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

• 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

• 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

• 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, ...)

• 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