1. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Information Technologies to Open Knowledge for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

2. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Project identity card FP7 project International cooperation support action Start: 01/01/2009 Duration: 30 months Target groups: National ICT stakeholders, ICT R&D organisations and companies, Target countries: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia The overall objective of the ISTOK-SOYUZ project is to explore new opportunities for ICT collaboration between EU and Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries and to foster the EU ICT programme awareness activities in order to increase the number of the international collaboration projects involving partners from EECA countries. Consortium

3. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme ISTOK-Ru as a base for ISTOK-SOYUZ Goal was to identify priorities for deeper strategic ICT cooperation between Russia and the European Union and to help the European Commission to link FP7 ICT calls to joint European-Russian ICT priorities ISTOK.Ru key outputs Recommendations on the 8 priorities for strategic EU-Russia ICT collaboration Competence platform containing over 2900 data and over 200 detailed profiles of EU and RU ICT specialists, data base of over 230 research organisations 10 partnerships established 8 joint proposals submitted under call 2 and call 3 of the FP7 Methodology approbation Mapping of ICT competences Identification of priorities for collaboration Common EU-RU ICT collaboration taxonomy Networking and partner searching

4. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme New Collaborative Partnerships Project rationale International cooperation needs Convergence of ICT priorities ISTOK-SOYUZ will focus on the improvement of visibility (“mapping”) of the ICT competences in the target regions and cross- map them with the EU ones in order to identify relevant international collaboration Interaction between European and national ICT initiatives ISTOK-SOYUZ intends to closely cooperate with the European initiatives ETP and NoE, covering topics relevant to international technological cooperation with EECA countries (EURON, HYCON, NESSI, ARTEMIS, PASCALL) Support to policy dialogues ISTOK-SOYUZ will support the EU policy dialogue in relevant countries and will seek to involve the key national stakeholders in ISTOK-SOYUZ activities The ISTOK-SOYUZ consortium proposes to support partners searching on the dynamic base including networking and brokerage events (direct contact) between European and ICT specialists from target countries Promote the EU ICT programme in addressed countries The ISTOK-SOYUZ information and awareness raising campaign will be one of the key pillars of the project

5. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Geographical coverage Target countries: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan Prospective countries : Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan European Union

6. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Consortium overview Inno AG (coordinator), Germany Russian Technology Transfer Network (RTTN), Russia. Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPRAS), Russia The Foundation Sophia Antipolis (FSA), France Republican Centre for Technology Transfer (RCTT), Belarus Technology Business Incubator “Kharkov Technologies” (TBI), Ukraine Yerevan State University (YSU), Armenia National Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan (NIF), Kazakhstan

7. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Project goals and objectives Increase strategic alliances between European ICT research and research of Eastern Europe and Central Asia To promote the EU ICT program and contribute to the definition of the collaboration strategies between EU and EECA countries To increase the visibility of mutual R&D potential and networking of ICT stakeholders To increase the number of joint proposals under EU ICT program Extended ICT community for benefits of EU R&D Identification of promising ICT technological areas for cooperation with target countries (5 per each) 5 Network and brokerage events. Integration into NoE and ETP (25 organisations from EECA) 20 partnerships for FP7 proposals

8. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Specific objective 1 MAIN TASKS  Coordination with existing cooperation projects  Support to the EU INFSO international cooperation unit to integrate results of cooperation projects  Identification of target organizations and stakeholders  Networking and liaisons with relevant stakeholders in Eastern European and Central Asian countries  Express-diagnostic of ICT collaboration potential in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries EXPECTED RESULTS  Large Information campaign  Project web-site  Convergence of existing ICT initiatives  Express diagnostic  5 promising ICT technological areas per target country  Recommendations on suggested priorities for a global scientific cooperation strategy in the ICT sector between the EU and target countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia  Recommendations about collaboration potential in addressed EECA countries  ISTOK operational network To promote the EU ICT programme and contribute to the definition of the collaboration strategies between EU and target countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

9. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Specific objective 2 MAIN TASKS  Expansion of the ISTOK competence platform  Organisation of an awareness raising campaign ; networking and brokerage events  Visibility increase and connection to European networks (integration of the ICT specialists from the target countries in the TP)  Training for successful partnership building  Organisation of ISTOK internal call for proposals EXPECTED RESULTS  Awareness raising campaign  At least 10 communication sessions  5 networking and brokerage events  Extended ISTOK competence platform  At least 25 organisations from target EECA countries integrated in ETP and/or NoEs  ISTOK internal call for proposals To increase the visibility of mutual R&D potential and networking of ICT stakeholders

10. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Specific objective 3 MAIN TASKS  Design and implementation of Hands-on support aiming to increase the number of joint proposals  Promotion of collaboration opportunities among EU research centers and companies  Design and implementation of visiting schemes  Providing technical assistance for the proposal preparation EXPECTED RESULTS  Hands-on support for at least 15 winners of ISTOK internal call for proposals  Increased interest of EU R&D organizations for ICT technologies proposed by ISTOK  Organization of partner visits to EU  Assistance in the establishment of at least 20 partnerships indented to submit a joint proposal under FP7 calls To increase the number of joint proposals under the EU ICT programme

11. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Multi-dimensional approach Tools:  Newsletters  Information about FP7, calls and rules,  Examples of success stories,  Explanation of benefits to be FP participants,  Guide “How to become FP participant…” Focus ► all addressed countries (EECA region) LEVEL 1 Tools : level 2+  Various hands-on support to the partners  Organisation of two-direction visits to meet with EU and EECA partners and discuss collaboration projects Focus ►all target countries LEVEL 3 Tools : level 1+  Brokerage and networking events (incl. Delegatino tours...)  Training  Connection to ISTOK competence platform that provides visibility of competences  Organization of ISTOK-SOYUZ internal call(s) for proposals Focus ► all target countries LEVEL 2 Level 3: Hands-on support Porosity Porosity effect

12. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Overall schedule – main milestones 2009 2010-2011 Kick-off meetings in 5 countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan Training (3/4 quarter 09) Networking event Delegation tour (to Russia+) project newsletters Internal call for proposals. Hands-on support Reports on 5 promising ICT technological areas per target country Training Delegation tour Networking and brokerage event in Russia (final) How to do guidelines (FP7)

13. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Benefits for ICT community Web-site, competence platform, newsletter Trainings, Networking and Brokerage events Hands-on-support for 15 winners of internal call for proposals How to do guide (FP7 participation)Delegation tours Register at www.istok- soyuz.euwww.istok- soyuz.eu Participate at least one of 5 events Prepare a proposal Read and use for proposal preparation Partnership building ISTOK-SOYUZ Project suggestionsICT specialists

14. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Partnering projects SCUBE ICT (Target countries: Belarus, Ukraine) EXTEND (Target countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine) ISTOK-SOYUZ (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan) Taxonomy Competence platform www.eeca-ict.eu Networking and brokerage events Awareness raising campaign FP7 Guidelines Newsletter Helpdesk

15. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Contacts details Inno AG (Germany): Franck LE GALL f.legall@inno-group.com Olga KIEFFER o.kieffer@inno-group.com Institute of System Programming RAS (Russia): Alexander PETRENKO petrenko@ispras.ru petrenko@ispras.ru Nikolay PAKULIN npak@ispras.ru Russian Technology Transfer Network (Russia) Anton YANOVSKY a.yanovsky@rttn.ru a.yanovsky@rttn.ru Oleg Luksha o.luksha@rttn.ruo.luksha@rttn.ru Technology Business Incubator “Kharkov Technologies” (Ukraine) Nadiya YEFIMOVA nadia@isc.kharkov.com Republican Centre for Technology Transfer (Belarus) Alexander USPENSKIY uspenskiy@mail.ruuspenskiy@mail.ru Yerevan State University (Armenia) Ruben TOUPCHAN rouben@ysu.amrouben@ysu.am National Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan Oleg Ivanov oleg.ivanov@nif.kzoleg.ivanov@nif.kz Foundation Sophia Antipolis (France): Laurent SOULIER soulier@sophia- antipolis.orgsoulier@sophia- antipolis.org Project director: Svetlana KLESSOVA (s.klessova@inno-group.com), inno AGs.klessova@inno-group.com

16. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme ISTOK-SOYUZ project ISTOK-SOYUZ project Detailed info on consortium

17. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme inno AG 13 September, 2015 - inno in ICT inno CONSULTING & VALORISATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Business incubators management EUROLABS Networking Technologies R&D PROJECT in EUROPEAN INDUSTRY ICT CENTRE IN MOROCCO VALORISATION MODEL OPTIMISATION VALUE GENERATION SERVICES INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION STRATEGY & POLICY NATIONAL & EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES FP6 ICT PRIORITIES ICT NETWORKS AND CLUSTERS Company key figures founded 1991 8 locations 60+ international team 7+ M€ turnover continuous growth with 13% year average OMNI NET CLUSTER PRACTICE GO4IT IPv6 PROTOCOL

18. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Russian Technology Transfer Network  Russian Technology Transfer Network (RTTN) is an association of more then 70 Russian Innovation Centres, specialized in technology transfer area.  RTTN is an innovation infrastructure tool, aimed at effective dissemination of technological information and partner search for implementation of innovation projects.  RTTN creation is based on the model and methodology of European network of Innovation Relay Centers (IRC). RTTN is a member of Enterprise Europe Network.  RTTN members provide services for 1400 clients (SME, R&D institutes, universities). In 2008 they had carried out more then 300 technological audits and established 50 technological partnerships.  RTTN has been involved in 4 FP6/FP7 projects

19. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme ISPRAS is involved in industrial projects / research / education in fundamental and applied Computer Science ISPRAS is a member of Gelato and FORTIA (FME) Industrial partnership: Nortel Networks (testing of switch OS) Telelogic (tool development) Microsoft (IPv6 and Mobile IPv6 testing) Intel, Daimler-Chrysler (compiler testing) Linux Foundation (Linux Standard Base, conformance test suites, and certification framework) Go4IT – dissemination of IPv6 and TTCN-3 Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences Profile: founded in 1994 by Academician Victor Ivannikov ISPRAS is about 200 researchers and software engineers (over 40 D.Sc. and Ph.D) Profile: founded in 1994 by Academician Victor Ivannikov ISPRAS is about 200 researchers and software engineers (over 40 D.Sc. and Ph.D)

20. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Foundation Sophia Antipolis The Foundation Sophia Antipolis and The Park Activities & Objectives of the foundation Established by state decree in 1984 and chaired ever since by Senator Pierre LAFFITTE. At the crossroads of Technology, Science and Innovation, Art, Philosophy and Ethics. Acts as an interface between the academic, research, and industrial worlds Within big science parks or clusters Between international clusters The Park was conceived and commercialised in 1969. Today positioned as the first European Technopole, Sophia Antipolis shelters 1.300 entities, 40.000 Sophipolitains and representing in the region of 70 nationalities The turnover generated by the companies is approximately 4,4 billion € per year  Diffusing scientific and technological culture  Steering Cooperation agreements and/or MoU Between cluster representatives and/or their national organisation  To increase peoples’ awareness of research and innovation  To try out new forms of organisation and behaviour (to instil an entrepreneurial spirit)  Facilitating partnerships between innovative SMEs  Encouraging the development of new clusters and promoting internationalisation  Developing training programmes Telecenters, cluster management, Human Resource Management  Conducting studies, and participating in European consortiums aiming :  to study/develop key tools assisting in the creation and development of companies  to analyse mechanisms aiming to support clusters and technopole  Facilitating prospective thinking www.sophia-antipolis.org

21. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme TBI “Kharkov Technologies” Established in 1998 within frameworks of BID Program in Ukraine in partnership with Loyola College, USA and ISC NAS of Ukraine Acts as intermediary between business, research and academy organizations Objectives: assisting innovative SMEs and research institutions in science commercialization and technology transfer, facilitating partnerships between innovative SMEs, increasing SMEs awareness of research, innovation and new opportunities of participating in EC FP Services provided: credit guarantees for innovation projects (credit line); ICT services (250 users), consulting ( marketing research, business and innovation projects development); trainings, workshops, conferences, technology transfer, search of partners, technology audits Ukraine KHARKOV Target group : Tenants – spin-off companies of the ISC NASU Affiliates : innovative SMEs and research organization interested in technology commercialization Virtual Business Incubator – regional entrepreneurial network Activities: Participation in international projects and networks: MAP, BIZPRO (USAID), infoDev (WB), PUM, BOOST-IT (FP6), ECAbit, RTTN Popularization of national science – Project “Science and innovation for society” Partnership with Ukrainian technoparks Near-term outlook: creation of UTTN compatible with international TTN

22. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Republican Centre for Technology Transfer Republican Centre for Technology Transfer (RCTT) was founded in May 2003 under the auspices of the State Committee for Science and Technologies of the Republic of Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the UND Programme and UNIDO. RCTT's primary goal is to promote the cooperation between hi-tech developers, entrepreneurs and investors with the aim that existing knowledge, facilities, or capabilities developed under a government or a private research and development funding are utilized to fulfill public and private needs. TASKS SET FOR RCTT: creating and maintaining information databases meant for serving clients in the technology transfer sector; providing RCTT’s clients with access to international databases on technology transfer, research and development; assisting innovation activity agents in development and promotion of their innovation and investment projects; instructing and training specialists in research-and innovation-related entrepreneurship; establishing RCTT’s offices across the country, with the aim to create a unified national network of technology transfer centres; establishing RCTT’s field offices all over the world, with the aim to assist and promote the international scientific and technical collaboration, and exchange of specialists. RCTT has 5 regional offices and more than 20 branch offices at universities and at the enterprises in different cities of Belarus and 2 overseas field offices in China. RCTT cooperates with 53 partners from 17 states. RCTT is a member of UNIDO Exchange Network, Russian Technology Transfer Network, yet2.com Network (USA), International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information Network. RCTT has been involved in 3 international projects.

23. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme Yerevan State University IT Educational and Research Center IT Educational and Research Center was established in 2007. The center is intended to cover: Graduate educational programs, continuous education, short- and long-term trainings in IT Research in IT including: database systems, OCR, testing of electronic devices and systems, design and test of embedded HW/SW systems, models of distributed computer systems and programs, formal verification Development and implementation of information systems for the university e-government and quality assurance of the university education Graduate Programs: Management of Information Systems, Development of Information Systems Upcoming Specializations: Embedded Systems, Software Development Training Programs: Design and Test of Embedded Memories sponsored by Virage Logic Corp. Distance learning: State-of-the-art infrastructure for multimedia and distributed educational resources High Performance Computations: Process Based Management of Specific GRID Configurations (Within the framework of ISTC Grant – National Computational Grid Infrastructure Development) IT Center students and graduates successfully work in headquarters and local branches of world-wide known companies.

24. The project is supported by the European Commission under the ICT thematic area of the 7th Research Framework Programme National Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan Quick facts: ▪ 2003 - year of incorporation ▪ $265 million – charter capital ▪ 11 invested VFs (6 local, 5 international) ▪ 5 technoparks owned Portfolio: 14 innovation projects 47 R&D projects 15 venture funds’ projects 4 foreign high-tech companies Mission: growth of innovational activity in Kazakhstan, development of high-tech and science-intensive production facilities. Innovation Congress: Providing participants of innovation process with an area for information and experience exchange and arrangement of cooperation High-Tech Friday Club: Informal forum, quarterly conducted by the Fund to discuss the problems and perspectives of innovation development in ICT Seminars / Training: How to develop successful business plan? How to finance a ”start-up” company? Analysis of business plan and «due diligence» NIF$50k competition: A student team-winner receives a grant of $50K for developing their business project. Market and technology research: Life Science IT Alternative Energy