Programa infravation

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Una manera de hacer Europa
Javier Romero
Dirección Promoción y Cooperación - CDTI
Barcelona, 6 de mayo de 2014
Infravation Transnational Call
Oportunidades de financiación de
proyectos de Innovación en
Infraestructuras
Advanced systems, materials and techniques
for next generation road infrastructure

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
2. Topics: level of scoping
3. Infravation 2014 Call
4. Formal Conditions for projects
5. Submission of Proposals
6. Evaluation of Proposals
7. Further Issues
8. Information and Support
Fuente: Rijkswaterstaat (NL) - brokerage event
(20/03/2014)

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ERA-NET Plus on
‘Advanced systems, materials and techniques for next generation
infrastructure’. (Road infrastructure: pavements, bridges, tunnels)
through
cost‐effective advanced systems, materials and techniques in road
infrastructure construction and maintenance, including repair, retrofitting and
revamping
using
materials technology, methods and processes, and supporting systems,
such as monitoring, communication and energy.
Introduction

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ERA-Net Plus Infravation
EC Grant
agreement
Payments
Reporting
Dissemination
Project
management
Infravation Call
Announc. Evaluation Selection Negotiation Monitoring
Infravation: 2 components
Introduction

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Infravation partners
• TÜV Rheinland/DE
• FEHRL
• BMVBS/DE
• Danish Road
Directorate/DK
• Trafikverket/SE
• Norwegian Public
Roads administration/NO
• Icelandic Road
Administration/IS
• MEDDE/FR
• CDTI/ES
• ANAS/IT
• Israelian National Transport Infrastructure Company/IL
• Federal Highway Administration/US
• European Commission (EC)
Introduction
Rijkswaterstaat/NL (coordinator)

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• The call follows as H2020 the Nasa TRL
• The Infravation transnational call encourages ´near
market-ready research´, between TRL 5-7
• Promising technologies/services at a lower level are
appreciated as well, provided they include a
convincing approach to reach at least level 6 within
the project duration of 30 months.
• Proposals shall clarify that the demonstration (TRL
7) of its technology readiness level will be achieved
within the time frame of an Infravation project.
• Proposals should demonstrate the applicability of
specific technologies and services techniques at
existing road infrastructure.
• Operational tests can take place on the infrastructure network of funding provider countries
only.
• All applicants will have the same rights and access to demonstration sites, but feasibility and
employability will only be judged from the submitted proposals.
Type of research
Introduction
Nasa Technology Readiness Levels

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Topics: 1st level of scoping
Setting the framework  EN Plus SST.2013.1-3. call text:
• Advanced Systems, Materials and Techniques for next generation
infrastructure
• Surface transport
• Road infrastructure
Topics: 2nd level of scoping
Setting the priorities
• Scoping Team/scoping study
o Team of experts
• Workshops in participating
countries/regions
• Scanning tours, e.g. in US
Resulting in 7 priorities/challenges
Topics: level of scoping
Topics: 3rd level of scoping
Elaboration contents Infravation
priorities/challenges by Scoping
Team/scoping study
• In close interaction with
Infravation partners
• In consultation with EC (H2020
Infrastructure Call)
• Output: Contents for Guide for
Applicants Infravation 2014 call
See next slide

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A. Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes
B. Enhanced durability and life-time extension
C. Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and
performance checks of materials and construction
D. Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive
maintenance
E. Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather
conditions
F. Resource and energy efficiency in road construction and
maintenance (Eco-design)
G. Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling
Infravation challenges

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Challenge A
Research Questions
A.1 Next generation predictive models for infrastructure performance and
deterioration, including updating leaps in current models.
Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes
 To accommodate the performance of current and novel materials and/or design and
construction techniques, as well as different conditions (such as different climatic and/or
traffic conditions), a better prediction of how infrastructure assets will perform is needed.
 This requires the development and integration of performance and deterioration models into
asset management systems.
 The role of advanced accelerated testing techniques to complement such models should be
considered.

