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Summary of the main points (1): FP7 and ICT environment

Summary of Day 1 Ulrike Kunze, International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Conference “Towards an Information Society for the Western Balkans”, Belgrade, 11-12 December 2008. Summary of the main points (1): FP7 and ICT environment.

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Summary of the main points (1): FP7 and ICT environment

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  1. Summary of Day 1Ulrike Kunze, International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Conference “Towards an Information Society for the Western Balkans”, Belgrade, 11-12 December 2008

  2. Summary of the main points (1): FP7 and ICT environment • no specific measures foreseen for the WBC in FP 7 ICT (Work Programme 2009/2010) • but there might be supporting actions in the WP 2011-2013 • suggestion to involve WBC researchers into ongoing EU projects as observers (capacity building, feasible within Networks of Excellence upon 2011) • in the WBC there are differences in ICT capacities (ranking) • issue of statistics

  3. Summary of the main points (2): Priorities • discussion of priorites is an ongoing process • there are different reasons to set priorities and different ways to implement them (national strategies, specific calls, SEE-ERA.NET PLUS, EC FP7 WP) • horizontal cooperation between different Ministries in one country and between sectors is crucial for the development of Inf. Society

  4. Summary of the main points (3): important issues raised • support for young researchers is important • networking and mobility can be improved • lack of incentives for funding ICT research: demand driven ICT research has to be created • not every research activity is market driven, but every research activity should be demand driven • improvement of ICT education • lack of ICT students (students follow marketing and ICT management), not appropriate ICT programmes • profitable research is needed in universities

  5. Summary of the main points (4): important issues raised • some positive cases (USAID) could be used as model for regional cooperation • Conference on calls 5 and 6 of FP7 ICT Work Programme on May 28 and 29, 2009 in Belgrade • „you have to be good at home if you want to be good out of home“: capacity building (Ministries, NCP systems, researchers) as main factor for development of Inf. Society • eSEE agenda PLUS: objective to build data base on researchers and companies

  6. Summary of the main points (5): important issues raised • EU funding: increase awareness, adapt to what is needed, training programmes needed, support in writing proposals, demonstrate added value to SMEs (business decision on investment), knowledge on evaluation criteria • National funding for proposals that are not funded but above threshold (REGPOT, building capacities and infrastructure) • give incentives such as travel grants for brokerage events, preparatory meetings for proposal writing

  7. Summary of the main points (6): ongoing and future activities • regional cooperation between Ministries in SEE-ERA.NET repSEE Programme (4 pillars: young researchers, mobility, innovation, PLUS) • Ministerial Conference planned in 2009 and possibly funded by IPA; development of regional research strategy (awareness raising for EU projects) • there should discussion forums like this Conference should go on

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