Lithuanian participation in 5FP
IST program
Ramunė Petuchovaitė,
Vilnius University
E-mail: [email protected]
5FP Information Society
Technologies
• Promoting the user-friendly Information Society
• KA1 Systems and Services for Citizen
• KA 2 New Methods of Work and Electronic
Commerce
• KA 3 Multimedia Content and Tools
• KA 4 Essential Technologies and Infrastructures
IST implementation in 1999-2002
Area/year
WP1999
WP2000
WP2001
WP2002
Total
KA1
212
171
118
51
552
KA2
193
132
102
40
467
KA3
178
155
111
38
481
KA4
485
283
253
142
1.163
FET
80
89
75
55
300
RN
90
21
21
4
136
CPA
71
141
170
42
424
Total IST
1.308
992
849
373
3.522
# calls
2
3
2
1
8
Source: EU-Bureau of the BMBF web-page. http://www.dlr.de/isa
LT performance in 5FP IST
• 133 proposals, statistically about 33
proposals and 7.5 retained projects per
annum
– 30 retained
– 3 were reserved
• Over 65 participants
• Above 50 % proposals by higher education
institutions
Lithuanian participation by IST
calls
Call1
Call2
50
40
30
20
10
0
Call3
42
18 1114 8 2 18 19
Proposals
Call4
Call5
Call6
Call7+7bis
Call8
Lithuanian success in IST program
7% 2%
15%
76%
Failed
Contracted
In negotiation
Reserved
LT performance by types of actions
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
9
1
5
4
12
Retained
2
2
63
17
11
2
Reserved
6
T
FE
O
EM
D
TU
TN
AM
R
TD
Failed
LT performance by IST KA
KA
# proposals
Retained
Reserved
KA1
25
5
1
KA2
35
9
-
KA3
31
6
-
KA4
15
5
-
Other
27
5
2
Total
133
30
3
LT success rate by KA
100%
5
80%
9
6
1
5
5
2
60%
40%
19
26
25
KA1
KA2
KA3
10
20
20%
0%
KA4 Other
Retained
Reserved
Failed
IST participants in Lithuania
NGO's and
public
agencies
13%
Large
enterprises
4%
SME's
14%
State
enterprises
10%
Universities
51%
Research
institutes
8%
Coordinating countries
100%
80%
3
1
7
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
60%
40%
20%
1
4
13
20
1
4
12
2
5
1
1
9
9
2
1
1
1
7
0%
BE DE DK EL ES FR
Failed
IT
NL NO PL PT SE UK
Reserved
Retained
Successful projects: examples
• CHIMER – using IT tools to encourage schoolchildren in
Europe to participate in building local cultural heritage http://www.chimer.lt/
– Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
• BALTPORTS-IT – dissemination of knowledge about IT
solutions and simulation for harbour managing and control http://www.baltports-it.com/
– Kaunas University of Technology
– Klaipeda State Seaport Authority
• GEANT - the creation of a trans-European data
communication network with a capacity of 2.5 Gbps for the
support of education, research and development work.
– Litnet Network Operating Centre
At the start of FP6: achievements and problems
• Clear political priorities
• Low LT GDP
• Developed higher
expenditures for R&D
education and research
• Drain away of
system
specialists
• Research, business and
education cooperation: • Insignificant business
investments in R&D
– INFOBALT
– Knowledge economy
• Slow R&D results
forum
transfer into economic
• Developing innovation
growth
system
• Experience in FP5 IST • Few RTD projects
What are the
strategies to
improve
Lithuanian
participation in
FP6 IST…
Let’s think together…
Source: Musée Rodin http://www.musee-rodin.fr