Increase inputs to validate, and promote transfer of OTEC's R&D activities - 2002 year report Work Package 3

This annual report covers the Work Package 3 (WP3) activities of the OTEC Development Programme over the period January-December 2002. The formal approval date of the WP3 work plan was April 2002. The realised staff input to WP3 was about 1 FTE. The objective of WP3 was 'to increase inputs to, validate, and promote transfer of OTEC's R&D activities'. For 2002 three targets were specified: 1. To establish and lead a network for the specification of a technical architecture for EML tooling. 2. To acquire, and participate in, externally funded projects through which the activities in WP1, WP2 and WP4 will be further supported: either through providing additional capacity, or through capitalising on R&D investments already made in the past. 3. To prepare for the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union, to be officially launched in the second half of 2002.