The document discusses opportunities for cooperation in national and international research programs related to tourism and ICT. It provides an overview of the European Research Council and European Research Area, which aim to support excellent research and enable seamless collaboration across Europe. It also describes several Spanish and European programs that fund projects in areas like ICT, tourism, and technology development for businesses. Examples of potential projects are mentioned, focusing on topics like mobility, customer relationships, and multimedia information platforms.

1. Opportunities for Cooperation in National and International Research Programmes Oriol Miralbell Izard Workshop “ICT and innovation in the management of tourist companies and destinations” Wednesday 25 March 2009 University School of Tourism and Leisure, Vila-seca

3. Framework & principles

6. Scattered public research in Europe

7. Scattered public research in Europe Size of bubbles: This is directly proportional to the amount of European public funding (MS+EC), based on New Cronos (e.g. GBAORD) and US government data as well as scientific publications . X-axis: This estimates the degree of coordination among Member State (MS) research programmes and of funding and institutional fragmentation, based on qualitative assessments from scientific publications, strategic reports, etc; Y-axis: This presents the logarithmic ratio of public R&D investment in Europe (MS+European Commission (EC)) compared to US,

8. ICT in FP7

9. ICT in FP7