Supporting IST organisations from Central and Eastern Europe

Objective

The overall objective of the project is to encourage and facilitate the participation of organisations from the IST sector originated from the New Member States and Candidate Countries in the activities of the IST priority. The most important countries from central and eastern Europe will take part in the project, namely Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey. Organisations from France, Portugal, UK and Sweden specialised and highly experienced in IST and in the setting up of European research projects will also participate.

This will be achieved by reaching the following specific objectives:
- To enhance the awareness of IST-related RTD centres and SMEs from the CEEC on FP6 and on the 2nd priority,
- To stimulate the networking of researchers in the IST sector,
- To facilitate partner searching for the creation of consortia,
- To support researchers and SMEs originated from the CEEC to participate in FP6,
- To promote CEEC research competencies in IST, 6. To publish synthetic information about IST in the CEEC.

The project will start with the realisation of a screening of IST RTD centres and SMEs from the CEEC. A detailed on-line free database and a web portal will then be developed and be used as the network support. After this phase, working groups will be constituted to favour the networking of RTD organisations, and incubate new project ideas on 4 thematic areas. Simultaneously, assistance to CEEC organisations willing to participate to the activities of FP6 priority 2 will be provided.

The project will complete and be linked to all other on-going IST SSAs aiming at increasing FP6 participation in the CEEC (GET-IN, IDEAL-IST, IST MENTOR and EUROPEAN IST). The dissemination of project results, as well as linking with existing networks will be ensured by the participation of partners from NCP, IRC and BIC networks.

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-2004-2.3.6.1 - To stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of organisations from the New Member States (NMS) and the Associated Candidate Countries (ACC) in the activities of IST

Funding Scheme

SSA - Specific Support Action

Coordinator

EUROQUALITY

Address

8, Rue De L'lsly
75008 Paris
France

Participants (13)

BIC BRATISLAVA, SPOL. S. R.O.

Slovakia

Address

Zochova 5
Bratislava

BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM

Hungary

Address

Muegyetem Rakpart 3
1111 Budapest

CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AKTIEBOLAG

Sweden

Address

412 96 Goeteborg

CROSS CZECH AS

Czechia

Address

Vaclavske Namesti 808/66
110 00 Praha 1

EFP CONSULTING LTD

Israel

Address

65 Ygal Alon Street
67443 Tel Aviv

FIMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SA

Romania

Address

Str. Vasile Lascar 87, Parter P02, P06, P07, P08
70212 Bucuresti 2

INOVAMAIS - SERVICOS DE CONSULTADORIA EM INOVACAO TECNOLOGICA S.A.

Portugal

Address

Avenida Dr. Alfonso Cordeiro 877, Sala 201
Matosinhos

LATVIJAS ELEKTRORUPNIECIBAS BIZNESA INOVACIJU CENTRS

Latvia

Address

Ropazu Iela 140
Riga

SIHTASUTUS ARCHIMEDES

Estonia

Address

Koidula 13A
10125 Tallinn

SWIETOKRZYSKIE CENTRUM INNOWACJI I TRANSFERU TECHNOLOGII SPOLKA Z ORGANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA

Poland

Address

Ul. Al Tysiaclecia Panstwa Polskiego 7
25314 Kielce

TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU

Turkey

Address

Ataturk Bulvari No. 221 Kavaklidere
06100 Ankara

VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS

Lithuania

Address

Universiteto G. 3
01513 Vilnius

WEBGATE AD

Bulgaria

Address

1 Bulgaria Square, Triaditsa
1463 Sofia