ICT Research & Innovation
The ICT sector represents 4.8% of the European economy. It generates 25% of total business expenditure in Research and Development (R&D), and investments in ICT account for 50% of all European productivity growth. EU investments in ICTs are due to increase by about 25% under Horizon 2020 compared to FP7. This EU investment will support the whole chain from basic research to innovation that can deliver new business breakthroughs, often on the basis of emerging technologies. Information and Communication Technologies underpin innovation and competitiveness across private and public sectors and enable scientific progress in all disciplines. (EC) Thus in H2020, ICT-related topics can be found in all priorities, from 'Excellence Science' to 'Industrial Leadership', to 'Societal Challenges'. Please check the updated version (as of July 2016) of the Guide to ICT-related activities in WP 2016-17 which is designed to help potential proposers find ICT-related topics across the different parts of H2020. The European Commission is also organising an Horizon 2020 Calls Info Day on 2 December 2016 in Brussels that is relevant for potential proposers from the Western Balkans as well.
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In Focus: ICT Research & Innovation is in focus of the WBC-RTI.info newsletter in October/November 2016
News
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This year the Tech.eu Summit will take place on 17 May 2022 in a hybrid format at Brussels Expo (Place de Belgique 1). Since 2013, Tech.eu aims at bringing together European tech startup founders...
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THE 14th MEETING OF THE SEEIIST STEERING COMMITTEE HELD ON 4 APRIL 2022 IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE
The 14th meeting of the SEEIIST Intergovernmental Steering Committee (SC) was held on April 4, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The welcome address was given by representatives of Greece and SEEIIST Steering...
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[Call Announcement] EIT / RIS "Intrapreneurship call" deadline on May 17!
Apply to the Intrapreneurship Challenge to make your company more environmentally friendly or addressing other societal challenges as an Intrapreneur! Intrapreneurship Challenge is a competition to...
Events
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EU - Webinar: IP Management in ICT Projects
This webinar will discuss specific issues that EC funded projects should address whether using or developing ICT; in particular concerning knowledge management and protection, exploitation, and maximising...
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European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Regional Event : Southeast Europe
The EOSC Regional Event will be held in Budapest, 28-29 September, 2022.
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European Research and Innovation Days
Let's shape the future together European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs...
Organisations
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Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies of the University of Donja Gorica
University of Donja Gorica has the total of 75 employees, consisting of 35 professors, 28 associates, and 12 administrative staff. In terms of technical conditions UDG has a new integral building with...
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Balkan Information Technology Exporters Network
BITE Network is an association that supports and brings together the various actors in the field of ICT from all Balkan countries with the goal of fostering new business opportunities and to improve members...
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ICT Cluster of Central Serbia Kragujevac
ICT CLUSTER OF CENTRAL SERBIA is a business association which gathers enterprises, institutions and organizations from ICT sector from the territory of Central Serbia, based in geographical centre of ...
Calls
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Call for Posters : Annual Research Conference 2022 - How to turn green in the European way?
The conference is organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN). The Annual Research...
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Apply to the Founder Institute - Serbia Virtual 2022 (admission fee)
Build a Fundable, Global Business. As the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Serbia Founder Institute helps aspiring entrepreneurs, solo entrepreneurs, and small teams get their initial...
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EIT / RIS "Intrapreneurship call" - deadline: May 17
Apply to the Intrapreneurship Challenge to make your company more environmentally friendly or addressing other societal challenges as an Intrapreneur! Intrapreneurship Challenge is a competition to...
Documents
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The Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation
The Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation provides a unique bridge between EU policies and standardisation activities concerning information and communication technologies (ICT). This helps to increase...
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Identification of promising areas is among the main goals of economic and innovation policy development and a focal point of the Smart Specialisation approach. The economies of the Western Balkan region...
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Skills for smart specialisation: A handbook based on experience
While smart specialisation is primarily about the economics of specialisation, vocational education and training (VET) and skills are the engine that drive smart specialisation. The ETF’s methodological...
Links
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European network of competence centres for innovation procurement
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EC Website on Green Public Procurement (GPP).
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Innovation Procurement Toolkit
Your one-stop destination for online help in preparing your innovation procurement The eafip Toolkit provides support to policy makers in designing PCP and PPI strategies, and to procurers...
Projects
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Personalised Public Services in Support of the Implementation of teh Common Agricultural Policy
A consortium of 12 partners in six European countries has launched a project to develop a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for improving the efficiency and transparency of the compliance...
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BIO-ICT Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
BIO-ICT Centre of Excellence is the first Centre of Excellence in Montenegro, implemented as a three-year research programme at the University of Montenegro led by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering...
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Idealist2018 - Your Worldwide ICT Support Network
Ideal-ist is an international ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) network, with more than 65 ICT national partners from EU and Non-EU Countries, such as Associated States, Eastern European...