EU-CELAC Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation Senior Officials Meeting 16 - 17 April 2013, Brussels How AMERICAS support the JIRI Yolanda Ursa (INMARK) www.americasproject.eu
Support to JIRI • AMERICAS is a Support Action to ‒ enhance EU-LAC cooperation in ICT R&D ‒ reinforce EU-LAC political dialogue on ICT • AMERICAS collaborates with the Senior Officials Working Group on ICT for Societal Challenges ‒ share ICT WG initiatives to promote e- Inclusion, e-Health, Living Labs and Smart Cities for EU-LAC cooperation ‒ support the implementation of project ideas and pilot initiatives in these areas ‒ AMERICAS partners are ICT WG participants: CONICYT (co-leader), COLCIENCIAS, Photo by Andrew Blum MINCyT and ITESM. www.americasproject.eu
Advantages Benefits from AMERICAS policy dialogue activities & capacity building events: • ICT Forum 2012 held in Chile synchronized with the EU-LAC SOM, Concepción, Chile • Focus on priority areas: e-Inclusion, e-Health, Smart Cities, Living Labs • Outcomes uptaken by the EU-LAC SOM ICT Working Group • Follow up: Workshop on “ICT for better living: increasing welfare of the societies in Europe and LAC , Brussels,15 April 2013 • Master Classes • Project Angels Summer School www.americasproject.eu
Opportunities • Updating ICT priorities for EU- LAC cooperation • Identifying funding mechanisms • Exploring the feasibility of joint initiatives and topics for future bi-regional calls under different funding schemes. • Identifying drivers and barriers for EU-LAC cooperation www.americasproject.eu
Potential • Synergies and effective collaboration among policy makers, researchers and key stakeholders • Sustainability of ICT initiatives for EU-LAC cooperation • From FP7 to Horizon 2020 www.americasproject.eu
Gracias Yolanda Ursa Tel- +34-914480203 E-mail: yolanda.ursa@grupoinmark.com www.americasproject.eu www.americasproject.eu
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