The goal of IST-EC2 is to promote at least 15 R&D Proposals between Europeans and Canadians in IST related themes and include Canadian partners in Integrated Projects of FP6.

The consortium will assist in finding appropriate funding opportunities and assist in project initialisation, which involves the partnership building process, European and Canadian IST priorities matching, etc.

key thematic technology areas addressed:

· wireless and communication networks

· knowledge and information systems

· nanotechnology and embedded systems

main application area:

· Usability of new technologies, including supporting physically impaired people 

· E-learning and e-content

· Multimedia and software development

· Broadband enabled networks