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INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
Programme for Research, Technology Development and Demonstration under the Fifth Framework Programme
Work Programme 2002
5 CO-ORDINATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER EU RESEARCH INITIATIVES
5.3 HUMAN RESEARCH POTENTIAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE BASE
Assessments of social and economic trends and impacts will be supported as an integral part of Key Actions and will be co-ordinated within the IST Programme. They will also be co-ordinated with related activities in other programmes of the 5th Framework Programme, with work supporting EU policy development activities, and with research in other European and international frameworks.
Socio-economic research can be funded by both the thematic programmes, as well as by the Key Action on "Improving the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base" of the horizontal programme "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base". Taking into account the philosophy of the 5th Framework Programme, socio-economic research is present in the thematic programmes as an integral part of the technological research activities. The integration of the socio-economic dimension in the IST Programme is addressed in two ways: (1) through a number of Action Lines explicitly geared towards socio-economic problems, and(2) through encouragement to proposers to integrate a socio-economic dimension and socio-economic research in their projects.
Specific measures will be taken by the horizontal programme to ensure co-ordination of the socio-economic research to be implemented within the current programme. The horizontal programme will draw up an annual report on socio-economic research in the 5th Framework Programme (/improving/home.html). The work in the IST Programme will contribute in a consolidated form to this annual report on socio-economic research Information exchange between projects will be facilitated by a series of concertation workshops on specific themes related to EU policy priorities. In 2002, priority will be given to activities which can contribute in various ways to the eEurope and eEurope+ Action Plan.
Marie Curie Training Fellowships are aimed at supporting the training and mobility of researchers throughout Europe. In addition to the support provided in all scientific areas by the horizontal programme "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base", Marie Curie Fellowships are offered in the thematic programmes. The implementation of these fellowships will follow rules common to all the thematic programmes in order to ensure the consistent high quality and prestige of the schemes. These rules include a common definition of Marie Curie Fellowships, a Single Entry Point for proposals, common rules for eligibility and for evaluation, common legal and financial provisions as well as harmonised feedback to applicants and monitoring of the fellows. The IST Programme supports the following type of training fellowship: Industry Host fellowships.
Support for research infrastructures is provided by thematic programmes, as well as by the horizontal programme "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base". This horizontal programme will have responsibility of drawing up and publishing on a regular basis a map showing for all classes of research infrastructure to which specific programme(s) they may apply for support. European policy development support in the IST Programme will be co-ordinated with the activities of the Commission's Forward Studies Unit (Cellule de Prospective), the relevant JRC's institutes and in particular the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, as well as the Information Society Forum. Jointly organised workshops and conferences will complement co-ordination by an Interservice Group within the Commission. In 2002, the IST Programme will support the exploration of priority themes to be selected in consultation with those bodies.
5.4 CONSENSUS AND STANDARDISATION SUPPORT INITIATIVES
International consensus and action in support of standardisation will be a priority in IST work and in international co-operation. In 2002, accompanying measures will be established within Key Actions to stimulate and co-ordinate European input to ETSI, CEN/CENELEC, ITU working groups, and to industry consensus frameworks (DAVIC, DVB, OMG, IETF, W3C, etc.). Measures are also to be established to support European involvement in the Global Business Dialogue focused on the global regulatory environment and common business guidelines for electronic commerce as well as in initiatives such as ISIS (Information Society Initiative on Standardisation), EISS-PUB (European Information Society Standardisation in support of Public interest) and ECOM-IS and ECOM-BS (Electronic Commerce Open Market place for Industry Sectors and for Business Services).
5.5 OTHER INITIATIVES
COST
Co-operation with Actions in the COST framework (see http://www.cost.esf.org) will be strengthened with links to all IST-related COST actions, including the established COST-Telecommunications set. Technical co-ordination of these actions will be ensured with the appropriate Action Lines related to their technical area. COST action co-ordinators will be invited to join related IST concertation meetings and RTD workshops. International co-operation activities may also be implemented through the modalities and objectives described in the workprogramme of the horizontal programme "Confirming the international role of Community research", including through subventions to the COST actions.
Ten-Telecom and Eureka
Co-ordination with the EUREKA (see http://www.eureka.be/ifs/files/ifs/jsp-bin/eureka/ifs/jsps/publicHome.jsp) and TEN-telecom frameworks will also be used to encourage industrial co-operation in down-stream product and pan-European service innovation.
Co-ordination with other major RTD frameworks in emerging economies on sets of Action Lines in the Programme will be implemented through arrangements with funding agencies in the third countries. Support measures will be designed to maintain links with EU-trained IST specialists in third countries, which will target emerging economies, and will be launched in 2002.