Klaus Pendl European Commission DG Information Society and Media International Relations Unit

1. EU-Belarus ICT R&D CooperationFP7 Information Day National Academy of Sciences of BelarusMinsk, 16 October 2007 Klaus Pendl European Commission DG Information Society and Media International Relations Unit

2. Outline • Belarus participation in FP IST/ICT • FP7 ICT Programme overview • Upcoming funding opportunities

3. Successful Belarus Organisations in FP5 IST (1998-2002)

4. Successful Belarus Organisations in FP6 (2002-2006)

5. Belarus Organisations in FP6 by Programme Areas

6. FP6 Support Project: GREAT-IST • Focus on Eastern European (incl. Belarus) and Western Balkan Countries • Bringing together ICT R&D stakeholders • Sharing visions and experience • Enhancing cooperation • Contributing towards harmonisation of research priorities • Final conference in Sofia, 21 November 2007 • http://www.great-ist.org/

7. Belarus participation in IST FP6in comparison Belarus was Nr 16 with 6 successful participations in IST FP6

8. Trend from FP5 to FP6 FP5: 287 participations ~ 7 M€ funding FP6: 504 participations ~41 M€ funding + Rise of China, India, Brazil, WB, Russia, … - Decrease of US, Canada, Japan Belarus: from 3 to 6

9. ICT Call 1 (closed)Organisations in proposals Belarus: 3

10. ICT Call 1 (closed)Organisations in successful proposals Russia: 2 Belarus: 0

11. FP7 and ICT

12. FP7 Cooperation Programme

13. Euratom Cooperation JRC 4062 M€ 32413 M€ 1751 M€ Capacities 4097 M€ People 4750 M€ Ideas 7510 M€ Research Infrastructures 42% - 1715 M€ Dev. of policies INCO e-Infrastructures 572 M€ Science in Society Regions of Knowledge SMEs Research Potential FP7 Capacities Programme

14. FP7 ICT first Work Programme: 7 “Challenges” Socio-economic goals 4. Digital libraries and content 5. ICT for health 6. ICT for mobility & sustainable growth 7. ICT for independent living and inclusion 1. Network and service infrastructures 2. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics Industry/Tech needs Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) 3. Components, systems, engineering

15. ICT Work Programme 2007-2008 of the Seventh Framework Programme • A limited set of Challengesaiming at • overcoming technology roadblocks, and/or • systems targeting specific socio-economic goals • A Challenge is addressed through a limited set of Objectives that form the basis of Calls for Proposals • An Objective is described in terms of • target outcome - in terms of characteristics • expected impact - in terms of industrial competitiveness, societal goal, technology progress etc. • A total of 24 Objectives expressed within 7 Challenges

16. Opportunities in FP7

17. International Cooperation in FP7: Opportunities for Belarus • All ICT programme objectives open to organisations from Belarus • + International cooperation specifically encouraged in several objectives • + Specific International Cooperation Actions • + Accompanying measures(ICT Call 3)

18. Connectivity between Research & Education Networks • GEANT2 - European Research Network linking NRENs, nearly 4000 universities in 34 countries • Allows researchers to collaborate between them and to participate in international high level research • Belarus enjoys connectivity (155 Mbps) via Poland and is interested to become full member

19. Connectivity – GEANT2

20. Mobility • Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (1st call closed) and Reintegration Grants • Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses

21. Challenge 1: Budget 1. The network of the future 200 M€ 2. Service & software architectures, infrastructures & engineering 120 M€ 3. ICT in support of the networked enterprise 30 M€ 4. Secure, dependable and trusted infrastructures 90 M€ 5. Networked media 85 M€ Challenge 2: 1. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics 96 M€ Challenge 3: 1. Next generation nanoelectronics components and electronics integration 86 M€ 2. Organic and large-area electronics and display systems 63 M€ 3. Embedded systems design 40 M€ 4. Computing systems 25 M€ ICT Call 1 – Open: 22 Dec 2007 Close: 8 May 2007

22. Challenge 4: Budget 1. Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning 52 M€ 2. Intelligent content and semantics 51 M€ Challenge 5: 1. Personal health systems for monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics 72 M€ 2. Advanced ICT for risk assessment and patient safety 30 M€ Challenge 6: 1. ICT for the intelligent vehicles and mobility services 57 M€ Challenge 7: 1. ICT and ageing 30 M€ FET proactive: 1. Nano-scale ICT devices and systems 20 M€ 2. Pervasive adaptation 20 M€ 3. Bio-ICT convergence 20 M€ Horizontal support actions International cooperation 7 M€ FET-Open (separate Call for Proposals) 65 M€ … ICT Call 1: - 8 May 2007 + FET Open – continuous, close 31 Dec 2008

