EUMEDIS Focal Point For Palestine

EUMEDIS is an application oriented initiative. EUMEDIS aims at delivering immediate benefits for the target user communities.

The primary targets of the EUMEDIS initiative are hospitals (or other medical research Institutes), Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Federations, Universities (and post Graduate/Doctoral research or professional training institutions), Public and Private Research Centres, Musea (and Non Governmental Organisations active in the promotion of the Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage), Non Governmental Organisations that promote tourism in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The secondary target of the EUMEDIS initiative is the public at large (i.e. Euro-Mediterranean citizens and SMEs) that benefits from and enjoys the services provided by the above mentioned national bodies and institutions.

The European Commission will issue this year three public calls. The first two will be: a call for tender related to the provision of the interconnection services between the European and the Mediterranean research networks (this call will target Euro-Med telecom operators); the second call will fund the management activities of the new trans-Mediterranean network (this call will be targeting Euro-Mediterranean consortia of Universities and/or Research Centres).The third call will be a call for proposals related to the launch of regional pilot projects. The calls (for tender and for proposals) will be implemented this year.

The results of the calls will be scrutinised by a poll of Euro-Mediterranean experts, e.g. those advising the Information and Communication technologies RTD programmes of the European Commission. Documents to apply for the selection of the EUMEDIS initiative experts can be found at  http://www.cordis.lu/expert-candidature

European and Mediterranean experts can use the same forms used for the 5^th RDFP to apply with a view to becoming Experts for the EUMEDIS programme.

The overall financial support for the interconnection initiative will be 7 Meuro. The contribution for "Strand Two" is 35Meuro; this amount represents 80% of the costs of all projects; the remaining 20% will be provided on the basis of the “cost sharing principle” by the Euro-Mediterranean consortium which proposes the project.

EUMEDIS aims at constituting the first building blocks of a modern Euro-Mediterranean electronic nervous system, capable of transmitting signals to all active layers of the Euro-Mediterranean Information Society, no matter the wealth, the gender or the remoteness of the communities involved.

EUMEDIS aims at setting up sustainable electronic platforms of co-operation. The Commission therefore recommends to include in each project proposal a sustainability plan which clarifies what sort of private or public support can be foreseen for the project after the completion of the pilot phase. The generation of commercial spin off companies as consequences of the project implementation can be considered by the proponents as an effective sustainability method.

When the calls are , information and guidance for the development of project proposals will be published on the web site (http://www.ispo.cec.be), will be available via the EUMEDIS helpdesk, or through the network of Mediterranean Information Society Focal Points. The list of the I.S.F.P. will soon be posted on the ISPO web site.

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