Dr' Stephan Pascall Advisor to the Director

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Introductory remarks and General Background

• Dr. Stephan PascallAdvisor to the Director
• Directorate G Components and SystemsDG
  Information Society and Media
• European Commission

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The challenge

• The EU is confronted with
• socio-economic disparities between Member States
  and regions
• increasing competition from US/Japan and South
  East Asia
• a technological revolution and ageing population
• limited capacity to transform RD into commercial
  products and processes

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Lisbon strategy

• Make the EU "the most dynamic and competitive
  knowledge-based economy in the world capable of
  sustainable economic growth with more and better
  jobs and greater social cohesion, and respect for
  the environment by 2010"

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Role of ICT 1/2

• ICT is a key enabler of productivity growth
• Half of EU productivity gains due to ICT
• ICT is a sector in its own right
• From 4 of EU GDP in early 90s to close to 8
  today
• ICT facilitates progress in science technology
• Computation simulation, information handling,
  sensing, control, communications,
• GÉANT the worlds fastest research network

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Role of ICT 2/2

• ICT provides the tools to address key societal
  challenges
• Ageing population, inclusion, healthcare
• Learning preserving cultural diversity
• Safety, environmental risk management
• ICT facilitates efficient public services
• In modernising administrations
• In enabling e-participation (in democracy
  public life)

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FP7 Cooperation Programme
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Conclusion

• Europe must renew the basis of its
  competitiveness placing the main emphasis on
  knowledge, innovation and human capital
• To achieve these objectives, the Union must
  mobilise all appropriate resources
• A key element for funding innovation
• Framework Programme funding research and
  development to produce knowledge

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Purpose of the Conference

• To enable Serbian stakeholders to contribute more
  to the FP7 ICT/Theme

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Thank you

• Information Society and Media
• http//ec.europa.eu/information_society/
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/home_en.ht
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• Dr. Stephan Pascall
• Advisor to the Director
• DG Information Society and Media
• European Commission
• Email stephan.pascall_at_ec.europa.eu