Notebook 2003 The ICT-Policy Committee of the Nordic Council of Ministers

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Notebook 2003 The ICT-Policy Committee of the
Nordic Council of Ministers
NORDUnet 3 - A Nordic eScience
Area Recommendations for a Nordic Programme of
Advanced Internet Research Development
A selection of notes from the work in
2003 Presented at the NORDUNET 2003 Conference
in Reykjavik by Stellan Ranebo (Chair ICT-p)
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Recommendations for a Nordic Programme of
Advanced Internet Research Development

• Background
• The direction and focus of a Nordic programme for
  research and development in the Internet and
  Internet-applications
• Why should this be done at the Nordic level and
  not simply within the framework of EU
  co-operation?
• The importance of the initiative in relation to
  other work in the Nordic Council of Ministers for
  Education and Research
• Organisational and financial preconditions for a
  programme in this sector
• Recommendations and Status

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The direction and focus of a Nordic programme for
research and development in the Internet and
Internet-applications

• What type of research and for whom?
• The objective of research
• IT security
• Decentralised data storage and computing capacity
  (GRID)
• Test-beds for high-capacity transfer via optical
  fibre networks
• Mobile Internet
• Prioritised and guaranteed services
• Efficient communication
• Research co-operation with advanced IT support

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Why should this be done at the Nordic level and
not simply within the framework of EU
co-operation?

• Particular conditions for the Nordic countries
• The Nordic platform for participation in the EUs
  major research programmes
• Nordic interests in the Adjacent Area
• The future generation of citizens in the
  knowledge society

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The importance of the initiative in relation to
other work in the Nordic Council of Ministers for
Education and Research

• The over-arching strategy of the Ministerial
  Council A new Nordic agenda
• The White Book on making the Nordic Area an
  internationally leading research and business
  region
• The Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme
• The idea of a Nordic Research Fund

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Organisational and financial preconditions for a
programme in this sector

• Organisational models
• To gather the available resources together in one
  fund and ensure their distribution from it
  according to clearly defined criteria
• To structure the programme in detail and to
  charge different institutions with the task of
  carrying out the research described or
• To identify all those who have an interest in
  participating in a common programme and share out
  the work, investments and results.
• Actors and collaborating Nordic bodies
• The Nordic Research Policy Council (FPR)
• Joint Committee of the Nordic Natural Science
  Research Councils (NOS-N)
• NORDUnet A/S
• The Nordic Industry Fund (NI)
• The Nordic Academy for Advanced Studies (NorFa)
• Financial implications