D4.3 Concertation Workshop with on-going projecst and national funding agencies

Project Number: 248676

Project Acronym: F O R E S T A Project Title: Fostering the Research Dimension of Science and

Technology Agreements Instrument: CSA - Support Action Thematic Priority: FP7-ICT-2009-4-9.1 International cooperation

D4.3 Concertation Workshop with on-going projects and national funding agencies Due Date: 10/Oct/2011

Submission Date: 10/Oct/2011

Start Date of Project: 01/01/2010

Duration of Project: 24 months

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Table of Contents

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 5

2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 7

3. ABOUT THE CONCERTATION .................................................................................. 8

3.1. Context of the Cooperation between Latin America and Europe Union .................... 8

3.2. Objectives of Concertation ......................................................................................... 9

3.3. Date and Location ....................................................................................................... 9

3.4. Venue ........................................................................................................................ 10

3.5. Goals of the workshop .............................................................................................. 10

3.6. Organization ............................................................................................................. 11

3.7. Expected Results ....................................................................................................... 11

3.8. Expected Audience ................................................................................................... 11

3.9. Agenda Description .................................................................................................. 11

3.10. Concertation Promotion and Dissemination ......................................................... 14

3.10.1. Public Promotion on websites .............................................................................. 14

3.10.1. Public Promotion on Twitter ................................................................................ 15

3.10.2. Public Promotion on Facebook ............................................................................. 15

3.10.3. Public Promotion on FIRST Project website ........................................................ 16

3.10.4. Public Promotion on MyFire Conference ............................................................. 16

3.10.5. Letter of Invitation ................................................................................................ 17

3.10.6. Dynamic poster in two LCD screen at congress ................................................... 17

3.10.7. Folder with concertation Agenda ......................................................................... 18

3.10.8. Banner ................................................................................................................... 19

3.11. Press Release ........................................................................................................ 20

4. CONCERTATION RESULTS ...................................................................................... 23

4.1. Opening Session ....................................................................................................... 23

4.2. Panel: State of Art of Dialogue between Latin America and Europe ....................... 23

4.3. Panel: Outputs from FORESTA policy conferences ................................................ 29

4.4. Identification of common ICT research themes between LA and EU and areas for harmonization of policies between LA and EU .................................................................... 34

4.5. Identification of funding instruments available and or to be created ....................... 37

4.6. Final Plenary: “Your voice to Brussels” ................................................................... 44

5. IMPACTS OF CONCERTATION ............................................................................... 45

5.1. Priority Table ............................................................................................................ 45

5.2. Follow Up to the Concertation ................................................................................. 47

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5.3. Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 48

6. ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................... 49

6.1. Annex 1: Agenda of Concertation ............................................................................ 49

6.2. Annex 2: List of Participants .................................................................................... 49

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Context

The FORESTA (Fostering the Research Dimension of Science and Technology Agreements) Project, partially funded by Europe Commission on seventh framework programme promotes policy dialogue for ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) research cooperation between Europe Union and Latin America through activities such as the organization of conferences, policy dialogue forums, networking sessions, and the dissemination of information through the project website.

The European Union (EU) and Latin America (LA) are natural partners linked by strong historical, cultural and economic matters, as well as by their ever increasing convergence of basic values and principles, aided by their mutual cooperation. LA countries can benefit from support from EU partners in order to rapidly develop, whereas EU countries find in LA a strong partner to overcome its future development challenges.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a major role in this cooperation by facilitating the systematic and strategic use of information in order to support and facilitate knowledge capture, storage and dissemination. Moreover ICT is an enabler for development and a tool used to fight against poverty. Nonetheless, in order to have a real positive impact on society everyone should have access to ICTs to generate equal opportunities for all the people regardless of their origins. Thus, it is imperative that ICTs become a policy priority for governments.

Taking these objectives into account, FORESTA partners hold events such as the FORESTA Concertation Workshop to help promoting cooperation in ICT area between EU and LA.

About the Concertation Workshop

The Concertation Workshop took place on September 22 to 23, 2011 at Brasília (Brazil). The main objective of this meeting was to facilitate the identification of funding mechanisms that can support Europe Union and Latin America cooperation in ICT research and the creation of a roadmap for research and cooperation.

For these purposes, Concertation aimed to: bring together and enhance dialogue between the facilitators of international cooperation (projects) and the owners of funding programs (the LA and EU national agencies play a relevant role for collaboration); and to stimulate the national funding agencies from the five target countries to share experiences and practices in order to facilitate the emergence of common positions and encourage the synchronization of support instruments to international cooperation in ICT research establishing a joint work plan for collaboration and planning of the future collaboration activities.

Impacts of the meeting

The results of Concertation meeting were satisfactory since it allowed a better understanding of the needs of the consortium countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico), and Uruguay. During the presentations it was possible to discuss each one's needs, thus identifying the main points of cooperation that could occur between Latin America and the European Union.

The audience were formed by Government, Academia, Industries and associations, including representatives from projects funded by the European Commission, for example: FIRST, PRO-IDEAL and Brazilian funding agencies FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico); that audience setup helped marking the achievement of the meeting’s goal of enhancing dialogue between those entities.

As a result, the Concertation workshop identified the common themes between Latin America



and the European Union, as well as the lines of funding and cooperation between the regions.



2. INTRODUCTION The Fostering the Research Dimension of Science and Technology Agreements (FORESTA) partially funded by Europe Commission on seventh framework programme promotes policy dialogue for ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) research cooperation between Europe Union and Latin America through activities such as the organization of conferences, policy dialogue forums, networking sessions, and the dissemination of information through the project website.

The project is composed of 5 (five) work packages as below:

• WP1 – Project management: Is dedicated to strategic management and running of project activities from a formal, administrative and financial point of view. It will also manage relationships with European Commission as well as with any other external entity;

• WP2 – Organisation of conferences in correspondence with Policy Dialogue meetings: Is to strengthen the overall ICT cooperation between the EU and the target countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and |other Latin American Countries through ALETI) by organising side-events in correspondence with the policy dialogue meetings on information society held between the government representatives of the target countries and the European Union;

• WP3 – Foresight studies on long term perspectives: This work package will analyse national ICT policies in the countries targeted and their current status of ICT research cooperation with Europe in order to provide input to a council of experts which will then generate a list of common R&D priorities, opportunities and challenges following a discussion process;

• WP4 - Coordination with other projects and national funding agencies: Is to enhance the impact of the FORESTA project within an ICT Research and Development environment in which different stakeholders are active;

• WP5 – Dissemination and Communication: Is to enhance the visibility of the project and its ability to have an impact on international collaboration in ICT research.

The WP4 identify the context of available support instruments and provides recommendation. The D4.3 will summarise positions emerging target countries on the issue of joint financing to ICT research with Europe either in the FP or in other initiatives.

