FP7 Cooperation

Information and Communication Technologies

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Funding opportunities in the ICT Theme specifying the participation of Mediterranean Partner Country research teams.

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Projects covered by the following calls:

• Call identifier: FP7-ICT-2011-7
• Date of publication: 28 September 2010
• Deadline: 18 January 2011, at 17:00.00 Brussels local time
• Indicative budget: EUR 778.5 million

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For further information and full details of the call, please consult the full Work Programme at:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7ActivityCallsPage&id_activity=3

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Disclaimer: Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that this document is accurate, the MIRA (Mediterranean, Innovation and Research Coordination Action) project cannot be held responsible for errors that may be found in it.

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Objective ICT-2011.10.3 : International partnership building and support to dialogues

Target outcome

a) Support to dialogues and cooperation with strategic partner countries and regions,

to create cooperative research links between European organisations and partners in third

countries.  The aim is to support dialogues between the European Commission and strategic partner countries and regions, and to increase cooperation with strategic third countries and third country organisations in collaborative ICT R&D both within FP7 and under third country programmes. This could include in particular:

- the identification and analysis of ICT research priorities in third countries, and the

provision of recommendations for future co-operation initiatives, including e.g.

coordinated calls, and the facilitation of access of European organisations to third

country programmes, - the organisation of events synchronised with dialogue meetings, providing input and follow-up for example on common R&D priorities, opportunities and challenges, the strengthening of cooperative research links between European organisations and relevant organisations in third countries, with the aim of establishing strategic partnerships.

Targeted countries/regions: ACP, Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, High Income

Countries, Latin America, Mediterranean Partner Countries and West Balkan Countries.

b) Enable Partnership building in low and middle income countries

The aim is to leapfrog from traditional promotion support action projects and launch a set of targeted research projects (STREP/SICAs) addressing at the same time technology and

business model innovations. Specific technological targets could include for example low cost technologies, technologies promoting or enabling use of ICT, intuitive user interfaces and local content provisioning.

Targeted countries: Low and middle income countries  including Africa

Expected impact:

• Reinforcement of strategic partnerships with selected countries and regions in areas of

mutual interest and added value in jointly addressing important issues.

• Reinforced international dimension of the EU ICT research programme and higher level of international cooperation with low and middle income countries in ICT R&D with a focus on areas where the EU has a comparative advantage and where there are new

leadership opportunities for Europe.

Activities under this objective should be covered in balanced partnership with relevant third country organisations. Consortia are strongly encouraged to include, as appropriate, leading research centres/universities, relevant industry representation, third country multipliers (e.g. national research authorities/agencies), communication specialists and/or experienced market research organisations.

Funding schemes

a): CSA (Support Actions)

Indicative budget distribution

a): EUR 4 million