ACTIVITIES :: eGovernment :: Funding
Funding
To help implement EU eGovernment policies, the Commission has specific budget allocations dedicated to actions in this field. The EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), which runs from 2007 to 2013, supports eGovernment research under the Information Society Technologies activity area. Under FP7 the eGovernment research strategy is structured around two core challenges: the first is to develop advanced, interactive, secure and user-driven eGovernment services for business and citizens; the second is to facilitate organisational transformation in the public sector towards dynamic, interoperable and service-driven public organisations.
Calls for proposals and calls for tenders are published by the Commission to ensure all eligible parties have the opportunity to bid for funding in specific areas.
The Call 7 is now open. This is one of the biggest calls ever launched for information and communications technology (ICT) research proposals under the EU's 7th research framework programme. Among the 22 objectives identified in the Work Programme 2011-12, the funding will advance research on e-governance through the objective 5.6 "ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling". A description of this Objective can be found in this factsheet
- ICT Calls in FP7 (Cordis)