The D4.4 Roadmap for the synchronisation of support instruments to ICT research will be prepared with the base of information captured on D4.3.



3. ABOUT THE CONCERTATION This chapter present the objective of the concertation and also the context of the cooperation between Latin America and Europe Union.

3.1. Context of the Cooperation between Latin America and Europe Union

The European Union (EU) and Latin America (LA) are natural partners linked by strong historical, cultural and economic matters, as well as by their ever increasing convergence of basic values and principles. They share a common commitment to human rights, democracy, good governance, multilateralism and social cohesion, and they cooperate to achieve these objectives. The knowledge is the key factor for a dynamic competitive knowledge-based economy in the contemporary world; also, information and communication technologies (ICTs) play a major role by facilitating the systematic and strategic use of information in order to support and facilitate knowledge capture, storage and dissemination. Moreover ICT is an enabler for development and a tool used to fight against poverty. Nonetheless, in order to have a real positive impact on society everyone should have access to ICTs to generate equal opportunities for all the people regardless of their origins. Thus, it is imperative that ICTs become a policy priority for governments.

ICTs in Latin America every day are increasingly growing since they are being used in various fields within governments, in state and private companies, and, very strongly, in education. As a result, it is said that Latin America has developed several the areas of ICT; however, there is still a long way to go. Several projects have been launched with support from various inter-governmental agencies, promoting the public sectors to encourage convergence of national ICT policies.

For Europe, Latin America constitutes an important partner to face its future development challenges. International research cooperation between both regions will promote further development and establish Europe as a place for excellence in international research.

Indeed, international cooperative research plans and projects have been defined, yet they still lack precise identification of concrete R&D themes in which European and the Latin American target countries can agree to join efforts and resources for mutual benefit. A successful strategic planning of research dimension of ICT cooperation and policy dialogue between the EU and the Latin American region should be developed in order to achieve this goal.

The EU is the largest trading partner in Latin America and second largest investor in the region. In 2000-2009 the EU exports to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased from 59 billion euros 66 billion euros, while imports grew from 54 billion to 74 billion. Just over 6% of all EU trade in goods is outside the LAC.2

In 2009, machinery and vehicles accounted for almost half of EU exports to LAC, while food and beverages accounted for one third of imports. The main EU exports were medicine, ships, aircraft, cars, car parts and gasoline, while the main imports were soybeans and their waste,

2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8686822.stm



crude oil, coffee, bananas and copper. Germany was by far the largest exporter to the LAC countries in 2009, 18.5 billion euro, or 28% of the total, followed by Italy (8.7 billion or 13%), France and Spain. In LAC, the Brazil was the main destination for EU exports – 21.6 billion or 33% of the total, followed by Mexico.

3.2. Objectives of Concertation The concertation meeting main objective is to facilitate the identification of funding mechanisms that can support Europe Union and Latin America cooperation in ICT research and the creation of a roadmap for research and cooperation

3.3. Date and Location The Conference will take place on September 22 to 23, 2011 at Brasília (Brazil). Brasília is the capital city of Brazil located in the Central-West region of the Country, see figure.

Figure 1: Localisation of Brasilia

BrasíliaBrazil



Figure 2: Images of Brasilia – National Congress Building & Palácio do Planalto

3.4. Venue The international conference will be realized on:

• Centro de Convenções e Eventos Brasil 21 (Convention and Events Centre Brazil 21)

• Setor Hoteleiro Sul Quadra 6 Lote 1 Conjunto A - Brasília - DF

• Phone: +55 61 3039-8880

• www.convencoesbrasil21.com.br

Figure 3: Centro de Convenções Brasil 21

3.5. Goals of the workshop The Concertation Workshop has a dual purpose:

a) To bring together and enhance dialogue between the facilitators of international cooperation (projects) and the owners of funding programmes. The LA and EU national agencies play a relevant role for collaboration;

b) To stimulate the national funding agencies from the five target countries to share experiences and practices in order to facilitate the emergence of common positions and encourage the synchronization of support instruments to international cooperation in ICT research establishing a joint work plan for collaboration and planning of the future collaboration activities.

Work will be based on data provided mainly by two FORESTA Project reports: a) “Study on national support mechanisms”, on the current forms of funding to ICT research adopted by the target countries and, b) “Study on FP and other projects in international research”, on the existing support instruments and initiatives which foster ICT R&D cooperation between EU and the LAC target countries. This will be the “starting point” to motivate representatives of national funding agencies to take position on scenarios on jointly funded activities with the EU.



3.6. Organization The Concertation Workshop will be organized over two days:

• September 22nd: The day will be open to participation by all projects representatives and by representatives of the national funding agencies;

• September 23rd: This day, titled Future Scenarios and Sustainability of the Group, will be restricted to the funding agencies representatives and the members of the consortium in order to stimulate a more in-depth discussion among the funding agencies to identify future joint challenges and to generally improve the national and international mechanisms to support research cooperation.

3.7. Expected Results The expected results of conference are:

Specific Objectives Expected results

Debate over a roadmap pre-prepared by the FORESTA project team (round table)

● Roadmap discussed and defined

Harmonization of policies ● Planning for harmonization of policies

Debate over the Funding instruments ● Suggestions about funding instruments

Debate over the Sustainability of the group ● Sustainability of the group

3.8. Expected Audience The expected audience are:

• Representatives from Ministries of Science and Technology, Economics, Education and Foreign Office;

• National public agencies related to ICT R&D;

• Universities, research centres and other institutions involved in ICT R&D and Innovation;

• Industries actuating on ICT market;

• FORESTA project partners.

3.9. Agenda Description September, 22nd 2011

09:30 – 10:00

Opening Session

• Prof. Moacyr Martucci Jr. – USP, FORESTA project partner

• Mr. Mauro Bianchi – TESEO (Belgium), FORESTA project coordinator



• Mr. Paulo Lopes – European Union Delegation in Brazil

10:00 – 11:30

Panel subject: “State of Art of Dialogue between Latin America and Europe”

• Facilitator: Mr. Leonardo Piccinetti – EFB (UK), FORESTA project partner

• Mr. Edison Pérez Avella – COLCIENCIAS (Colombian funding agency)

• Mr. Juan Pablo Garcia – AGESIC (Uruguayan funding agency)

• Mr. Héctor Torres – FORESTA Chilean coordinator, UTEM

• Mr. Paulo Lopes - European Union delegation in Brazil

• Prof. Moacyr Martucci Jr. - Institute of Studies Brazil-Europe

• Mr. Jorge Ramirez – FORESTA Mexican coordinator, ITESM

The panel's goal is to present the state of art of dialogue between the EU and Latin America, and then the panellists will present from his point of view the vision for ICT dialogue between Latin America and Europe Union, considering the policies, human resources, technology, research and development.

The panel comprises representatives from the European Union and Latin America from the government, companies and academia, enabling a broad discussion on this topic.

