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The aim of this study is to explore possibilities of involvement of citizens, businesses and other organisations in support of administrative and policy processes, as well as, in production of services for other citizens, businesses and organisations and to propose new lines of action in the area of collaborative production of e-Government and related or derived services.

The subject of the contract is a study to understand and structure new needs and opportunities of the design of future embedded systems. It will support and prepare the FP8 ICT work programme for the embedded systems design area. A significant part will address emerging system of systems aspects.

We look for a company to assist the Commission with carrying out usability tests with children between 13 and 17 years old on social networking sites. The purpose of this exercise is to test how young people find, use and understand safety features implemented by some of the social networking sites signatories to the "Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU". We want to check how they find safety information, how they understand it, how fast they find the privacy settings, how they understand them, how they manage to change them, whether they are able to find the report mechanism, how they understand it, etc. Youth participating in this testing will have to be from the UK, France and Germany. The contract is for work of minimum 80 days to be carried out over a period of a maximum of 4 months, with a maximum total value of 50.000 €.

The study's principal goal is to analyse Europe's market status in photonics areas particularly relevant for building a future low carbon economy such as energy-efficient lighting, photovoltaics or all-optical communications, and its potential for further development.

The overall objective of the study is to give an overview of how different national models of long-term care have reacted to the challenge of an ageing population and promoted the deployment of home care services through the use of ICT for older people with chronic diseases. The study shall also demonstrate the actual and potential social and economic gains that are associated to these services. The geographical scope of the study is the EU27, Norway, Iceland and Croatia.

The proposed study will identify practical mechanisms to realise the EU's Vision 2020 of a low carbon, connected economy by directly addressing the "information deficit" in the fields of energy efficiency and carbon footprint management. Today, even where more and better information is beginning to be generated (e.g. carbon footprinting and accounting by certain progressive firms) this information is not being made available usefully in the daily lives of consumers and other economic actors to inform and make possible substantive behavioural change individually or in the market. This "information transparency" remains a sine qua non for meeting the 2020 targets on energy efficiency and Green House Gas emissions reduction.

As an input to prepare the future 8th Framework Programme (FP8), the Commission wants to undertake a study about the competencies and technologies needed to realise the future integrated miniaturised systems. This study must be focussed on the current EU-industrial competences and how to keep or even improve the current position of European industry at world-wide level.

The Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme has launched its third Call for Proposals with the topic “ICT based solutions for Advancement of Older Persons’ Independence and Participation in the Self-Serve Society”.

The aim of this study is to improve the understanding of the nuisances and advantages that RFID technology could have on the recycling industry.

Conduct a fact finding mission/study providing up-to date information on access to emergency services in Mediterranean partner countries and also assessing the feasibility of introducing the emergency number 112 in these countries, possibly alongside the national emergency number as it is the case in the EU

The Commission has published a Call for Proposals under PROGRESS, the EU’s employment and social solidarity programme, with a view to selecting – on the basis of a triennial strategic plan – EU-level NGO networks to work with the Commission and receive Union support on a stable and regular basis for the period 2011-2013. The Union support is not intended for specific projects, but to cover the costs inherent in the functioning of a European NGO network over a period that is equivalent to its accounting period. Deadline for submitting proposals: 28/05/2010

We look for one researcher to assist the Commission with carrying out a second assessment of the implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU. The main tasks to be carried out would include: Develop a methodology for the second assessment of the implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU ; Adapt the methodology to the different types of social networking platforms signatories to the Principles ; Coordinate a team of national researchers who will implement the methodology and ensure quality control of their work ; Write a report on the main findings of the second assessment of the implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU. Deadline for receipt of the supporting documents for pre-selection criteria: 7 May 2010.

The fourth call for proposals opened on 21 January 2010 with a deadline of 1st June 2010. Of interest: Objective 3.3 (e-Accessibility of Public Digital Terminals foresees the support of one large or several smaller pilot actions) and Objective 3.4 (Assistive technology and accessibility portal foresees the launch of one or more thematic networks).

The Safer Internet Programme seeks to contract 2-3 persons to help in the drafting of guidelines to be used by potential producers and providers of online content aimed at giving children and young people positive experiences and to help in the drafting of criteria for carrying out a competition within this field. The contracts are for work of up to 9 days to be carried out over a period of 4 months (June through September 2010), with a maximum total value below 5000€ each. The work will be done mostly at the contractors' premises and online or by telephone, but might also involve meetings in Luxembourg.

This study is to provide input to the assessment of competitive developments of the EU roaming market and the review of the functioning of the Roaming Regulation. The closing date for submitting a tender is 26 March 2010.

The call for proposals under the Safer Internet programme was launched on 26 February 2010 (OJ C48/07). Proposals may be submitted for the following actions: Safer Internet Centres (awareness centres, hotlines and helplines) in Portugal and Slovakia ; a thematic network to facilitate cooperation of law enforcement agencies in Europe and internationally ; a targeted project enhancing law enforcement agencies' analysis of illegal material within peer-to-peer ; a knowledge enhancement project on internet addiction of minors ; a thematic network to stimulate and co-ordinate investigation into the use of new media by children.

The European Commission has published today the Call for Proposals for the Exhibition session at ICT2010 on 27-29 September 2010. The Commission is looking for ideas in the area of upstream ICT innovation as well as close-to-market projects. We invite any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities to submit an idea for an exhibit. The call is open to all sorts of actors in ICT research: universities, research institutes, non-profit organisations, public authorities and commercial companies including small and medium sized enterprises.

The health domain and its three main industries, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and eHealth, are dominant economic sectors with respect to employment creation and growth. Sustainable delivery of quality healthcare at affordable cost is a major challenge for European healthcare systems for a variety of reasons. This calls for changes in the way healthcare is delivered and the way medical knowledge is managed and transferred to clinical practice. The Call 6 opened on 24/11/2009 for Virtual Physiological Human proposals (Objective ICT-2009.5.3) among other topics. Specific details of the VPH call can be found on the ICT for Health VPH page.

The European Digital Agenda will be a major contributor to the European Commission's overall strategy for developing a low-carbon, high value European economy over the coming five years.

This call for proposals was launched on 21 January under the 2010 Work Programme of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013). The Work Programme 2010 focuses on 6 themes: ICT for a low carbon economy and smart mobility; Digital Libraries; ICT for health and inclusion; Open innovation for future Internet-enabled services in smart cities; ICT for improved public services for citizens and businesses; Multilingual Web.