International cooperation in the programme aims to support European competitiveness and to jointly address, with other regions of the world, issues of common interest and mutual benefit, thereby   supporting   also   other   EU   policies   (sustainable   development,   environmental protection, disaster response, security etc).

This Work Programme includes priorities for coordinated calls for international cooperation with Brazil and Russia. It also includes a set of targeted calls and targeted opening of areas throughout the Challenges and FET.
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The objectives (=sub-themes) of this challenge are:

>  Objective ICT-2011.10.1 EU-Brazil Research and Development cooperation

The envisaged target outcomes are:

a) Microelectronics/Microsystems
b) Networked Monitoring and Control
c) Future Internet - experimental facilities
d) Future Internet - security
e) e-Infrastructures

> Objective ICT-2009.10.2 EU-Russia Research and Development cooperation

The envisaged target outcomes are:

a)   Programming Models and Runtime Support
b)   Performance Analysis Tools for High-Performance Computing
c)   Optimisation, Scalability and Porting of Codes

> Objective ICT-2011.10.3 International partnership building and support to dialogues

The envisaged target outcomes are:

a)   Support to dialogues and cooperation
b)   Enable Partnership building