SCORE ICT WORKSHOPS

During the first project phase four common regional ICT research priorities were identified through a consultation process (that involved a broad audience of ICT stakeholders in the Western Balkan region) and were specifically selected on the basis of the countries’ readiness to pursue research & development, in terms of appropriate human resources and infrastructure.

In October 2008 the following research fields:

ICT for Government and eGovernment; ICT for Enterprise and eBusiness; Internet and Broadband technologies; ICT for Learning and eLearning

were addressed by a series of four ICT workshops in the Western Balkan countries participating in the project.

The SCORE ICT workshops have involved appropriate EU and WB speakers with the aim to provide:

• an overview of the Seventh Framework Programme and of how the WB region’s research priorities match the EU priorities;
• the state-of-the-art in the selected ICT research fields, comprised of an overview of FP7 and FP6 project research results and presentation of best practices;
• an overview of key market trends and national policies impacting ICT research in the participating WB country;
• an overview of key developments, future research orientations and related EU policies, per ICT priority.

Additionally, the workshops were also an opportunity for a public discussion on the overall key barriers in Western Balkan ICT research and recommendations on future EU-WB research collaboration.

Please click on the relevant links below to learn more about the single workshops. All the workshop presentations can be downloaded at the end of the page

Key ICT Workshop in Albania
2 – 3 October 2008
(Priorities addressed: ICT for Government and eGovernment, ICT for Enterprise and eBusiness, Internet and Broadband technologies)

Key ICT Workshop in Bosnia & Herzegovina
9 – 10 October 2008
(Priorities addressed: ICT for Government and eGovernment, ICT for Enterprise and eBusiness, ICT for Learning and eLearning)

Key ICT Workshop in Serbia
16 October 2008
(Priorities addressed: ICT for Government and eGovernment, ICT for Enterprise and eBusiness)

Key ICT Workshop in Macedonia
21 October 2008
(Priorities addressed: ICT for Government and eGovernment, ICT for Enterprise and eBusiness)