This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,
technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 611014.
Supporting European Union and Southeast Asia ICT strategic
partnership and policy dialogue: Connecting ICT EU-SEA Research,
Development and Innovation Knowledge Networks
Final Conference - Hanoi, Vietnam
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Svetlana Klessova
inno TSD (France)
Project coordinator
CONNECT2SEA: experience, results, success stories –
towards close EU-ASEAN ICT collaboration
Outline of the presentation
2
About CONNECT2SEA
Main project activities in order to enhance collaboration -
results and feedback from ASEAN and EU specialists
Funding of bottom up initiatives to enhance ICT
collaboration
Reinforcing ICT R&D and innovation cooperation:
connections between networks and organisations
Cybersecurity: linking R&D and policy aspects
Support to policy dialogue
Key messages
Success stories and sustainability
What next after CONNECT2SEA?
NEXT > < BACK
CONNECT2SEA Project: Reinforcing EU-SEA ICT R&D collaboration
3
Project funded by the EC/DG CONNECT (FP7)
Start: December 1, 2013 - Duration: 30 months
(until May 31, 2016)
Aim: Enhance EU-South East Asia ICT research, development
and innovation collaboration and supports ICT policy dialogue
Target groups: ICT stakeholders, ICT R&D organisations,
policy makers, clusters and networks
Target countries: European Union and South East Asia
NEXT > < BACK
Consortium
4 NEXT > < BACK
The CONNECT2SEA Project targets the all European Union and all SEA Countries
Coordinator
inno TSD, France
National Electronics and
Computer Technology Center
(NECTEC), Thailand
TU Dortmund, Germany
National Centre for Scientific
Research (CNRS), France
Advanced Science and
Technology Institute (ASTI),
Philippines
Foundation for Research and
Technology Hellas (FORTH),
Institute of Computer Science, Greece
Agency for the Assessment and Application
of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
Athens Technology Center (ATC), Greece
Information Technology
Institute, Vietnam National
University(ITI-VNU), Vietnam
University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
5
Endorsed by ASEAN COST Committee on Science and Technology
In Collaboration with Ideal-ist, an international ICT network with more than 70 ICT
national partners from EU and Non-EU Countries.
TELSOM Meeting noted the CONNECT2SEA
project and was appreciative of the
opportunity to take advantage of the
recommendations that will result from the
project
6
Process of work
Policy round table 1, with SCMIT
Policy round table 2, with TELSOM
Policy round table 3, with EU and ASEAN
Secretariat
Support to bottom up initiatives
Networks connection
E-communities of practice
Events
H2020 Sessions
Delegation visits - meetings
Report / analytical materials
Recom
mendati
ons
ASEAN Secretariat (COST)
ASEAN Secretariat (TELSOM)
EC
other relevant parties
Main activities in order to enhance collaboration (1)
NEXT > < BACK
Call opened from March to May 2014
Funding for events and travels
55 applications received from 136
organisations
21 SEA-EU initiatives selected for
funding, 18 were implemented
14 events and 4 research travels
funded
500+ ICT specialists involved
20 publications in process
3 MoU launched
Several research groups formed,
dual masters and PhDs…
Funding of
bottom up
initiatives to
enhance ICT
collaboration
7
Some lessons learnt
NEXT > < BACK
Small funding (up to 10 000 €, average 6 500 €) was a catalyst helping to attract
much bigger funding to support scientific collaboration
Offer and demand does not match
EU funding (Horizon 2020): “large scale” projects (1-2 mln €)
– great opportunity for a few teams
National funding: great opportunity, for bilateral collaboration
Lack of initiatives with smaller funding (100-300K €), allowing
“connections” of research teams ASEAN-ASEAN and EU-ASEAN
=> core of demand
Difficulties to involve industry
Weak academia-industry collaboration in many ASEAN countries
Many synergies between EU and ASEAN priorities: cybersecurity, big data …
Need to collaborate and exchange experience between ASEAN countries is even
bigger that need to collaborate between EU-ASEAN
8
Feedback from EU and ASEAN specialists
NEXT > < BACK
“This small grant has acted as a catalyst to launch our EU-SEA collaboration…
and further collaboration between industry and universities”
“Without the small grant stimulus, we don’t think that a set of our research
and technological linkages in the EU and SEA would have occurred.”