11:30 – 12:30

Output works from FORESTA policy conferences held in 2010 & 2011 in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and the Policy Council

• Facilitator: Mr. Mauro Bianchi – FORESTA Coordinator, TESEO (Belgium)

• Mr. Uriel Cukierman - FORESTA Argentinean coordinator, UP

• Mr. Akio Sakurai - FORESTA Brazilian coordinator, USP

• Mr. Héctor Torres - FORESTA Chilean coordinator, UTEM (TBC)

• Ms. Yenny García Ortiz - FORESTA Colombian coordinator, CINTEL

• Mr. Jorge Ramirez - FORESTA Mexican coordinator, ITESM

• Dr. Julian Seseña – Chairman of the FORESTA Policy Council, ROSE VISION (Spain)

The panel's goal is to present the result of previous policy conferences realized in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. Also it will be present the result of Policy Council. These presentations will permit to know the results of each conference and understand the necessities of each country.

The panel comprises representatives from the FORESTA partners.

14:00 – 15:30

Identification of common ICT research themes between LA & EU

Facilitator: • Dr. Julian Seseña – ROSE VISION (Spain)

• Mr. Paulo Lopes - European Union delegation in Brazil

• Mr. Antenor Correa- Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)



• Rosa Wachenchauzer representative from the Argentinean ICT NCP. Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, ARGENTINA

• Mr. Hugo Durney W. – FORESTA Chile partner, UTEM

• Mr. Edison Pérez Avella - COLCIENCIAS (Colombian funding agency)



• Prof. Edson Di Pieri - Institute of Studies Brazil –Europe

The panel's goal is to identify the common ICT research themes between the EU and Latin America, and then the panellists will present from his point of view the research themes in ICT that is priority in each country. The panellists need to present and justify each theme.


15:30 – 17:00

Identification of areas for harmonization of policies between LA and EU

• Facilitator: Mr. Leonardo Piccinetti – EFB (United Kingdom)




Similar of previous panel. The subject of this panel is to identify the areas for harmonization of policies between EU and Latin America, then the panellists will present from his point of view the ICT policies areas that need to be discussed and harmonized, considering the culture, human resources, technology and research.


September, 23rd 2011

09:30 – 11:00

Identification of funding instruments available and or to be created

• Facilitator: Mr. Leonardo Piccinetti – EFB (United Kingdom)

• Mr. Paulo Egler - BBICE

• Ms. Rosa Wachenchauzer representative from the Argentinean ICT NCP. Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, ARGENTINA




• Ms. Tatiana Melani Tosi – PRO-IDEAL

The panel's goal is to identify the funding instruments that are necessary to ICT research and development between the EU and Latin America, and then the panellists will present from his point of view the funding instruments ICT that is priority in each country. The panellists need

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to consider the legislation of your country and also propose solutions.


September, 23rd 2011

11:00 – 12:30

Final Plenary: “Your voice to Brussels”

Consolidation of the grids on common research themes, on common policy priorities and on synergies among funding instruments to be presented at the next FORESTA event in Brussels

Chairman: Mr. Mauro Bianchi

Facilitators: Mr. Leonardo Piccinetti, Dr. Julian Seseña

The final panel comprises representatives from the European Union and Latin America from the government, companies and academia, enabling a broad discussion on this topic.

3.10. Concertation Promotion and Dissemination FORESTA Brazil carried out several different actions to promote the conference. These actions are detailed below

3.10.1. Public Promotion on websites One of the actions carried out by the FORESTA team was to promote the Concertation Workshop on the FORESTA web site (http://www.forestaproject.eu), as seen in Figure X



3.10.1. Public Promotion on Twitter

3.10.2. Public Promotion on Facebook



3.10.3. Public Promotion on FIRST Project website

3.10.4. Public Promotion on MyFire Conference



The Concertation Workshop was also promoted at MyFire Conference in São Paulo, at September 13th, 2011.

3.10.5. Letter of Invitation The invitation letter to the Concertation Workshop brought brief information about the event, encouraging people to participate and/or compound the audience, as seen in the figure below. Were carried out over 1,200 invitations through e-mail.

Invitation Letter

3.10.6. Dynamic poster in two LCD screen at congress A dynamic poster of the event was show in two LCD screen



3.10.7. Folder with concertation Agenda A folder containing the concertation agenda was available to guide the audience on sessions that were to be held and what was expected about them. An example can be seen below.



3.10.8. Banner The conference meeting was two banners, one inside the meeting room and another on the entrance.



3.11. Press Release A Press Release about conference meeting, available at: http://www.notecomunicacao.com.br/?modo=noticias&id=645

Another press release was published at: http://www.oriundi.net/site/oriundi.php?menu=noticiasdet&id=18275



Another press release was released.

English Version

Spanish Version



Portuguese Version



4. CONCERTATION RESULTS The results of concertation meeting was satisfactory since it allowed to understand the needs of the consortium countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico), and Uruguay. During the presentations it was possible to discuss each one's needs, thus identifying the main points of cooperation that could occur between Latin America and the European Union. This chapter is a summary of the presentations and the chapter 5 describes the points of cooperation.

The audience of conference are formed by Government, Academia, Industries and associations, including representatives from projects funded by the European Commission, for example: FIRST, PRO-IDEAL and from Brazilian funding agencies FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico).

The presentations were available at FORESTA website.

4.1. Opening Session The conference was opened by three important personalities, who gave welcome words to the audience and present the objectives of the conference. Prof. Moacyr Martucci Jr. from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) said about the conference objectives and expectations. The FORESTA project coordinator, Mr. Mauro Bianchi made the presentation about the project FORESTA shown the goals and expectative of the project. And finally, Mr. Paulo Lopes from European Union Delegation in Brazil said about the expectations of the European Delegation in Brazil on IC T area and how the conference could help to identify collaborative projects between Latin America and Europe Union.

4.2. Panel: State of Art of Dialogue between Latin America and Europe

The panel presented the state of art of dialogue between Latin America and Europe. Mr. Paulo Lopes presented about the cooperation between Latin America and Europe Union on ICT, where the Regional Cooperation Programmes cover the whole of the region of Latin America.



They aim to reinforce ties with the European Union through the exchange of experiences and the creation of networks. Furthermore, they foster the development of “South-South” country relations, as well as sub-regional integration.

The @LIS1 is the first phase of (Alliance for Information Society) with the objective to promote the information society and reduce the digital division with Latin America. The @LIS2 is the second phase with the objectives are to continue to promote, and at the same time improve and extend the dialogue and applications on Information Society in Latin America, boost interconnections between research networks and communities in both regions reducing the digital divide and integrating Latin America into a Global Information Society.

The @LIS1 funded 19 demonstration projects that show the benefits to information society with involvement of 214 organizations (103 EU and 111 LA).

