venture Capitalists Perspective

Korea / US$ 60,100 Dr. Jeongbin YimDirector of electronic International Molecular Biology Laboratory

eIMBL Secretariat, Bio-MAX InstituteSeoul National UniversitySeoul 151-742, Korea

Tel: +82-2-872-8016,     

Fax: +82-2-882-6702E-mail: jyim@snu.ac.kr

ASF Human capacity building for environmental assessment and natural hazard mitigation in deltaic and coastal regions

Japan / US$ 50,640 Dr. Yuichiro Suzuki

Manager for international cooperation, Geological Survey Planning & Coordinating Office,

Geo-information Center , Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Dr. Chikao Kurimoto

Director of Geo-information Center, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST1-1-1 Higashi Central 7, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan

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APEC Funding

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Fora Ranking

Tel: +81-29-861-3919

Fax: +81-29-856-4989

E-mail: yu-suzuki@aist.go.jp ASF APEC Capacity Building

Seminar on NutrigenomicsPhilippines / US$

99,016Mrs. Celeste C. Tanchoco Chief NSTD, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology

Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Btan, Taguig City, Philippines

Tel No: (+63)2-8372071 local 2288E-mail :

TILF Technological Cooperative Framework on Validation and Verification Methods on Nanoproducts

Chinese Taipei / US$53,487

Dr. Bin-Cheng YaoResearcher/Technical managerCenter for Measurement Standards/Nanotechnology Research Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chinese Taipei

Room B03, Bldg.16, 321, sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

Tel: +886-3-5743789Fax: +886-3-5726445E-mail: MikeYao @itri.org.tw

ASF APEC Technology Innovative Capacity Building and Enterprise Learning

Chinese Taipei / US$ 79,000

Lin Li-Chieh, Ph.D. Director, Digital Education Institute (DEI), Institute for Information Industry (III)

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APEC Funding

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Fora Ranking

6F., No. 153, Sec.3, Sinyi Rd., Taipei 106 TaiwanTel: +886-2-27089215*8229

Fax: +886-2-27064778E-mail: lichieh@iii.org.tw

ASF Training Course of Advanced Technology for Industrial Wastes and Water Resources

Chinese Taipei / US$50,100

Mr. M. L. Sheu, Division Director, Sustainable Development Division, Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic AffairsMr. Peter Yung, Vice President, Capital Engineering Corporation

8F, No. 20, Sec. 1, Hoping W. Rd., Taipei city, Chinese Taipei.

Tel: 886-2-23621100

Fax: 886-2-23638311E-mail: peter.yung@ceec.com.tw

OA APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services to Society

Korea / US$ 89,000

Dr. Chung-Kyu Park, Executive Director, APEC Climate Center

APCC, National Pension Corporation Busan Bldg. 12Fl., Yeonsan 2-dong, Yeonje-gu, BUSAN, Zip code 611-705, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82 51 668 7470~2 Fax: +82 51 668 7473E-mail: ckpark@apcc21.net

ASF Utilization and Protection of Water Resources

China / US$80,000

Mr.WANG Yifan

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APEC Funding

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Fora Ranking

DirectorAPEC Center for Technology Transfer(China)

No.979 RenMin Rd. SuzhouJiangsu,P.R.China

Tel:+86 512 65240989

Fax:+86 512 65240989E-mail: wyf@szkj.gov.cn

OA APEC S&T Mentoring Centre for the Gifted in Science: Part I. APEC Future Scientist Conference

Korea / US$40,000

Prof. Sang Chun Lee

Kyungnam University

449 Wolyoung-dong, Masan, Gyeongnam 631-701, KOREA

Tel: +82-55-212-1084

Fax: +82-55-212-1090

E-mail: sanglee@kyungnam.ac.kr OA Research on the Futures of Low

Carbon Society: Climate Change and Adaptation Strategy for Economies in APEC Beyond 2050

