Treviso, 22° May 2007 Interreg IIIC Project BRISE - International Conference “i2010 Lab - A...

Treviso, 22° May 2007 Interreg IIIC Project BRISE - International Conference “i2010 Lab - A Practical Guide to EU Information Society”

EU Strategies and funding for the ICT

- an overview ofthe European programmes

Treviso, May 22nd, BRISE Conference

EU Strategies and funding for the ICT - an overview of

the European programmes

Sofie NøragerDirectorate General Information Society and

Media (DG INFSO)European Commission


Overview of presentation

• ICT theme under the Cooperation programme in FP7– Work programme & Calls in 2007

• IST Policy Support Programme in the CIP– Work programme 2007

• Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)– New FP7 instrument


FP7 ICT Work Programme


FP7 programme

• Cooperation– ICT 9.1 billion € 2007-13

• Capacities – 1.7 b€ Research infrastructures 0.57 b€

ICT based e-infrastructures: use of ICT based infrastructures in support of a new scientific process

• Ideas• People


ICT Work Programme approach and structure

• ICT theme focuses on a limited set of Challenges that – respond to well-identified industry and technology needs

and/or– target 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– expected impact on industrial competitiveness, societal goals,.. – funding schemes

• A total of 25 Objectives expressed within 7 Challenges


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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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Challenges


• Network and service infrastructures underpin economic progress and the development of our societies – 2 billion mobile terminals in commercial operation, 1 billion Internet

users, 400 million internet enabled devices

• A growing and changing demand– for increasing user control of content/services

for networking ‘things’ - TV/PC/phone/sensors/tags …for convergence: networks|devices|services - video/audio/data/voice/.

• Current technologies can be, and need to be improved significantly– for scaling up and more flexibility

for better security, dependability and robustnessfor higher performance and more functionality

• Europe is well-positioned: industry, technology and use

Challenge 1: Pervasive and trusted network & service

infrastructures


• Today’s ICT systems cannot learn from experience and reason, cannot contextualise and adapt, and cannot (inter)act based on observation and learning

– many ICT applications cannot be developed further if there are no new breakthroughs in machine intelligence and systems engineering …

• Overcoming such technology roadblocks opens the doors to a wide range of opportunities in new application fields

– vision/sensing systems, service robots, health robots, industrial robots, multimodal and multilingual interactions ...

• Europe has key assets to build on – world leadership in industrial robotics and systems engineering– mastering of multiple disciplines: neuroscience, microsystems …– excellent academic research in these fields

Challenge 2: Cognitive systems, robotics and interaction


• Electronic systems underpin trillion Euro ICT markets

• Electronic systems are embedded in all artefacts of life– 20-40% of the value of new products comes from embedded electronics– increasing demand for lower cost, higher performance components

• Europe is currently leading in embedded electronics in a number of industries

– car safety, engine control, fly-by-wire avionics, telecom equipment, medical equipment, industrial automation …

• European firms also among top semiconductor manufacturers and equipment companies

• Europe enjoys leading positions in emerging fields – photonics, plastic electronics, flexible displays, integrated

micro/nanosystems …

Challenge 3: Components, systems, engineering


Challenge 4: Digital libraries and content

• Growing load of information and content and increasing demands for knowledge and skills– in less than 10 years, the average person will be managing

terabytes of videos, music, photos, and documents every day– digital content production | consumption:

from “few-to-many” to “many-to-many” models

• Today’s technology provides limited tools for access/interaction, development/creation, delivery/diffusion and preservation of content & knowledge

• Europe, with its unique cultural heritage and creative potential, is well placed to take advantage of technology developments and their use


Challenge 5: Towards sustainable and personalised

healthcare • Rising demands on healthcare

– by 2050 close to 40% of the Union’s population will be over 65 years– growing expectations of citizens for better care– increasing mobility of patients and health professionals– need to respond to risks for emerging diseases

• By 2010, ICT for Health spending may account for up to 5% of the EU’s total health budget, up from just 1% in 2000– need to access, understand and securely manage huge amounts of

health information

• ICT is also supporting progress in medical research and a shift towards evidence-based medicine

• European businesses have every opportunity to become leading global players in the new ICT for Health industry


Challenge 6: ICT for Mobility, environmental sustainability and

energy efficiency • Growing demand for transport services

– more congestion, higher energy consumption, pollutant emissions

• Accidents causing fatalities and injuries – over 40.000 fatalities on the EU roads every year

• Increasing demand for natural resources – 1-2% per year for energy and growing water consumption

• Natural and industrial disasters has doubled in one decade– killing 500.000 people and causing 700 billion of damage

• Europe’s industry is one of the most competitive– automotive, transportation, civil protection, equipment supply …