Adopted by decision of the European Commission on 16th October 2008, the @LIS 2 programmes have a budget of € 31.25 million of which € 22 million (70.4%) are financed by the European Commission.

The activities of the programme (in which all LA countries are involved in the whole of the region) have been organised around three lines of action with as many projects to be implemented between 2009 and 2012. Each of the projects will contribute to bring closer the communities of players and users of the two regions and facilitate the integration of the Latin-American countries in a global information society. The agreement was signed directly with CEPAL or Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA).

The REGULATEL (Latin American Forum of Telecommunications Regulators) was established with the aim of promoting cooperation and coordination efforts and promote the development of telecommunications in Latin America. This forum is composed of twenty regulators in Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Republic States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and three of Europe: Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The aims of ALICE Project are to make the interconnection of research and education networks. The RedCLARA has permitted the LA researcher grow up the participation on high level international research, contributing to multiply collaborative research projects between UE and LA.



Topology of RedCLARA

The @LIS2 program includes:

• Political Dialogue and exchange of experiences co-financed from the EU (€ 9 million) and ECLAC (€ 3 million);

• To broaden and strengthen RedCLARA as collaborative e-Infrastructure for Research and Development through the project ALICE2 co-financed from the EU (€ 12 million) and CLARA (€ 6 million);

• Consolidation of REGULATEL co-financed from the EU (€ 1 million) and REGULATEL (€ 250 000).

The EU and LA have several dialogues on ICT, like:

• EU-LAC Forum on Information Society held in March 2010 in Spain discussed ICT strategies in both regions;

• Action Plan for 2010-2012 adopted at EU-LAC Summit of Heads of State held in Madrid on 18 May 2010, includes an initiative to strengthen integration of both regions in the Information Society and support the development of the ICT sector and the reduction of the digital divide and digital illiteracy;

• Working Groups have been established in four areas, including ICT (together with biodiversity and climate change, bio economy/food security and energy). In ICT the



following areas are being considered: eHealth, eInclusion, Intelligent Transport Systems and Living Labs

Mr. Juan Pablo Garcia from AGESIC presented some numbers about Uruguay:

• Users Internet every 100 people: 52

• Fixed lines phones every 100 people: 53

• Subscribers phone cellular every 100 people: 51

• Number of PC per 100 people: 68

• Total connections fixed wide band every 100 people: 52

The Uruguay has some bilateral cooperation sectors with Europe Union on social and territorial cohesion (18.5 million of euros) and development (12.5 million of euros). Actually, the following EU programmers are being developed:

• Social Programme Sector: Euro Social: Education (France), Taxation(Spain), Health (France), Employment (OIT – Turin)

• Education Programme Sector: Alban, Alfa, Erasmus Mundis

• Private Programme Sector: Al - Invest

• Programme: Society of the Information: ALIS

• Programme: Cities and Local Collectivises: URB - AL

The figure below present the main points areas to be developed on Uruguay, mainly for Health, Agriculture, Nano sciences, Energy, Environment, Transportation, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities and Space.

Focal Points Areas

The Uruguay submits proposals to 7th framework programme with success rate of 31% (Applicants 13) and 57%for research infrastructure.

Mr. Moacyr Martucci Jr. presented about the IBE (Institute for Studies Brazil Europe) which

FOCAL POINTS AREAS

Area Institution

1. Health 1. MSP – Dir. de Coop. Int.

2. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology 2. MGAP, INIA

3. ITC 3. AGESIC

4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies 4. ANII

5. Energy 5. MIEM

6. Environment - including climate change 6. MVOTMA, DNTN

7. Transportation - including the aviation 7. MDN – Air Force

8. Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities 8. University of the Republic

9. Space – Security 9. Ministry of Interior



is a project partially funded by European Commission through the Brazilian Office. The total of budget is 3.7 million from European Commission and 800 thousand euros from Brazilian universities contribution. The project is divided in 5 classes of activities:

• Class 1 – Structuring and Operating Activities – USP;

• Class 2 – Dialogue Activities – UFSC;

• Class 3 – Academic Activities – USP;

• Class 4 – Research Activities – UNICAMP;

• Class 5 – Community Extension Activities – UFMG.

Mr. Jorge Ramirez from Mexico presented the Research and Development Policies. In Mexico’s Great Vision Project 2030and in the National Development Plan 2007-2012, the government establishes, as a major axis of politics, the development of a competitive economy as a source of employment. Specifically it emphasizes the promotion of productivity and competitiveness of the Mexican economy to achieve sustainable economic growth and accelerate creation of employment.

In the National Programme for Infrastructure Development the Mexican government ensures the access and expansion of infrastructure-, transport- and communication services, both on national and regional level. To increase the access to telecommunication services to a growing number of Mexican citizens, the government establishes various strategies through this programme.

Closely related, and as a continuity of the ICT sector efforts the National Digital Agenda “Agenda Digital Nacional 24” was recently published in April 2011. The National Digital Agenda is the joint effort of the different sectors involved in the promotion of the transition to an information and knowledge society. Its major objective is to align objectives, policies and actions of all the stakeholders under the principle that ICT is a key factor to encourage competitiveness.

Mexico established 14 high priorities for the period 2008-2012: Health, Education, Food, Environment, Water and Climatic Change, Energy, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development, Struggle against Poverty, Security, Governability, Population, Gender Equality, Infrastructure and Tourism.

The figure below presents the classification of ICT researchers by priority areas:



The figure below presents the potential for research and development by thematic Area.

Mr. Héctor Torres presented about the Chile vision about state of art of dialogue between Latin America and Europe. Actually the Chile has 13 bilateral agreements with European Countries and 24 projects on ICT. 71% was invited to join consortium and 29was own initiative. The common interest themes between Latin America and Europe are:

• E-Inclusion

• E- Health

• ITS

• Living Labs



4.3. Panel: Outputs from FORESTA policy conferences The panels started with the presentation of Mr. Mauro Biachi which he talked about the objectives of ICT policy conference:

• Presentation of the state-of-the-art in international cooperation

• Presentation of LA countries’ initiatives and expectations for cooperation with EU

• Identification of mutual areas of interest in ICT research

• Identification of opportunities as well as obstacles to EU-LA international cooperation

• Production of recommendations to enhance cooperation

To identify immediate opportunities between researchers of Europe and Latin America, a set up cycle of five large brokerage conferences in coordination with the policy dialogue between the target countries and the EU. The calendar of ICT Policy Conferences:

• “Fostering the research dimension of S&T agreements”, 27/28 October 2010,Colombia – CINTEL

• “ICT challenges for Innovation”, 7/8 June 2011, Chile – UTEM

• “Fostering S&T cooperation between Argentina and EU”, 9 June 2011, Argentina – UP

• “Mexico Innovation and Knowledge Society”, 5 July 2011, Mexico – ITESM

• “Fostering ICT Policy Dialogue between Brazil and EU”, 21 September 2011, Brazil – USP



The objectives of FORESTA conference in Colombia were:

• “Fostering the research dimension of S&T agreements”, 27/28 October 2010,Colombia – CINTEL

• “ICT challenges for Innovation”, 7/8 June 2011, Chile – UTEM

• “Fostering S&T cooperation between Argentina and EU”, 9 June 2011, Argentina – UP

• “Mexico Innovation and Knowledge Society”, 5 July 2011, Mexico – ITESM

• “Fostering ICT Policy Dialogue between Brazil and EU”, 21 September 2011, Brazil – USP

At Colombia the conclusions are that the scientific community is enthusiastic in participating in the EC FP, but much wider dissemination and support is necessary, however the Universities are becoming "islands of research" and do not have enough contact with industry. As another country, Colombia does not have an updated strategic plan for research that identifies national priorities and specific goals, neither a timetable nor the means to achieve them.

