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Project
Acronym: EECS 
Name: European Education Connectivity Solution 
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Project status: From: 2009-06-01 To: 2011-05-31 (Completed)
Contract number: 232324 
Action line: Research for SMEs 
Type (Programme): FP7 
Funding scheme:  
Project cost: 1.483.402,00 EUR
Project funding: 1.001.087,00 EUR
Project coordinator
Organisation Name: Onecard Total Solutions Limited 
Organisation adress: IDA BUSINESS PARK, PADDY BROWNES ROAD 105/106, WATERFORD 
Organisation country: Ireland 
Contact person name: Con Hogan 
Contact person email: Email 
Croatian partner
Organisation name: Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva 
Organisation address: Unska 3 
Contact person name: prof.dr.sc. Mario Kovač
Contact person tel:
+385 1 6129 759  Contact person fax: +385 1 6129 785 
Contact person e-mail: Email 
Partners
Organisation nameCountry
POLITECHNIKA LODZKA Poljska 
OPTEAM SA  Poljska 
MECENAT AB Švedska 
WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  Ireland 
Short description of project
The EECS project brings together three European SMEs and three academic researchers in order to develop a prototype campus card management system that will serve the unique needs and requirements of European Higher Education Institutions. EECS will recommend standards for campus card systems to the ISO and will build the prototype to the recommended standards in order to facilitate interoperability between campus card management systems across Europe. The EECS project will give the participating SMEs access to trans-European research and development, which will deliver an interoperable card management system. The consortium will work with the European Campus Card Association (ECCA) to develop the most appropriate solution for European campuses, based on the unique needs of Higher Education institutions. The EECS project will produce an integrated campus card solution, which will be exploited by the partner SMEs. This is a highly ambitious goal achievable through state of the art research and the careful partnering of Research and Technological Development (RTD) performers and SME partners. Typically, access to such research capability is confined to the multinational organizations. The EECS goals are, therefore, ideally suited to the Research for SMEs program. The core technological ambitions of the project are to: - Facilitate the interoperability of campus systems and basic functionalities, including the transfer of student information and access to a range of fundamental campus services for students. - Develop an information transmission interface that will translate information stored on one campus card into a common format based on European standards. - Facilitate the secure authentication of information transfer between educational institutions. The project aims to fulfill the main objectives of the Bologna Declaration by promoting mobility by overcoming obstacles to the effective exercise of free movement of students and academics. 
Short description of the task performed by Croatian partner
In the EECS project, FER will carry out significant R&D in several WP's and focusing on the implementation of efficient card management system, card applications and development of business models for smart card usage that will be attractive for the SMEs. FER has experience in setting up card based systems to a nationwide market, dealing with setting up national regulations and procedures and dealing with technology suppliers. Due to large experience in IP transfer, FER will also be participating in the knowledge and IP transfer to the SMEs and dissemination of results to EU countries. FER will be a member of the Technical Committee and will bring its expertise in hardware, software and chip architecture design to the EECS project. 


   

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