“EFIA will stimulate the development of advanced internet technologies, services and content and encourage their deployment into the fabric of European society and industry"

EFIA Objectives:

To promote a Holistic FI vision that encompasses the advanced content, services and network technologies and is based upon input from the ICT and user sectors
To develop FI research agendas and technology roadmaps
To identify technological FI gaps and initiate actions to fill these gaps
To ensure that the advanced FI services and applications address the needs of the user domains
To utilize the breadth of expertise available from industrial and academic organisations to deliver the EFIA objectives.
To promote the uptake of FI results and identify barriers to their use
To be the “One European voice” for FI in a cross-sector framework
To be independent, impartial and inclusive in generating the European views on the future internet issues.
To continually monitor and improve the relevance and effectiveness of EFIA in achieving its mission

EFIA Community Strategies:

Organize cross-sector interaction, addressing a wide community and assuring openness to all organizations and sector interests

– achieving a mutual understanding of the sectors’ views

– providing a place for sectors to express their ICT needs

– providing a place for sectors to understand how ICT can support their needs and generate new opportunities

– strengthening cross-sector cooperation and collaboration on European, International and national level

Organize the interaction of various ICT and sector specific organisations - including the existing platforms

- Provide an innovative interaction platform for industry, research and user domains

- Build partner networks between cross-sector industries and academics

Consolidate community views to consistent European positions on Future Internet Issues and influence the availability of research opportunities to address these issues

- Facilitate long term strategic European collaboration within current and future programmes while supporting short to mid term progress through current programmes (PPP, KIC, FP7, Celtic-Plus, ...)

EFIA Action Plans:

Support the 3rd Usage Area Workshop: June 2011
Prepare an Industry Follow-Up paper on the Future Internet PPP
Engage the sectors in the research agenda planning and project proposals
Engage the Commission on the structure and work plan for FI-PPP Call 3, FP8 and related issues
Engage the national authorities in national research agenda planning