Acronym: MIELE
Official reference: 2010-EU-210005-S
Financing entity: European Commission-Transeuropean Transport Network
Main Researcher: Susana Val
Other Researchers: Mario Monsreal
Term: 01/01/2011- 31/12/2013
Link to project website:
Member States involved
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Cyprus
Implementation schedule
Start date: September 2010
End date: December 2013
Co-ordinator: RINA SPA as an Implementing body of the Italian Ministry of Transport
Budget
Total project cost covered by this Decision: €15,958,060
EU contribution: €7,979,030
Percentage of EU support: 50%
Additional information
Coordinator’s Report of the Priority Project:
European Commission, DG MOVE http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/%20index_en.htm
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA)
Beneficiaries & Implementing bodies
See list below
Project Description
The main objectives of the action is to design the architecture and to develop a pre-deployment pilot interoperable ICT platform (the “MIELE Middleware”) able to interface ICT systems (i.e. single windows, port community systems) in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus and Germany (the “National Vertical Pilots”).
The MIELE Middleware is a demonstrator of a software tool enabling existing ICT systems to be interoperable. Directive 2010/65 EU on reporting formalities requires that in each Member State a single interface exists and that ICT systems in different Member States are interoperable as far as ship reporting formalities are concerned. The National Vertical Pilots are demonstrators of such national single interfaces whose interoperability among them is allowed through the MIELE Middleware. The MIELE project will take into consideration the requirements of the Directive 2010/65/EU.
The Action, which is a study taking the form of a Pilot action, will include :
- mapping the needs of relevant stakeholders
- designing and developing the MIELE middleware
- adapting, upgrading and integrating existing ICT systems (national single windows, port single windows, port communities, private operators’ ICT systems) in order to be interoperable with the MIELE middleware
- achieving and demonstrating systems interoperability through the MIELE middleware
- designing the framework for the exploitation of the MIELE middleware and the possible full deployment of its services after the completion of this pilot action.
The Action is organised in two parts:
- PART A (activities 1 and 2) – Verification of existing ICT systems and pre-implementation phase of the pilot by developing:
- a working concept for each of the National Vertical Pilots with a number of functionalities
- detailed specifications and user needs for the MIELE Middleware
- PART B (activities 3 and 4) – Deployment of a full-scale, integrated and interoperable demonstrator (MIELE Middleware Demonstrator) resulting from the integration of the 5 National Vertical Pilots with the MIELE Middleware according to the specifications of Action PART A. The demonstrator will also show a set of all the potential services to be offered by the MIELE Middleware, including the development of an agreed Road Map for full service deployment.
The continuation of the fiancial aid from PART A to PART B is conditional to the approval by the TEN-T Agency of the results of Part A, which should demonstrate the feasibility of the deployment of a full-scale, integrated and interoperable demonstrator (MIELE Middleware Demonstrator).
Activities
| Activity | Activity name | Indicative start date | Indicative end date |
| 1 | User needs and MIELE architecture | 01/09/2010 | 30/11/2011 |
| 1.1 | Assessment of needs, analysis of existing systems and available standards and rules | 01/09/2010 | 30/11/2011 |
| 1.2 | Architecture design and specifications of MIELE Middleware | 01/09/2010 | 31/01/2012 |
| 2 | Adjustment of National Vertical Pilots – Peer review | 01/09/2010 | 31/01/2012 |
| 2.1 | Working Concept of National Vertical Pilots | 01/09/2010 | 31/01/2012 |
| 2.2 | Architecture design and specifications of National Vertical Pilots | 01/09/2010 | 31/01/2012 |
| 2.3 | Peer review process | 01/09/2010 | 31/01/2012 |
| 3 | Vertical Demonstrators | 01/02/2012 | 30/04/2013 |
| 3.1 | Use cases definition | 01/02/2012 | 30/04/2013 |
| 3.2 | Demonstrators of National Vertical Pilots | 01/02/2012 | 30/04/2013 |
| 4 | MIELE Middleware Demonstrator | 01/02/2012 | 30/11/2013 |
| 4.1 | Working Concept of the MIELE Middleware | 01/02/2012 | 30/11/2013 |
| 4.2 | Development/integration | 01/02/2012 | 30/11/2013 |
| 4.3 | MIELE Middleware testing | 01/02/2012 | 30/11/2013 |
| 5 | Dissemination, Stakeholders contribution, Exploitation and Impact Assessment | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 5.1 | Stakeholders Group (STG) | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 5.2 | Dissemination | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 5.3 | Impact Assessment | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 5.4 | Roadmap to MIELE | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 6 | Coordination and Management | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 6.1 | Project Management | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
| 6.2 | Technical Coordination | 01/09/2010 | 31/12/2013 |
Beneficiaries & Implementing bodies:
Beneficiaries:
- Italian Republic
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Kingdom of Spain
- Portuguese Republic
- Republic of Cyprus / Cyprus Ports Authority
- Jacobs University Bremen GmbH, Germany
- Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), Spain
- Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón, Spain
- Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimos (IPTM), Portugal
- Compass Ingeniera y Sistemas S.A., Spain
- Plataforma Logística de Zaragoza (PLAZA), Spain
- Atlas Maritime Security GmbH, Germany
- dbh Logistics IT AG, Germany
Implementing bodies:
- Zaragoza Logistics Center, Spain
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, Spain
- AdministraÇão do Porto do Lisboa S.A. (APL), Portugal
- AdministraÇão dos Portos do Douro e Leixões (APDL), Portugal
- RINA S.p.A., Italy
- Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A., Italy
- IB S.R.L., Italy
- CAP S.p.A., Italy
- Terminal San Giorgio S.R.L., Italy
Project MIELE is co-financed by the European Union’s TEN-T programme
