Transcript FP7 e-Infrastructures projects with MED partners

Panel session: Building sustainable
institutions for the Mediterranean
Leonardo Flores Añover
European Commission, DG INFSO
GÉANT & e-Infrastructure Unit
EU-Med Event 3
Conference on e-Infrastructures across the Mediterranean
Brussels, 30-31 March 2010
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"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
ENPI 2007-2013
• European Neighbourhood & Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
– €12bn
– Plus increased EIB lending mandate: €12.4 bn
• Bilateral + multi-country: 90% funds ( over 10bn)
• Cross-border cooperation and other: 10%
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(DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN EGYPT - Dániel WEISS)
Objective of EUMEDCONNECT3
from 2011?
• Maintain the research networking einfrastructure in the Euro-Mediterranean
region to further maximise synergies for
research (FP7) projects
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ENPI Regional South Indicative Programme for 2011-13,
probable conditions:*
• connection costs should be lowered and a better
topology should be set up with possible links to
additional countries/regions
• ASREN should be functional – taking over the
management of the project from DANTE (at least
partly)
* The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
(ENPI) Regional South Indicative Programme (RIP) for 201113 exercise is not expected to be approved before July
2010
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In addition:
• EUMEDCONNECT3 will be the final extension of the
project and
• the EC contribution will be decreased to 30-35% of the
total costs of the project
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• EUMEDGRID: Grid e-Infrastructure in the
Mediterranean; porting of new applications on the Grid
• EUMEDGrid Support: promotion and deployment of
e-Infrastructures in the Mediterranean Area
• Ithanet: network of research centres conducting
molecular and clinical research in thalassaemia and
related haemoglobinopathies
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• SEE-GRID support the participation of the SEE
countries to the Pan-European and worldwide
Grid initiatives
• LinkSCEEM: establishing a coherent HPC
community in the Eastern Mediterranean
• LinkSCEEM-2: (negotiations)
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INFRA-2010-3.3:Coordination actions
supporting policy development and
nternational cooperation, for e-Infrastructures
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International cooperation:
• further extension of e-Infrastructures to International
Cooperation Partner countries (ICPC);
• joint road mapping of activities with developed countries;
• promotion of the interoperation between similar
infrastructures on the global scale
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