In particular, this Key Action concentrates on promoting creativity in the content industries through new forms of content combining highly visual and interactive media, on improving natural and user-friendly interaction between humans and the universe of digital services and on empowering the citizen through better access to culture and science, and the development of an Information Society base of knowledge and skills. Essential technologies and infrastructures to further the development of these technologies and infrastructures common to more than one application, enhance their applicability and accelerate their take-up in Europe. Each call for proposals selects a number of strands from each Key Action for project funding. The amount of funding given depends on the type of project proposed. Key research and development requirements include novel architectures and solutions for interoperability, scalability, customisability, multilinguality and dependability, as well as adoption of user centred design principles.
Emphasis is on visionary research with high potential payoffs.
Key Action II will not fund short term, incremental RTD efforts. A key aim of EC funded projects is to share the results - so we hope in forthcoming updates to report on the results of projects that contribute to the development of new ways of working. HOP has managed or has been a partner in a number of European projects. These have covered areas such as using technology to bring work to rural areas, teleworking for people with disabilities, changing business processes and developing technologies for integrating remote workers into the workplace. They also have experience of evaluating EC-funded projects.