1. 1 Research Connection, Prague 7 May 2009 Information and Communication Technologies "The EU12 can ICT RTD "How can the national and European programmes improve the involvement of EU 12 in the ICT research in Europe?" Dr. Stephan Pascall Advisor to the Director European Commission DG Information Society and Media Directorate C "Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

2. 2 Research Connection, Prague 7 May 2009 A single market for research lAn area for the free movement of knowledge, researchers & technology lAiming to lincrease cooperation laggregate fragmented efforts lachieve better allocation of resources

3. 3 Research Connection, Prague 7 May 2009 The EU12 can enhance European Technological Competitiveness 1.Increasing global competition – Europe needs all available technological resources lEU can face a global competition if it utilizes all available resources in all MS lEU needs to identify, acknowledge, make known and use research excellence available in EU12 and Associated Countries (AC) 2.The EU12 and Associated Countries can strengthen the European Technological base lSkills, expertise and creativity offered by outstanding partners from EU12 and AC can contribute to strengthening Europes ICT research excellence 3.Results of EU12 in FP7 ICT are considerably worse than in FP6 (and much worse than in FP5)

4. 4 Research Connection, Prague 7 May 2009 Number of participants in FP7 ICT projects (Calls 1-3)

5. 5 Research Connection, Prague 7 May 2009

6. 6 European research on the web: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7 Information Society and Media: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ Contact: Stephan.pascall@ec.europa.eu Thank you !