“We would have not started this cooperation without this start-up grant.”
“Small grant schemes should be maintained or expanded as they greatly help
the collaboration process.”
“Give more opportunities for SEA researchers to develop joint projects!
National ASEAN countries funds for projects could be linked to calls
supporting common interests”
“It is necessary for us to work together to develop strong networking and to
come up with research projects or activities with high impact…”
“Horizon 2020 is complicated to make a first step to collaboration, we need
lighter scheme to start with”
9
Need for actions
NEXT > < BACK
Stronger networking within ASEAN!
Stronger networking between EU and ASEAN
More linkages between academia and industry/end users
Focus on local needs in ASEAN: ICT for social and
economic development, cybersecurity…
Experience sharing between ASEAN countries
Information sharing between ASEAN countries
„Light“ and small scale grants schemes, to start with
CONNECT2SEA proposal:
Small scale research and innovation projects scheme
(EU-ASEAN, also relevant to ASEAN-ASEAN
collaboration)
Funding of
bottom up
initiatives to
enhance ICT
collaboration
10
11
Main activities in order to enhance collaboration (2)
NEXT >
Workshop on Real-time Interactive Web-based Distance Learning Environment (Manila, Philippines – November 29th, 2014 )
Workshop on “Proposal development & consortium formation” NESSI
in the context of NESSI Member’s and International and Cooperation (INCO)
Day 2014 (Barcelone, Spain - November 20th/21st , 2014 )
EU-ASEAN CIO Forum (Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2016)
EU-SEA Big Data Summit 2016 (Cyberjaya, Malaysia – May 2016)
ASEAN RISE 2016 (Hanoi, Vietnam – May 2016)
e-Communities of Practice (big data
& cyber security), 184 members
Linkages between networks
Sustainable cooperation
500+ participants at the events
Examples:
Reinforcing
ICT R&D
and innovation
cooperation:
connections
between networks
and organisations
12
Main activities in order to enhance collaboration (3)
NEXT >
Focus group meeting - International Cooperation on Cyber Security: Towards the
New Avenues (Hanoi, Vietnam - December 2015)
EU-SEA Cybersecurity Forum (Manila, Philippines – January 2016) with 80+ participants
Examples:
Focus on
cybersecurity:
policy and R&D
Report on cybersecurity in EU and
ASEAN (policy and R&D aspects)
Introduction to inter-regional
cooperation in cyber security
Cybersecurity policy maturity in
ASEAN countries
E-Community of Practice
Networking activities/events
13
Feedback
NEXT >
“We need ASEAN-wide networks, to exchange
experience between ASEAN countries” (ASEAN side)
“There are very few specific ICT networks in ASEAN
where we can expand collaboration activities” (EU
network)
“It’s difficult to go from country to country. We need
ASEAN-wide entry point to act as regional catalyst and
link to other ASEAN countries” (EU network)
“We want to collaborate with ASEAN clusters – can you
help us to identify them?” (EU clusters)
“Experience from ASEAN countries is sometimes more
relevant that experience from the EU” (ASEAN and EU
side)
“A center for ICT cooperation (ASEAN-ASEAN, and EU-
ASEAN) is needed”
Connections
between
networks
*****
Cybersecurity
14
Needs for actions
NEXT >
Networks development in ASEAN, experience and
information sharing
ASEAN-wide ‘node’ (entry point) on the national level to
act as regional catalyst and link to other ASEAN countries
Involvement of industry, academia and policy makers in
the networks
Networks on the specific topics (eg. Big data, IoT…) and
focus on vertical markets (eHealth, services …)
Better interactions between policy and R&D side
Similar priorities- e.g. big data; IoT; cybersecurity…
Unify and take common actions in the region – both
policy and research & innovation
Build basis for a “virtual” centre for ICT cooperation
(ASEAN-ASEAN, and EU-ASEAN)
Connections
between
networks
*****
Cybersecurity
15
Main activities in order to enhance collaboration (3)
Involvement of 10 ASEAN
countries; meetings with policy
makers (delegation visits)
3 policy round tables
Policy recommendations
NEXT > < BACK
Contribution
to ICT policy
dialogue
Examples:
Policy Dialogue Roundtable Meeting with the SCMIT on 24 May 2015, Thailand
CONNECT2SEA Delegation Visits to Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar
Policy Dialogue Roundtable Meeting with TELSOM on 1 March 2016, Indonesia
Policy Dialogue Roundtable Meeting between High Level Representatives of the
EU and the ASEAN Secretariats (TELSOM, COST) - on March 7, 2016
16
Some conclusions from policy round tables meetings
NEXT > < BACK
A lack of regional (ASEAN) collaboration
A lack of collaboration between ICT policy and ICT R&D
A lack of community of practices and centres / networks of
excellence
Weak academia-industry collaboration in many ASEAN countries
Need to reinforce the links between SEA specialists
Need to have a mechanism to share information, including findings
from other projects
Need to have more sources of funding for supporting the interaction
within SEA countries…
Think towards ICT centre for cooperation (virtual?), sharing good
practices, training and knowledge transfer
Feedback from all sides converge!
