Transcript MED Dialogue - NEM Initiative

Promoting ICT Dialogue and Cooperation with the MPC
towards Horizon 2020
GA 611433
MED-Dialogue at a glance
• Start Date
• 01/01/2014
• Duration
• 30 months
• Project Coordinator
• IT Consult GmbH (Germany)
• Project Partners
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Planet S.A. (Greece)
Sigma Orionis (France)
Cairo University (Egypt) - pending
Universite Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (Morocco)
Institut Supérieur de Gestion et de Planification (Algeria)
Centre National de l’Informatique (Tunisia)
Princess Sumaya University for Technology (Jordan)
Palestine Academy of Science & Technology (Palestine)
National Council for Scientific Research (Lebanon)
Athens Technology Center S.A. (Greece)
• Project website: http://www.med-dialogue.eu
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The Vision
MED-Dialogue will act as a bridge for a two-way cooperation
between the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) and the
European Commission in the field of ICT research. This project
will
• Support the policy dialogue between the EU and its MPC.
• Assist organisations in the Mediterranean region to increase
their participation in the H2020 Programme.
• Promote innovation through closer cooperation between
academia and the private sector.
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Main Objectives
Support to the EU-MPC Dialogue
• Develop a ”Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda" and
the "MPC ICT Vision”
• Recommendations for the ICT research policy development
in the different MPC.
Strengthening Research Links
• Extending the existing network of 300 organisations and
>1000 ICT researchers
• Awareness and Training events with total of >300
participants
Coordination of International Cooperation Instruments
• Recommendation for the Horizon2020 workprogramme
component for International Cooperation
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The Partnerships
MPC Advisory Group (24)
TIEC - Egypt
ITIDA - Egypt
MHESRET - Morocco
Maroc Numeric Cluster - Morocco
R&D Maroc - Morocco
CERIST - Algeria
ARPT - Algeria
USTHB - Algeria
SNCFT - Tunisia
SesamE - Tunisia
TELNET - Tunisia
Jordan Computer Society - Jordan
iPark - Jordan
Jordan Chamber of Industry - Jordan
Birzeit University - Palestine
Al Quds University - Palestine
Alquds Open University - Palestine
MTIT- Palestine
MHE - Palestine
Berytech - Lebanon
ALSI - Lebanon
Regional: AICTO , ESCWA , ASREN
Project Partners (11)
Medittrenean Partner
Countries
CNI
PSUT
ISGP
USMBA
CNRS
PALAST
CU
EU
ITC
PLANET
SIGMA
ATC
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ETPs
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Cooperation
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