The European Commission published the draft Work Programme 2016-2017 for the ICT sector

The work programme will continue to promote more innovation-orientation to ensure that the EU industry remains strong in the core technologies that are at the roots of future value chains. It aims to:

• support core ICT industries through roadmap-based Public Private Partnerships (PPPs),
• support digital entrepreneurship, strengthen support to start-ups and SMEs,
• reinforce international dimension of ICT activities.

The work programme foresees 4 calls for proposals: