MOSAIC -

From 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2015

The MOSAIC project aims to foster R&D cooperation between Europe and Mediterranean Partner Countries under European and third country programmes. MOSAIC focuses on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and how ICT can support common EU-MED societal challenges among which are Health and Wellbeing, Food and Agriculture, Clean Energy, Green Integrated Transport and Risk Management for critical issues such as Climate Action and Secure Societies.

In order to strengthen cooperation between European and Mediterranean organizations, MOSAIC proposes the creation of 2 Technology Platforms (TPs) in the Mediterraan region:

• MED-TP1 covering Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya).
• MED-TP2 covering Mashriq countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria).

MOSAIC will fulfil the following objectives:

• Analyze potential areas of cooperation between Europe and MED countries around the thematic area of ICT applications of ICT to Societal challenges.
• Identify key stakeholders to launch and run TPs in MED countries including representatives from industrial (large companies and SMEs) and academic sectors.
• Promote and support the creation of TPs in MED countries, including the production of a Vision document and Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas, as tools to set up sustainable scientific cooperation with Europe.
• Create a Global Strategy for EU-MED cooperation in the field of ICT and ICT applications to Societal challenges.
• Liaise MED-TPs with counterparts European Technology Platforms (ETPs) and contribute to update the European strategy for International Cooperation.
• Increase awareness on the potentialities for cooperation between Europe and MED countries in the fields of ICT and ICT applications to societal challenges.

The role of AUB is to act as the point of contact for Lebanon. AUB will identify the main ICT stakeholders and actors in Lebanon and will also collect the data to identify the main fields of interest in ICT in order to develop collaborative projects around research, development and innovation between Mediterranean and European entities.

For more information visit www.mosaic-med.eu or contact:

Fadi Zaraket Tel.: +961 70 139 440 Email: fadi.zaraket at aub.edu.lb

Daniel Franco - Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Tel.: +34 93 728 7750
Email: daniel.franco@uab.cat

URL: uab.cat

Tonny Velin – Answare

Tel.: +34 661 727 951

Email: tvelin@answare-tech.com

URL: answare-tech