NCP News Jan 2008 - Seventh EU Framework Programme Ireland

ICT National Contact Point News January 2008
This newsletter supports the activities of the ICT Theme’s National Contact Points. We provide
you each month with key news and information on the current activities of the ICT Theme. The
information contained here is not confidential and may be further disseminated. If you have
any information which would be of interest to your ICT-NCP colleagues in next month’s
newsletter, email it here.
ICT-Security Joint Call
The evaluation of the 155 proposals received in our joint call with the Security theme took
place at the end of this month. Some 56 of the proposals addressed the ICT focus in the call,
requesting funding of € 140m, which is exactly seven times the budget we have available.
We plan to send out the evaluation report and the ESRs to the Management Committee
members on Friday 8 th February and to send the ESRs to all the proposal coordinators during
the following week. We will carry out our usual practise of first emailing the ESR to the
proposal coordinator, followed up with a despatch on paper.
Redress procedure ICT Call 2
The period for proposal coordinators to request redress under the evaluation of ICT Call 2
expired on 18 th January. We have received 34 requests from proposal coordinators to look
into the evaluation of their proposals, which is 4% of the total of 906 proposals in the call.
The Redress committee will meet to review these cases during February. Responses to the
proposers will be made by the ICT Directors concerned in mid-March.
New Associated state
Following the association of Albania to FP7 in December 2007, the government of
Montenegro has signed an association agreement with FP7, permitting Montenegran
organisations to participate in all calls for proposals on an equal footing with the EU Member
States as of 1 st January 2008. Our NCP in Montenegro is Sasa Ivanovic, who is based in the
Ministry of Education and Science in Podgorica.
Only Bosnia and Herzegovina, of all the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, now
remains un-associated.

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EU Presidency objectives
And of course Slovenia, once part of Yugoslavia, is not an FP7 Associated country. It is a
Member state and current holder the Presidency of the EU. The Slovenian Minister of Higher
Education, Science and Technology, Mojca Kucler Dolinar, this month outlined to members of
the European Parliament's Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) the
Presidency's research priorities.
These will include the adoption of new initiatives under article 169 of the Treaty. They are the
Ambient Assisted Living initiative -which involves us in DG INFSO - and the EUREKA
Eurostars programme. With Slovenia currently holding the chairmanship of EUREKA, it has
plans to conclude the adoption procedure on Eurostars so as to encourage and provide
financing for market-oriented industrial research conducted by small and medium-sized
enterprises.
Revised Guides for applicants Call 3
You may have noticed that the Guides for applicants for ICT Call 3 on our call page are now
footnoted "version 1a".
In these versions we have removed the statements which were made in the original Guides
about the Electronic Proposal Submission System being temporarily unavailable, and we
include Albania and Montenegro in the list of Associated countries. There are no other
changes.
Organic and large area electronics consultation workshop
Our colleagues in Unit G2 Microsystems will hold in Brussels on 20 February a consultation
workshop with a view to updating the ICT work programme related to objective ICT-2007-3.2
"Organic and large area electronics". Main objectives are:
• gather and analyse R&D and market information for activities on organic and
large area electronics
• brainstorm on the major R&D opportunities, challenges and recent technical
breakthroughs
• identify emerging applications that would drive such interdisciplinary research
• discuss the likely impact on the economy and society and the practical
implications to address true multi-disciplinary research
• identify constituency and encourage cooperation, coordination and critical
mass in the above mentioned area in Europe
• identify new opportunities and a way forward for collaborative research and
other stimulating actions in the 7 TH Framework Programme
The meeting will be opened by Rosalie Zobel, Director of Directorate G Components and
Systems.
Persons interested in participating should send by e-mail to Ms. Anne Morgan their title, name,
surname and company name, and whether they intend to make a five-minute presentation.
The deadline for registration is 6 th February 2008; the deadline for sending the presentation is
13 th February. For more information contact Ms. Lopez Lozano.
e-Challenges e-2008
The eChallenges e-2008 conference will take place in Stockholm on 22 nd - 24 th October. This
is the eighteenth in a series of annual conferences supported by the European Commission,
which features topics such as ICT for Networked Enterprise & RFID, eGovernment &
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eDemocracy, eHealth, Collaborative Working Environments, Technology Enhanced Learning
and ICT Skills, Knowledge and Content Technologies, Security and Identity Management,
GRID and Mobility.
The goal of e-2008 is to stimulate rapid take-up of research and technology development
results by industry and in particular by SMEs, and to help to open up the European Research
Area (ERA) to the rest of the world. A call for papers has already been published, proposals
for workshops may also be submitted; deadline for both is 29 th February.
