European research area pilot action on micronano technology systems integration

Objective

The Era Pilot MiNa TSI will network national and European entities supporting systems integration related to micro and nanotechnologies. The partners therefore are organisations and initiatives designing policies and/or running programmes in this sector incl. the EUREKA clusters EURIMUS and PIDEA. National ministries represent the member states' interests in the project Board. The Commission as one main policy actor in this area will also be involved.

There is the necessity to transform an unsteady and irregular dialogue between the national and European programmes into a solid platform on which those responsible for research management establish mechanisms in order to reach higher efficiency of research and to transform technological excellence into economic and social achievements. The project will therefore establish a formal dialogue between the institutional entities involved in promoting MNT systems integration aspects in Europe.

The project will include the following aspects:
- Exchange and communication on funding/policy approaches in Europe will be established.
- Common actions will be defined as results of the process (e.g. an output could consist of a industry driven Policy Initiative)
- Along technology roadmaps future R&D policy requirements will be defined
- Policy/funding concepts will be developed
- A commitment will be reached on the "division of labour" among national programmes, EUREKA initiatives and FP activities.

The Era Pilot will contribute to the creation of the ERA in realising a co-ordinated and concerted, better structured and more coherent policy related to MNT Systems Integration in Europe. It is the project's objective to optimise the allocation of resources, creating synergies and complementarities among the various entities funding/financing RTD and avoiding incongruities of policy efforts in Europe. The envisaged results will contribute to consolidate the leading position and competitiveness of European industry in the MNT area.

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2004-2.3.6.3 - To progress towards the achievement of the objectives of a European Research Area in a given IST field

Funding Scheme

CA - Coordination action

Coordinator

VDI/VDE INNOVATION + TECHNIK GMBH

Address

Steinplatz 1
10623 Berlin
Germany

Participants (11)

ASSOCIATION EURIMUS OFFICE

France

Address

C/o Cea Grenoble - 17 Avenue Des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble

ASSOCIATION FOR PIDEA

France

Address

17 Rue Hamelin
75783 Paris

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

Address

Batiment Le Ponant D, 25 Rue Leblanc
75015 Paris Cedex 15

ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE

Italy

Address

Lungotevere Thaon Di Revel 76
00196 Roma

FONDAZZJONI TEMI ZAMMIT

Malta

Address

Villa Bighi Avicenna Knowledge Cent
CSP 12 Bighi Kalkara

ISRAELI CENTER FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - MATIMOP / ISRAEL DIRECTORATE FOR EU FP

Israel

Address

29 Hamered Street
61500 Tel Aviv

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTE

Spain

Address

Alcala 34
28014 Madrid

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS"

Greece

Address

Patriarchou Gregoriou Street
15310 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis

OESTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFOERDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH

Austria

Address

Sensengasse 1
1090 Wien

SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE

Slovakia

Address

Vazovova 5
81243 Bratislava

TARTU ULIKOOL

Estonia

Address

Ulikooli 18
50090 Tartu