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Research Questions
B.1 Surface repair methods.
B.2 Strengthening for increased bearing capacity.
B.3 Extending the capacity of road infrastructure by geometric modification.
B.4 Novel materials for increased durability and lifespan of new road infrastructures.
B.5 Rapid, non‐intrusive construction and maintenance systems and techniques.
Enhanced durability and life-time extension
 Extending the life‐time of infrastructure contributes to reducing both resource use and
congestion.
 Materials and techniques that provide the cost‐effective upgrading and rehabilitation of
infrastructures will be developed.
 This could include maintenance equipment, coating and/or strengthening materials as well as
the systems for retrofitting components.
Challenge B

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Research Questions
C.1 Performance indicators &systematic design for quality in the production phase.
C.2 Next generation testing and monitoring in the exploitation stage.
Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and performance
checks of materials and construction.
 Traditionally, on‐site controls of materials, mixes, compaction and other pavement and
structure characteristics have been based on single‐point, partly or fully destructive
measurements.
 Innovative methods that result in a step‐change will be developed that replace these tests.
 This could include self‐monitoring materials and equipment (e.g. robotics), non‐intrusive
observation techniques or other methods of ensuring quality and performance control more
safely, quickly and/or to a higher degree of accuracy and precision.
 The demonstration of the benefits in comparison to existing standards and specifications is
needed.
Challenge C

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Research Questions
D.1 Rapid repair, maintenance, retrofitting and revamping.
Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive maintenance
 Projects will focus on novel products/techniques with the specific objective of ensuring
reliable corridors for heavy freight, also during infrastructure maintenance.
 This will provide systems and techniques that better cope with increased heavy‐vehicle
volumes.
 It could provide ways of overcoming current limitations on infrastructure usage, coping with
bottlenecks and, where necessary, include links with other modes.
 Specific attention may be given to the challenges of infrastructure maintenance in heavily
freight‐used sections where alternative routes are not practical.
 Robotic techniques, prefabrication and the use of adaptive/temporary structures can be
considered.
Challenge D

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Research Questions
E.1 Next generation of weather‐resistant materials for road infrastructure.
E.2 Weather resilience in design, construction and repair.
E.3 Real time observation of critical weather events.
Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather conditions
 Novel materials and techniques will be developed and demonstrated that allow roads to
provide full service under wide‐ranging weather conditions.
 These might include materials that are highly resistant to cold weather (e.g. freeze‐thaw),
survive extended flooding and other extreme events.
 Techniques and processes that reduce the adverse impacts of snow, icing, flooding, wind or
heat effects can also be considered.
Challenge E

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Research Questions
F.1 Eco‐balanced design.
F.2 Energy neutral operations.
Resource and energy efficiency in road construction and maintenance (Eco-
design)
 Techniques and systems may be developed that allow considerably lower environmental
impact during the construction and maintenance of infrastructure.
 This will focus on processes that do not compromise the required performance and
affordability, whilst reducing resource use, energy consumption, water pollution, etc.
Challenge F

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Research Questions
G.1 Advanced techniques and procedures for reuse, recycling and substitution.
G.2 Labelling for re‐use and re‐cycling.
Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling
 The development of innovative approaches to utilising advanced materials and techniques in
products/services will result in a reduction in the usage of virgin materials and/or the
maximization of the recycling of waste and end‐of‐life materials.
 This could include the application of material processing techniques or additives which
require the use of substantially less existing materials or which enable the use of substitute
materials currently deemed as inadequate by enhancing their quality and performance
characteristics.
Challenge G

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Infravation 2014 Call

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Characteristics
• Real common pot
• Participation US (FHWA)
• Applicants non-funding EU countries can apply too
• Central negotiation, funding + monitoring
• Funding Infravation partners 100% spent to research projects
• Instrument FP7 + H2020 based, light version
Country/region contribution 6,350 MEURO
EC top-up (50%) 2,675 MEURO*
Total 9,025 MEURO
* US contribution will not be topped-up by EC. Therefore EC contribution is a bit less
than 50% of country contributions
Call budget

