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IST International Relations

• Simon Bensasson
• European Commission
• Directorate General Information Society Media
• Head of Unit
• International Relations

Grid_at_Asia Workshop June 21st, 2005 Beihang
University, Beijing
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Research activities and the European Commission

• Supported through successive four year
• periods called Framework Programmes (FP)
• Major strategic reorientations and financial
  scope decided at the beginning of each FP
• FP6 covers 2002 to 2006

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The components of FP6
New/Emerging ST and Policy Support
SME Activities
Specific Activities Covering a Wider Field of
Research
International Co-operation
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FP6 Budget breakdown
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IST in FP6 - objectives strategy

• Main objectives
• - Strengthening Europes competitiveness
  technology base
• - Building the information and knowledge society
  for ALL
• Strategy
• - Concentration and focus, building critical
  mass
• - Capitalise on Europes strengths
• - Visionary, forward looking (longer term /
  high risk)
• - Combine flexibility with greater speed in
  implementation
• - Scope of activities Core technologies
  pull-through applications

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Structure of the IST Programme
INTEGRATION
BUILDING BLOCS
Miniaturised, low cost low power components
µsytems
Pervasive, mobile, wireless, trustful
infrastructures
Natural interactions with  knowledge  
Applied IST for major societal economic
challenges
Trust Security
Knowledge technologies
Communication networking
µ, nano opto electronics
IST for societal challenges
IST for work business challenges
interfaces
Software
µ and nano systems
Demanding applications
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Call 5 Opened 17 May 2005, Closing 21
September 2005574 Million Euro
Strategic Objective Budget
Photonic components 47
Micro/nano based sub-systems 58
Embedded Systems 68
Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services 62
Open Platforms for software and services 67
Research networking testbeds 18
Multimodal Interfaces 54
ICT for Networked Businesses 46
Collaborative Working Environments 40
Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources 36
eInclusion 29
ICT for Environmental Risk Management 40
FET Proactive Initiative 9
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Participation rules

• Project Participants are all the legal entities
  that will contribute to the project
• Minimum number
• 3 from EU Member States or Associated States
  (with 2 from Member States or Accession Countries
  for all instruments)
• 1 possible for specific support actions (SSA)

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GEANT The Flagship of Networking Activities in
Europe

• GÉANT - creating the pan-European network
  infrastructure to explore developments in
  telecommunications technology
• Network Services for National
• Research and Education Networks
• Platform for testing - GRIDs, IPv6, ...

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GEANT Achievements
- Pan-European coverage - Interconnecting 32
NRENs - Linking more than 3000 Universities, i.e.
virtually all the researchers in Europe in all
disciplines - 9 international circuits operating
at 10Gbps while 11 other run at 2,5Gbps - Looking
for intercontinental connectivity
Total 200 MEuro over 4 years (80 MEuro from EU)
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GEANT International connectivity
Virtual Silk Highway
GEANT
Russia
Canada
TEIN
TransPAC
Japan
Projects GRIDs
China
EUMEDIS
USA
_at_LIS
India
Central Africa
AMPATH
Singapore
Brazil
Australia
South Africa
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EU-CHINA Information Society dialogue An active
co-operation

• The EURO-CHINA Information Society Forum in
  April 2002 (14000 Chinese visitors)

• The Beyond 3G workshop in Beijing

• The three day series of presentations arranged in
  Brussels for the State Council Informatisation
  Office (SCITO)

• The seminar on Telecom Regulatory aspects

• An annual EU-CHINA Information Society Dialogue
  held in Brussels last week

• The selection of IST projects involving Chinese
  organisations

• The launch of the EU-China Working Group on
  Digital Olympics

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Co-operation with China in the IST programme

• Rules for participation for Chinese organisations
  
• In conformity with the mutual interests of the EU
  and the country
• Of substantial added value for
• implementing Sciences Policy
• Together with the minimum number
• of legal entities from the Community
• and Associated States.
• With financial support from the EC
• as China is an INCO Target
• country

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Third countries participation in the IST
Programme (call 1 to 4)
China, for the first time, largest third country
participant
Chinese participation in IST Projects (FP6)
(call 1 to 3) Total 26 participations in 15
projects
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How can we improve further EU-China IST
Co-operation
International Co-operation in FP6 An essential
element of the programme Chinese experts
to register in the FP6 database
https//emmfp6.cordis.lu/
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For further information
IST Web http//www.cordis.lu/ist IST
infodesk E-Mail ist_at_cec.eu.int
Fax [phone]
Delegation of the European Commission to
China Ms. Alison Birkett E- mail
Alison.Birkett_at_cec.eu.int http//www.delchn.cec.eu
.int/
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For further information
Digital Olympics http//www.EuroChina-IT.org/
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Thank you !