In the short term, the Colombian government and COLCIENCIAS in particular, need to make a decisive effort to structure and improve research activities in Colombia. This must be politically carried out in a practical manner and follow clear procedures. The FORESTA mission facilitates this task, but it is necessary for other institutions and actors to get involved in the research arena and to act now in conjunction with official authorities. The country needs to develop and implement a strategic plan for research which identifies national priorities and specific goals, as well as a timetable and the means which will be implemented to achieve them.

The Colombia should set an agenda of priorities and establish contact points in strategic areas through COLCIENCIAS and its Focal Point in order to have more dynamic participation in future FP7 calls for proposals.

The aims of FORESTA ICT Policy Conference in Chile are:

• To strengthen the cooperation in ICT between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean in order to promote a policy dialogue involving various stakeholders from the industry, government and researchers.

• To discuss the challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe in ICT in order to enhance the coordination of policy initiatives, develop a common vision and create strategic cooperation schemes and pilot activities of the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation.

The main conclusions are:

• The collaborative work of the three projects pushed a discussion space to identify common interests and opportunities that facilitate the development of pilot projects in the different areas of ICT;

• It has brought together representatives of all national sectors involved in the ICT field;

• It has strengthened the idea of the need for a common vision between the public, business and scientific sector in the ICT field;



• It highlighted the need of collaborative work in the ICT field between government, university and industry to identify common interests that allow the development of collaborative projects at national and international levels with the EU

• It has brought together European and Latin American experts to discuss future actions to strengthen the collaborative work in the ICT field in both regions.

• It has strengthened the interest for national stakeholders to investigate the possibility of participating in European financing instruments.

The conclusions of the Working Groups (ICT for social inclusion, ICT for health, Living Labs and Intelligent Transportation Systems) have been included in the EU-LAC Senior Officials Working Group meeting on "ICT for Meeting Societal Challenges“ between the official representatives of participants’ countries of EU and LAC.

The FORESTA ICT Policy Conferences in Argentina held on June 9th 2011 had the attendance of 90 stakeholdesr from academia, industry and governmental sectors. The conference was a complete success because news about the conference appeared in more than 20 print and online of general and specialized media an in the most important newspapers of the country.

At Argentina FORESTA ICT Policy Conferences the resulted were:

• A priority area is Education, followed by Productivity and Engineering and Health Sciences.

• The main problems are:

o the difficulty of understanding the bureaucracy of FP and

o the creation of multinational teams (Find partners)

o A lack of information, in particular regarding the existing agreements and the Framework Programmes (EU priorities and opening dates, call for submissions).

• Benefits are:

o links with other researchers/organizations

o project funding

o Training of human resources

• The event gathered in the same place stakeholders that enriched the debate and left several points to be taken in consideration for future activities;

• One of the goals was to motivate participants to be active in R&D cooperation projects of the ICT field. This would only be verified in future, but for sure they were motivated since many comments were carried out;

• Networking was also useful to generate contacts between the Argentinean and European stakeholders;

• As the organizer is a new actor in the ICT FP7 field, it brought new contacts, enlarging the list of participants for future international cooperation actions;

• The open session provided key information about Argentine and European experiences in FP7, the state of art of cooperation between Argentina and EU and mechanisms and programmes of cooperation available;

• As the event was focused on debate and open participation, results represented negative and positive aspects, both equally important in order to enhance dialogue;

• International cooperation between Argentina and the European Union has still a wide

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range to explore

The objectives of Mexico FORESTA ICT Policy Conferences are:

• To provide a forum for political and scientific dialogue on ICT, bringing together representatives from academia, industry and government.

• To analyse the ICT situation in Mexico to order to improve cooperation between the EU and Latin America on the following topics: Mexico facing Future Internet; Research in e-health and e-inclusion and National infrastructure and challenges.

In order to select subjects of common interest between the EU and Mexico to be covered at the event “ICT Policy Dialogue Innovation and Knowledge Society in Latin America”, the conference committee conducted a survey to choose three lines of discussion which included the current needs of both regions. Important stakeholders and experts of the government, academy and industry sectors were consulted at several meetings in order to have different points of views. The topics selected were: Mexico facing Future Internet, Research in e-health and e-inclusion and National infrastructure and challenges.

Main needs and barriers to cooperation with EU:

• Researchers in Mexico are spread throughout the country, and there are no official data bases with up-to-date information.

• All sectors have to work together to achieve a mapping of national research.

• There is not a common taxonomy between regions. This lack makes cooperation for R&D projects difficult.

• Lack of mutual knowledge and understanding of R&D policies, instruments, and international projects

The aims of Brazil FORESTA ICT Conferences Policy are:

• To identify opportunities for cooperation between researchers of the two communities (Europe and Latin America);

• Promote international cooperation based on current agreements and frameworks for



cooperation;

• Produce concrete inputs to the policy dialogue, providing ICT specific themes for cooperation and roadmaps.

The conclusions of presentation that there are several collaborative works:

• FP7 EU-Brazil Coordinated Call in ICT:

o Microelectronics/Microsystems

o Networked Monitoring and Control

o Future Internet - experimental facilities

o Future Internet - security

o e-Infrastructures

• eLAC Action Plan – Policy dialogue

• REGULATEL – Dialogue between telecom regulatory authorities

• Research cooperation – RedClara and 7th EU Framework Programme

• MERCOSUR Digital and MERCOSUR Audio-visual

• Annual EU-Brazil Information Society Dialogue

The conclusions on Working Groups are presented on SWOT below:

Summarized SWOT



4.4. Identification of common ICT research themes between LA and EU and areas for harmonization of policies between LA and EU

The panel started with the presentation of Mr. Paulo Lopes with identification of common ICT research theme on FP7. At cooperation programme the ICT thematic area is the largest in the Cooperation programme with a budget of € 9,1 billion. The figure below presents the cooperation programme for FP7:

Cooperation Programme on FP7

The FP7/ICT programme objectives are:

• Reinforce basic ICT technologies and infrastructures;

• Reinforce ICT contributions to major socio-economic challenges: health and ageing,



lower-carbon economy, sustainable manufacturing and services, learning and cultural resources;

• Strengthen support to Future & Emerging Technologies in ICT;

• Reinforce and focus support to international cooperation;

• Strengthen cooperation in an enlarged Europe;

• Further develop Pre-Commercial Procurement.

The FP7/Programme Structure are presented on the figure below:

FP7/ICT Programme Structure

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government are reducing the taxes and make changes on regulatory. The Colombian government is spread the use of computers in public schools.

Colombia is the first country at LA on eGovernment with several applications, as presented on link: www.gobiernoenlinea.gov.co. The goals are:

• Government intranet;

• Government to manage the territorial;

• Zero paper;

• Electronic system for public tender;

• Electronic urn.

Chile and other LA countries started implementing the European model of technology platforms according to their local R+D+I priorities and focusing Future Internet and ICT components and Systems. In Chile two Technology Platforms are just starting:

• MARCHI: Future Internet

• Hispano – Chilean Platform for ICT

In Chile the ICT needs to implement solutions for:

• Fishing industry and oceanography

• Mining (Cooper)

• Agricultural, forestry and wood industry

• Education (E-learning)

• Health (tele assistance, robotic surgery)

• Emergency warning and management

• Energy and environmental sustainability

• R&D Cooperation (Astronomy)

• Services (e-commerce, offshoring, tourism)

In Uruguay the main priorities in ITC are:

• Quality of life for Citizens: Procedures and online services; Unique point of contact and Electronic customer record;

• Internet for everyone;

• Education: ICT for education and promotion of ICT education at all levels and specialities;

• E-Health: The connectivity of the hospitals and the computerization of medical records, reduce costs and improve quality of care received by users. In addition, telemedicine and regional network integration are key to medical progress in this field.



The Brazil has more than 10 years of successful participation in EU’s Research Framework Programmes (FP) raising more than 7 million of euros. In FP7, 35 Brazilian organizations have already become partners in projects funded under EU’s ICT Research & Development and infrastructure programmes. Also, in 2010 there was a coordinated call for proposals EU-BR. The call is also an important step forward with respect to the expansion of EU-BR connectivity for scientific and technological cooperation. The call bring on the results of the workshop "EU-Brazil collaboration in the ICT field", which took place in São Paulo on 8-9 September 2009 with an audience of over 200 participants.

The Brazilian government announced goals and investments in ICT to prepare the country for the world cup (2014) and Olympic games (2016) with open platforms and local contribution with international quality standards. In 2011 the Brazilian government announced the program “Science without Borders” to promote the consolidation and expansion of science, technology and innovation in Brazil by means of international exchange and mobility. The strategy envisioned aims to increase the presence of students, scientists and industry personnel from Brazil in international institutions of excellence, to encourage young talents and highly qualified researchers from abroad to work with local investigators in joint projects, contributing to the capacitation of human resources and promoting the return of Brazilian scientists working overseas, and induce the internationalization of universities and research centres in Brazil by encouraging the establishment of international partnerships and a meaningful review of their internal procedures in order to make the interaction with foreign partners feasible.

4.5. Identification of funding instruments available and or to be created

The Uruguay government considers the funding as a tool for ICT progress. Program which is held annually to public agencies to propose e-government projects that are evaluated by a



tripartite tribunal composed AGESIC, Ministry of Economy and Finance and Planning and Budget Office of the Presidency of the Republic.

The Uruguay has the program called Innova. The program to strengthen Uruguay's capacity to generate, transfer and adapt knowledge of technology to enhance the competitiveness of the productive sector through the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation.

The Mexico has several funding instruments like:

• Programa de Promoción Sectorial (PROSEC);

• ITA-Plus: Program of tariffs for the competitiveness of the electronics industry and high-tech economy;

• Competitiveness Program of the Electronics Industry and High Technology “Programa de Competitividad de la Industria Electrónica y de Alta Tecnología (PCIEAT)”;

• National Program Gazelle Firms “Programa Nacional de Empresas Gacela”;

• Program for the Development of Software Industry “Programa para el Desarrollo de la Industria de Software (PROSOFT)”;

• Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA);

• Programs for Stimulating Innovation:

o INNOVAPYME: Technological innovation for high-added value RDTI projects. MSME’s projects, with clear impact in their competitiveness

o PROINNOVA: Development and innovation of precursor (new) technologies MSME’s and big enterprises projects

o INNOVATEC: Technological innovation for competitiveness for RDTI. Mainly big enterprises RTDI’s projects to support technological innovation for competiveness, for new productive chains, investment on infrastructure

• Sector and Mixed Funds:

o “Fondo de innovación Tecnológica”

o “Fondo sectorial de innovación secretaría de economía – conacyt finnova “

o “Fondo sectorial de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico en energía CFE-CONACYT” (closed)

The :Colombia has 4 for funding instruments:

• Instruments to support the innovation;

• Traditional instruments of funding;

• Traditional tributary stimulate;

• New instruments of funding.

At tradition funding, the Colombia has:

• Co-financing;



• Incentive for Technological Innovation via credit, Line-COLCIENCIAS BANCOLDEX;

• Patents and other forms Financing;

• Business Technology Missions;

• Young researchers and innovators.

Regarding the instruments to support the innovation, Colombia has: reimbursement resources and credit line. The technological enterprise mission has non reimbursement resources.

The traditional tributary stimulus is:

• Deduction for Investment and Donation

• Income tax exemption on software production and drug

• VAT Exemption: items imported equipment and research projects, innovation and technological development

The news funding instruments are: royalties; off sets and support to clusters and agglomerations.

The Argentina Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT) has identified several funding instruments for ICT divided in 9 types: Training Meetings; Entrepreneur; Equipment & Infrastructure; technological, social and productive innovation; scientific innovation; joint international investigation; Investigation + Development and Human Resources. Each type has an open call and/or permanent call. There are several opportunities in Argentina in ICT, as example presented below



• FIT-AP: The objective of this instrument is to increase investment and strengthen innovation processes in associative form, involving companies and science & technology institutions. May turn public or private entities involved that contribute to technological development and innovative production clusters and sectors of government;

• FIT-PDP: Increase the technological performance and productivity of SMEs or customers of a large company of the same value chain. It will help strengthen supply chains and distributors from a prime contractor or leader. The FIT-PDP operates under the Technology Innovation Program II (ITP II);

• Human Resource: Human resource capacitation in high performance computing. • Equipment upgrade: The SNCAD (National System for high performance computing.

The Brazilian representative of federal government presented several funding instruments in ICT from federal and state government. The opportunities for federal funding are:

• FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos); • CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico); • CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior ); • BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento).