Challenge 7: ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion

• Between 1998 and 2025 the proportion of the population classified as elderly will increase from 20% to 28% – more people with high disability rates– smaller productive workforce

• Need for a paradigm shift in health and social careand new requirements for inclusion, accessability and usability

• Complexity and lack of accessibility and usability of many ICT-based products and services is a major barrier for many people

• A major economic opportunity for European industry


Future and Emerging Technologies

Objective• Lay foundations of the ICT innovations of tomorrow• Foster trans-disciplinary research excellence in emerging ICT-related

research domains• Help emerging research communities to organise and structure their

research agenda• Avoid ‘tunnel vision’ in FP7, by exploring unconventional ‘minority’

options and opportunities off the beaten track

FET Open Scheme• Open Call for continuous submissions• Open to any foundational ICT-related research of High-risk / high-

potential impact

FET Pro-active Initiatives• Fundamental cross-cutting long-term challenges in ICT• ICT Call 3


• International cooperation– To pave the way for strategic partnerships in view of developing

global standards and interoperable solutions and strengthening EU competitiveness

– To widen the diffusion of the information society, especially in developing countries and strengthened the EU policy for development

• Trans-national co-operation among National Contact Points– One proposal including officially appointed NCPs– To improve NCP service across Europe– To help to simplify access to FP7 calls– To lower the entry barriers for newcomers– To raise the quality of submitted proposals

Horizontal support actions


ICT Call 2 – Open: June 2007 Close: 9 Oct 2007

Challenge 1: Pervasive and trusted networks & service infrastructures Budget

1.6. New paradigms and experimental facilities 40 M€

Joint ICT/Security call:1.7. Critical infrastructure protection (open: 30 Aug, close: 29 Nov 2007)

+20/security 20 M€

Challenge 3: Components, systems, engineering

3.5. Photonic components and subsystems 90 M€

3.6. Micro/nanosystems 83 M€

3.7. Networked embedded and control systems 47 M€

Challenge 5: Towards sustainable and personalised healthcare

5.3. Virtual physiological human 72 M€

Challenge 6: ICT for mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency

6.2. ICT for cooperative systems (mobility) 48 M€

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

Challenge 7: ICT for independent living and inclusion

7.2. Accessible and inclusive ICT 43 M€

Note: Total amounts to be confirmed after a new financing decision for the 2008 budget


ICT Call 3 – Open: 4 Dec 2007 Close: 8 April 2008

Challenge 2: Cognitive systems, robotics and interaction Budget

1. Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics 97 M€

Challenge 4: Digital libraries and content

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€

Note: Budget figures to be confirmed after adoption of 2008 budgetNote: Total amounts to be confirmed after a new financing decision for the 2008 budget


ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP)

ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP)


Competitiveness & InnovationCompetitiveness & InnovationProgramme (CIP)Programme (CIP)

Competitiveness & Innovation Programme (CIP)– a new programme to boost growth and jobs in Europe– budget ~3.6B€ (2007-2013) focused in three areas

Entrepreneurship& Innovation

~2,170 M€(incl € 430 eco-

innovation)

ICT PolicyICT PolicySupportSupport

~730 M€~730 M€

Intelligent EnergyEurope

~730 M€


ICT Policy Support objectivesICT Policy Support objectives

i2010 initiativei2010 initiative

Framework for EU Information Society and Media policies with three priorities

Completing the Single European Information SpaceStrengthening innovation and investment in researchAchieving an Inclusive European Information society

ICTPSP: a financial instrument supporting Policy through:• Pilot projects & Thematic networks (including best practice actions)• Policy analyses, development & coordination with participating countries• Promotion, communication, information sharing & dissemination

ICT PSP in the CIPICT PSP in the CIP

Aims at accelerating the development ofa sustainable, competitive, innovative & inclusive Information Society by:

developing the single information space

ensuring wider uptake & better use of ICT

enabling an inclusive Information Society

POLICY FRAMEWORK


ICTPSP ImplementationICTPSP Implementation

Calls for Proposals– Pilots (two types)

• Type A, building on MS initiatives:

• Type B, stimulating new actions:

– Thematic Networks

Details defined inDetails defined inthe workprogrammethe workprogramme

Details defined inDetails defined inthe tender packsthe tender packs

Calls for Tender– Benchmarking, studies,

conferences/events, etc

Service pilots with interoperability as main theme aiming to demonstrate a federated solution and borderless operation of national systems.

A first implementation of an ICT based innovative service carried out under realistic conditions.

Good practices exchange by relevant stakeholders, development of new policy implementation schemes, pilot preparations


2007 ICTPSP call calendar2007 ICTPSP call calendar

Website Launch ………………………………………………………………………………..

Open Call for Experts for evaluations………………………………………….

