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SEACOOP

Seacoop

Duration 18 months
Dates From October 1st, 2007 to March 31st, 2009
Statement “EU-Southeast Asia Cooperation – SEACOOP”
FP7-ICT-215330
Project Coordinator SIGMA ORIONIS
Roger Torrenti – info@eurosoutheastasia-ict.org
1240 route des dolines – Buropolis 1
06560 Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, France
URL http://www.sigma-orionis.com/eurosoutheastasia-ict.org/

The SEACOOP project addressed the development of S&T cooperation on ICT with Southeast Asia, a region of strategic interest for the European Union. Its two main objectives were to identify, promote, and support strategic cooperation opportunities, and to support bilateral and multilateral dialogues. The project also aimed at developing awareness on S&T cooperation on ICT under FP7 in Southeast Asia, and at widely disseminating project perspectives and results in the European and Southeast Asian ICT communities.

The SEACOOP activities built upon the achievements reached by the BASIC, ENGAGE, and GAPFILL FP6 Support Actions, and have developed synergies with other programmes and initiatives similarly addressing EU-Southeast Asia cooperation on ICT.

Project outputs included:

  • The identification of, and support to opportunities of strategic cooperation, transformed, before the end of the project, into major cooperation initiatives between the two regions,
  • The organisation of a cooperation event in Europe and of awareness workshops in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos,
  • The development of a web-based portal devoted to EU-Southeast Asia cooperation on ICT, part of an extensive set of promotion and dissemination activities.

Sigma Orionis, who had successfully coordinated the GAPFILL project, coordinated the SEACOOP project. The partnership included, on the Southeast Asian side, the national Agencies managing ICT research in the 7 most advanced countries, which, added to the fact that the ASEAN Secretariat has brought its support to the project, have ensured the largest participation of the Southeast Asian ICT community in project activities, and have provided a suited environment for the development of EU-Southeast Asia policy dialogues.

The SEACOOP project was formally supported, on the European side, by leading organisations, including the main ETPs, which have ensured the highest involvement of, and the highest project impact on, the European ICT community.

The ongoing SEALING project is a follow-up of this project.

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