EU-Japan ICT cooperation forum
An EU-Japan cooperation forum on information and communication technologies (ICT) will
take place on 4 th – 5 th March in Tokyo, organised within the framework of the EU-funded
CHINACOOP project. The event is intended as an opportunity to identify, discuss and develop
joint strategic ICT research projects of mutual benefit to the European Union and Japan.
Audit and certification policy
Our colleagues in the Cordis service launched at end December a new webpage on the
Commission's Audit and certification policy. Project partners will find here links to key
information they will need when preparing for the financial elements of their participation in the
project.
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And for the record…….
ICT Calls currently open
ICT Call 3 was launched on 4 th December 2007. It covers three objectives within two of the Challenges
which have been set for ICT in FP7, three FET Proactive initiatives and two horizontal support actions.
It is funded at €265m. The call closes on 8 th April 2008 at 17h00.
The ICT FET Open call was launched on 22 nd December 2006. This is open continuously for the
duration of the current Workprogramme. It involves only STREP and CA proposals. STREP proposals
have to be submitted in two stages, with an initial five-page short proposal followed, if successful in
the evaluation, by the full proposal at a later deadline.
Useful information
ICT
INFSO organigramme
INFSO who’s who
Our Commissioner’s website
The current ICT Workprogramme
ICT on Cordis
ICT on Europa
Information Society factsheets
Read our other newsletters
HELP
The ICT Information desk
The FP7 Enquiry service
Questions on Intellectual Property Rights
The informal association of RTD contact points
Other support services
Association agreements with FP7
FP7 news
FP7 Library service
The Commission staff directory
Information Society A-Z
Application to work as an expert in
evaluations
Financial viability check tool
NEWS
Cordis Guidance introductory page
Cordis News
Cordis Express weekly briefing
Cordis Wire open forum
Cordis National R&D and Innovation pages
Cordis Technology marketplace
IST project management support
The IST Results service
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IST/ICT Support projects
CEEC IST NET
CHINACOOP
CISTRANA
ERA-CAN and
IST-EC2
EURO-INDIA
EUROPEAN IST
FINANCE NMS
GET IN
HAGRID
IDEALIST
IS2WEB
IST MENTOR
IST WORLD
IST4BALT
IST-AFRICA
IST-EC2
ISTOK.RU
MAP-IT
MED-IST
SCORE
SEE
INNOVATION
SOLAR ICT
SPICE
STAR-NET
START
WINDS-LA
Establish a sustainable network of researchers and entrepreneurs active within the
field of ICT in Central and Eastern European countries
Increase research cooperation with China
Coordination of national ICT programmes with each other and with European RTD
programmes in the ICT sector
Increase research cooperation with Canada
Increase research cooperation with India
Enhancing participation of research organizations from New Member States and
Associated Candidate Countries, networking the ICT research community across
Europe
Portal and helpdesk for the latest ICT-related financial information aimed at
organisations from the New Member States.
Increasing participation of candidate countries SMEs in ICT projects by providing
training, tools and support services
To exploit the potential synergies between EU funded support actions for the benefit
of European and ICPC organisations interested in participating in ICT. To provide
added value services tailored to the needs of interested organisations. HAGRID
services will help to assimilate the know-how, assess the competitive advantages
and clarify the strategic research objectives of interested organisations
Ideal-ist a sophisticated worldwide ICT Partner Search Network - an easy to use,
efficient and fast web-based system. Ideal-ist collaborates through a broad
geographical network of 50 representatives with more than 10 years of experience.
The quality of Partner Searches is assured by a quality team.
Assist research organisations in the Western Balkan countries to get informed about
and actively participate in EU-funded research in the field of ICT
Develops a networked group of proficient ICT multipliers, whose task will be to
enhance building awareness of the ICT Theme and to assist potential proposers in
submitting high quality proposals.
Set up and populate an information portal with innovative functionalities that helps
to promote RTD competencies in ICT in the New Member States and Associate
Candidate Countries
Promote the ICT Theme to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by implementing fast
dissemination and awareness actions
To promote dissemination and exploitation of European IST research results in
Southern Africa in particular through workshops and training seminars.
Increase research cooperation with Canada
ICT research cooperation with Russia.
ICT research cooperation with Mediterranean Partner Countries.
ICT research cooperation with Mediterranean Partner Countries.
ICT research cooperation with Western Balkan countries.
A Specific Support Action tasked with assisting South Eastern European ICT SMEs
to actively participate in EU-funded ICT research through a combination of
surveying, mentoring, know-how transfer, and coaching and networking services
and activities
ICT research cooperation with Latin America.
ICT research cooperation with China.
Coordination of support actions in New Member States and Candidate countries
ICT research cooperation with Africa.
ICT research cooperation with Latin America.
ICT-NCPs
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