EU-JordanNet FP7 Start: 01.12.2009   Finish: 31.05.2012 Number of Partners: 6 Total Budget in kEuro: 499
Project site  Role of IT Consult: Partner  Management, Training 
Enhancement of Jordan-European S&T Partnerships  Summary:
EU-JordanNet will carry out a Capacity Building Programme to support the Jordanian NCP and the national network of FP7 contact points in universities and research centres to enhance their understanding of the structure and the procedures of the FP7 Co-operation and People Programmes.
EU-JordanNet will carry out a major S&T Awareness and Co-operation campaign on FP7 in Jordan addressing Jordanian researchers and the private industry. It will focus on three Thematic Areas: Health, ICT and Environment.
 
   
IT-UPGRADE ASIA-INVEST Start: 01.02.2007   Finish: 22.09.2008 Number of Partners: 3  
   Role of IT Consult: Expert  Cluster Formation 
IT-UPGRADE  Summary:
Clustering has become a well-established instrument all over the world to generate competitive advantages of all kinds of industries, particularly for outsourcing and offshore development. There is a strong potential for clustering in the Bangladeshi Multimedia and Software Development Industry. In this regard, a three-day-long seminar on "Clustering for the Multimedia and Software Development Industry in Bangladesh" was held on July 16, 17 and 19, 2008 as a follow up of an initial training session in Paris at the CCIP in March 2008. At the end of this seminar a Declaration of Interest to create a cluster organisation was signed by 18 participating software companies, representing a development base of well over 500 developers.  
   
Med-IST FP6 IST Start: 01.02.2007   Finish: 31.07.2009 Number of Partners: 10 Total Budget in kEuro: 950
Project site  Role of IT Consult: Partner  Training 
Mediterranean Information Society  Summary:
The overall objective of MED-IST is to bring the Mediterranean Partner Countries closer to the European Framework Programme in the field of ICT. This is done through an open consultation process where the national bodies responsible for formulating their research strategy have come together with the active research community to review current re-search policies and develop appropriate guidelines in view of both their own needs and the ICT priorities of FP7. This consultation process will not only result in recommendations for each MPC but also for the Framework priorities at the EC to take specific needs of the MPC into account. The final outcome will be recommendation guidelines for a strategic research agenda focusing on a closer co-operation between Europe and the MPC. Furthermore, MED-IST will target the research communities directly with active promotion events for the Framework Programme opportunities as well as by identifying suitable research organisations and IT companies in that region, training them on the procedural aspects and providing assistance in finding co-operation partners in Europe. In particular, focused mentoring workshops/tutorials are carried out in order to train the identified organisations on the procedures and opportunities for co-operation in the ICT programme. MED-IST is also building up a “Directory of MPC Organisations” that includes research institutes, universities, IT companies, technology developers as well as independent researchers. This Directory will be one of the key elements in building new networks between Europe and the MPC. 
   
ELCIM EuropeAid Start: 01.10.2006   Finish: 31.12.2007    
   Role of Thies Wittig: Key Expert  Cluster Formation 
EuroLebanese Center for Industrial Modernisation  Summary:
The main objective of this activitiy that was carried out at the Euro-Lebanese Centre for Industrial Modernisation in Beirut, was to support the Lebanese software sector through competence building and export promotion. Based on the needs assessment of this sector, a training programme was developed and implemented covering a wide range of technical subjects. The approach adopted was divided into two strands, individual assistance to companies, where specialised experts worked at the premises of the companies, and cluster activities, which addressed a group of companies, for extensive training workshops and in particular for export promotion. For the latter a cluster of currently 17 software companies under the name of LebanonSoftShore (www.LebanonSoftShore.com) was established that will promote the companies in particular for offshore development in Europe and the Middle East region. LebanonSoftShore was present with its own stand at the GITEX 2007 Exhibition in Dubai. A promotion mission to France with eight of cluster companies was carried out in December 07. 
   
MedIbtikar EuropeAid Start: 01.04.2006   Finish: 31.03.2009    
   Role of Thies Wittig: Short Term Expert   
EuroMed Innovation and Technology Programme  Summary:
 
   
Hermes FP5 IST Start: 01.12.2001   Finish: 31.01.2004 Number of Partners: 6 Total Budget in kEuro: 450
   Role of IT Consult: Partner  Dissemination 
An Accompanying Measure for European Commision’s IT Nodes actions in the areas of Technologies for Business Processes, Electronic Commerce, Multimedia Content and Tools and Web Technologies  Summary:

The aim of HERMES was to accompany the IT Nodes activities of the EC in the Mediterranean Partner Countries  by developing demonstrators and organising workshops in the selected areas, i.e., Technologies for Business Processes and Smart Organisations, Electronic Commerce, Multimedia content and tools and WWW technologies.
Five Workshops and Training Sessions were held during the project, with a total number of trainees of 160:

1  METU Culture and Congress Centre, Ankara:  June 10 and 11, 2002
2  Royal Scientific Society, Amman: Amman Cultural Heritage 2002: Multimedia for Cultural Heritage, Sep 29 to Oct 2, 2002
3  National Technical University of Athens: July 10 and 11, 2003
4  In co-operation with the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology in Cairo: October 18and19, 2003
5  In co-operation with the Centre National d'Informatique in Tunis: January 19 and 20, 2004