Objective ICT-2013.4.1d Developing joint plans and services

Funding Schemes: CSA

Indicative budget distribution CSA: EUR 6 million

Call: FP7-ICT-2013-10

Target Outcomes

Due to the combined effect of globalisation and European integration, there is a growing need for effective solutions that support multilingual business and interpersonal communication, and enable people accessing digital services in Europe's many languages.

d) Developing joint plans and services

The call invites one support action intended to design and lay the foundations of a scalable platform for the joint development/enhancement and hosting of (multi-) language data sets, processing tools and basic services. The action will build upon and extend existing and emerging collaborative infrastructures. The aim is to create over time a comprehensive online repository of reusable modules and components, in the broadest possible range of EU languages, underpinning research, technology transfer and industrial development efforts.

Expected Impact:

• Strong participation of private-sector players, including SMEs, well above the FP7 ICT average.
• A unifying research roadmap aggregating the vision of more than 200 centres; a common innovation agenda based on the business strategy of more than 100 companies.
• Technological leadership and increased innovation capacity as a result of widely accepted roadmaps encompassing presently fragmented communities.
• A European open-source MT system becomes the most widely adopted worldwide; post-edited MT becomes the standard mode of translation within 5 years, increasing significantly (> 25%) the efficiency of human translation.