The term Emerging markets is used to describe a nation's social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Currently, there are approximately 28 emerging markets in the world, with the economies of China and India considered to be two of the largest. BRIC(S) is the acronym for the biggest emerging economies, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and sometimes South Africa is added.

Emerging economies is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 under the following challenges/ objectives:

> Challenge 1:Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures

Objective ICT-2011.1.6 Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE)
e)  Coordination  and  Support  Actions

> Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance

Objective ICT-2011.5.6 ICT solutions for governance and policy
modelling
b)  Coordination  and  Support  actions