17
Need for coordination and synergies between ICT policies and ICT RDI
Need for networks (in ASEAN and EU-ASEAN)
Need for exchanges, experience sharing, information sharing
Need to build on the strengths of each ASEAN country in the
collaboration process
Need for more synergies between academia and end users
Need to expand to new ICT topics
Need for joint funding
Need for light schemes for joint projects
Need to contribute to social and economic development in ASEAN
Need to lay basis for (virtual?) center for ICT cooperation
=> REPORT CONNECT2SEA with policy recommendations
NEXT > < BACK
Success stories and sustainability (1)
18
• Target: at least one follow up initiative after each project activity
• Leverage of other sources of funding by partners to organise the
project activities
Call for proposals to support bottom up initiatives
Visible impact; continuation of many/most initiatives
Input for EC future funding (cascading grants)
Big data collaboration
Big Data Value Association (major EU network) set up e-community of
practice and wish to continue activities
EU-SEA Big Data Summit in Malasia: 400+ registrations, 200+ accepted
participants, EU and ASEAN sponsors attracted
Cybersecurity collaboration
Report with very useful findings
EU-ASEAN Cybersecurity Forum, 120+ participants
External stakeholders: initiative in preparation
NEXT > < BACK
Thank you!
Success stories and sustainability (2)
19
APAN collaboration
Initiation of collaboration with FIWARE initiative; smart cities session
in preparation at the next APAN event (FIWARE PPP from EU)
ASEAN RISE initiative: ICT for economic and social development
Approx. 130 participants
Continuation of the initiative by ASEAN stakeholders planned
ERASMUS+ grants successful
After e-learning workshop in the Philippines in Nov 2014
After workshop on advanced computing for control and performance
optimisation in Thailand in March 2015
Policy interactions
Major mobilisation of policy makers, including at the top level (EU
Ambassador in ASEAN, ASEAN Secretariats
Sustainability remains to be seen; the potential is high to take (some)
recommendations on board, due to the involvement of policy makers
…
NEXT > < BACK
Thank you!
What next after CONNECT2SEA?
20 NEXT > < BACK
Continuation of collaboration supported under the call for
proposals for bottom up initiatives
Continuation of big data collaboration (led by Big Data
Value Association)
Next steps in cybersecurity collaboration: ASEAN-ASEAN
and EU-ASEAN (initiative in discussion)
Uptake of ASEAN RISE initiative by stakeholders
Advancement of APAN and FIWARE exchanges and
collaboration
Policy recommendations => to ASEAN Secretariats and EU;
E-READI
Project major materials to be available via ASEAN S&T site
Specific (limited) support by the CONNECT2SEA partners
WISH: CONNECT2SEA ‘brand’ with integration of new
organisations supporting EU-SEA ICT collaboration
21
CONNECT2SEA contacts
IN EUROPE
Main contact (Project Coordinator)
Svetlana Klessova
Director, inno TSD
Press contact
Dorota Pawlucka
IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Main contact
Dr. Pensri Guntasopatr
Advisor, NECTEC
Press contact
Maria Irene S. Amatorio
Via website: www.connect2sea.eu
NEXT > < BACK