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Regional ICT R&D priorities, Jelena Pantelic, Information Society of Serbia. Conference “Towards an Information Society for the Western Balkans”, Belgrade, 11-12 December 2008. PHASE I – EXPERT CONSULTATION. 1. Identification of ICT stakeholders.
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Regional ICT R&D priorities, Jelena Pantelic, Information Society of Serbia Conference “Towards an Information Society for the Western Balkans”, Belgrade, 11-12 December 2008
PHASE I – EXPERT CONSULTATION 1. Identification of ICT stakeholders 2. Selection of ICT panel experts 3. Preparation of Consultation Document 5. Collection and Initial synthesis of contributions 4. Distribution of document & invitation to panel experts 7. Development of initial Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs) 6. Organisation of Consultation Workshops with panel experts PHASE II – OPEN CONSULTATION 8. Preparation of consultation questions to accompany initial SRAs 9. Distribution of initial SRAs and questions - invitation to stakeholders 10. Collection of feedback 12. Development of Policy Paper 11. Development of Final Strategic Research Agendas Note: Orange steps produce key results / deliverables Identifying ICT R&D priorities for the WB countries:consultation process
Expert consultation phase: development of initial ICT R&D SRAs • 15-20 ICT experts were identified per country based on a set of empirical criteria: • ICT R&D actors (4 – 5) • ICT industrial actors (3 – 4) • ICT R&D policy-makers (3 – 4) • NGO for ICT promotion (1) • relevant national/international ICT R&D projects (1 – 2) • Cross-cutting criterion: at least one expert for each FP7 ICT challenge • Desirable horizontal criteria: gender balance, geographical region diversity • 68 ICT experts actively participated / were consulted: • Albania: 17 experts • Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13 experts • FYR of Macedonia: 18 experts • Serbia: 20 experts • Consultation workshop: top 10 priorities with research objectives and areas were defined
Open consultation phase: towards the final SRA and Policy Paper • Do identified ICT R&D priorities reflect the needs and capacities of the country? • 90% of the initially identified priorities fully reflect the needs and capacities (68% of the respondents) • Is it necessary to include other ICT R&D priorities in the Strategic Research Agenda? • no priority needed to be added in the country-specific SRAs (66 % of respondents) • Is it necessary, for the defined ICT R&D priorities, to add or modify research objectives and/or research areas? • did not wish to add or modify research objectives in the already defined research priorities (83% of respondents)
WBC-INCO.NET methodological remarks • Croatia and Montenegro: • Coordinators of ICT related projects funded by Ministries • Representatives of NGOs • Relevant Ministries and institutions involved in policy making • Consultation document was distributed • SRAs development for Croatia and Montenegro, based on similar structure as SCORE • No open consultation yet
Regional SPAN chart • Legend: • EGOV-ICTs for Government & eGovernment • EBUS- ICTs for Enterprises & eBusiness • IBT- Internet & Broadband Technologies • SE- Software Engineering • ELEA- ICTs for Learning & eLearning • EHEALTH- ICTs for Health & eHealth • MT- Mobile Technologies • AGRI- ICTs for Agriculture • DCDL- Digital Content & Digital Libraries
Discussion • Your views on regional priorities • Experiences in consultation