Top 16 questions and answers about FP7 2013 work programme

How does investment in R&I help tackle the economic and financial crisis? What is being done for the environment? What measures will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) innovate? Or what specific initiatives will bring more results to the market? are some of the 16 questions answered by the European Commission about the FP7 2013 Work Programme.

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Influence the support given to innovative SMEs from the ICT sector in Horizon 2020

"If you are based in the EU or in an associated country, and are an innovative ICT company or an ICT association (network, alliance or platform), we want to hear your opinion!"

The European Commission is currently conducting a survey to know what drives innovative SMEs to participate - or not - the R&D projects funded under FP7-ICT. The results will provide recommendations for future program 2020. Answer the survey should take no longer than 15 minutes. The questionnaire is available in English, German and French.

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AMERICAS - the new initiative to foster ICT cooperation between the EU and Latin America

EMF is partner in AMERICAS, the third of a series of EU FP7-ICT funded projects to reinforce ICT cooperation between EU and Latin America. The project aims at supporting sustainable ICT policy dialogues and fostering ICT R&D cooperation between the EU and strategic partner countries in Latin America, by enabling new synergies and effective collaboration through policy makers, researchers and key stakeholders networks, including e-infrastructures. The AMERICAS project covers all countries with a bi-lateral S&T Agreement with the EU (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico) plus Colombia.

Key activities foreseen to reinforce the ICT cooperation between EU and Latin America:
•    One-day Master Class in each Latin America target country (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Colombia) to familiarise potential partners with EU funding mechanisms.
•    Two Project Angels summer schools to reinforce the existent Project Angels Network in Latin America.
•    Support of the ICT policy dialogue between the EU and Latin America through an Annual ICT Forum, the first being scheduled for 16 March 2012 in Santiago de Chile.
•    Develop synergies between e-Infrastructures and ICT activities in Latin America

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The FP7-ICT Call 9 is now open!

The new call for proposal has been published today (18/01/2012) with a deadline of 12th of April 2012, at 17:00.00 Brussels local time. The indicative budget is 291 million euros.

Several objectives of the following Challenges are open: Challenge 2: Cognitive systems and robotics, Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages, Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance, Challenge 8: ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources, Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) and International cooperation -partnership building and support to dialogues-.

For more information:
Download the call fiche
Visit the ICT wiki
Visit the Participants portal

Call 9 information day: Digital Preservation and Access to Cultural Resources, 15 November, Luxembourg

European Commission is organising an Information Day to better support the preparation of proposals for the 9 FP7 Call concerning ICT-2011.4.3 Digital Preservation and 8.2 Access to Cultural Resources. The event will inform about the scope of the call, assist preparing project proposals and facilitate sharing experiences. The information day will give participants the chance to network, to find partners for their projects and get feedback on proposal ideas from officials of the European Commission.

The event will take place on 15 November at the Jean Monnet Conference Centre, Luxembourg.

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Forum on Mexico - EU ICT Cooperation & Policy Dialogue

On 10 October 2011, a Forum on the cooperation in the ICT sector between the EU and Mexcio will be held in Mexico City. Organised by the partners of the PRO-IDEAL PLUS project, supported by the European Commission, ICT stakeholders from research, industry, academia as well as policy makers will discuss the S&T policy dialogue between the two regions and the opportunities to enhance cooperation. For more information, have a look at the FORUM PROGRAMME.

For registration, please contact mgonza [at] itesm.mx.

Call 8 information day: Technology-enhanced Learning, 5 October, Luxembourg

European Commission unit on 'Cultural heritage and technology-enhanced learning', is organising an Information Day to better support the preparation of proposals for the 8th FP7 Call concerning objective ICT-2011.8.1: "Technology-enhanced Learning". The event will inform about the scope of the call, assist preparing project proposals and facilitate sharing experiences. The information day will give participants the chance to network, to find partners for their projects and get feedback on proposal ideas from officials of the European Commission.

The event will take place on 5 October at the Jean Monnet Conference Centre, Luxembourg.

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Call 8 information day: Intelligent Information Management, 26 September, Luxembourg

The Information Society and Media Directorate General, within the European Commission, is organising an Information Day to better support the preparation of proposals for the 8th FP7 Call concerning objective ICT-2011.4.4 "Intelligent Information Management". The event will inform about the scope of the call, assist preparing project proposals and facilitate sharing experiences. The information day will give participants the chance to network, to find partners for their projects and get feedback on proposal ideas from officials of the European Commission.

The event will take place on 26 September in Luxembourg, Jean Monnet Conference Centre, Luxembourg.

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Applications for the European Union Women Innovators prize are now open!

The European Commission is organizing the first EU prize for Women Innovators to reward three women entrepreneurs for their "innovative work in any field or business". The prize will bolster the awareness of why innovation is important, and why an increasing number of women entrepreneurs are needed in both research and industry.

To be eligible, women entrepreneurs must:
- be resident of an EU Member State or a country associated to the Research Framework Programme
- be founder or co-founder of an existing and active company (registered before 1 January 2009 and containing an annual turnover of at least EUR 0.10 million in 2009 or 2010.)
- be a recipient of EU funding from either the EU Research Framework Programme or Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (either as an individual or business founded/co-founded by the contestant)

There will be three prizes of €100 000, €50 000, and €25 000, respectively.

Applications are open until the 20 September 2011 (17:00 CET)

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The FP7-ICT Call 8 is now open!

The new call for proposal was published on 20 July 2011 with a deadline of 17th of January 2012, at 17:00.00 Brussels local time. The indicative budget is 787 million euros.

Several objectives of the following Challenges are open: Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures, Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems, Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages, Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance, Challenge 6: ICT for a Low Carbon Economy, Challenge 8: ICT for Learning and Acc to Cultural Resources, FET and Horizontal actions.

There are already some Info days for this call scheduled in Brussels:

22 September 2011: Trust & Security (Objective ICT-2011.1.4). More

27 September 2011: Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering (Objective ICT-2011.1.2). More

12 October 2011: FET Proactive Information Day. More

For more information:
Visit the ICT wiki
Visit the Participants portal