ALATNET story (chronology)

The origin of ALATNET

• June 1999 : a promising application to one of the horizontal programmes of the European Community.
• October 1999 : ALATNET is favourably evaluated by the Commission services.
• November 1999 : ALATNET Contract is submitted to the Commission.
• February 2000 : ALATNET Contract is fully signed by the contracting parties (Météo-France and the Commission.
• 1st of March 2000 : official Project commencement date.
• March 2000 : the Membership Agreement is signed by all the participants (Météo-France as co-ordinator, IRMB, CHMI, HMS and HMIS as members).

The young researchers

• Selection of the first candidates, 30 May, 2000.
• Selection of a second group of candidates, 2 February 20001.
• Selection of a third group of candidates, 7 June 2001.
• 1st ALATNET Doctor : Gianpaolo Balsamo , 4 April 2003.
• Workshop on Scientific Results with presentations of all Young Researchers, Szokolya-Kiralyret (Hu), 15-17 October 2003.
• 2nd ALATNET Doctor : Cornel Soci , 20 April 2004.

The Seminars and workshops

• ALATNET Seminar of High Resolution Modelling , Radostovice (CZ), 15-26 May, 2000.
• ALATNET Seminar on Data Assimilation, Gourdon (F), 11-22 June 2001.
• ALATNET Seminar on Numerical Methods, Kranjska Gora (Si), 27-31 May 2002.
• ALATNET workshop on coupling, Ljubljana (Si), 17-21 February, 2003.

The meetings

• 1st meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET and presentation, Toulouse (F), 17 April, 2000.
• Kick-off meeting for Research Training Networks , Brussels, 9 June, 2000.
• ALATNET informal Steering Committee, Toulouse (F), 12 October, 2000 (besides EWGLAM/SRNWP meetings).
• 2nd meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET , Brussels (Be), 19 March 2001.
• 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET, Paris (F), 31 May 2001.
• ALATNET informal Steering Committee, Cracow (Po), October 2001 (besides EWGLAM/SRNWP meetings).
• 4th meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET, Budapest (Hu), 8 March 2002.
• 5th meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET, Bruxelles (Be), 23 April 2002.
• ALATNET informal Steering Committee, De Bilt (Netherlands), September 2002 (besides EWGLAM/SRNWP meetings).
• 6th meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET, Ljubljana (Si), 24 March 2003.
• 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of ALATNET, Prague (Cz), 13 February 2004.

The exchanges with the Commission

• April 2000 : creation of ALATNET web server and update of ALATNET informations on the European Commission web server.
• 9 May 2000 : Initial data base report sent to the Commission.
• May 2000 : initial advance paid by the Commission to the co-ordinator and transferred to the members.
• Update of the ALATNET vacancies on the European Commission web server, 30 May, 2000.
• Update of the ALATNET vacancies on the European Commission web server, 26 December, 2000.
• Update of the ALATNET vacancies on the European Commission web server, 30 March, 2001.
• 27 April 2001 : Periodic progress report n°1 (period 1st March 2000 - 28 February 2001)
• 27 April 2001 : update of the data base report on the European Commission web server
• 22-23 April 2002 : Mid-term review
• 1st May 2002 : Periodic progress report n°2
• 1st May 2003 : Periodic progress report n°3
• 29 February 2004 : End of ALATNET project
• 30 April 2004 : last report sent to the European Commission and last update of the data base report on the European Commission web server

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