The European Commission established Information Society Policy Dialogues with a number of Third Countries, such as Brazil, to discuss relevant issues (e.g. Internet security) and identify priorities in mutual collaboration. Science and Technology Agreements (S&T Agreements) as those between the EU and Chile, Argentina and Brazil set the scene for continuous cooperation.
Policy Dialogue is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p. 59, 107, 115) under the following challenges/ objectives:
> Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
Objective ICT-2011.4.2 Language Technologies
> Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Objective ICT-2011.9.12: Coordinating Communities, Identifying new research topics for FET Proactive initiatives and Fostering Networking of National and Regional Research Programmes
Objective ICT-2011.10.3 International partnership building and support to dialogues