The federal government in Brazil, through CNPq and CAPES, started a mobility program, called Frontier Science Program (CSF: Ciências Sem Fronteiras), with the propose to launch seeds of what could revolutionize the R&D system, exposing Brazilian students and researchers to an environment of high competitiveness and entrepreneurship. The students and researchers will study and undertake research in the best and most relevant Universities at areas of industrial interest as:

• Engineering and other technological areas; • Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry); • Health and Biomedical Sciences; • Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); • Aerospace; • Pharmaceuticals; • Sustainable Agricultural Production; • Oil, Gas and Coal; • Renewable Energy; • Minerals; • Biotechnology; • Nanotechnology and New Materials; • Technology of prevent ion and remediation of natural disasters; • Biodiversity and Bio prospection; • Marine Sciences; • Creative industry; • New technologies in constructive engineering; • Capacity building for technological personnel.

The selection of candidates will occur in accordance with CNPq rules. The CSF to be released in November 2011 provides the conditions for the students to apply at least 20,000 scholarships offered by the United Kingdom and Germany, in 2012. In addition to two



countries, there are agreements in place with the United States, France, Italy and Canada, which will increase that number to 100,000 overseas scholarships to Brazilian students by 2014.

Beyond federal funding agencies, in Brazil there are state funding agencies. At presentation was mentioned some agencies:

• FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo); • FAEPRJ (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro); • FAPESC (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Santa Catarina); • FAPEMIG (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais);

Also in Brazil have several programmes and financing schemes for ICT, so the main programmes are:

• Lei da Informática (IT Law): Reduction on IPI (tax over industrialized products) for IT products, but the value of benefit shall be applied in R&D projects. The projects can be run in-‐house company or with research institutions accredited by MCT (Ministry of Science and Technology). The legislation provides that this benefit is active until 2019;

• Lei de Inovação (Innovation Law): Provides incentives for scientific and technological research. This law does not provide direct allocation of resources, but it the base for many federal actions and laws. The innovation law permitted systematizing partnerships between enterprises and scientific institutions. The main incentives referred to:

o Cooperation involving enterprises and R&D institutions; o Regulation of public ICT participation in cooperation projects with definition

of intellectual property and technology transfer; o Stimulation of innovation in enterprises.

• Lei do Bem (Good Law): Alteration in the calculation of enterprise income tax, for companies that invest in R&D projects. In 2007, 130 enterprises used this benefits involving approximately 2 billion of reals invested on R&D projects;

• Lei Rouanet de Pesquisa (Rouanet Law): Deduction of taxes from 50% to 250% of value invested in Research. The reduction will be inversely proportional to the company’s intellectual property arising from the research product;

• Subvenção Econômica (Economic Subvention): Allow private enterprises to receive non-‐refundable funds from the government, which varies 10% to 200% of the amount requested, depending on the size of the bidder. 500 million of reals were available for 2010 with the announcement of contracting projects in 2011;

• Law 11.484 created two programmes: o PADIS (Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da Indústria de

Semicondutores): Reduction of taxes for enterprises that make investments on R&D for electronics semiconductors and displays;

o PATVD: (Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da Indústria de Equipamentos para TV Digital): Reduction of taxes for enterprises that make investments on R&D for digital TV equipment.

• Plano Brasil Maior (Greater Brazil Plan): This program launched in August, 2011 to increase the competitiveness of Brazilian industries under the motto "Innovate to



Compete. Compete to Grow” It traces an reduction of taxes paid to acquire equipment for industries and reduction of payroll taxes for sectors that employ large amounts of manpower, like ICT.

The Chile FORESTA partner presented the main funding programmes existing in Chile, as below:

• CONICYT (National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research): Created in 1967 by Ministry of Education of Chile, as an advisory body to the President on matters of scientific development. The CONICYT is guided by two goals or strategic pillars:

o The promotion of human capital formation results in the promotion of a comprehensive training, integration and attracting researchers and professional excellence as well as the promotion of scientific culture in society as a whole, especially in the school environment;

o The strengthening and development of science and technology base involves an active policy of promoting scientific research and technological development in all regions of the country in areas of public interest.

• To advance the fulfilment of its two strategic objectives, CONICYT has several support programs. On ICT the main programmes are:

o Fondecyt: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnológico; o FIC R: Programa Regional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico o Fondef: Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico o PIA: Programa de Investigación Asociativa; o Fondap: Fondo de Centros de Excelencia en Investigación; o FONIS: Fondo Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo en Salud.



CONICYT Funding Programme

• CORFO (Chilean Economic Development Agency): Corfu is an executing agency of government policies in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central guidelines of a social market, creating the conditions for building a society of opportunity. There are the following funding instruments for ICT:

o Programa I+D Aplicada; o Incentivo Tributario a la Inversión en Investigación y Desarrollo; o Financiamento basal transitorio para consorcios tecnologicos.

• FIA (Fundación para la Innovación Agraria): The foundation of agrarian innovation is the development agency of Ministry of Agriculture with focus on promoting culture and innovation process. In ICT area, there is the following funding:

o Cofinanciación de proyectos de innovación agraria. • SUBTEL (Subsecretaria de Telecomunicações): The Department of

Telecommunications is an agency under the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications with the aims to coordinate, promote, encourage and develop telecommunications in Chile, transforming this sector into an engine for economic and social development of the country. There are four central themes that structure the ministerial policy in telecommunications: Digital inclusion; Deepening of market competition; Role of government and Reformulation of the institutions. . In ICT area, there is the following funding:

o Fondo de Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones.



4.6. Final Plenary: “Your voice to Brussels” This session aimed to make the preparation for the final event of the project Forest that will be held in November in Brussels. The session also identified the main issues and points in common in the collaboration between Latin America and the European Union.



5. IMPACTS OF CONCERTATION The concertation workshop identified the common themes between Latin America and the European Union, as well as the lines of funding and cooperation between the regions.