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Open call for (light) proposals 3 March 2014
Information and Brokerage event
Deadline for submission of light proposals
Evaluation of light proposals
20 March 2014
30 June 2014
July - September 2014
Call for full proposals (on invitation only)
Invitation to submit full proposals until
Deadline to submit full proposals
End of September 2014
End of November 2014
Evaluation of full proposals by international peer review Until end of February 2015
Negotiation of grant agreements March - August 2015
Start of transnational projects July - September 2015
End of transnational projects (project duration is 30 months max.) Until March 2018
Call Timeline

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Evaluation
Submission proposals to Call Management Tool (CMT)
• 1st step: light proposals
o Delegated national experts
 Eligibility (financial, legal, complete, criteria GfA)
 FP7 criteria: S/T Quality, Implementation, Impact
 Outcome: rejection or invitation to full proposal submission
• 2nd step: full proposals
o Independent international experts/peer-review
 Same as for light proposals
 Outcome: ranking list proposals for decision Infravation partners + EC
• Selection list (for negotiation and funding)

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Negotiation, contracting + monitoring
• Negotiation
o Contract negotiations Rijkswaterstaat with project
coordinators (from funding countries only)
• Contracting
o Grant Agreement Rijkswaterstaat to project coordinators
• Monitoring
o Quarterly reports (brief)
o Reporting (comprehensive) mid + end duration projects
Monitoring reports by project coordinators
Submission to Call Management Tool (CMT)
• Continuous monitoring through Scientific Panel

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Duration
03/03/2014 31/03/2018
ERA-NET Plus Infravation
01/01/2014 31/12/2018

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Eligible countries
Applicants from …
can be
coordinator
funding restrictions
apply
The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Germany,
Iceland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and
USA (i.e. countries that are funding providers to
Infravation call)
YES NO
The remaining EU28 countries
NO
For partners from
these countries the
funding is limited to
max one-third (all
together) of the
requested funding of
the respective project
proposal.
Further countries associated to FP7:
i.e. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Turkey, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania
and Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe
Islands, Republic of Moldova
Formal Conditions for projects

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• Consortia have to be composed of applicants from at least two eligible
countries.
• Applicants in one consortium have to be from different + independent
organisations.
• No single applicant may claim more than 70% of the total costs per
project.
• Applicants from one country may in sum not claim more that 70% of the
requested total funding of the project.
• There is no limit to the maximum number of consortium partners.
• The involvement of industry partners, infrastructure owners and/or
operators is recommended.
• The scientific quality and other indicated evaluation criteria met by the
proposal (cf. “evaluation criteria”) are essential for any proposal.
Composition of consortia

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• The common pot of the Infravation Consortium will co-finance projects according
to maximum funding rates depending on the type of organisation.
• The reimbursement of indirect costs is based on a flat rate.
• The funding rates shall be applied for the whole duration of the project
• The amount of pre-financing will be determined during contract negotiations.
• The project duration may not exceed 30 months in total.
• The maximum amount of requested funding from Infravation is 1,5 Million EUR
per proposed project.
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Type of cost
Maximum funding rates
Industry, SME
Non-profit legal
entities
Direct Cost 70% 100%
Indirect Cost (Flat Rate) 25% 25%
Funding conditions

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Infravation - First level audit
• Mandatory per every €375.000 requested funding
• Eligible costs of first level audit: max. €3.000 per audit certificate
Infravation - Second level audit
• The funding body may conduct at any time a second level audit
• Own personnel or delegated external auditors
EC - audit
• The EC can conduct audits at the ERA-NET Plus Infravation, which may reach into
the funded projects from the Infravation call
Audits
• The beneficiaries of the R&D projects funded by the Infravation Call may copyright
any work that is subject to copyright and was developed, or for which ownership
was purchased, under the Infravation Grant Agreement.
• The Infravation Funding Providers reserve a royalty-free, non-exclusive and
irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for non-
commercial purposes, and to authorize others (third parties) to do so.
Intellectual Property Rights

