05.03.2014 [News]
The representatives of 14 countries attended the joint starting event of the two projects.
These projects make a logical follow-up of the previous FP7 ICT projects which have been implemented since 2009 (currently one project is at the final phase), namely: EXTEND, SCUBE-ICT, ISTOK-SOYUZ and PICTURE.
The projects are support actions in international cooperation targeting EECA countries. They will inspire ideas and influence policies to help so the dialogue between the EU and the EECA leading to the best possible benefits for both sides and in parallel will support the organisations from the two sides to prepare successful proposals for joint projects, the tangible result of a successful cooperation.
Also, EAST-HORIZON and EECA-2-HORIZON will focus the efforts of the projects’ partners on the following:
The projects will focus on new elements to bring concrete ideas and arguments to the STI dialogue and, in the perspective, of a coherent STI cooperation policy, in particular in ICT.
It is planned that for the period of 30 months (the period of each project implementation) EAST-HORIZON and EECA-2-HORIZON will create a dense grid of relevant players on the two sides (ICT researchers, IT associations, companies, ETPs, knowledge networks and policy makers) in a balanced way so as to maximize research collaboration, in parallel promoting innovation. This will shape new or strengthen existing professional links between the EU and EECA, industry and academia/institutes. A communication and collaboration platform, an environment where all ICT research players meet and work together to raise ideas for joint research projects will be established.
The coordinators of both projects are representatives of Greece: PLANET S.A. (EAST-HORIZON) and Q-PLAN (EECA-2-HORIZON).
Source: Vadym Yashenkov, Centre for Scientific and Technical Information and Innovation Promotion of Ukraine