Thailand / US$ 90,000

Dr. Nares Damrongchai

Executive Director, APEC Center for Technology Foresight, Thailand

NSTDA, 73/1 Rama VI Rd, Rajdhevee,

Bangkok 10400, Thailand

Tel: 66-2-644-8150

Fax: 66-2-644-8191

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APEC Funding

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Fora Ranking

E-mail: nares @nstda.or.th ASF Promoting Sustainable

Development Through Environmentally Sound Recycling

U.S. / US$ 100,000

Mr. Bruce HowardDirector, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, U.S. Department of StateSA-23, 1990 K St., N.W., Suite 410Washington, D.C. 20006Tel: (202) 663-2623

Fax: (202) 663-3131E-mail: HowardEB@state.gov

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2. APEC Self Fund Proposals

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer

First Pacific Innovation Forum Russia & China (to be confirmed) / US$104,000

Korshenko Igor,Executive director

APEC Centre for scientific-technical and innovative-technological cooperation Russia, 690950, Vladivostok, 12 Aksakovskaya Str. Office 407Tel: +7 4232 228956Fax: +7 4232 228956Email: Khabriyalova@rapec.ru

APEC Clean Development Conference - The Current Applications and Future Promotion of Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development

Chinese Taipei / US$50,000 Ling, Yong-Chien (M)

Professor, Green Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

Chemistry Dept., National Tsing-Hua University, Chinese Taipei.101 Sec. 2 Kuang-Fu Rd. Hsinchu, Chemistry Department, National Tsing-Hua University , TaiwanTel: 886 3 5715131 ext 33393Fax: 886 3 5727774E-mail: ycling@mx.nthu.edu.tw

2009 APEC RFID Conference- Technology Development and Best Practices

Chinese Taipei / US$30,000

Dr. Jimmy LiAdvisor, Innovative DigiTech-Enabled Applications & Services Institute, Institute for Information Industry (III), Chinese Taipei

8th Fl., No. 133, Sec. 4 Min-Sheng East Road, Songshan

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Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer

District, Taipei 105, TaiwanTel: 886-2-2713-9000

Fax:886-2-2717-6513

E-mail: jimmyli@iii.org.tw APEC Forum on Business Incubators Promote Innovation, Xian 2008

China / US$200,000

Mr. Sun Qijun Deputy DirectorDivisiion of Asia Africa and CISChina Science and Technology Exchange Center

Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R. ChinaB207, Pioneering Square, No. 48, Keji Road, Xi’an, China 710075Tel: +86 29 8188 2301Fax: +86 29 8832 0126Email: jias@xdz.gov.cn

Self-funded projects can be put forward at any time to the relevant APEC fora for their consensual approval. These projects do not need to be assessed by the QAF or ranked. The projects do not require approval from BMC. The project proponent should use the simplified project proposal format at APEC Project Guidebook to help ensure the project meets APEC’s values and also for statistical purposes.

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3. APEC Urgent Project Proposal (to be submitted to BMC2 in April 2008 and implemented within the year of 2008)

Project Number

Project Title Proposing economies/Co-sponsoring

economies

Budget sought(US$)

Project Overseer QAF Group

Remarks

IST 03/2008T

Technological Cooperative Framework on Nanoscale Analytical and Measurement Methods

Chinese Taipei / Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

US$ 48,224

Dr. Tsung-Tsan SuGeneral DirectorNanotechnology Research CenterIndustrial Technology Research Institute,Chinese TaipeiRoom 211, Bldg.67, 195, sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd.Chutung, Hsinchu 310, TaiwanTel: +886-3-5917787Fax: +886-3-5910086E-mail: Tsung-Tsan_Su@itri.org.tw

New Zealand Waiting for PMU, and BMC’s Review

and Approval

Urgent projects are defined as those projects which respond to Leaders’, Ministerial, or Host’s priorities and need to be implemented faster than a normal project (for example before the end of the host year). An urgent project should be implemented in the same year and, in principle, its result should be reported to Leaders/Ministers in the same year.

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