1. Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme 5th EU RTD Framework Programme

2. IST Programme IST Programme 3.6 BEURO Research networking Future & emerging technologies Systems & services for the citizen Essential technologies & infrastructure 319 MEURO 646 MEURO 547 MEURO564 MEURO 1363 MEURO 161 MEURO Multimedia content & tools New methods of working & Electronic Commerce

3. IST Programme Key Actions KA-I Systems and Services for the Citizen646 KA-II New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce 547 KA-III Multimedia Content and Tools564 KA-IV Essential Technologies and Infrastructures 1363 Future and Emerging Technologies 319 Research Networking 161 IST Programme 3.6 BEURO

4. IST Programme Programme Structure & Indicative Budget Distribution

5. IST Programme Total number of Proposals submitted2488 Total funding requested5.1BEURO Proposals for which negotiations started 475 Total funding proposed 818MEURO Success Ratio1:5.2 IST Programme 1st call proposals

6. IST Programme Participation By Organisation & Action Line

7. IST Programme 1st call participation & Retainment EU Countries

8. IST Programme 1st call participation & Retainment EFTA-EEA & Pre-adhesion Countries

9. IST Programme Cypriot Proposals

10. IST Programme Evaluation Criteria 1. Scientific/technological quality and innovation 2.Community added value and contribution of EC policies 3.Contribution to Community social objectives 4.Economic development and S&T prospects 5.Resources, partnership and management

11. IST Programme Successful Proposals with Cypriot Participation

12. IST Programme Successful Cypriot Companies

13. IST Programme Newly Associated Countries  Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus  All 11 countries were associated at the time of selection

14. IST Programme NAC participations

15. IST Programme Success rates per country

16. IST Programme Type of retained participations from EU

17. IST Programme Type of retained participations from NAC

18. IST Programme Analysis of “non retained”  Few rejections on formal grounds - formal mechanism is well understood  Weak on innovation - proposals have little new  Weak on consortium structure -consortia are unbalanced  Weak exploitation plan - low or no information on exploitation or dissemination  Weak end user involvement - little involvement of e.g. larger industry

19. IST Programme  Capacity building  Partnersearch and consortium building  Technology brokerage  Networking  SME involvement ; SME awards Recommended to support