European funding and priorities for ICT research (2007-2013)

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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User guide
Information technology and telecommunications
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Information technology
• Innovation
• Communications system
• Electronics
• World Wide Web Virtual Library
• Health care
• Sustainable development
• Informatique
• Marketing et communication

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 39
• Langue: Español
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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ICT in FP Injecting over bn to boost European Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are is why ICT research is one of the key themes of the EU's critical to creating jobs and improving quality of life across S Te e c v h en n t o h l   o Framewor v k el   o Programme (FP) for Research and  Europe. across Eu g r i o c p a e l   fr D o e m  p  m - e  n  t  ,   ( w s h e i e c   h b   ox w ) i . ll fund research  Although the ICT sector is itself worth - of the EU’s GDP, their importance goes well beyond that - ICTs are also vital to: Tackling the Challenges • meeting the globalization challenge by boosting EU research funding is deliberately focused on seven key innovation, creativity and competitiveness throughout Research Challenges to ensure Europe becomes a world the economy; leader in ICTs. • delivering cutting-edge science in all scientic and technological areas;  ree Challenges aim at industrial leadership in key ICT • making Europe’s large public sector more ecient,  sectors, while four are driven by socio-economic targets. and modernising sectors ranging from education to  Within each Challenge, the Programme will fund an ar- energy; ray  of collaborative research projects, each bringing to- • tackling social challenges, improving quality of life and  gether public and private organisations across Europe to meeting the challenge of an ageing society.  help the EU pool its scientic, industrial, nancial and Europe must therefore master these technologies to  human resources. remain competitive and safeguard its quality of life, which

WHAT IS FP? FP, the EU's latest research programme, is divided into four specic programmes: Cooperation (.bn):   building European leadership in ten key emes through funding research carried out by organisations working together across European national borders; • e ICT element : with a budget of .bn, the ICT eme is the largest; Capacities (.bn): building world-class infrastructure for European researchers; • e ICT element : the e-Infrastructures strand has a budget of ~m; Ideas (.bn): an autonomous European Research Council to reinforce European science; People (.bn):   strengthening the human potential of European research. Both Ideas and People Programmes will cover all scientic and technological research, and so will also fund ICT-related research.

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