Information Society will affect most aspects of our lives and European Commission’s Directorate-General Information Society and Media, in this context, aims at shaping Europe’s Digital Future through market regulation, the promotion of a wider use of Information and Communication Technologies, and research funding: research in the ICT area benefits from a budget of around 1000 million euro per year in the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) covering the period 2007-2013. Beyond thematic Units focusing on the various research areas of the « FP7 ICT work programme » the International relations Unit supports all thematic Units on the international aspects of the work programme.