Implementing cooperation on Future
Internet and ICT Components between
Europe and Latin America

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FIRST is a Support Action funded by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme in order to foster International Cooperation in the areas of Future Internet and ICT Components and systems between Europe and Latin America.

The project aims to extend the concept of European Technology Platforms (ETPs) to Latin American, by gathering strategic stakeholders from the different sectors included in the Future Internet, ICT Components and systems fields into one national ICT Technology Platform per country in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

These Latin American Technology Platforms (LATPs) will be essential counterparts for ETPs in Latin America, facilitating an efficient networking and collaboration with the ultimate objective of promoting joint research initiatives between European and Latin American entities from the ICT field.

Some of the main objectives of the project are:

Identification of key stakeholders best suited to launch and run Technology Platforms in Latin America including representatives from industrial and academic sectors, and looking also for the support of local R&D Agencies in Latin America.
Analysis of potential areas of cooperation within the ICT field between Europe and Latin America at national and Regional levels.
Promotion and support to the creation of Technology Platforms in Latin America at a national level in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
Creation of a Regional Strategy for EU- LatAm cooperation in the field of Future Internet.
Liaising Latin American Technology Platforms with European counterparts, as well as providing periodic information to other relevant organizations such as European Commission, National Member States initiatives on Future Internet, FIRE, FIA, FIF, etc.
Increasing awareness on the potentialities for cooperation in the field of Future Internet between Europe and Latin America.