Objective SOLAR-ICT is an initiative that aims to highlight the opportunities and potentialities for European and Latin American research collaboration in ICT, identifying common development goals and deeper strategic cooperation.Usually, efforts for strategic cooperation with the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region are focused on the countries with larger economies like Brazil, Argentina, Chile or Mexico. However, lesser-developed countries, with obvious smaller economies, still denote important and interesting openings for joint Euro-Latin American development policies in ICT. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are lesser-developed LAC economies compared to the larger aforementioned countries, although they still present unique developments in ICT.The focus on these six targeted countries will provide different views of economic environments in different stages of ICT development that will help uncover the diverse opportunities that can enhance research and development cooperation between EU and the LAC region.Objectives:1) To draw a thorough study in each of the 6 target countries, comprising of mapping and benchmarking to identify the primary organizations, ICT competencies and best practices in each targeted country, focusing on all potential common areas of ICT interest.2) To identify and design future collaboration guidelines within the IST programme. The organization of 6 Workshops in Latin America will raise awareness on the upcoming FP7 and discussion tables will emphasise prospective benefits of collaboration in ICT between EU and the LAC region in order to delineate common development needs and opportunities.3) To develop an EU-LAC electronic platform dedicated to research cooperation in ICT, which will present the project's outcomes and encourage information exchange on ongoing and future R&D programmes to be shared by the different stakeholders. 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-2005-2.6.5.2 - INCO Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator INNOVA SPA EU contribution No data Address Via della Scrofa 117 ROMA Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION CAMARA DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION Y COMUNICACION Costa Rica EU contribution No data Address 600 SOUTH & 75 WEST FROM CATHOLIC CHURCH, BUILDING COLINA 2050 SAN PEDRO DE MONTES DE OCA, SAN JOSE See on map Total cost No data CAMARA DE INDUSTRIAS DEL URUGUAY Uruguay EU contribution No data Address AVENIDA DEL LIBERTADOR BRIG. JUAN ANTONIO LAVALLEJA 1672 11100 MONTEVIDEO See on map Total cost No data CENTRO DE FORMACION DE LIDERES SA Guatemala EU contribution No data Address 14 AVENIDA "B" 7-52 ZONA 6 APP B 0102 GUATEMALA See on map Total cost No data CENTRO DE PROMOCION DE LA PEQUENA Y MICRO EMPRESA Peru EU contribution No data Address AV JOSE FAUSTINO SANCHEZ CARRION 250, SAN ISIDRO LIMA 27 LIMA See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA Paraguay EU contribution No data Address PROCER MOLAS 122 Y MCAL LOPEZ 81 1801 ASUNCION See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS Ecuador EU contribution No data Address MARISCAL FOCH E7-81 Y DIEGO DE ALMAGRO QUITO See on map Total cost No data TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS SPRL Belgium EU contribution No data Address AVENUE PAUL VANDEN THOREN 8 1160 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data