This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No Supporting European Union and Southeast Asia ICT strategic partnership and policy dialogue: Connecting ICT EU-SEA Research, Development and Innovation Knowledge Networks CONNECT2SEA Project CONNECTING ICT IN EUROPE AND SOUTH EAST ASIA Website:

CONNECT2SEA Project: Reinforcing EU-SEA ICT R&D collaboration 2 International coordination and support action, funded by the EC/DG CONNECT (FP7) Start: December 1, Duration: 30 months (until May 31, 2016) Target groups: ICT stakeholders, ICT R&D organisations, policy makers, clusters and networks Target countries: European Union and South East Asia International coordination and support action, funded by the EC/DG CONNECT (FP7) Start: December 1, Duration: 30 months (until May 31, 2016) Target groups: ICT stakeholders, ICT R&D organisations, policy makers, clusters and networks Target countries: European Union and South East Asia

3 The CONNECT2SEA Project: helps to enhance EU-SEA ICT research, development and innovation collaboration supports ICT policy dialogue between the EU and SEA The CONNECT2SEA Project: helps to enhance EU-SEA ICT research, development and innovation collaboration supports ICT policy dialogue between the EU and SEA CONNECT2SEA Project: Reinforcing EU-SEA ICT R&D collaboration

Consortium 4 The CONNECT2SEA Project targets the all European Union and all SEA Countries Coordinator inno TSD, France National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand TU Dortmund, Germany National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), Philippines Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Computer Science, Greece Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia Athens Technology Center (ATC), Greece Information Technology Institute, Vietnam National University(ITI-VNU), Vietnam University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia

Collaboration 5 Endorsed by ASEAN COST Committee on Science and Technology In Collaboration with Ideal-ist, an international ICT network with more than 70 ICT national partners from EU and Non-EU Countries.

Objectives and activities (1) Call opened from March to May applications received from 130 organisations 21 SEA-EU initiatives selected for funding Funding of bottom up initiatives to enhance ICT collaboration 6

7 Funding of bottom up initiatives to enhance ICT collaboration : Examples Event “Data management in the Cloud era”, workshop dealing with data management on the cloud, focus on ‘big data’ (October 2014, Malaysia) “EU-SEA Workshop and cooperation on Internet of Things and Open Platforms” (January 2015, Vietnam) EU-SEA Workshop “Advanced Computing for Control and Performance Optimization: Algorithms and Applications” (March 2015, Thailand) Event “EU-SEA Wearable take-off”, 3-day workshop dealing with wearable devices and its market, best practice exchange (April 2015, Indonesia) Workshop “EU-SEA Network for Quantum Optical Technologies” (May 2015, Bulgaria) Travel grants to initiate or expand ICT R&D collaboration

8 Objectives and activities (2) Create connections between EU and SEA networks and organisations Support collaboration Inform about ICT research trends and priorities Point out funding opportunities Reinforcing ICT R&D and innovation cooperation

9 Reinforcing ICT R&D and innovation cooperation Examples “Information and Communication Technologies in EU and ASEAN: priorities and collaboration opportunities” – Workshop at ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days (Thailand, January 2014) Contribution to “Networked European Software and Service Initiative (NESSI) proposal development and consortium formation workshop for Horizon 2020 calls” (Spain, November 2014) “Workshop on Real-Time Interactive Web-Based Distance Learning Environment for Europe” – South East Asia – Japan (Philippines, November 2014) Panel session on ICT research collaboration and academia-industry collaboration in SEA and between SEA and Europe (Thailand, March 2015) …

10 Objectives and activities (3) Implement targeted actions Organise policy round tables Prepare recommendations for policy makers Contribution to ICT policy dialogue

11 Contribution to ICT policy dialogue Examples Targeted actions: “Small scale” activity matching the needs of ASEAN in line with EU priorities involving EU-SEA cooperation where consortium partners can contribute. Revealment of potential fields for collaboration for the two regions Cybersecurity event in 2015, bringing together relevant experts from EU and SEA to discuss the challenges and opportunities FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY Analysis of the national cybersecurity-related roadmaps in various European and ASEAN countries Identification of national priorities, highlighting both commonalities and differences

12 Contribution to EU-SEA ICT policy dialogue Examples POLICY ROUND TABLES, as a strategic forum for EU and SEA stakeholders in ICT RDI and policy, with the goal to discuss synergies between the RDI collaborative programmes relevant ICT projects/activities that would have high impacts for both regions problems and obstacles of the EU-SEA RDI ICT collaboration directions for enhancing the EU-SEA ICT collaboration Key players participating in policy round table dialogues: ASEAN Subcommittee on Microelectronics and Information Technology ASEAN Telecommunication and Information Technology Joint Working Group ASEAN – EU dialogue partners

Outcomes and performance indicators 13 Outcomes Enhancement of ICT research and innovation collaboration between EU and SEA countries Contribution to EU-SEA ICT policy dialogue Outcomes Enhancement of ICT research and innovation collaboration between EU and SEA countries Contribution to EU-SEA ICT policy dialogue Performance indicators Increase in level of visibility of EU ICT R&D activities and research excellence in SEA, and vise versa Number and magnitude of initiatives aiming at increasing EU-SEA ICT R&D and policy collaboration Level of involvement of ICT policy makers in the round tables and other project activities Recommendations for policy makers integrating feedback from the EU and SEA organisations, and their follow up Performance indicators Increase in level of visibility of EU ICT R&D activities and research excellence in SEA, and vise versa Number and magnitude of initiatives aiming at increasing EU-SEA ICT R&D and policy collaboration Level of involvement of ICT policy makers in the round tables and other project activities Recommendations for policy makers integrating feedback from the EU and SEA organisations, and their follow up

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15 Contact CONTACT IN EUROPE Main contact (Project Coordinator) Svetlana Klessova Press contact Dorota Pawlucka CONTACT IN EUROPE Main contact (Project Coordinator) Svetlana Klessova Press contact Dorota Pawlucka CONTACT IN SEA Main contact Dr. Pensri Guntasopatr Press contact Maria Irene S. Amatorio CONTACT IN SEA Main contact Dr. Pensri Guntasopatr Press contact Maria Irene S. Amatorio Via website: