- PERICLES has been submitted to Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on March 19th, 2012, by HEC, acting under mandate from project partners
- In July 2012, PERICLES was pre-selected by the selection committee “Comité d’Engagement Subventions Avances Remboursables” (CESAR) chaired by a representative from Direction Générale de la Compétitivité, de l’Industrie et des Services (DGCIS -The Directorate General for Competitiveness, Industry & Services ) within Ministère du Redressement Productif. Further to this decision, PERICLES has been analyzed in detail in order to determine whether it could be funded by the “Investments for the Future” program.
- This detailed analysis has been led by Mme Clara DANON, who is in charge of coordinating Mission Numérique pour l’Enseignement Supérieur (MINES) at the Direction Générale de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de l’Insertion Professionnelle (DGESIP) within the Ministry in charge of Higher Education & Research (Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche – MESR)
- The CESAR committee held another session on October 2nd, 2012, to finalize the results of the analysis undertaken on all the projects that had been pre-selected in July. It selected PERICLES and this information was released on November 26th.