AGRISOL Project - Project schedule and work plan

A comprehensive work plan has been designed and a number of milestones have been set to prevent delays and monitor the overall progress of the project. The planned duration of the project is three years. Table 6 illustrates the GANTT chart of the project.

Table 2. Work package list overview

Partners involved	Person-months	Start month	End month	Title	N0
BGU, HU, NERC	54	1	12	Pilot design & construction	1
BGU, HU, NERC	47	10	25	Pilot testing & optimization	2
R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI	98	16	31	Agronomic experiments	3
BGU, HU, NERC, EPRI	30	31	36	Evaluation	4
All partners (EPRI is WP leader)	36	1	36	Exploitation & dissemination	5
BGU, HU	12	1	36	Management	6
	277			TOT

Table 3. List of deliverables

Nr.	Title	WP	Partners involved *	Nature	Dissemination	Delivery
D1.1	Site characterization	1	BGU, NERC	Int. report	Consortium	Month 4
D1.2	Pilot plants design	1	BGU, NERC	Int. report	Consortium	Month 8
D1.3	Design and construction	1	BGU, NERC	Report	Public	Month 12
D2.1	Pilot testing (1^st series)	2	BGU, NERC	Int. report	Consortium	Month 15
D2.2	Pilot testing (2^nd series)	2	BGU, NERC	Int. report	Consortium	Month 24
D3.1	Agronomic experiments (1^st series)	3	R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI	Int. report	Consortium	Month 21
D3.2	Agronomic experiments (2^nd series)	3	R&D ARAVA, NCARE, EPRI	Int. report	Consortium	Month 30
D4.1	Technology evaluation	4	All	Int. report	Consortium	Month 34
D4.2	Final report	4	All	Report	Public	Month 36

* The work package leader assumes the responsibility to coordinate the preparation of the report.

Table 4. List of milestones

Nr.	Title	WP	Delivery
M1	Website established	6	Month 3
M2	Installation of the two pilots	1	Month 12
M3	Agricultural workshop, Israel	5	Month 16
M4	End of first series of testing & agronomic experiments	2, 3	Month 21
M5	Solar desalination workshop in Jordan	5	Month 25
M6	End of second series of testing and agronomic experiments	2, 3	Month 30

Table 5. Work share of the partners

		BGU	NERC	EPRI	HU	R&D ARAVA	NCARE
1	Pilot design & construction	17	27	-	10	-	-
2	Pilot testing & optimization	20	24	-	3	-	-
3	Agronomic experiments	-	-	12	-	42	44
4	Evaluation	7	7	4	12	-	-
5	Exploitation and dissemination	8	6	20	2	10	9
6	Management	8	-	-	4	-	-
TOTAL		60	64	36	31	52	53

Table 6. Work plan and GANTT chart of the AGRISOL project

Table 7. Project meetings

Host	Country	Timing	Notes
BGU	Israel	At kickoff month 1	Includes visit at Hatzeva site
NERC	Jordan	Around month 6	Includes visit at solar desalination pilot in Aqaba
HU	Israel	Around month 12	Held in correspondence to WATEC/IDS conference or other major event
R&D ARAVA	Israel	Around month 16	Workshop with farmers at Hatzeva
NCARE	Jordan	Around month 25	Workshop with farmers in Jordan
BGU	Israel	Around month 30	Held in correspondence to WATEC/IDS conference or other major event
NERC	Jordan	Around month 36	Held in correspondence to major national/international conference in Jordan