Draft

Draft

Call1 Open 23

May

EvaluationEvaluation

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2006 2007 2008

Call1 Call1 Close 23 Close 23

OctOct

NegotiateNegotiate

Calls for Tender

ContractContract

Model Grant Agreement

Guide for Proposers

ICT PSP WP 2007 preparation

CIP adoption Draft WP published

Launching event – Info day 24 May 2007 in

Brussels


Efficient and interoperable eGovernment Efficient and interoperable eGovernment services (24 services (24 M€)M€)

Enabling EU-wide public eProcurement(including virtual company dossier, eSignatures, eInvoicing, eCatalogue)

Towards pan-European recognition of electronic ID’s (eID’s)(cross-border recognition & enabled service actions for citizens & businesses)

Supported through Pilot A

Secure, authenticated electronic documents & archives Supporting accessibility & inclusiveness Efficient social services through holistic service delivery

Supported through Pilot B

Local and regional eParticipation Impact and user satisfaction Brokering pan-European eGovernment solutions and services

onlineSupported through Thematic Networks

Draft

Draft


ICT for accessibility, ageing and social ICT for accessibility, ageing and social integration (15 integration (15 M€)M€)

Draft

Draft

Accessible digital Audiovisual Systems ICT for ageing well

Supported through Pilot B

Use of ICT to support active ageing at work Use of ICT to foster social integration and cultural

diversity Inclusion as a mainstream for innovation in ICT

(Socioeconomic role of eInclusion)Supported through Thematic Networks


ICT for sustainable and interoperable health ICT for sustainable and interoperable health services (12 services (12 M€)M€)

EU wide implementation of eHealth services to support continuity of care: patient’s summary and ePrescriptionSupported through Pilot A

Creating a European coordination network for eHealth Interoperability implementation (i.e. national competences centres)

Facilitating wider implementation of RFID applications to the health sector Supported through Thematic Networks

Draft

Draft


Draft

Draft Other themes & horizontal actionsOther themes & horizontal actions

Other themes Other themes (3 M€)(3 M€) • Initiatives for SMEs• Sustainable growth• Intelligent cars• Privacy protection infrastructures

Supported throughSupported through Thematic NetworksThematic Networks

Horizontal actions Horizontal actions (11 M€)(11 M€) • Support for national institutes of statistics for benchmarking studies

• 10 to 15 studies addressing the impact of the Information Society on various fields

Supported throughSupported through Call for tendersCall for tenders

FP7 /28

Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)

FP7 /29

An innovative financing instrument, developed jointly by the EIB and the Commission to:• Foster increased investment in research by improving access

to EIB finance and beyond, thus helping overcome market deficiency

• Larger volume of lending for financing of riskier, but creditworthy research activities

• Generate a leverage effect• Rely on the existing EIB facility: the Structured Finance

Facility (SFF)

Background

FP7 /30

“Doing more with less”:the leverage effect

FP7 Contribution: up to € 1 billion

EIB Contribution:

up to € 1 billion

EIB loans and guaranties:

€ 8 to 12 billions(average: 10)

Additional private investments in

research:€ 16 to 48 billions

(Average: 30)

X 2X 4 to 6

(average: 5) X 2 to 4(average: 3)

Matching contributions to “guarantee fund”

Provisioning and capital Allocation representing

15% to 25% (average 20%)of volume of

individual loan

Loans representing on average one third of total cost of financed

research projects

FP7 /31

EIB

BorrowerEIB

For loans above EUR 7.5 million or total project cost above 15 million - direct involvement by the EIB

BorrowerIntermediary

For all loans where borrowers wish to work with their own banks, in particular those of less than EUR 7.5 million - sharing of RSFF benefitswith intermediaries (e.g. through guarantees)

Guarantee

A large spectrum of loans

www.eib.org/rsff

[email protected]

www.eib.org/rsff

FP7 /32

What and who can be financed All creditworthy, legal entities, irrespective of size

• SMEs and larger companies• Public and private research organisations (including universities) allowed to

borrow• Joint legal entities set up by a consortium including Public-Private-

Partnerships

RSFF can support R&D&I

• Basic or Fundamental Research• Applied or Industrial Research• Experimental or Pre-competitive development• Definition stage or feasibility studies• Pilots and Demonstration activities.

Projects need to be technically, economically, financially and environmentally feasible according to the Bank’s project evaluation criteria.

Eligibility criteria


More Information

• FP7: http://ec.europa.eu/fp7/ict

• ICT Policy Support Programme: http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp

• Entire CIP programme:

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/cip/index_en.htm

• RSFF: www.eib.org/rsff

Thank you

http://ec.europa.eu/fp7/ict

http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp

http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp



http://www.eib.org/rsff

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