5.1. Priority Table During the concertation workshop were identified several technologies priorities and market segments. The tables below identify priorities for each market segment and an average for Latin America

AREA: ENERGY+ low priority, ++ medium priority, +++ high priority or NA (Not Applicable)

A.1 Internet of Things (IoT) NA + ++ ++ + +A.2 Internet of Services(IoS) NA + + +++ ++ ++A.3 Living Labs NA NA ++ NA NA +

B.1 Infrastructure as a Service +++ ++ ++ +++ + ++B.2 Software as a Service + + + +++ + +

c.1 Privacy NA + ++ + + +C.2 Security ++ + ++ +++ + ++

D.1 Optical Fibber NA ++ ++ +++ NA ++D.2 Mobile Broadband Access NA + + +++ NA +D.3 Broadband Access NA NA + +++ NA +D.4 Satellite Communications NA NA NA +++ NA +

E.1 Embedded Systems NA ++ + +++ +++ ++E.2 Air Traffic Control NA NA + NA NA +

F.1 Open Software NA ++ + +++ + ++F.2 Interoperability NA NA NA ++ NA +

F.1 Video games NA NA NA NA NA NAF.2 Applications NA NA NA +++ NA +

F.3 Virtual reality NA NA NA ++ NA +

G) DIGITAL CONTENT AND VIEDOGAMES

AVERAGE

PRIORITY TABLE

A) FUTURE INTERNET

B) CLOUD COMPUTING

C) TRUSTED NETWORK

D) E-‐INFRASTRUCTURE

E) NETWORKED CONTROL

F) SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

APPLICATIONSARGENTINA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA MEXICO

TECHNOLOGIES



AREA: HEALTH+ low priority, ++ medium priority, +++ high priority or NA (Not Applicable)

A.1 Internet of Things (IoT) ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++A.2 Internet of Services(IoS) ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++A.3 Living Labs NA NA ++ NA NA +

B.1 Infrastructure as a Service + ++ ++ + +++ ++B.2 Software as a Service ++ + + +++ ++ ++

c.1 Privacy +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++C.2 Security ++ +++ ++ +++ +++ ++

D.1 Optical Fibber +++ +++ + ++ +++ ++D.2 Mobile Broadband Access +++ +++ + +++ +++ +++D.3 Broadband Access +++ + + +++ +++ ++D.4 Satellite Communications + +

E.1 Embedded Systems ++ +++ ++ +++ +++ ++E.2 Air Traffic Control NA NA + NA NA +

F.1 Open Software ++ + + +++ ++ ++F.2 Interoperability NA NA NA +++ NA +

F.1 Video games NA NA NA ++ NA +F.2 Applications NA NA NA +++ NA +

F.3 Virtual reality NA NA NA +++ NA +




PRIORITY TABLE

AVERAGETECHNOLOGIESA) FUTURE INTERNET

B) CLOUD COMPUTING

C) TRUSTED NETWORK



AREA: ENVIRONMENT+ low priority, ++ medium priority, +++ high priority or NA (Not Applicable)

A.1 Internet of Things (IoT) NA + +++ + ++ ++A.2 Internet of Services(IoS) NA ++ +++ ++ ++ ++A.3 Living Labs +

B.1 Infrastructure as a Service ++ ++ ++ + ++ ++B.2 Software as a Service + + + + +++ +

c.1 Privacy NA + + + + +C.2 Security NA + + + + +

D.1 Optical Fibber + + + + + +D.2 Mobile Broadband Access ++ ++ + +++ ++ ++D.3 Broadband Access + ++ + + ++ +D.4 Satellite Communications +++ +++

E.1 Embedded Systems NA ++ ++ ++ +++ ++E.2 Air Traffic Control ++ NA + + NA +

F.1 Open Software NA + + +++ + +F.2 Interoperability NA NA NA + NA +

F.1 Video games NA NA NA +++ NA +F.2 Applications NA NA NA +++ NA +





PRIORITY TABLE


B) CLOUD COMPUTING

C) TRUSTED NETWORK





5.2. Follow Up to the Concertation The Concertation Workshop bring together and enhance dialogue between the facilitators of

AREA: SMARTCITIES+ low priority, ++ medium priority, +++ high priority or NA (Not Applicable)

A.1 Internet of Things (IoT) +++ +++ +++ ++ ++ ++A.2 Internet of Services(IoS) +++ ++ +++ +++ ++ ++A.3 Living Labs NA NA ++ NA NA +

B.1 Infrastructure as a Service ++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++B.2 Software as a Service ++ + +++ +++ ++ ++

c.1 Privacy +++ +++ +++ +++ + +++C.2 Security ++ +++ +++ +++ + ++

D.1 Optical Fibber ++ +++ ++ ++ +++ ++D.2 Mobile Broadband Access +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++D.3 Broadband Access +++ +++ + +++ +++ +++D.4 Satellite Communications +++ +++

E.1 Embedded Systems + +++ ++ +++ ++ ++E.2 Air Traffic Control + +++ + NA ++ ++

F.1 Open Software ++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++F.2 Interoperability NA NA NA +++ NA +

F.1 Video games NA NA NA +++ NA +F.2 Applications NA NA NA +++ NA +





PRIORITY TABLE


B) CLOUD COMPUTING

C) TRUSTED NETWORK



AREA: EQUALITY / SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACESSIBILITY+ low priority, ++ medium priority, +++ high priority or NA (Not Applicable)

A.1 Internet of Things (IoT) +++ ++ +++ +++ + ++A.2 Internet of Services(IoS) +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++A.3 Living Labs NA NA ++ NA NA +

B.1 Infrastructure as a Service + ++ + +++ ++ ++B.2 Software as a Service ++ + +++ +++ +++ ++

c.1 Privacy ++ ++ ++ +++ + ++C.2 Security + ++ ++ +++ + ++

D.1 Optical Fibber + + + ++ +++ ++D.2 Mobile Broadband Access +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++D.3 Broadband Access +++ ++ + +++ +++ ++D.4 Satellite Communications ++ ++

E.1 Embedded Systems + ++ + +++ +++ ++E.2 Air Traffic Control + NA + NA NA +

F.1 Open Software +++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++F.2 Interoperability NA NA NA +++ NA +

F.1 Video games NA NA NA ++ NA +F.2 Applications NA NA NA +++ NA +





PRIORITY TABLE


B) CLOUD COMPUTING

C) TRUSTED NETWORK





international cooperation and some national funding agencies, in order to share experiences and practices in order to facilitate the emergence of common positions and encourage the synchronisation of support instruments to international cooperation in ICT.

At the two days we have participation of more than 34 high profile representatives and at least with 2 per country and, also, a participant from Uruguay. The representatives are from enterprises, government and academia.

At the end of concertation workshop, the participants defined a summary of key challenges and conclusions to be deal with at policy level, as presented in document and item 5.1.

5.3. Conclusions Despite the cultural and economic differences among the countries of Latin America and the European Union was possible to identify a great synergy to carry out cooperation activities in ICT between the two blocks, with several projects and programs have been implemented together and great success.

In Latin America the main difficulties of the countries are very similar; therefore the priorities for investment in ICT area are very close, because Latin America has problems in social areas.

As identified during the concertation workshop and conferences on ICT policy, the countries of Latin America's priority related technologies Future Internet, Digital Inclusion and Digital City, and may highlight the need for infrastructure investments in broadband access to the Internet. Besides the need for investment in technical training of professionals.

Therefore, collaborative projects with the European Union and Latin America enable the development of society, with optimization of human resources and finance.



6. ANNEXES 6.1. Annex 1: Agenda of Concertation

6.2. Annex 2: List of Participants



ANNEX 1: AGENDA OF CONFERENCE







ANNEX 2: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS



Documents

D4.3 Concertation Workshop with on-going projecst and national funding agencies