European and Latin American Strategic Cooperation on 3D Internet R&D (SALA3D)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Colombia,Uruguay
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-4, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 556422.0
EU funding (EUR): 495122.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

SALA3D is a Support Action (SA) aiming at fostering the cooperation among European researchers and Colombian and Uruguayan researchers in the field of content-aware networks, network-aware applications and 3D Media Internet through the alignment of research priorities between the Colombian and Uruguayan R&D Programmes with European R&D programmes. The ultimate goal of SALA3D is to develop roadmaps particularized for Colombia and Uruguay, which will attempt to influence the Colombian and Uruguayan R&D Programmes as to include research themes of interest for European researchers. Similarly, SALA3D will help European researchers to identify key research priorities from Colombia and Uruguay, which are of mutual interest. In order to achieve this main goal SALA3D has established the following specific objectives: 1. The establishment of a research roadmap for EU cooperation with Colombia and with Uruguay in the field of content aware networks, network aware applications and 3D Media Internet. 2. A comprehensive study of the socio-economic context in relation to research potential on content aware networks, network aware applications and 3D Media Internet in Colombia and Uruguay. 3. The adaptation of the research roadmap, taking into consideration those socio-economic aspects, to stimulate the economic development of activities related to the research areas being addressed by SALA3D in Colombia and Uruguay. 4. The identification of key stakeholders in the content-aware networks, network-aware applications and 3D Media Internet fields targeted by SALA3D in Colombia and Uruguay. 5. The organisation of dissemination activities in Colombia and Uruguay to raise awareness among research stakeholders with a view to achieve their stronger involvement in FP7 projects. The project aims to consolidate the Science and Technology dialogue between Colombia, Uruguay and the EU, including policy and socio-economic aspects, in the technology areas targeted by the project. SALA3D will establish a sustainable cooperation structure between Europe, Colombia and Uruguay through the development of a customized Research and Development roadmap, making the European research programmes more visible in Colombia and Uruguay and strengthening the cooperation with Colombian and Uruguayan researchers. From previous Support Actions conducted during the last 4 years by different projects (SALA+, Solar-ICT, Winds) and the ALIS programme, a strong interest from Colombia and Uruguay has been detected to further cooperate with Europe in these technology fields.

Keywords: colombia,uruguay,sala3d,internet,research,europe,latin america,cooperation,networked media field,sala+