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EU-Belarus ICT R&D Cooperation

FP7 Information Day National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Minsk, 16 October 2007

Klaus PendlEuropean Commission

DG Information Society and MediaInternational Relations Unit

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Outline

• Belarus participation in FP IST/ICT• FP7 ICT Programme overview• Upcoming funding opportunities

Successful Belarus Organisations in FP5 IST (1998-2002)

Number of Project(s) involved

1

1

1

3Total 174.190 €

BELARUSSKY GOSUDARSTVENNIY UNIVERSITET INFORMATIKI I RADIOELEKTRONIKI

56.795 €

CENTRE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - CIT 30.580 €

Participant Legal NameNumber of Project(s) as Coordinator

Total EC Funding

BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY 86.815 €

Successful Belarus Organisations in FP6 (2002-2006)

Number of Project(s) involved

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

THE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM OF STATE PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF MINSK 0 €

Total 518.252 €

BELARUSIAN INSTITUTE OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SUPPORT 18.033 €

THE INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS OF BELARUS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 12.000 €

BI STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OFTHE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS 131.500 €

CENTRE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - CIT 27.856 €

Participant Legal NameNumber of Project(s) as Coordinator

Total EC Funding

INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND ATOMIC PHYSICS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS 328.863 €

Belarus Organisations in FP6 by Programme Areas

Number of Participation(s)

Percentage of Total EC Funding

1 63,46 %

1 25,37 %

1 5,37 %

1 3,48 %

1 2,32 %

1 0,00 %

6 100 %

Technology-enhanced learning and access to cultural heritage 0 €

Total 518.252 €

Accompanying Actions NCPs 18.033 €

Pushing the limits of CMOS, preparing for post-CMOS 12.000 €

FET Open cut-off 14/3/2006 131.500 €

Programme Level Accompanying Measures 27.856 €

Task Description Total EC Funding

Optical, opto-electronic, photonic functional components 328.863 €

FP6 Support Project: GREAT-IST

• Focus on Eastern European (incl. Belarus) and Western Balkan Countries

• Bringing together ICT R&D stakeholders

• Sharing visions and experience

• Enhancing cooperation

• Contributing towards harmonisation of research priorities

• Final conference in Sofia, 21 November 2007

• http://www.great-ist.org/

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Belarus participation in IST FP6in comparison

3rd Countries: Number of participations

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

EgyptMalaysia

Republic of Korea South Africa

BelarusThailandUkraine

JapanAlbania

Bosnia andSingapore

Former YugoslavCroatia

AustraliaSerbia and Montenegro

IndiaCanada

BrazilRussian Federation

United StatesChina Belarus was Nr 16

with 6 successful participations in IST FP6

Trend from FP5 to FP6

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Albania

Australia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Canada

China

Croatia

FYRM

India

Japan

Korea (Republic of)

Russian Federation

Serbia and Montenegro

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Ukraine

United States

3rd country participations in FP5 & FP6

FP6

FP5

FP5: 287 participations~ 7 M€ fundingFP6: 504 participations~41 M€ funding

+ Rise of China, India, Brazil, WB, Russia, …

- Decrease ofUS, Canada, Japan

Belarus: from 3 to 6

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ICT Call 1 (closed)Organisations in proposals

3rd Countries: Number of participations

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

PeruJordan

ChileMexicoUkraine

ColombiaAustralia

ArgentinaRepublic of Korea

SingaporeEgyptJapan

Serbia and MontenegroCanadaCroatia

BrazilRussian Federation

IndiaChina

United States

Belarus: 3

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ICT Call 1 (closed)Organisations in successful proposals

3rd Countries: Number of participations

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

PeruJordan

ChileMexicoUkraine

ColombiaAustralia

ArgentinaRepublic of Korea

SingaporeEgyptJapan

Serbia and MontenegroCanadaCroatia

BrazilRussian Federation

IndiaChina

United States

Russia: 2

Belarus: 0

Retained

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15

8

6

6

5

4

4

3

3

3

2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

United States  

China

Japan 

India 

South Africa 

Brazil 

Argentina 

Singapore 

Canada 

Egypt 

South Korea

Australia 

FP7 and ICT

FP7 Cooperation Programme

Socio-economic sciences and the

humanities

Security

SpaceHealth

Food, agriculture,

biotechnology

Transport

Nanosciences

Environment

EnergyInformation

and Communication Technologies

9.1 B€ (2007-13)

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FP7 Capacities Programme

Capacities4097 M€

JRC1751 M€

Ideas7510 M€

Euratom4062 M€

People4750 M€

Cooperation32413 M€

Dev. of policiesINCO

Sciencein Society

Research Infrastructures 42% - 1715 M€

SMEsResearch Potential

Regions of Knowledge

e-Infrastructures572 M€

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2. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics

1. Network and service infrastructures

3. Components, systems, engineering

4. Digital libraries and content

5. ICT for health

6. ICT for mobility & sustainable growth

7. ICT for independent living and inclusion

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FP7 ICT first Work Programme: 7 “Challenges”

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ICT Work Programme 2007-2008 of the Seventh Framework Programme

• A limited set of Challenges aiming at – overcoming technology roadblocks, and/or– systems targeting specific socio-economic goals

• A Challenge is addressed through a limited set of Objectives that form the basis of Calls for Proposals

• An Objective is described in terms of– target outcome - in terms of characteristics– expected impact - in terms of industrial competitiveness, societal goal,

technology progress etc.

• A total of 24 Objectives expressed within 7 Challenges

Call Deadline Budgets M€

1 8 May 2007 1194

2 9 October 2007 477

3 8 April 2008 265

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Opportunities in FP7

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International Cooperation in FP7: Opportunities for Belarus

• All ICT programme objectives open to organisations from Belarus

• + International cooperation specifically encouraged in several objectives

• + Specific International Cooperation Actions

• + Accompanying measures (ICT Call 3)

Connectivity between Research & Education Networks

• GEANT2 - European Research Network linking NRENs, nearly 4000 universities in 34 countries

• Allows researchers to collaborate between them and to participate in international high level research

• Belarus enjoys connectivity (155 Mbps) via Poland and is interested to become full member

Connectivity – GEANT2

Mobility

• Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (1st call closed) and Reintegration Grants

• Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses

ICT Call 1 – Open: 22 Dec 2007 Close: 8 May 2007

30 M€3. ICT in support of the networked enterprise

25 M€4. Computing systems

40 M€3. Embedded systems design

63 M€2. Organic and large-area electronics and display systems

86 M€1. Next generation nanoelectronics components and electronics

integration

Challenge 3:

96 M€1. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics

Challenge 2:

85 M€5. Networked media

90 M€4. Secure, dependable and trusted infrastructures

120 M€2. Service & software architectures, infrastructures & engineering

200 M€1. The network of the future

BudgetChallenge 1:

FET proactive:

20 M€1. Nano-scale ICT devices and systems

20 M€2. Pervasive adaptation

20 M€3. Bio-ICT convergence

Horizontal support actions

7 M€International cooperation

65 M€FET-Open (separate Call for Proposals)

30 M€1. ICT and ageing

Challenge 7:

57 M€1. ICT for the intelligent vehicles and mobility services

Challenge 6:

30 M€2. Advanced ICT for risk assessment and patient safety

72 M€1. Personal health systems for monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics

Challenge 5:

51 M€2. Intelligent content and semantics

52 M€1. Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning

BudgetChallenge 4:

… ICT Call 1: - 8 May 2007 + FET Open – continuous, close 31 Dec 2008

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ICT Call 2 – Open: 12 June 2007 Close: 9 October 2007, 477 M€

Challenge 1: Budget

6. New paradigms and experimental facilities 40 M€

Challenge 3:

5. Photonic components and subsystems 90 M€

6. Micro/nanosystems 83 M€

7. Networked embedded and control systems 47 M€

Challenge 5:

3. Virtual physiological human 72 M€

Challenge 6:

2. ICT for cooperative systems 48 M€

3. ICT for environmental management and energy efficiency 54 M€

Challenge 7:

2. Accessible and inclusive ICT 43 M€

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Specific International Cooperation Actions (SICAs)

• 5.3. Virtual Physiological Human (Healthcare information systems based on Grid capabilities (Latin America, Western Balkans, Mediterranean Partner Countries; Call 2, CSA, 2M€)

• 6.3. ICT for environmental disaster reduction and management (all ICPC; Call 2, STREP - 2M€, CSA - 2M€)

• No SICA in ICT Call 3

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ICT Call 3 – Open: 4 December 2007 Close: 8 April 2008, 265 M€

Challenge 2: Budget

1. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics 97 M€

Challenge 4:

1. Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning 50 M€

2. Intelligent content and semantics 50 M€

FET

4. Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT 20 M€

5. Embodied intelligence 20 M€

6. ICT forever yours 20 M€

Horizontal support actions

International cooperation 5 M€Trans-national co-operation among NCPs 3 M€

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ICT Call 3, Challenge 2: Cognitive systems, Interaction, Robotics – 97 M€

C-I-R revolves around the key concept of artificial systems which can perceive and interact robustly, in open-ended, (mainly) physical environments, and have smart / cognitive / intelligent / natural / intuitive features.

