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The ceFIMS Coordination Action, due to begin its work in September, 2010, will support coordination of FI research activity across Member States at regional and transnational levels, to optimise the full benefit of networking between EU-funded and national researchers. ceFIMS will provide support to the FIF to help enhance the synergies between research programmes funded by the Member States and promote outreach to similar EC-funded research.

As one of its first activities, ceFIMS will organise a joint workshop with the EX-FI project to be held in Brussels, in the afternoon of 29th September (14:00 – 17:00).

The objective is to use the discussions at the workshop as input towards the development of a position paper to inform greater alignment and closer cooperation between MS and PPP and to promote the engagement of Member States in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) process. A central part of the workshop will be a Round Table discussion on how to optimise the interaction between PPP and MS / Regional Initiatives, in particular:

• Opportunities for cooperation:
• how to maximise synergies and closer alignment between MS and PPP
• Developing strategic PPP – MS relationships
• Sharing best practices and experiences:
• the process for sharing information
• Developing an implementation framework for closer alignment between MS and PPP (towards a position paper)

Please note that the workshop takes place after the conclusion of the ICT 2010 programme. Further details will follow in the coming weeks

Contact: Brian Foley at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it