Project acronym: CISTRANA

Coordination: DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany

Project partners:

STFC, The Science and Technology Facilities Council (formerly CCLRC, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils), United Kingdom ANRT, Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique, France TEKES, National Technology Agency, Finland NKTH National Office for Research and Technology, Hungary

ICT Technological Area: all

Sectors of ICT Implementation: all

Project duration: 41 months

Project start: 01/09/2004

EC funding: 2.16 M EUR

Project aim:
The strategic aim of CISTRANA is to achieve coordination of national ICT programmes with each other and with European RTD programmes in order to improve the impact of all RTD efforts in Europe. CISTRANA is paving the way for the implementation of transnational research activities by the development of a map of the national research landscape in IST; the identification of key research topics where cooperation is essential; the establishment of methodologies and procedures to set up transnational coordination initiatives.

Contacts and Website:
http://www.cistrana.org/
cistrana@dlr.de

DLR-Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
Mr Andreas Kaatz
Linder Höhe, D-51170 Cologne, Germany
Phone.: +49 2203 601 3435
Fax: +49 2203 601 2842