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Submission of Proposals
• The Infravation call follows a two-step submission and evaluation
procedure.
• Step 1 “Light proposals”
– Deadline for submission of light proposals: 30 June 2014. 17:00
(Brussels time)
– Evaluation of light proposals until September 2014
• Step 2 “Full proposals”
– Invitation of full proposals by end of September 2014
– Deadline for submission of full proposals by end of November 2014
– International peer review until end of February 2015.
Two-step Process

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Light Proposals
Light Proposals – Preparation and submission
• Template for light proposals consisting of 2 parts (part A and B).
• Preparation & submission by means of the web based Call Management
Tool (CMT)
– The CMT will comprise entry masks and functions to prepare and
submit the proposal.
– It will also provide necessary information, call documents for download
and technical guidance.
– The CMT and a user manual will be available via the Infravation
webpage www.infravation.net
– The Call Secretariat will assist on request.
• Only those proposals that have been submitted in the CMT system before
the closure of the call will be considered for evaluation.

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Light Proposals – Preparation and submission
• A proposal for the Infravation call consists
of two parts: part A and B
• Proposals must be submitted in English
Light Proposals
CMT will be available early
May (www.infravation.net)

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Submitting the light proposal
• All proposals have to be submitted through the Call Management Tool (CMT)
• Only the proposal coordinator is authorised to submit the proposal.
• Completing the web-forms in the CMT does not yet mean that your proposal is
submitted. You have to press the button "SUBMIT" available in section "SUBMISSION".
• The CMT then performs an automatic validation check of the proposal.
– Problems will lead to a "validation error message" and a submission is blocked.
– If successfully submitted, the proposal coordinator will be informed by an e-mail.
• The coordinator may continue to modify / correct the proposal and submit revised
versions overwriting the previous one right up until the deadline.
Light Proposals

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Light Proposals – Part A
• Includes administrative data of the project proposal and the consortium, e.g.:
– the challenge(s) addressed
– duration
– proposal summary
– contact details and characteristics of the applicants
– information related to the funding requested as well as
– a Letter of Intent, which is mandatory to be submitted by each applicant at the
light proposal stage.
• The overall data in part A will be filled in by the proposal coordinator on behalf of
the consortium.
• In addition, all applicants have to enter specific administrative information
concerning their organisation themselves into the CMT.
Light Proposals

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Section
1.1 Concept and objectives
1.2 Progress beyond the state-of-the-art
1.3 Scientific and/or Technical (S/T) methodology and
associated work plan
i) Overall strategy of the work plan
ii) Work description broken down into work packages:
 Work package list
 Deliverables list
 Description of each work package
 Summary effort table
iii) Cost-Benefit Analysis
iv) Risk Management
2.1 Management structure and procedures
2.2 Individual applicants
2.3 Consortium as a whole
2.4 Resources to be committed
3. Impact
4. Ethics Issues
5. Consideration of gender aspects
Light Proposal – Part B
• Describes the work to be carried out and the
roles of the consortium members
• Mandatory template is provided to structure
your project proposal (see GfA Annex 1 or
download as DOC at Infravation website)
• Part B is uploaded to the CMT by the
proposal coordinator on behalf of the
consortium
• To be uploaded to CMT exclusively as PDF
• Adapts the templates used in the FP7, with
reduced page limits
• Further instructions are provided in the GfA
Light Proposals

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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Step 1 - Light
proposals
Open call for light proposals (Deadline 30/06/2014)
Evaluation of light proposals by national experts (until Sep. 2014)
Step 2 – Full
proposals
Invitation of full proposals (by Sep. 2014)
Evaluation of full proposals by international peer review (until Feb.
2015)
Two step process
Evaluation of Proposals

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Step 1 - Evaluation of light proposals by national experts
• The Infravation Steering Group members will delegate national experts,
who will then jointly assess the proposals.
• Light proposals will be assessed in terms of:
– Relevance and scientific quality of the proposal and the Consortium as a
whole, technical capacity and competence of the applicants
(corresponding to the FP7 evaluation criteria)
– Financial and legal eligibility of the applicants
• At the end of this process, the most successful project proposals will be
invited to submit a full proposal. This may be made under the conditions of
adjustments as identified during the evaluation of the light proposal.
• The selection process may further consider a balanced thematic and
geographical coverage as well as a significant oversubscription of the
available common funding pot.

