Preparatory Phase: work plan
List of Preparatory Phase Work Packages foreseen under this proposal
| Work Package | Descriptive Title | Short Description and specific objectives of the task | Leading Participant |
| WP1 | Management | Overall management of the ELI Preparatory Phase to warrant that the Funding Agencies will take the final decision to building ELI. Ensure that every milestone and decision are met on time, check that the budget is used according to the objective and take the necessary correcting measures. | CNRS |
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| WP2 | Legal issues | Study the different legal forms of ELI according to the possible host countries. Set the final legal scheme of ELI. | FORTH-IESL |
| WP3 | Governance | Analyze several governance schemes of existing European infrastructures considering possible transposition to ELI. Set the governance rules of ELI. | U. Sal |
| WP4A | Strategy on EU large scale facilities | Study the influence of ELI on the actual fabric of large-scale facilities, including lasers, FELs and accelerators. | RISSPO |
| WP4B | Site choice | Establish a project for the implementation of ELI in the countries willing to host the infrastructure. Site selection by the funding Agencies. | S.U. |
| WP5 | Finance | Consider the different funding schemes according to the possible host countries. Implement the final financial plan. | CNRS |
| WP6 | Safety and radio protection | Analyze every safety issues related to the use of high-power lasers, radio-protection and any other hazards. Set a safety and radio-protection book for users and ELI personnel. | STFC |
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| WP7A | Lasers | Achieve the final benchmarking and take the last decisions so as to completely define the lasers, the metrology systems and optics. Individual items and total cost estimation. | IoP |
| WP7B | Secondary sources | Finalize the secondary sources (particle and x-ray) that will be delivered to users. This includes the design of the beamlines as well as the metrology. | IST |
| WP7C | Infrastructures | Set the detailed description of the ELI building based on the results from the safety WP as well as the laser/secondary source WP. Precise description of every target area. | MPQ |
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| WP8 | Transnational networking | Follow and energize the trans-national networking within ELI community to ensure a highly efficient Preparatory phase. | INFN |
| WP9 | International networking/communication | Promote ELI at the international level by organizing schools, workshops and conferences. Follow the participation of ELI participants to events not organized by the ELI-PP. Promote ELI outside Europe. | IST |
Other Preparatory Phase Work Packages and timing chart
