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Presentation held by Ms. Anita Nikova-as a part of the WINS ICT Call7 Session at the 8th SEEITA and 7th MASIT Open Days Conference, 14th-15th October, 2010
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EU-WB ICT research cooperation
WINS-ICT project overview
MASIT
Anita Nikova, MSc
Deputy Executive Director, responsible for project management
8th SEEITA – 7th SEE ICT Forum Meeting & 7th MASIT Open Days Conference
Day 2, 15.10.2010, hotel Metropol, Ohrid
intends to strengthen S&T
cooperation between the EU and the WBC
by deepening the bi-regional strategic
relations in the field of ICT and promoting the
participation of WB ICT research actors in FP7
The project at a glance
Project
instrument
• Support Action (SA) funded under FP7-
ICT-2007-3 call
• Action line: ICT-2007.9.2 International
cooperation
Duration 01 January 2009 - 31 December 2010
EC DG Information Society and Media
EC contribution § Project Cost: 1,1 million euro
Project Funding: 849.993 euro
Partners 15 highly complementary partners:
from the EU Member States, Accession
Candidate Countries and WB region
Partnership
1. ZSI (Austria)
Coordinator
2. GRNET (Greece) 3. TÜBITAK (Turkey)
4. TESEO (Belgium) 5. CIVET2000 (Albania) 6. EXIT (Bosnia and
Herzegovina)
7. MASIT (FYR of
Macedonia)
8. MPIN (Montenegro) 9. BOS (Serbia)
10. IPA (Romania) 11. ZENIT (Germany) 12. EFB (United
Kingdom)
13. HGK (Croatia) 14. CEI - ES (Italy) 15. MTID (Serbia)
Gov. organizations
& Leading S&T
institutes
WB organisations with
expertise as to ICT policy
analysis and FP promotion
Intergovernmental forum
fostering dialogue on S&T
development
EU-MS R&D &
Innovation focused
organisations
WINS-ICT and previous
supporting actions
1st project in the region that:
brings together academia, business,
government and NGOs to define
ICT research priorities
employs consultation as an open
and transparent process
develops recommendations
to both the WBC and the
EU
WBC
INCO.NE
T
Project acting as political forum
for the development of the
relationship between the EU and the
WBCs in the area of S&T. It can
further deepen and implement
the SCORE recommendations
IS2WeB (SEE Innovation): based on the
community ISIS, identification & training
of key ICT research actors
SCORE
ISIS: the first support action in SE Europe.
Awareness, networks and community building
WBC-
INCO.NET
Specific objectives...
...and key activities
1. Provide comprehensive understanding of the current EU-WBC
ICT RTD policies and RTD collaboration
2. Address and involve the relevant stakeholders so as to
optimize the policy and research collaboration framework
3. Support the building of sustainable networks between
innovative WB –EU ICT researchers for the collaboration in the
FP7 - ICT Priority
4. Enhance the capacities and capabilities of WBC researchers to
successfully participate and compete in FP7 as co-ordinators
OUR services to increase WB researchers’ capacities
• 14 training and mentoring workshops for a successful participation in
FP7
• One-to-one coaching for optimising the preparation of project profiles,
and project proposals:
• coaching sessions at workshops in 2009 - 2010
• One regional coaching seminar in September 2010
• WINS-ICT staff constantly available for your requests (write to
• Support to FP7 promotion events by National Contact points
• One capacity building workshop addressed to governmental
representatives in 2009
The PORTAL: www.wins-ict.eu
OUR services to provide prompt information and contact details
Competitive ICT Research Actors
Database
• 5 networking sessions organised aside important international
conferences:
• Balkan Conference of Informatics – Greece, September 2009
• eChallenges 2009 – Turkey, October 2009
• ICT 2010 - Belgium, September 2010
• eChallenges 2010 – Poland, October 2010
• 2 brokerage events (at CEBIT 2010, at eChallenges 2010)
• Partnership agreements with IDEAL-ICT, ICT WEB PROMS. INCONET
EECA, etc, European Technology Platforms, etc
OUR services to facilitate partnerships
To foster a better policy and cooperation framework:
• Setting up of the Dialogue Forum on ICT research for the WBC
• Support for the WB ICT Committee members from the WBC
• Revise the regional ICT research priorities and needs
• Identify cooperation opportunities within FP7 and other research
programmes
OUR services to foster a better policy and cooperation framework
More information and first results are
available on www.wins-ict.eu
MASIT
Anita Nikova, MSc Deputy Executive Director, responsible for project management
Thank you for your attention,