Such systems could be:• robots• Stand-alone or networked devices (e.g. cameras,

sensors), embedded or not• Man-machine interfaces etc

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C-I-R focus

• robots handling different objects and operating autonomously or in cooperation with people

• systems (robotic or not) monitoring and controlling material or informational processes

• multimodal interfaces and interpersonal communication systems understanding language, gestures

The emphasis is on scientific and technological advance and on developing new engineering principles based on solid theoretical foundations.

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Activities, Funding Schemes, Contact

Activities: Research into systems design, engineering principles for

artificial systems 

Structuring, road mapping and assessing research

Co-ordination with national activities

Funding schemes: Collaborative research projects (90%) Networks of Excellence (8%) Support Actions (2%)

Contact: INFSO E5, Hans-Georg STORK Info Day in January 2008 (Luxembourg)

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ICT Call 3, Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content - 100 M€

• Harnessing the synergies made possible by linking content, knowledge and learning

– Increase the availability of content and its long term accessibility

– More effective technologies for the creation, management and reuse of content and knowledge

– Scenarios for creative use of content, acquisition and development of knowledge - learning processes

• Key topics:– Digital Libraries (Objective 4.3)– Technology-enhanced Learning (Objective 4.3)

do not try to artificially cover both!– Intelligent Content and Semantics (Objective 4.4)

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Budget, Funding Schemes, Contact

• Total budget for Challenge 4: 100 M€

• Funding Schemes:Cooperative Projects (IPs and STREPs) (87,5 M)Networks of Excellence (8,5 M)Coordination Actions/Support Actions (4 M)

• Contacts:

Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning INFSO E3, Pat MANSON

Info Day on 17 December 2007 (Luxembourg)Intelligent content and semanticsINFSO E2, Stefano BERTOLO

Info Day on 12/13 December 2007 (Luxembourg)

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Future & Emerging Technologies – FET

An incubator and pathfinder for new ideas and themes for long-term research in ICT

High risk research, offset by potential breakthrough with high technological and/or societal impact

Two complementary inter-linked schemes FET Proactive + FET Open

FET Proactive• Top-down approach• Set of novel pre-defined themes• Pathfinder for related communities & themes

Open in ICT Call 3

FET Open• Bottom-up approach• Open to any research idea• Incubator for new communities & themesContinuously open until end 2008INFSO, Unit F2

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Contacts: INFSO F1

• Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT jose.fernandez-villacanas@ec.europa.euantonella.karlson@ec.europa.eu

• Embodied Intelligencedavid.guedj@ec.europa.eupekka.karp@ec.europa.eu

• ICT Forever Yoursjean-marie.auger@ec.europa.euwide.hogenhout@ec.europa.eu

Information Day (Brussels): Brussels, 24/25 January 2007 (TBC)

ICT Call 3: FET proactive initiatives

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Horizontal International Cooperation Activities

• Promotion of FP7 ICT Programme in selected third countries/regions

• Support to information society policy dialogues with partner countries

• Identification of cooperation opportunities in fields of mutual interest

• Coordination with international activities under FP7 Capacities Programme and national activities

Target regions: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (including Belarus), Western Balkan, Mediterranean Partner Countries, Latin America

Budget: 5 M€Contact: klaus.pendl@ec.europa.eu (INFSO A4)

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Other calls

• FET Open: Continuous submission (until end 2008) - 65 M€

• Critical infrastructure protection (30 August 2007 - 29 November 2007) - 20 M€ (joint call ICT/Security)

&

• Work on 2009/2010 Workprogramme has started > further ICT calls in 2009/10 (approx. 2 bn. €)

How to get started? CORDIS http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/

How to get started? Partner search

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Conclusions

• Low Belarus participation in the past (6 partners in IST FP6, 3 in FP5)

But

• Potential for more• several upcoming possibilities (ICT Call 3,

etc., FET Open, Infrastructure)

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More information

• FP6: cordis.europa.eu/ist/

• FP7 call information: cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

• FP7 ICT Programme : cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/

• klaus.pendl@ec.europa.eu