Notice is given by the Comission of the launch of the third call for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013). The ICT PSP aims to stimulate innovation and competitiveness and accelerate the development of a sustainable, competitive, innovative and inclusive information society. It supports activities to accelerate innovation and implementation of ICT based services and systems through the wider uptake and best use of ICT and the exploitation of digital content by citizens, governments and businesses.

• Theme 1:  ICT for Health, ageing and inclusion.
• Theme 2:  Digital Libraries.
• Theme 3:  ICT for government and governance.
• Theme 4:  ICT for energy efficiency and environment.
• Theme 5:  Multilingual Web.
• Theme 6:  Public Sector Information.
• Theme 7:  Internet Evolution and Security (incl. RFID).
• Theme 8:  Open innovation, user experience and living labs.

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 99,50 Million EUR (Annual budget for 2009)

• 02 June 2009 - 16 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Calls for proposals under 2009 work programme of ICT Policy Support Programme as part of the CIP (2007-2013) (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Public authorities (all)

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)
• Candidate Countries
• European Economic Area (EEA)
• Third countries

Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media

• Call for proposals under the 2010 work programme of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)
• Call for proposals CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3bis under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)
• Call for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the ICT Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)
• Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2008 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme