Strengthening the Strategic Cooperation between the EU and Western Balkan Region in the field of ICT Research Regional ICT R&D priorities, Jelena Pantelic, Information Society of Serbia Conference “Towards an Information Society for the Western Balkans”, Belgrade, December 2008

Conference, Belgrade, December Identifying ICT R&D priorities for the WB countries: consultation process 2. Selection of ICT panel experts 4. Distribution of document & invitation to panel experts 5. Collection and Initial synthesis of contributions 1. Identification of ICT stakeholders 3. Preparation of Consultation Document 7. Development of initial Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs) PHASE I – EXPERT CONSULTATION 6. Organisation of Consultation Workshops with panel experts 9. Distribution of initial SRAs and questions - invitation to stakeholders 12. Development of Policy Paper 8. Preparation of consultation questions to accompany initial SRAs 10. Collection of feedback PHASE II – OPEN CONSULTATION 11. Development of Final Strategic Research Agendas Note: Orange steps produce key results / deliverables

Conference, Belgrade, December ● ICT experts were identified per country based on a set of empirical criteria: o ICT R&D actors (4 – 5) o ICT industrial actors (3 – 4) o ICT R&D policy-makers (3 – 4) o NGO for ICT promotion (1) o relevant national/international ICT R&D projects (1 – 2) o Cross-cutting criterion: at least one expert for each FP7 ICT challenge o Desirable horizontal criteria: gender balance, geographical region diversity ● 68 ICT experts actively participated / were consulted: o Albania: 17 experts o Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13 experts o FYR of Macedonia: 18 experts o Serbia: 20 experts ● Consultation workshop: top 10 priorities with research objectives and areas were defined Expert consultation phase: development of initial ICT R&D SRAs

Conference, Belgrade, December Open consultation phase: towards the final SRA and Policy Paper o Do identified ICT R&D priorities reflect the needs and capacities of the country? ● 90% of the initially identified priorities fully reflect the needs and capacities (68% of the respondents) o Is it necessary to include other ICT R&D priorities in the Strategic Research Agenda? ● no priority needed to be added in the country-specific SRAs (66 % of respondents) o Is it necessary, for the defined ICT R&D priorities, to add or modify research objectives and/or research areas? ● did not wish to add or modify research objectives in the already defined research priorities (83% of respondents)

Conference, Belgrade, December 2008 WBC-INCO.NET methodological remarks 5 ● Croatia and Montenegro: o Coordinators of ICT related projects funded by Ministries o Representatives of NGOs o Relevant Ministries and institutions involved in policy making ● Consultation document was distributed ● SRAs development for Croatia and Montenegro, based on similar structure as SCORE ● No open consultation yet

Conference, Belgrade, December Entire list of regional priorities (13) ALBANIABiHFYROMSERBIACROATIAMONTENEGRO ICT R&D RPRPRPRPRPRP ICTs for Government & eGovernment ICTs for Enterprises & eBusiness Internet & Broadband Technologies Software Engineering ICTs for Learning & eLearning ICTs for Health & eHealth Mobile Technologies ICTs for Agriculture Digital Content & Digital Libraries Distributed Systems Embedded & Pervasive Systems Network Technologies Knowledge Technologies

Conference, Belgrade, December Regional SPAN chart Legend:  EGOV-ICTs for Government & eGovernment  EBUS- ICTs for Enterprises & eBusiness  IBT- Internet & Broadband Technologies  SE- Software Engineering  ELEA- ICTs for Learning & eLearning  EHEALTH- ICTs for Health & eHealth  MT- Mobile Technologies  AGRI- ICTs for Agriculture  DCDL- Digital Content & Digital Libraries

Conference, Belgrade, December ICT R&D priorities/objectives/areas (p1 / 4) FP7 ICT Challenge ( ) Western Balkan ICT research priority ( ) Proposed ICT R&D objectives Proposed relevant ICT R&D areas Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures Internet & Broadband Technologies Providing broadband for all.  Service-enabling technologies and platforms based on interoperability of telecom and internet infrastructures.  Development and introduction of broadband technologies and services based on wireless communications for all. Development and design of multimedia network and service infrastructure.  Systems and applications for interoperability of multimedia networks.  Development of application and tools for interactive broadcasting. Development and implementation of secure solutions for broadband transfer through existing infrastructures.  Secure and resilient architecture and technologies to ensure end-to-end secure transmission of data and services across heterogeneous infrastructure.

Conference, Belgrade, December ICT R&D priorities/objectives/areas(p2 / 4) FP7 ICT Challenge ( ) Western Balkan ICT research priority ( ) Proposed ICT R&D objectives Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures Software Engineering Software tools and service oriented architectures for distributed information systems.  Models and mechanisms for security and data privacy integration into system environment.  Model driven architectures.  Development of multi-agent software systems architecture  Tools for support of interoperability and collaboration on heterogeneous systems Methods and tools for software development improvement.  Applied research in system design, software development, integration and end-user driven development.  Methods and tools software quality control and assurance

Conference, Belgrade, December ICT R&D priorities/objectives/areas(p3 / 4) FP7 ICT Challenge ( ) Western Balkan ICT research priority ( ) Proposed ICT R&D objectives Proposed relevant ICT R&D areas Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures ICTs for Enterprises & eBusiness Tools and solutions for the support of business processes management and integration.  Adaptive business process management, modelling and design of business processes, workflow systems, decision support systems, CRM.  Business integration based on B2B models (including electronic and m- payment systems, digital signature).  Web services enabled business models and ICT support architectures  Advanced supply chain management solutions. ICTs for the networked business.  New networked applications and services capable of interoperation across a wide variety of business domains and organisations of all sizes.  Distributed and collaborative intelligent- based network oriented systems for efficient and secure service creation and delivery

Conference, Belgrade, December ICT R&D priorities/objectives/areas(p4 / 4) FP7 ICT Challenge ( ) Western Balkan ICT research priority ( ) Proposed ICT R&D objectives Proposed relevant ICT R&D areas Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content ICTs for Learning & eLearning Personalized education process over the Internet.  Adaptive learning systems development, able to configure according to learners’ behaviour.  Intelligent systems for learning process personalization (student modelling & learner model development). Software systems for learning process management and support.  Design and development of software tools for digitalization of content, digital libraries, content management and Multilanguage environments.  Integration of distributed sources of information and digital libraries into eLearning systems.  Synergies between learning and knowledge management systems for complex learning contexts and resources.

Conference, Belgrade, December Additional ICT R&D priority proposed for EU-WB co- operation Western Balkan ICT R&D priority ( ) Proposed ICT R&D objectives Proposed relevant ICT R&D areas ICTs for Government & eGovernment Development of electronic document and databases infrastructure for Government.  Software for exchange of electronic documentation and data of citizens and companies with public institutions.  Middleware development for Government-to- Government applications (e.g. web based service providing from registers of citizens and legal entities to all e-government applications). Methods and tools for software development improvement.  Models and mechanisms for authorization and authentication of access to administrative and other data.  Security concepts for ensuring trust and confidentiality of eGovernment applications and services.

Conference, Belgrade, December 2008 Discussion ● Your views on regional priorities ● Experiences in consultation