Start Date: 2009-01-01 End Date: 2011-06-01
The project main objectives were:
•Mapping of ICT research landscape of EECA countries;
• Familiarization of EECA stakeholders with EC’s cooperation framework and culture;
• Facilitating successful participation of EECA ICT stakeholders in EC programmes;
• Bridging EECA countries’ and EC’s agenda on ICT cooperation for the future;
•To consult key ICT research stakeholders on the ICT research priorities of Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus that reflect the actual readiness and needs of the region.
•To develop recommendations on future ICT research co-operation between the EU, Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus for the period 2010-2015.
Aim: – To identify suitable/promising ICT research actors for future collaboration in the context of the FP7 ICT work programmes. – To map the capabilities and needs of the identified ICT research actors.
Method: Interviews with candidate organizations using a specially designed questionnaire;
• Result: Landscape of key ICT research actors and their capabilities
Expected Impact • Formation of strategic partnerships between the EU, the Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus countries. • Wider diffusion of information society in the Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus countries. • Spreading excellence, exploiting results, disseminating knowledge.