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Step 2 - Evaluation of full proposals – International Peer Review
• In the second step international experts will evaluate the
project proposals that have successfully passed step1.
• Each proposal will be evaluated by three independent experts
• Neither national interests nor principles of geographical return
will influence the evaluation process at this stage.
• The evaluation process will be observed by one independent
expert and one EC officer
• At the end of the evaluation process the international experts
will decide on one final ranking list of proposals

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• Adapted from FP7  Criteria (see next
slide)
• Evaluation scores will be awarded
globally for each of the three criteria,
but not at the level of sub-criteria
• Each criterion will be scored out of 5;
half marks can be given.
• No weightings.
• The threshold for individual criteria will
be 3.
• The overall threshold, applying to the
sum of the three individual scores, will
be 10
0 - The proposal fails to address the criterion
under examination or cannot be judged due to
missing or incomplete information.
1 - Poor. The criterion is addressed in an
inadequate manner, or there are serious
inherent weaknesses.
2 - Fair. While the proposal broadly addresses
the criterion, there are significant weaknesses.
3 - Good. The proposal addresses the criterion
well, although improvements would be
necessary.
4 - Very good. The proposal addresses the
criterion very well, although certain
improvements are still possible.
5 - Excellent. The proposal successfully
addresses all relevant aspects of the criterion
in question. Any shortcomings are minor.
Scoring system

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S/T QUALITY
“Scientific and/or technological
excellence - Quality of the
transnational project”
(Threshold 3/5)
IMPLEMENTATION
“Quality and efficiency of the
implementation and the
management”
(Threshold 3/5)
IMPACT
“Potential impact”
(Threshold 3/5)
Sound concept, and quality
of objectives
Progress beyond the state-
of-the-art
Quality and effectiveness of
the S/T methodology and
associated work plan
Appropriateness of the
management structure and
procedures
Quality and relevant experience of
the individual applicants
Quality of the consortium as a
whole (including complementarity,
balance)
Appropriateness of the allocation
and justification of the resources
to be committed (budget, staff,
equipment …)
Contribution, at the
European and/or
international level, to the
expected impacts listed in
the call text under the
relevant challenges
Appropriateness of
measures for the
dissemination and/or
exploitation of trans-
national projects results
and management of
intellectual property
Criteria in accordance with FP7

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Selection of proposals to be funded
• Subsequent to the evaluation process, and with regard to the ranking list
from the international peer review, the Infravation Steering Group will
decide on a common selection list of project proposals to be funded.
• Once achieved, the resulting selection list will be submitted to the European
Commission that will take this as the basis for their funding decision
(topping-up).
After selection
• As soon as the final selection list is formally approved by the European
Commission, the process of negotiation of grant agreements of the selected
proposals will start.
• Proposal coordinators will be informed by the Call Secretariat, if their
proposal will be retained for funding or rejected.
• Further information in GfA chapter 8 “What happens next”
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ÍNDICE
1. Introduction
7. Further Issues

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Further Issues
Reporting
• Common reports in English
– Quarterly report (max. 5 pages)
– Mid-term report (max. 25 pages)
– Final report (max. 35 pages)
• Submitted by the coordinator through CMT
• Content: progress; deviations from plan,
deliverables, financial progress, corrective measures
...
Dissemination
• Presentation of project and results of the project at
relevant events and in publications

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Documents
• Guide for Applicants
• Light proposal part B template
• CMT user manual for proposal preparation (available soon)
Website
• www.infravation.net
CMT Helpdesk
• User manual available at the time of opening of the CMT.
• For further questions regarding the CMT contact Miriam.Stephan@de.tuv.com
Infravation Call Secretariat
• Ms Miriam Stephan, T: +49 221 806 4253, Miriam.Stephan@de.tuv.com
• Mr David Doerr, T: +49 221 806 4156, David.Doerr@de.tuv.com
Information and Support
Further Issues

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Gracias por su atención
Dirección de Promoción y Cooperación
josejavier.romero@cdti.es

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