23. ICT Call 2 – Open: 12 June 2007 Close: 9 October 2007, 477 M€

24. Specific International Cooperation Actions (SICAs) • 5.3. Virtual Physiological Human (Healthcare information systems based on Grid capabilities (Latin America, Western Balkans, Mediterranean Partner Countries; Call 2, CSA, 2M€) • 6.3. ICT for environmental disaster reduction and management (all ICPC; Call 2, STREP - 2M€, CSA - 2M€) • No SICA in ICT Call 3

25. ICT Call 3 – Open: 4 December 2007 Close: 8 April 2008, 265 M€

26. ICT Call 3, Challenge 2: Cognitive systems, Interaction, Robotics – 97 M€ C-I-R revolves around the key concept of artificial systems which can perceive and interact robustly, in open-ended, (mainly) physical environments, and have smart / cognitive / intelligent / natural / intuitive features. Such systems could be: • robots • Stand-alone or networked devices (e.g. cameras, sensors), embedded or not • Man-machine interfaces etc

27. C-I-R focus • robots handling different objects and operating autonomously or in cooperation with people • systems (robotic or not) monitoring and controlling material or informational processes • multimodal interfaces and interpersonal communication systems understanding language, gestures The emphasis is on scientific and technological advance and on developing new engineering principles based on solid theoretical foundations.

28. Activities, Funding Schemes, Contact Activities: • Research into systems design, engineering principles for artificial systems • Structuring, road mapping and assessing research • Co-ordination with national activities Funding schemes: • Collaborative research projects (90%) • Networks of Excellence (8%) • Support Actions (2%) Contact: INFSO E5, Hans-Georg STORK Info Day in January 2008 (Luxembourg)

29. ICT Call 3, Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content - 100 M€ • Harnessing the synergies made possible by linking content, knowledge and learning • Increasethe availability of content and its long term accessibility • More effective technologies for the creation, management and reuse of content and knowledge • Scenarios for creative use of content, acquisition and development of knowledge - learning processes • Key topics: • Digital Libraries (Objective 4.3) • Technology-enhanced Learning (Objective 4.3)do not try to artificially cover both! • Intelligent Content and Semantics (Objective 4.4)

30. Budget, Funding Schemes, Contact • Total budget for Challenge 4: 100 M€ • Funding Schemes: Cooperative Projects (IPs and STREPs) (87,5 M) Networks of Excellence (8,5 M) Coordination Actions/Support Actions (4 M) • Contacts: Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning INFSO E3, Pat MANSONInfo Day on 17 December 2007 (Luxembourg) Intelligent content and semantics INFSO E2, Stefano BERTOLO Info Day on 12/13 December 2007 (Luxembourg)

31. Future & Emerging Technologies – FET An incubator and pathfinder fornew ideas and themes for long-term research in ICT High risk research, offset by potential breakthrough with high technological and/or societal impact Two complementary inter-linked schemes FET Proactive + FET Open • FET Proactive • Top-down approach • Set of novel pre-defined themes • Pathfinder for related communities & themes • Open in ICT Call 3 • FET Open • Bottom-up approach • Open to any research idea • Incubator for new communities & themes • Continuously open until end 2008 • INFSO, Unit F2

32. ICT Call 3: FET proactive initiatives Contacts: INFSO F1 • Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICTjose.fernandez-villacanas@ec.europa.euantonella.karlson@ec.europa.eu • Embodied Intelligencedavid.guedj@ec.europa.eupekka.karp@ec.europa.eu • ICT Forever Yoursjean-marie.auger@ec.europa.eu wide.hogenhout@ec.europa.eu Information Day (Brussels): Brussels, 24/25 January 2007 (TBC)

33. Horizontal International Cooperation Activities • Promotion of FP7 ICT Programme in selected third countries/regions • Support to information society policy dialogues with partner countries • Identification of cooperation opportunities in fields of mutual interest • Coordination with international activities under FP7 Capacities Programme and national activities Target regions: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (including Belarus), Western Balkan, Mediterranean Partner Countries, Latin America Budget: 5 M€ Contact: klaus.pendl@ec.europa.eu (INFSO A4)

34. Other calls • FET Open: Continuous submission (until end 2008) - 65 M€ • Critical infrastructure protection (30 August 2007 - 29 November 2007) - 20 M€ (joint call ICT/Security) & • Work on 2009/2010 Workprogramme has started > further ICT calls in 2009/10 (approx. 2 bn. €)

35. How to get started? CORDIS http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/

36. How to get started? Partner search

37. Conclusions • Low Belarus participation in the past (6 partners in IST FP6, 3 in FP5) But • Potential for more • several upcoming possibilities (ICT Call 3, etc., FET Open, Infrastructure)

38. More information • FP6: cordis.europa.eu/ist/ • FP7 call information: cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ • FP7 ICT Programme : cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ • klaus.pendl@ec.europa.eu