The project ICT- KOSEU supported Kosovo to obtain financing for research and development projects in the area of ICT.

The project ICT- KOSEU – SUPPORTING DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND KOSOVO IN COLLABORATIVE ICT R&D – supported Kosovo to obtain financing for research and development projects in the area of ICT and to increase its capacity to participate in FP7 ICT research and to collaborate with researchers in the European Union.

Project key objectives:

• Identification and analysis of ICT research capacities and priorities in Kosovo that will enable provision of recommendations for future co-operation initiatives between Kosovo and the EU within FP7 and beyond.
• Aligning the national strategies and policies of Kosovo in the area of ICT research and information society with the regional (WB) and EU ones.
• Strengthening of cooperative research links between European organisations, WBC organisations and relevant organisations in Kosovo, with the aim of establishing strategic partnerships that would facilitate Kosovo researchers.

The ICT-KOSEU project vision was to support Kosovo’s efforts for inclusion into the European Research Area by enhancing its capacity to take part in FP7 ICT research and by facilitating its ICT researchers’ collaboration with researchers in the EU and the Western Balkan Countries. This was achieved by following:

• Creating the ability in Kosovo to develop an ICT research strategy in line with the local capacity and needs, the state of the art and the priorities set by the European Research Area;
• Implementing this strategy, for the benefit of businesses, government/administration and the citizens of Kosovo;
• Creating wide spread understanding of ICT and its need for competitiveness, social welfare and the integration with the European Union;
• Raising the level of Kosovo to that of the other Western Balkan countries, and in the long run to that of the countries of the European Union, with respect to their participation in the FP ICT programme.
• Using the existing and future links of the Kosovo research community with other WBC researchers as a way to engage in collaborative research and participate in EU wide research.

Team:

• DI Dietmar Lampert (project leader)
• Mag. Ines Marinkovic
• Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch
• M.A. Gorazd A. Weiss

Section: Research Policy & Development

Partners:

• Kosovar Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
• Kosovo Association of Information and Communication Technology, STIKK
• University of Prishtina
• URSIT Ltd.
• South-East European Research Centre (Coordinator)

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