The objective ofthe European research program meinIn for mation and Communication Technologies (ICT) is to improve the competitiveness of European in dustry and enable Europe to shape and master future developments in ICT.ICT is attheverycore ofthe knowledge based society .European research funding hasastargettostrengthen Europe’s scientific and technology base and to ensure European leadership in ICT, help drive and stimulate product, service and process innovation through ICT use and value creation in Europe, and ensure that ICT progress is rapidly transformed into benefits for Europe’s citizens, businesses, industry and governments
